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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1988

Page

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Mayor Also Luther Athletic Director

A brief item notes that the mayor also serves as Luther College athletic director, highlighting a dual role within local governance and college athletics.

Luther Athletic

University of Iowa president house needs up to 300000

Regents say the residence for the next University of Iowa president requires 200000 to 300000 dollars in remodeling. The report appears amid a sequence of local notices and upcoming community events including Walk America at Bever Park.

University of Iowa State Board of Regents America March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Bever Park

Today's Chuckle Dinosaurs Wore Clothes to Beat the Ice

A humorous take suggesting dinosaurs might have avoided extinction if they had dressed for the Ice Age. The joke plays on fashion and prehistoric life with a light, retro vibe.

Farmstead seeks injunction to keep workers' comp coverage

Farmstead Foods ordered to stop disruption of workers compensation after Employers Mutual threatened to cancel coverage over a disputed extra premium of 861 527 dollars. The Cedar Rapids plant employs about 1700 workers and may face closure if coverage ends. A hearing set for 9 30 a m Tuesday before Linn District Judge August Hansell Jr. will determine if the policy allows the extra premium within the current term. The firm says the disputed factor is not part of its policy expiring July 1.

Farmstead Foods Cedar Rapids Farmstead Iowa Employers Mutual Insurance Co. of Des Moines Linn August Hansell Jr Employers Mutual Robert G. Alex

House Ok s trade measure

The House passed a sweeping trade bill by a 312 to 107 margin defying President Reagan and overriding his veto threat. Debate centered on a 60 day plant closings notice provision with limited emergency exceptions. Iowa lawmakers split on final passage with both parties represented.

Washington House Reagan Jim Wright Texas House Senate Robert Michel R-Ill Iowa Dave Nagle Neal Smith Jim Leach Fred Grandy Tom Tauke Jim Ross Lightfoot Tauke Lightfoot Nagle Leach Grandy Smith Senate

Bank robbers end 24 hour standoff in Los Mochis escape

Gunmen who seized a bank and killed five people released 42 hostages and fled with three Red Cross workers. Police said five gunmen escaped in an armored car and a stolen pickup, while the hostages were freed 15 minutes later. The incident ended with authorities negotiating a peaceful exit.

Red Cross Los Mochis Mexico Rosario Angulo Angulo National Bank of Mexico Francisco Labastida Ochoa Televisa

Report on AIDS odds for heterosexuals in JAMA study

A JAMA report by San Francisco researchers calculates HIV infection odds for heterosexuals from single acts. It finds a 1 in 5 billion risk with condoms and uninfected partners, rising to 1 in 500 when the partner is infected and no condom is used. The main message urges choosing low risk partners for protection.

Ashington Journal of the American Medical Association San Francisco

Prosecutor condemns early parole in drunken driving death case

Cedar Rapids man Douglas Coleman is released from prison after five weeks, five weeks into a sentence of up to five years for drunken driving on probation in a drunken driving manslaughter conviction. Judge Larry Conmey plans a hearing April 29 to reconsider the sentence citing shock sentencing laws. A parole board spokesman cited prison space limits as a reason for releasing him. Coleman is prohibited from driving as a special probation condition.

Cedar Rapids Douglas Coleman Linn District Court Linn County Jerry Vander Sanden the Gazette Coleman Larry Conmey Barbara Freeman Conmey

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