Topeka Rock Star Impostor Linked to Iowa City Case
A man posing as Dana Belmore, claiming to be a rock star with the Alan Parsons Project, traveled through Topeka between November 8 and 13. He met a teenage girl, checked into a hospital for surgery, and was later connected to a Cedar Rapids case involving a stolen car and a motel sequence in Iowa.
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Bloomington
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Cedar Rapids
Omaha
University Hospitals
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Topeka
Kan
Will Dickey
Dana Belmore
Alan Parsons
Dickey
Iowa
Duluth
California
Richard Yagoda
Yagoda
Con Man Travels Across States Avoiding Capture
A man used fake schemes to steal money from several women in Iowa Minnesota and New Jersey. He fled to Canada and remains in Kenora Ontario awaiting trial on immigration charges while facing warrants in Duluth Topeka Cedar Rapids and Phoenix. Authorities say he involved multiple victims and a car rental chain across states.
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Canada
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Ontario
Yagoda
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Kenora
Terry Cameron
Ont
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International Falls
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Topeka
Franklin Township
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Arizona
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Kopecky
Pricesgust and September Economy Faces Downturn Risks
The report discusses a second recession in two years with inflation under pressure and unemployment near 9 percent. It notes energy prices rising while food costs fall, gasoline up 1.5 percent and natural gas up 2.1 percent, with capital equipment and auto prices also increasing due to new models and seasonal adjustments.
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Craig Howell
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Banks of Iowa to acquire Schwartz stake in First Bank System
Banks of Iowa and First Bank System announce an agreement to sell 499,046 shares held by Schwartz and family with a minimum price set at 1.5 times end of month book value, about 55 a share based on Sept 30 equity of 43.71. Shareholders must approve distribution of net sale proceeds before closing.
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Holmes Foster
Banks of Iowa
Donald Grangaard
First Bank System
Schwartz’ Price
First Bank
Schwartz
Reagan calls end of ban on striking controllers an empty gesture
Cedar Rapids PATCO leaders label Reagan's lift of the federal hiring ban as a cosmetic move. Only eight thousand five hundred federal openings exist, all for air traffic controllers, and most striking local members remain out. Some have returned to work under amnesty while others await a return order.
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Jon Gordon
The
Cedar Rapids
Gordon
PATCO
Des Moines
Larry Cose
Reagan fires 11400 air controllers in wage dispute
President Reagan pursues a hard line after 11 400 air traffic controllers walkout Aug 3 in a wage dispute. The government decertifies the union and sets tests for all controllers, with some leniency for senior staff. Roy Williams of the Teamsters commends the action as protective of workers and the public.
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Teamsters
Roy Williams
Reagan
Lewis
Hostage Crisis Ends as Hijackers Free Passengers
Reporters at the airport say a Shiite Moslem clergyman boarded the plane before hostages were released and several men exited the craft. A hijackers spokesman later claimed the group halted the hijack and would free the hostages unharmed after the Beirut landing.
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