Ploughing Contest Dazzles as Train Ride Opens Expo Visit
Donald Kaul recalls the 1988 World Ag Expo in Amana with a humorous take on a ploughing contest. He notes 355000 spectators over four days and praises a ride on the Iowa Interstate passenger train to the event. He lauds the Silver Solarium lounge car and muses on railway travel as a grand idea for nationwide passenger service.
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Kinnick Stadium
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Norway
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Hawkeye Downs
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Des Moines
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Great Register
United States
Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes near Bahar Dar
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 with 104 aboard crash landed at Bahar Dar airport overnight. No deaths reported though injuries were noted and travelers were flown to hospitals in Asmara and Addis Ababa. The flight was Addis Ababa to Asmara with a Bahar Dar stopover. Airport damage and cause remained unclear.
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Red Sea
Asmara
Water bottlers tap new market
Williams Water Systems of Iowa City and Kandiyohi Bottled Water Company of Willmar Minnesota expand in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City stores with Ultraclean and bottled water systems. They seek standards for the industry as consumers grow wary of contaminants and seek purer tasting water.
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Williams Water Systems
Iowa City
Washington
Kandiyohi Bottled Water Company
Willmar
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Randy Williams
Europe
Canada
Australia
Jerry Vogel
Kandiyohi
Des Moines
Willmar, Minn
Williams
Vogel
Iowa
New Pioneer Co-op
Japanese firm to move research team to Iowa technology center
Gov. Branstad announced Seavac Ltd of Amagasaki plans to relocate a research team to the University of Iowa Technology Innovation Center to work on laser aided surface hardening of metals. The move could lead to a future Iowa City production facility, with potential research sponsorship at the university.
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Des Moines
University of Iowa
Technology Innovation Center
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Kofu
Japan
Seavac Ltd
U of I
Iowa City
Amagasaki
Bruce Wheaton
U of I’s Technology Innovation Center
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Seavac
Iowa
U.S
Iowa Beef Industry Council
Iowa Cattleman’s Associations
South Korea
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Seoul
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscriptions and Contact Info
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday editions from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401. Subscriptions include Morning Editions and Sunday 7 issues at 12.80 for 4 weeks and 141.40 for 52 weeks with varying rates for other states.
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