Grain dust ignition causes minor blast at Quaker Oats plant
A grain dust explosion at the Quaker Oats plant on Second Street NE Cedar Rapids caused minor damage with no injuries. Firefighters remained on scene for about two hours. The report notes the incident started around 1 45 a m and involved an ignition source. Area Right to Life plans the 1996 Iowa State Convention at Collins Plaza Hotel with Rep Jim Ross Lightfoot Gov Terry Branstad in attendance and speakers Carrie Gordon and Brent Bozell Ill.
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Quaker Oats
Second St. NE
Right To Life
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival picks 1997 leadership
Dave Morton will head the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival board in 1997 with Bill Prowell as president elect Tony Golobic as treasurer and Dina Dusek as secretary. Prowell forecasts a long range planning committee to ease financial difficulties which festival organizers say were addressed by the new panel. The 1996 festival drew a record attendance of 341000 but lost about 40000 dollars.
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Dave Morton
Cedar Rapids
Linn County police crack down on impaired drivers statewide
Three Linn County law enforcement divisions led a weekend traffic safety operation around Robins and Hiawatha with the Linn County Sheriff's Department Hiawatha Police and Robins Police. From 11 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday 26 drivers were tested for intoxication. One arrest for drunken driving and other violations followed. Citations and warnings included 27 equipment 23 speeding four seat belt four registration and three license violations. The effort partnered with the Iowa Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau.
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Linn County
Robins and
Hiawatha
Hiawatha Police Department
Robins
Iowa
Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau
You Know Youre a Hawkeye or Cyclone When Contest
Readers are invited to record terse witty lines about the Iowa Hawkeyes or Iowa State Cyclones ahead of their football game. Call CITYLINE or email with name city and phone number. top entries may be published and winners receive a team hat of their choice.
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University of Iowa-Iowa State University
Iowa City
Jeff Foxworthy
Cityline
Gazette
Fyiowa
Minnesota
Call of the Colors Fall Calendar Seeks Local Events
The Gazette calls for towns to submit fall celebrations for the annual Call of the Colors guide. Send event details by Sept. 12 to Mary Sharp, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids IA, or fax or email with contact information for inclusion in the Sept. 29 calendar.
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The
Gazette
Call of the Colors
Mary Sharp
the Gazette
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Farm becomes tourism lure near Alburnett Iowa
Tour groups visit Randy and Karen Balderston’s diversified 3,500 acre farm east of town as part of a new eight day itinerary by Tauck Tours. Visitors learn about corn soybeans cattle and hogs and depart with product bags and farm literature.
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Herbert Hoover Library
West Branch
Amana
Randy
Balderstons
Linn County Farm Bureau
Randy Hammond
McDonald
I’m
Alice Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Heinze
Pennsylvania
Alburnett
Randy Balderston
Iowa practice draws Yale doctor to rural Marengo
Iowa physician Deol left East Coast offers after a Yale professorship to establish a rural Marengo practice. Born in Tanzania and raised in India, he pursued immunology and microbiology at NYU, then HIV and hepatitis tests at Baxter before enrolling in an accelerated osteopathic medical program in Des Moines to serve families up close.
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United States
Deol
Iowa
Tanzania
Albert Schweitzer
Schweitzer
India
Yale University
University of New York
New York University
Lennox Hill Hospital
New York City
Kathy
Chicago
Baxter International
Baxter
The
University of Osteopathic Medicine
Gazette
Dave Gosch
Harbans
Dee
Yale
Marengo
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Isu
Midwest
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Anderson
Touck Tours
Marlene Lucas
Sisters Rose
Eileen Costigan
San Mateo
Calif
Balderston Farm
Marie
Ivy
Yale Hospital
By Dave Gosch
Fisher Scientific
Orangeburg, N.Y
Health Sciences
Des Moines
Connecticut
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