Dream to Glenwood: Iowa couple runs New Mexico store
Lois and Rich Marks quit Cedar Rapids jobs to operate Whitewater Store in Glenwood New Mexico. They work 7 days a week from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., serving mountain hunters, selling provisions, licensing hunts, and pumping gas while adapting after a 1977 mobile home fire. They plan a brick house as time allows and say they regret nothing.
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Rich
Lois Marks
Lois
the Gazette
Ilten’s Inc
New Mexico
Glenwood
Cedar Rapids
Dennis
U.S. Forestry Service
Kathy
Markses
Andrea
Bikeway debate prompts study and meeting in Iowa
A Cedar Rapids letter calls for careful study of a state bikeways network with safety concerns. A Thursday meeting at Peoples Bank East invites all, with planners and police expected to attend and a push for H R 147 to repurpose abandoned railroad rights of way for trails. Hawkeye Bicycle Association hosts a 42 mile Central City tour Sunday starting Bever Park.
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Father Miller
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Marion
Peoples Bank East
Don Salyer
Hawkeye Bicycle Association
Central City
Bever Park
Alburnett General Store
Pinicon Ridge Park
Man a Woman and a Bank caper love story stars Sutherland
Donald Sutherland Brooke Adams and Paul Mazursky star in A Man a Woman and a Bank a caper love story about a 4 million dollar computerized bank heist filmed in Vancouver and the Far East Mazursky returns to acting and also directed and wrote noted films.
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Hollywood (Ap
Donald Sutherland
Brooke Adams
Paul Mazursky
Vancouver
B.C
Far East
Mazursky
Harry and
Tonto
Transportation costs rose faster than food and housing
The Labor Department reports average American families spent 15 percent of income on transportation in the 1960s rising to 20 percent. Higher priced cars finance charges maintenance and gasoline explain the increase.
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Labor Department
New Welsh-built game Skirrid offers drama beyond design
London based inventors Mark Eliot and Taylor turn a weekend idea into a board game described as eight times more complex than chess by experts. The pair faced long fierce disputes, even selling a cottage to fund development, yet claim Skirrid outsells Scrabble and Monopoly in shops.
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London
UPI
Wales
Mark Eliot
Eliot
Taylor
Devil’s Mountain
Skirrid board game defies odds with 219 first moves
After six months of battles over its form Taylor and Eliot unveil Skirrid a 18 piece game played on 191 squares with 219 possible first moves. Players score by covering numbered squares and the game boasts fast adult rounds yet long potential play sequences. sales begin despite obstacles in the competitive British board game market.
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Taylor
Eliot
Sigma
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