No free rides home on New Year’s Eve in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police end free ride program for intoxicated revelers though a few years ago officers drove people home at no charge. Captain Stepanek cites risk and liability concerns with drivers damaging families. Iowa troopers increase patrols along Old 151 and I 80 to curb drunken driving.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis Stepanek
Stepanek
Iowa State Patrol
Pete Hall
Hall
Marion
Linn County
Johnson County
Mary Lou Pazour
New York City
John Lanigan
John Jefferson
New York
Jefferson
Midtown
Bellevue Hospital
Poland drafts plans to revamp government reform effort
Poland under martial law outlines three panels to draft social economic and political reforms led by top strategists. One panel proposes dissolving the Polish United Workers Party in favor of a new broad based party including church and union influence. Jaruzelski heads distinct faction teams and plans a January unveiling of a new policy model with hopes to end martial law by March.
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Poland
Warsaw
Polish United Workers Party
Communist Party
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jaruzelski
United States
Soviet Union
Reagan
NATO
Storm Buries Idaho Amid Foot of Snow and Rescue Efforts
A major storm blankets southern Idaho with a foot of snow on Wednesday as a blizzard hammers the Rockies. Rescue teams face whiteout conditions in Colorado and Wyoming while northern Plains endure bitter cold with Havre, Montana recording 27 degrees below zero. Trains in Oregon detour due to a Willamette Valley earth slide that damaged 250 feet of track. In Colorado near Buena Vista rescuers work through deep snow to reach the fourth survivor of a Christmas Eve plane crash, with the pilot missing after attempting to walk out.
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Idaho
Rockies
Colorado
Wyoming
Plains
Great Lakes
Havre
Mont
Hibbing
Minn
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Central Oregon
Robert Melba
Southern Pacific Railroad
Colorado Rockies
Buena Vista
Benny Durham
Addison
Help Wanted Saleslady for Cosmetic Counter
Classified ad seeks a full time saleslady for a department store cosmetic counter. Position emphasizes enjoying interactions with people and assisting customers. Copyright notice appears with the listing.
Court denies Illinois custody of Soviet boy
Illinois appeals court rules Walter Polovchak 14 should not be kept by the state. In a 2 to 1 decision the court said the lower court erred by granting custody to the state. ACLU insists the ruling favors reuniting with Walter and his parents.
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Illinois
Chicago
Walter Polovchak
Illinois Court of Appeals
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Walter
Henry Holzer
Cook County
Patrick Murphy
U.S
High Heels as Potent Aphrodisiac Says Podiatry Editor
Washington AP reports William Rossi editor of the Journal of the American Podiatry Association argues high heels may be the most potent aphrodisiac ever created. He urges foot doctors to stop promoting flats and frames the heel as a lasting social and psychosexual uplift.
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Washington
Journal of the American Podiatry Association
William Rossi
Crack found in 151 bridge south of Anamosa
A maintenance worker found a six foot crack in a steel beam of the Highway 151 bridge over the Wapsipinicon River two miles south of Anamosa. The 432 foot, two lane structure built in 1964 will be closed for permanent repairs, with a detour posted via Jones County roads.
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Anamosa
Highway 151
Jim Phinney
Iowa Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids
Phinney
Wapsipinicon River
Jones County
Don Schulze
Idot Bridge
Inspec
Tor
Ames
Schulze
IDOT
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