Missouri mayor claims strongest mayor title after whisky prize
Champ, Missouri mayor Bill Bangert, weighing 280 pounds and six foot five, won a bet for a gallon of whisky by carrying the 778 pound Dinnie stones across the River Dee bridge in Scotland. He plans to challenge American mayors and lifts seven of them in one go, aims to defend the title at a later conference.
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City workers vote to end five day strike in Bluffs
Council Bluffs Municipal Employees Association members voted to end their five day walkout and return to work. More than 100 of the 127 members cast ballots, though the total was not announced. The union had demanded an $85 monthly raise plus vacation and sick pay. Earlier the city offered a five percent cost of living raise with a $35 minimum. City Manager Don Harmon warned that strikers not back today would be fired.
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Aurora Briefs Contact and social visits noted
Mrs. Millie Meyer served as an Inde pendence caller Monday. Mrs. Kenneth Johnson and Mrs. William Gibson visited Cedar Rapids and called on Mrs. Donald Stine. Mrs. Mabel Annis attended a Helen Geltz birthday party at the Clyde Cook home in Winthrop Thursday. Mrs. Oscar Smith of Des Moines visited Aurora friends recently. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Arnold hosted 20 guests from Ocelwein Winthrop and Aurora on Thursday for their son Chad’s third birthday.
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