California family copes with crash far from home
Eight year old Samuel Smith from San Bernardino was injured in an August 28 crash on Interstate 80 near Iowa City. He remains in fair condition at University Hospitals with a broken wrist and clavicle, a deep arm gash, burns, neck injuries, and stitches. His family, traveling in a motor home, stayed in a motel as insurance covers costs and the Air Force colonel father travels between San Bernardino, Denver, and Cheyenne to join them.
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California
Samuel Smith
San Bernardino
Calif
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Young Smith
Judith Smith
Iowa
Richard Wagner
Twin Falls
Idaho
Iowa Highway Patrol
Wagner
Samuel
Air Force
James Smith
Cheyenne
Wyo
Indiana
Smith
Los Angeles Air Force Base
el Segundo
Denver
Continental Airlines
Mount Mercy College reports record fall enrollment
Mount Mercy College reaching a fall enrollment of 1 032 students under President Thomas R Feld. Ten year trend shows enrollment more than doubling while campus housing and facilities strain to accommodate growth. Trustees will discuss growth questions at the fall meeting.
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Mount Mercy College
Thomas R. Feld
Mount Mercy
Feld
Board of
Breach of contract suit over Brandon Farm Products sale
Lloyd D. Haisch sues D. Rex Ross Jr in Buchanan County District Court for more than $100,000 claiming breach of contract from the Oct 18 1977 sale of Brandon Farm Products Inc stock. He cites unpaid principal including $19,167.50 due Sept 1 and failure to deliver financing papers, with business losses, licenses, liens, and judgments. He seeks $99,000 plus interest totaling $107,167.50 plus costs and fees.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Lloyd D. Haisch
Brandon
D. Rex Ross Jr
Waterloo
Haisch
Brandon Farm Products Inc
Ross
FBI Officers Face Off In Cedar Rapids Shooting Match
Current Eastern Iowa FBI agents edged past retired counterparts in a friendly range contest led by Cedar Rapids resident agent Jim Whalen. Scores averaged 94.4 for the active team to 87.8 for retirees, with standout marks by Jim Gibson and others amid celebratory bragging.
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Cedar Rapids
FBI
Iowa
Dan Macken
Thunderbird Road
Jim Gibson
Cedar Falls
Gov Ray appoints nine to legal services advisory council
Gov Rob ert D. Ray announced new appointees to the Legal Services Advisory Council. The slate includes Jean M. Didier 26 Dubuque Jack E. IntVeldt 64 Sheldon Marvin S. Berenstein 42 Sioux City Kent M. Forney Des Moines Howard N. Sokol 67 Iowa City and Don ald O. Shaff 55 Clinton. Reappointments were Yvonne E. Gates 30 Des Moines Gerald R. Monk 37 Grundy Center and John G. Sorenson 28 Clear Lake.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray Friday
Legal Services Advisory Council
Jean M. Didier
Dubuque
Jack E. IntVeldt
Sheldon
Marvin S. Berenstein
Sioux City
Kent M. Forney
Howard N. Sokol
Iowa City
Donald O. Shaff
Clinton
Yvonne E. Gates
Gerald R. Monk
Grundy Center
John G. Sorenson
Clear Lake
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Lynn Nance
Iowa State University
Jim Whalen
Bill Dion
ED Beatty
Citizens For Beatty
Wayne Mead
David Beatty
Gibson
Dick Pundt
Gov. Ray
Legal Council
Allied Glass Products
Sheryl Konen
Allied Glass
Sheryl
AGP
Inc
First Street
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