Nobody at home and other macabre tales
Gus Schrader's weekly column recounts humorous urban legends of macabre human bedeviled by odd post mortem choices. Tales span a frozen ship locker corpse, border crossings with a deceased father, a stewardess hiding a body, and a Ming vase burial, among others with Midwest connections.
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Robert Service
States
China
Hubby
Iowa City
Midwest
University Hospitals
Sioux Falls
Beef and Pork Prices Jump Ahead of Barbecue Season
Price swings push beef ribs and t bones to about 5.59 per pound while pork loin and butts rise 15 cents. Retailers warn even small wholesale shifts pass quickly to shoppers as spring demand grows. Local store managers note processing adds costs, and industry officials say plant closings elsewhere do not drive consumer prices.
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Kathy Toborg
al Sauerbry
Hy-Vee Food
Seventh Ave
Marion
Mark Martin
Nelson’s
Marion Rd
Cedar Rapids
Nelson
Martin
Pro-life editors fired from Fairfield Ledger over group leadership
Terri Lambertsen and John Kennedy, editors at the Fairfield Ledger, were dismissed after refusing to quit as leaders of the Southeast Iowa Pro-Lifers. Ledger officials cited protecting credibility while maintaining neutrality. Protesters gathered outside the newsroom as debate over free speech and newsroom appearance continued.
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DES Moines
Fairfield Ledger
Terri Lambertsen
People Page
Lambertsen
John Kennedy
Southeast Iowa
Tangled auto theft case could take years to resolve
The 1937 Ford Tudor seized by Iowa troopers from a Black Hawk County farm may be the car stolen from Bob Prenosil in 1961. Current owner Michael Lynch argues for his title to the car as the case proceeds through administrative hearings and possible appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court, potentially spanning years.
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Jeff Burnham
Gazette
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Bob Prenosil
Cedar Rapids
Washington County
Michael Lynch
Cedar Falls
the Gazette
Prenosil
Iowa State Patrol
Hudson
Lynch
John Baker
Gary Hayward
Public Safety Division
Attorney General’s Office
Hayward
Iowa Supreme Court
Baker
Pro-choice Pickets Quayle in Iowa Campaign Visit
NARAL of Iowa plans a protest in Des Moines as Vice President Dan Quayle attends a Branstad reception at a city hotel. He is also due in Council Bluffs and Sioux City promoting U.S. Rep. Tom Tauke’s Senate bid against incumbent Tom Harkin, whom NARAL seeks to defeat.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
National Abortion Rights Action League
NARAL
Iowa
Dan Quayle
Quayle
Terry Branstad
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
U.S
Tom Tauke
U.S. Senate
Tom Harkin
Tauke
Weather returns to normal pace for gardening season
Rural affairs writer notes gardens appear behind schedule but are actually near normal after two unusual wet years. Bruce Wohlers of Earl May Nursery cites cold conditions and teens overnight with snow showers possible. State climatologist Hillaker says today’s 48 degree high is about 10 degrees below normal. frost danger remains until after May 10.
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Bert Kreitiow
Bruce Wohlers
Earl May Nursery
Edgewood Road
Harry Hillaker
Wohlers
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Sixth St
42Nd
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Lowa
Cedars
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Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Mike Telford
Iowa Pork Producers
West Des Moines
Fairfield Paper
Auchi
Sharon Mullikin
Judy Neubauer
Fairfield
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Flower & Garden Shop
Blairs Ferry Rd
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Hillaker
Walker
Children’s Shoes
Old Capitol Center
Lindale Mall
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