Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Grant stand with actress Mae West in a scene ham the 1.933 run we I'm No Mget'? one of Greatly earnest film Cary Grant THE DAI LY DISPATCH Vol 2 Molme It November 30, 1986 Cary Grant, 82, 01195, Last Rehearsal at The Adler Actor Cary Grant, 82', cheer on Nov. 30 after having to came! an appearance at The 331w Theatre, Davenport Grant became ill and had to cancel his Shaw, A conversation with Cary Grant. Even though Grant said at the time he didn't want to go to a hospital or see a doctor. he was taken to St. luke's Hospital emergency mam. Neither his conditr'rrn nor his h'tness were fmmediatehr alisctosed Grant suffered a massive stroke and was comatose when admitted He was treated 45 minutes in the emergency room before being trahskrred to the intensive care unit where he died at 11:22 am. The perfarmenee by Grant was to be the star attraction at the hrstever Festive! of Trees being held in the Davenport River Center. He had rehearsed on The Adler stage the previous day. Shorty after rehearsal, Grant and his wife, Barbara returned to their suite in the Blackhewh Hate! where the actor comprarhed of nut feehhg well. He had developed a troublesome cough and other symptoms. Grant and Grace hefty pose together an a scene from To Catch a Thief: m 1954. 31

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30 .LIGHTS! RIVER! ACTION! . Local News 50h Burns. a striher at John Deere Hall'ejler Wants, mm, peers out the Window of a strikers hut. Strikers he we tried to express their feelings with signs amt pictures which point out union members' hustlatr'nn. John Deere Works Local 434 members shew dissatisfaction with UAW Wcz-Ptexin'ent Bih' Casste wen: after they rejected the Deere Pact et UFHS Campus. THE Rock Island ARGUS Vol 1 February 1, 1987 Rock Island It. Breakthrough Seen in DtSpute Deere factories around the Quad Cities stirred with life today after a the month hibernation that ended on Feb. 1. More than .1700 local United Auta Workers began returning to their jobs after over- whelminghr approving a 20-month pact with Deere h 80. Workers at M UAW locals in six states rating 9,150 to U48 to end the fohgest work stoppage tn the company's 150-year histw. The strike tach-eut tar surpassed the 110-day strike in 1950, previoush the longest in Deere histo- ry. The previous three-year agreement was extended twice after it expired in June. talks brake aft on Aug. 23 and the UAW cattea' a sefectjve strike at Deere plants in Man. and Duhuque and Watertao, Iowa. Deere respendea' by ctasr'hg its 10 remaining plants in thjncis and Iowa. The HAWlater expanded the strike to five company facilities, including John Deere Parts 00., East Molina. In all, the strike toch-out had tdted about 12. 000 workers with 3,200 of that h'gure in the Quad cities alone, The new pact. met shit with much apposition, contains a sweeping iah-security program similar to one in a contract negotiated by the M W tar Caterptt- tar the. It also sports the Protected Emptayee Group program eratecting 90$ at workers at each focal froth tayott due to economic conditions, marketptace changes, consolidation of operations, tmpm red pra- ductr'vity, and introduction of a new technology.

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I? Vat. 3 Davenport, Iowa March 20, 1987 Sow'et Peace Mb Returns to QC A trio of Soviets arrived h? the Quad Cities on March 20 an a return peace mission - this time tending at the Quad City Airport on the second leg of a thrthap wisit in the United States. The three were part at the Msstsstnpi Peace 0mm aboard the Delta Queen that brought 46 Soviets to the Quad miss last My 30. the delegates want their visit to draw attention to the peace petition and to establish direct contact with Americans and their Soviet counterparts. the petition, initiated by the People '5 Appeal for Peace, 3 joint campagh by pemahs th the United States and Soviet Union, asks far a verifiable comprehensive Ahatnty Gatuhev. deputy director at Soviet Write: meets Davenport mayor, Them Hart at the Quad City Ahead, 6'01qu and Geuna Huey fest ban a freeze gh35ed reduction and Smrava wele among the Swim that arrived tar the weft, - A 'v I e eventual ehmmahon at all nuclear: chemtcat and bietogtcat weapons, 3 transfer of resources from mihtary to human needs and an increase atpeopte to people contact, man...- - i . t'limes -.. Vol. 4 February 24, 1986 Rock bland It. Green Flag to Race hack Endthg months of speculation, local business and government afftcr'ats announced plans for a proposed $25 mttttbtt auta-racthg complex in Carbon Ctift one at the largest of its htnd in the nation Mayer Ken Wham, state Senator Dem: y Jacobs. and East Mohne contractor hm Massa went public with the proposal that they presented to attictats at the Natiahathssactatfeh atStaclc Car Auto Racing. in Daytona Beach, Fla, last week. Nessa, who unveiled a sketch of the proposed 70, 000-seat facility said he wttt begin tanking for corporate and other funding sources to hhance the venture. Plans for the auad-Ctty Mater Speedwax which develepers say would be the htth targest track at its hind tn the MS, catt tor a JV: mite track to he built an the farmer Rock Island tines switching yard, hear the .v'ntelsectiah at Interstate 5 and What: 34. The 200- acre site currehthr is owned by the ChicagoAPacittc Corp. Arttst sketch at plapusea' Quact-Ctty Mater Speedway