Detention hazards loom at Linn County Juvenile Center
The Gazette urges a proper control room for short term isolation at Linn County Detention Center after a March 26 breakout and a March 31 hearing. Judge Brent Harstad ordered the boy returned to Linn Detention, noting staff could handle him despite risks, as a safer alternative remains needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Bill McCarty
Johnson County
Marion
Brent Harstad
Harstad
Linn
Linn County Detention Center
Old Carnegie era library may become vacant in 1984
Cedar Rapids weighs options for the 79 year old Carnegie era library as the new downtown facility opens in 1984. City seeks 3018 from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and hires a consultant to survey possible uses and sale value while local groups consider creative solutions.
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Andrew Carnegie
Cedar Rapids
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Iowa Theater
Square One
Nancy McHugh
Library Board
Kirkwood
Cuban card up Reagan's sleeve in nuclear standoff
Analysis argues Brezhnev escalated Europe first with SS-20 missiles, prompting NATO countermeasures. It says Reagan offered a zero option while hinting at Cuba as a potential vulnerability, and suggests behind the scenes talks with Castro and Kissinger-like brinkmanship to influence the Caribbean crisis.
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NATO
Brezhnev
United States
U.S
Cuba
Reagan
Nicaragua
Moscow
Europe
Kennedy
Kremlin
Caribbean
al Haig
Mexico City
Fidel Castro
Americas
Vernon Walters
Havana
Henry Kissinger
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
China
Ground Zero Week Prompts Public Nuclear War Debate
In September 1981 Gallup poll shows 68 percent fear all out US USSR nuclear war within a decade while 9 percent expect good survival odds. Letters to The Gazette discuss fears, democracy, and civic voice amid looming nuclear threat and a Ground Zero Week event.
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Gallup
U.S
U.S.S.R
Cedar Rapids
Ground Zero
Flea Market Praise From Mount Vernon Sellers
The Plaza Mall flea market in Mount Vernon impressed visiting sellers from Wisconsin praising a clean building well run promoters and friendly customers The weekend event offered diverse lunch options and a wide selection of antiques and reproductions for sale The group plans to return in late April and notes eye appeal drives buying interest. The report also highlights CPR awareness and citizen involvement in emergency response praising Area Ambulance Service staff led by Timothy A Trosky for encouraging public participation and training to improve survival outcomes.
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Plaza Mall
Mount Vernon
Wisconsin
Area Ambulance Service
Rights and Duty in Draft Registration Debate
A letter argues for a 21 year old registration age to reduce disruption from college and work. It also defends penalties for non registration as essential to uphold law and defend freedoms won by past patriots and military service.
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JF. Hladky, Jr
Board of
Joe Hladky
John Donnelly
the Gazette
Eldora
Fine Arts Council
Linn County Historical Museum Association
Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Poland
Atlantic
William Safire
Soviet Union
Edwin Meese III
Thomas Jones
Defense
Toni Pickering
E Ave. NE
America
Chuck
James Watt
Congress
Dan Rather
Area
Timothy A. Trosky
10Th St. SE
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