DeFore's Postscript Spurs Peace Corps Path for Actor
Don DeFore former Cedar Rapids resident now on a Peace Corps advisory council and active in a billboard drive and documentary plans. He recalls writing to Ronald Reagan with a postscript that sparked his involvement and notes family ties including a son head of the Peace Corps office in Los Angeles. He spoke during a Cedar Rapids reunion week about his career and upcoming autobiography.
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P.S
Don DeFore
Peace Corps
DeFore
Cedar Rapids
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California
Canyon
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Swaziland
Africa
Marion
Air Force
Verne Orr
Peace Corps Advisory Council
Washington
White House
Ron
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Penny
Thorny’ Thornberry
Peace Corps — Free Enterprise
Clifford
Virginia Olmstead
Grant Wood AEA expects 3.8 percent budget hike next year
Dwight Bode, superintendent of the Grant Wood Area Education Agency, told the board at North Linn High School that enrollment declines will limit growth to 3.8 percent. Growth figures by division run 3.8 percent for media services 3.9 percent for educational services and 3.7 percent for special education. Budgets will be reviewed at the Oct. 4 meeting at 4401 Sixth St. SW. The board also named negotiators Erik Driessen for classified staff and John Carpenter for contracted staff.
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Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Dwight Bode
AEA
North Linn High School
Bode
Sixth St. SW
Erik Driessen
GWAEA
John Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Four Arrested on Linn County Drunk Driving Charges
Four persons were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County late Thursday and early Friday. Roger D. Hadley, Philip A. Kloos, Ronald D. Thompson, and Norman L. Urban faced additional offenses such as speeding one-way street and possession of prescription drugs without a prescription.
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Linn County
Roger D. Hadley
Wildwood Drive
Highway 150
Midway
Philip A. Kloos
H Ave
Edgewood Road
Ellis Boulevard
Ronald D. Thompson
Fourth Avenue
Thompson
Norman L. Urban
Jesup
First Avenue
Deputies arrest Rosalio Ruiz in Linn County disturbance
Linn County deputies arrested 42 year old Rosalio Ruiz after a family disturbance report. He faced two counts of assault and interference with official acts for striking his son and the friend's head and for choking a man and resisting deputies. He was treated at St Luke's Hospital and released on his own recognizance.
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Rosalio R. Ruiz
Zeman Drive
Linn County
Ruiz
Juan
Roger Gonzales
St. Luke’s Hospital
Branstad Responds to Dem Charges on Iowa Economy
Lt. Gov. Terry Branstad told the Iowa Association of Realtors that Democratic claims Iowa is broke do not fit the facts. He cited budget discipline since the 1980 cuts, stressed job creation, education, and attracting high technology, while blaming grain embargo and high interest rates for the farm squeeze.
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Terry Branstad
Iowa
Iowa Association of Realtors
Stouffer
Five Seasons Hotel
Branstad
Roxanne Conlin
Midwest
Realtors
Coe
Mount Mercy Colleges
Soviet Union
Ray
Iowa Development Commission
First Congress Adopts Amendments to Constitution
On this date in 1789 the first U S Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution, of which 10 were ratified and became the Bill of Rights, establishing fundamental rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Cedar Rapids awards five neighborhood construction contract
E and F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co of Cedar Rapids won a Friday city council bid for five Community Development neighborhoods. The $479,911 total bid beat three rivals and comes in 13.9 percent under the $557,536 estimate, with sums listed for Oak Hill Coe Mount Vernon Youngs Hill Kingston Riverside and Cedar Lake Daniels projects.
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E & F Cement & Asphaltic Concrete Co
Cedar Rapids
Oak Hill
15Th Avenue SE
Coe
Handicap horseback ride sponsored near Ely by UCP and club
United Cerebral Palsy and the Cedar Rapids Horseman's Club sponsor a Sunday horseback ride for handicapped persons from noon to 5 p.m. at Upmier Stables near Ely. About 25 to 30 participants are expected, and unregistered riders may join at the stables. all ages welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Cerebral Palsy
Cedar Rapids Horseman's Club
Upmier Stables
Ely
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Jonathan Reed
Gazette
Tom Merrymar
Grant Wood Agency
Gonzales
Mount Vernon Road
Arizona
Texas
Als
Blazers
Famous Name Brands
Mt. Vernon Road
Brenda Bagen
Tommy Tucker
Construction Pact
Riverside
Cedar Lake Daniels
the Dean
Town and Country
Dean Short
KCDR
Ow & Coumany
S.E
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