Century-old Ringling free-ticket offer echoes in Cascade
Promoters confirm Cascade residents can obtain two free tickets to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus shows in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines this week by presenting a Cascade driver’s license at Five Seasons Center. The offer recalls Cascade’s 19th century ties to the circus, with locals planning to spread word and a few residents expressing interest.
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Cascade
Chris Manahan
Metro-Iowa
al Ringling
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Des Moines Register
Chuck Offenburger
Ringling
Washington, D.C
Offenburger
Iowa
Adrian Aitchison
Tri-County Historical Society
Onslow
Ringling Brothers
Isaac W. Baldwin
R.J. McVay
Rangeling Brothers
Shorty Parrott
Frank Snowden
Ad Severence
Monticello
Parrott
Aitchison
Ringling Bros. Circus
Florida
Five Seasons Center
John Cahil
Art Ricker
Five Seasons
Ringeling
Ringling Bros
Animal Walk Route and Circus Schedule Announced
Elephant llama and horse processions set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Five Seasons Center. The Ringling Bros walk starts at C Avenue and Fourth Street NE, along the railroad to First Avenue then to Third Street. Four shows planned this week, two on Tuesday and two on Wednesday.
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Five Seasons Center
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
C Avenue
Fourth Street
First Avenue
Third Street
Iowa GOP launches student essay contest on Soviet message
Iowa Republicans invite primary school students to write a 100 word essay titled What Message I Would Send to Students in the Soviet Union. The winner earns a Des Moines meeting with Sen. Lugar, Sen. Grassley, and Gov. Branstad, plus Lugar's Fall Event speech. Entries due Oct. 4. send to Republican Party of Iowa, Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa Republican Party
Iowa
Soviet Union
Iowa Gop
Richard Lugar
Roger Rohwedder
Republican Teachers’ Advisory
Sally Novetzke
Cedar Rapids
Republican Party of Iowa
High St
Explosion damages Keokuk home injures man
An explosion at a Missouri Avenue home in Keokuk injured 33-year-old Larry Evans. He was pulled from the wreckage by neighbors and is in stable condition with second degree burns to his face hips arms and back. Cause is under investigation.
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Keokuk
Larry Evans
Missouri Avenue
Evans
Two Dogs Shot Found at Marion Residence
Two dogs belonging to Marion man Wayne Wilson were found shot Sunday at his home 945 Ninth Ave. Police responded at 12 20 p m to Wayne Wilson residence and found one dog dead from a gunshot wound while another was critically injured. The investigation continues.
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Marion
Marion Police Department
Wayne Wilson
Ninth Ave
Wilson
Women in Research Conference at University of Iowa
A two day annual conference titled Women in Research will be held Wednesday and Thursday at the Holiday Inn in Iowa City. The event, first offered in 1984, targets professional development for women researchers and allies with a $50 registration fee for general attendees, $35 for faculty and staff, and $20 for graduate students.
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Women’s Action For
Mount St. Francis
Jay Robinson
Iowa
Sam Day
Nukewatch
Madison
Wis
Gail Weitz
Floraview Dr
Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
Holiday Inn
U of I Center For
Iowa Memorial Union
St Luke's hosts national teleconference on life support ethics
St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids will join a national teleconference titled Who Lives Who Dies Who Decides moderated by Ted Koppel. The three hour program originates from Washington and will be beamed to 101 U.S. cities and eight Canadian cities. Participants include Sen Albert Gore Jr and Justice Paul Lincos among others. The event will address medical technology costs and when to withhold or withdraw life support. The program is in Schwartz Center Room 163 at St Luke's.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Ted Koppel
Abc-Tv
Cedar Rapids
Albert Gore Jr
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Paul Lincos
Massachusetts
William Schwartz
Tufts University
Alexander Morgan Capron
Topping
Moline man injured fleeing police in Cedar Rapids chase
Michael Anderson, a 24 year old from Moline Illinois, was hospitalized in stable condition after fleeing officers on foot Friday in Cedar Rapids. He was wounded in a fall from a five foot embankment along Mount Vernon Road SE and suffered a fractured eye socket and possible head injury.
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Moline
Cedar Rapids
Michael Anderson
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Anderson
Mount Vernon Road
Rap session to start for Vietnam veterans Cedar Rapids Vet Center
An evening rap group for Vietnam era veterans begins Oct 8 at the Cedar Rapids Vet Center with weekly sessions from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 201 of the Educational Service Center. The free group focuses on peer support for military reentry issues, alcoholism, drugs, relationships, and vocational concerns. Register by Oct 3. contact Doug Kolarik or Greg Clark at 398-2424.
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Cedar Rapids
Vet Center
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Doug Kolarik
Linn
Kolarik
Greg Clark
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