Rock Island solution could rest with Carter
A group of Iowa officials and farmers urged President Carter to act on the Rock Island Line strike. They met with White House aides and pressed for a neutral mediator or outside intervention to end the 18 day strike, warning of millions in grain export losses and looming storage shortages across Iowa.
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Washington, D.C
White House
Rock Island
Carter
Guy Ames
Cedar Rapids
National Oats Co
Iowa
Ames
Ray Kassel
Iowa Department of Transportion
Ian McGillivray
IDOT
Jack Watson
John C. Culver
Roger W. Jepsen
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
United Transportation Union
Culver
Jepsen
National Mediation Board
Iowa Democrat
Milwaukee Road
Brandon men charged in Brandon barn fire case
Authorities in Buchanan County arrested Robert F. Truax 20 of Brandon on a conspiracy to commit arson charge and expect to arrest Dennis Conrad in connection with two Brandon area barn fires last October. The fires include the Duane Craft farm blaze in Jefferson Township.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Brandon
Robert F. Truax
Truax
Dennis Conrad
Conrad
Duane
Jefferson Township
Kosek Joins Race For City Parks Commissioner Post
A third candidate joins Jeff Cook and Edward Lynn in filing nomination petitions for the parks and public properties commissioner. Otto Kosek, 74, of 2600 Mount Vernon Road SE, submitted petitions Thursday afternoon, with a filing deadline set for Sept 27.
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City Council
Otto Kosek
Mount Vernon Road
Jeff Cook
Keith Drive
Edward Lynn
35Th St
Driver Escapes Injury After Single Vehicle Rollover
OSSIAN VIRGINIA THOMPSON, 19, of rural West Union, escaped unharmed when the car she drove overturned in a Winneshiek County gravel road accident at 5:20 p.m. Thursday. Thompson slowed for a curve, lost control, and the vehicle rolled into a ditch. Charges are pending.
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Ossian
Virginia Thompson
West Union
Winneshiek
Thompson
Two Drivers Injured In Decorah Crash
Drivers Kevin Quandahl, 26, and William Schwarz, 17, both rural Decorah, were listed in satisfactory condition at Winneshiek County Hospital after a collision on Highway 9. Quandahl crossed the center line, collided with Schwarz, the truck then rolled into a ditch. Quandahl was charged with failure to yield. Destruction totaled the 1972 Wick Construction Co. truck. Schwarz’s car sustained $800 in damage.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Kevin Quandahl
William Schwarz
Highway 9
Quandah
Schwarz
Wick Construction Co
Four year old girl dies in rural La Motte case
The Division of Criminal Investigation aids local authorities in the death of Jolene Kirkpatrick a four year old from rural La Motte. She died at a Dubuque hospital after foster parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Krusers rushed her there in cardiac arrest. One foster parent was reported to be performing mouth to mouth resuscitation.
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Dubuque
Division of Criminal Investigation
la Motte
Jolene Kirkpatrick
Dubuque Hospital
Thomas Krusers
Cedar Rapids Gazette Local News and Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists publication at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. It charges carrier and mail subscriptions with defined weekly and annual rates and notes exclusive AP republication rights for local news and dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Four Arrested on Drunk Driving Charges in Linn County
Four persons were arrested and charged with drunken driving in Linn County late Thursday and early today. Herman W. Meyer 45 of 1114 12th St SW arrested 6 28 pm near 66th Ave and Sixth St SW also charged with disobeying a traffic signal. William F. Elgas 59 of 408 A Ave NW arrested 9 26 pm in the 100 block of Third Ave SW. Thomas M. Banes 20 of 1915 Eighth St SW arrested 1 02 am on Highway 149 one mile west of Cedar Rapids also charged with driving on the wrong side of the road. Steven R. Turner 19 of 311 Seventh Ave Hiawatha arrested 2 10 am near 16th Ave and 19th St SW.
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Linn County
Herman W. Meyer
12Th St
66Th Avenue
Sixth Street
William F. Elgas
A Ave
Third Avenue
Thomas M. Banes
Eighth St
Cedar Rapids
Steven R. Turner
Seventh Ave
Hiawatha
16Th Avenue
19Th Street
Vinton teen held on robbery charges after airport arrest
Robert D. Hay, 17, of Vinton is jailed in Benton County on robbery charges with a $25,000 bond. Authorities say Hay, a suspect in a December 1978 Urbana convenience store armed robbery, was arrested after stepping off a plane at the Sioux City airport.
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Vinton
Robert D. Hay
Benton County
Sioux City
Hay
Urbana
Final Ecumenical Council Opens in St Peter's Basilica
On this date in 1970 Pope Paul VI opened the fourth and final session of the Ecumenical Council in St Peter's Basilica. The event marked the culmination of decades of dialogue and reform within the Roman Catholic Church.
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Paul VI
St.Peter's Basilica
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