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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1988
Page
5
Mercy Medical Center reported theft of engraver and tools worth 3670 dollars from a locked sixth floor closet between December 12 and December 19 with no sign of forced entry. A private residence at 1131 S Avenue NE reported an air conditioner stolen between 2 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. Thursday after a tenant moved out.
A series of medical emergencies, a vehicle extrication, a car crash and an unknown issue were logged across addresses on 397 16th Ave SW, 225 Second St SE, 311 Second Ave SW, 394 34th St SE, 2204 Johnson Ave NW, 1222 B Ave NW, 1396 Elmhurst Dr NE, 4110 Johnson Ave NW, 1800 block 16th Ave SW, 310 Fifth Ave SE Apt 503, and 1609 Washington Ave SE between Wednesday and Thursday.
The Marion Independent school board voted 4-1 to stop invocations and benedictions at Marion High School graduation, citing an Iowa attorney general ruling that prayers at public ceremonies are unconstitutional and could invite lawsuits. The board also moved the 1989 graduation indoors to the high school gym, with site decisions to be made in January and potential venues such as the Paramount Theatre or Veterans Memorial Coliseum explored.
Iowa Court of Appeals rules a parent may owe child support despite time elapsed between birth and court action. It affirmed Richard Husted as Riley Elizabeth Connor’s father and cut monthly support from 60 to 50 dollars. The court rejected claims of prejudice from fading witness memory.
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the murder and robbery convictions of Lawrence Gladson in the 1985 shooting death of Newton police officer Daniel McPherren. The court rejected Gladson's PTSD defense claiming ineffective counsel and noted not every trial error proves ineffectiveness. An accomplice, Dennis Lamar, has also been convicted in the case.
A Washington County man will get a new trial on a drunken driving charge after the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled 3 0 that he was wrongly denied a chance to present testimony from a friend who said Gosling was not drunk when he lost control of his pickup truck and overturned into a ditch. The appeals court said the witness would likely testify Gosling was sober at the time.
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