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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1983
Page
5
San Francisco police say they dismantled a prostitution ring of about 150 women including housewives and nurses who worked for a legal escort service run by a former street-walker who became wealthy. The report outlines the network and its operators.
Doctors at the National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute in Atlanta report Brandy Jo Clemons, 28 months, shows periodic breathing lapses during sleep but the condition is not life threatening. The report follows tests on the daughter of Vicky Clemons. The note accompanies other Iowa items.
Four more weightlifters including an American lost their medals amid a broad crackdown on anabolic steroids at the Pan Am Games. Twelve U S track team members were sent home after receiving strict drug test notices.
Judy Daubenmier reports Iowa should study a state owned resort at Lake Rathbun in the southeast to attract travelers and business year round. Paul Comer cites Kentuckys and North Dakotas resort models and urges more access sites, winter recreation marketing, upgraded parks, and brochures to lure visitors. Larry Wilson notes need for funds and staff to promote tourism and maintain parks, proposing family cabin complexes and Rathbun lodge ideas.
The Gazette corrects a Tuesday photo outline that misidentified Scott Andresen 17 and his father Jerry Andresen of rural Wyoming showing a steer in the market beef competition at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello. The newspaper invites complaints and will publish corrections at the given contact.
Six-year-old Brandy Graham was found early Tuesday sleeping in a yard about a block from home after an overnight search by neighbors and police. She had last been seen Monday evening, and her mother said Brandy knew she would be grounded for playing outside after dark. Brandy was cold but unharmed.
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