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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1986
Page
7
Gazette Des Moines reports Iowa ranked third nationally in per capita instant lottery sales for 1985 after four months of the state game. Iowans bought about 42.2 million in instant tickets from Aug 22 to end of 1985, with prizes totaling 19 million and 2 million in retailer commissions.
In Des Moines Iowa five contestants shared 55 000 as Karen Polly of Collins won 25000 and Betty Dick of Des Moines earned 10000. Paul Wellington Cedar Rapids and Gary John Harlen won 5000 each while radio host Bob Majors collected 10000 for Harold Bartling. Next week’s 1.15 million prize features Jack Parsons Ottumwa Hazel Wells Maquoketa Doug Doerzman Fort Dodge and Robert Koletzke Council Bluffs.
Davenport man Steven L. Zaehringer, 38, convicted three times in six years for a 1977 rape, is paroled after serving under three years of a 10 year sentence. The Iowa Supreme Court overturned his first two convictions. the third resulted in 1983 sentencing, and Theresa Jo Peterson, 18, later died by hanging in August 1983. Her family blames the case for her death.
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