Decorah KRDI FM Debuts After FCC Approval
After a four year effort KRDI FM begins stereo broadcasting in Decorah from 6 AM to midnight daily in the same building as KDEC AM. The contemporary format targets 20s to 40s with songs by Billy Joel Lionel Richie Phil Collins Kenny Rogers and Miami Sound Machine and oldies by Neil Diamond Anne Murray John Denver and the Eagles. A 22 year old Marion man suffered injuries in a broadside collision at First Avenue and 29th Street East. Stasek 65 Deebrook Wisconsin charged with disobeying a traffic control device. John Vincent Atanasoff from ISU will receive the first American Ingenuity Award for inventing the automatic electronic digital computer in 1939. a scholarship in his name will be awarded by the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry at a luncheon. He has led Cybernetics Inc. since 1961.
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UNI Students Meet Austrian President Waldheim in Austria
A group of 13 UNI Iowa State and University of Iowa students on an eight week German program met Kurt Waldheim, in a small Austrian resort town south of Vienna, for a 40 minute session after writing to the president.
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Weekend Arts and Events Guide Highlights Thursday Two Theaters and More
The day features multiple screenings and shows including A Night with Marquetta and The Foreigner at Old Creamery Theatre and Camelot at Cedar Rapids Community Theatre with matinee times. The Iowa Museum of Art hosts Fair National Cattle Congress in Waterloo and Miami Sound Machine performs for a celebration week. Outdoor bike rides, a fall flower show, lectures, a woodturning show, and a Wadena Community Day carnival fill the schedule along with a Cedar Rapids Symphony concert and a voice recital at the University of Iowa.
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Living History Farms Considers Front Land Sale to Pay Debts
Living History Farms may sell its front yard to commercial buyers to reduce about 1 million dollars in debt. Board chair William Murray of Ames says selling is a last resort to restart farm development and boost donor confidence. Urbandale officials would need rezoning for any hotel restaurant or suitable development on the land near Hickman Road and Interstates 35 80. Three unidentified local buyers have offered just over 1 million dollars, according to William Knapp of Iowa Realty Inc.
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Iowa City lottery winner defends drug charges with new attorney
Jack Rockafellow, 25, who claimed to have spent his $20,000 lottery prize, was appointed a court funded lawyer after public intoxication arrest led to drug possession charges. Police found 34 Valium tablets and a white powder believed to be cocaine during a July 26 search.
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