Girl Shoots Self After Jail Escapees Captured
A 13 year old girl shot herself on a Cedar Rapids porch as police captured jail escapees at a residence. Cathi Chase, friend of one escapee, died after being taken to Mercy hospital. Officers identified two escapees, Mark Loftus and Thomas Glaus, taken from the house, with more suspects at large.
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Cedar Rapids
Cathi Chase
Fifth Street
Sixteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Miss Chase
Linn Sheriffs
Linn County
Wallace LaPeters
Gareth Cliff
Walter Grant
Iowa Highway Patrol
Cedar
Reagan Puts Vice Presidential Wedge at Convention
Reagan pushes to require each Republican candidate to name a vice presidential pick before the nomination is decided. The 105 delegate panel debated rules including ballot method and floor access as Ford and Reagan camps clash over convention strategy.
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Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
John Sears
Sears
Tauke Poll Puts Ford Reagan In Kans City Tossup
Iowa official Tom Tauke reports a split Second District delegation for the Republican presidential race. In his mail poll of 498 delegates, Ford leads Reagan 121 to 120 with 3 for Richardson and 2 undecided. Tauke remains uncommitted as he heads to the national convention.
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Tom Tauke
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Kansas City
Tauke
Dubuque
Towa
Iowa
Reagan
Commerce
Elliot Ri
Chardson
Des Moines
Mechanicsville
Remember When A Cedar Rapids Layout Triggers Memories
A page 10A photo layout recalls life around the turn of the century for Cedar Rapids residents and introduces newer readers to the era. The piece links past daily life to present curiosity while noting other page features and weather.
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Cedar Rapids
GROWING CONTROVERSY AT GRANT WOOD HEAD BODE
Former and current staff at Grant Wood area education agency allege abuse of records, blackballing, and demeaning treatment under administrator Dwight Bode 48. They describe a culture of intimidation, print shop misuses, and rigid control as the agency runs a 7.5 million dollar budget serving seven counties.
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Grant Wood Ares Education Agency
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Dwight Bode
Bode
the Gazette
Joint County School System
Grant Wood
Partitioning of Lebanon Becomes Reality Says Leader
SELRUL Lebanon AP reports Lebanon's largest Christian militiaman declares after 17 months of civil war that partition has become a reality, signaling a major shift in the conflict between Christians and Muslims.
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Lebanon
Selrul
Christian Militi
Jerre Gemayel
Phalange Party
Pt @ radio
Gemayel
Tal Zaatar
Christian Heart Lane
Beirut
Tripo
Man Charged with Murder in Cedar Rapids Shooting
C R Man Walter Gilmore, 27, of 254 Northviewplace NE, charged with the murder of Howard H. Cook, 30, of 2128 North Towne Lane NE, after a shooting in the southeast side. Cook died at Mercy Hospital at 3 25 a m. Gilmore held on $100 bond. a .38 revolver found at his home.
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Charies Walter Gilmore
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Howard H. Cook
North Towne Lane
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Mercy Hospital
Gilmore
Linn County
Lell
Hors Lake
Miss
Paradise
Cedar Rapids
Crypvac
Howard H., Jr
Eldrick
Virgil
Memphis
Tenn
Keren Memphis
Harrie Cook
Beth Beard
Louise Allen
Bonnie Nason
Dorothy Griffin
Carolyn Fitzgeraid
Euney, Marvell
Leon Richard
Tommy
Cedar Rapitis
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Chicago
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Gazette
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Joint County
C.R. Man
Turner Chapel
Eas
Victory Funeral Home
Rose Hill
Syria
Tripoli
Lebanox Syria
Forces Centre
Fastern
Christar Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Camillo Chamoun
Kamal Jumblatt
Gemaye
Bernt
Mosiem
Chastian Locks
Amenit Radio
Franjieh
Falen Tal Zaatar
Benin
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