All Faiths Church planned for Pope visit site at Living History Farms
Des Moines officials announce an ecumenical All Faiths Church to be built on the Living History Farms site where Pope John Paul II will celebrate mass on Oct. 4. The project aims to preserve land and serve visitors amid a $1.2 million Pope visit bill funded by diocese gifts, concessions, and Papal Sunday collections.
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Des Moines
Living History Farms
All Faiths
William Murray
Maurice Dingman
Dingman
Dubuque
Davenport
Sioux City
Pope
United Methodist Iowa Conference
Iowa
Mike Riley
Pope John Paul II
Mike Walsh
Riley
Cedar Rapids to Launch New Telephone System Sunday
City employees receive briefing on modifications to Cedar Rapids telephone service. About 40 000 users with numbers starting 362 through 399 will switch this Sunday. The $25 million system aims to reduce overloads on the centrex network that blocked calls to the Fire Department and Five Seasons Center.
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Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Bell
Jerry Schaub
Centrex
Five Seasons Center
Fire Department
Gazette
Wire Theft Probed Near Traer Substation
Tama County sheriff investigates theft of 60 feet of steel guy wire from Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. substation site 1% miles west of Traer. Wire cut with a hacksaw between September 14 and September 17. Value not listed.
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Toledo
Tama County Sheriff's Department
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Traer
Two Iowa crashes injure three people this morning
Two traffic accidents in Iowa left three injured and under investigation by the Iowa Highway Patrol. Wilma Koch, 47, Stanwood, swerved to avoid a car on U.S. Route 30 near Mount Vernon and was hospitalized with a neck injury. A second wreck north of Keystone injured four, with Michael Thompkins, 29, Newhall, and Patrick Bannon, 26, Belle Plaine, admitted for multiple injuries. Kenneth Bancroft, 26, and Robert Holland, 41, Cedar Rapids, treated and released.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Wilma Koch
Stanwood
U.S. Highway 30
Mount Vernon
Koch
John L. Decious
Lisbon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Keystone
St. Luke’s
Michael Thompkins
Newhall
Mercy Hospital
Patrick Ban
Cap Industry Surpasses Steel for Bottle Caps
United Press International notes that in the United States more steel is used to produce bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies, highlighting an unusual shift in metal demand and manufacturing priorities.
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United States
Cyprus War Declared by Turkey in 1570 Over Cyprus
The note recalls Turkey declaring war on Venice in 1570 due to Venice’s stance on the island of Cyprus. It also mentions a British Canadian raid on Oswego in 1814 and F. Scott Fitzgerald's work on film scripts, including Gone with the Wind.
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Turkey
Venice
Cyprus
U.S
Oswego
N.Y
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gardner Grady file papers for Cedar Rapids improvements post
Two more candidates join Cedar Rapids Public Improvements Commissioner race bringing eight petition circulators. Sylvester Grady of 1380 O Ave NE heads Cedar Rapids NAACP chapter petitions and Don Gardner of 2042 Vista Circle NW received filings this morning. Gardner formerly Cedar Rapids Parks Commissioner 1956 to 1969 and has served on the Airport Commission and Iowa Department of Transportation. Primary filing deadline is September 27. In 1974 Hurricane Fifi raised northern Honduras death toll to about 8,000.
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Cedar Rapids
Gardner
Iowa Department of Transportation
Honduras
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Maha Yulle
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2Nd Ave. S.E
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Lindale Mall
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