Love Free America: 1990 as the end of Valentine celebration
Ellen Goodman traces a 1990 paradigm shift when Congress and courts clamp down on love as a national issue. The column argues a post Valentine era, with love labeled an addiction, Romeo and Juliet banned, and workplace testing adopted to curb what became seen as a national epidemic.
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Oston
Congress
Commission
GNP
Alice
Erica Jong
Supreme Court
America
Farmstead union meet to discuss company status in Washington
Farmstead Foods and UFCW top officials will meet in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to discuss conditions at the company. Rumors of wage concessions were denied by a union official as talks focus on layoffs and the firm’s viability amid a pending 1992 contract. REAP faction sets convention for April in Sioux Falls to protest concessions.
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Phil Immesote
UFCW
Packinghouse
Farmstead
Keith Barnes
Ing
Mike Gardner
P-3
Cedar Rapids
Albert Lea
Minn
Doskocil Foods
Doskocil
Wilson Foods
Barnes
REAP
Sioux Falls
S.D
Two-month delay in French forfeiture trial set by judge
Washington County Iowa Judge William Cahill extended the forfeiture case against Ken French, operator of illegal video poker, by two months to allow an accountant to review ledgers seized after a November raid. Prosecutors claim about $800,000 in three years, with assets including a rural home and businesses at stake. criminal charges may proceed meanwhile.
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Rick Smith
Washington, Iowa
Kenneth Dale French
Washington
William Cahill
French
Washington County
Gerald Partridge
Partridge
South
Iowa
Illinois
Charles Rawson
Martinsburg
Rawson
Challenge Chassis Co
Des Moines
Dennis Troutman
Bonaparte
Troutman
Oxford man charged with attempted murder in Coralville shooting
William Michael Chism, 32, appeared in Johnson County District Court on a charge of attempted murder after a domestic dispute led to a shooting outside Hawks Feed & Relay Station in Coralville. Police said he shot Larry D. Etten, 29, of Mason City, with a 12 gauge shotgun. Etten remained in fair condition. Bail set at 50000.
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Coralville
Oxford
William Michael Chism
Johnson County
Paul Kilburg
Chism
Larry D. Etten
Mason City
Hawks
First Avenue
Interstate 80
Etten
U of I
Terry Koehn
Koehn
Montrose site back taxes paid to avoid county take over
The Montrose Hotel site in Cedar Rapids paid back taxes for 1984 to 1986 and through March this year totaling 90800 to prevent Linn County from owning the property. Galleria Inc and Merchants National Bank settled the taxes Friday, allowing renewed development plans for a six story glass and stone office building.
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Roland Krekeler
Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Tom Leahy
Galleria Inc
Merchants National Bank
Henry Royer
Minneapolis
Pat Ryan
Byers & Happel Realtors
Jim Lamb
Ryan
Du Buque Man Sought in Car Battery Attack
An arrest warrant is issued for 25 year old Charles Witcher of Dubuque charged with false imprisonment and assault with intent to injure for binding Waterloo woman Jackie Rucker and shocking her for 90 minutes with two wires attached to a car battery. Rucker escaped after Witcher left. she received hospital treatment for burns.
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Gazette Northeast
Iowa
Bureau
Dubuque
Waterloo
Charles Witcher
Jackie Rucker
Witcher
Gibson
Dubuque Hospital
Cedar Gazette contact and pricing details in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Gazette announces subscription rates and mailing details for Cedar Rapids readers. It lists carrier and motor route prices, mail subscriptions by region, and a note on AP republication rights. Addresses for subscription changes are provided.
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The
Cedar Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
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Bill Gibson
Rucker
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