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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1988
Page
3
Guerrillas of RENAMO derailed a passenger train near the South African border killing 22 and wounding 71. The attack, blamed on RENAMO with alleged South African help, halted 5 cars and destroyed track as passengers fled into the bush.
Kelcy Jones a 4 year old with Batten's disease from rural Luana sat front row at a Sesame Street Live show in La Crosse Wisconsin then met Big Bird and Cookie Monster backstage. Her family will travel to Disneyland California for a four day trip funded by Kids With a Wish of Des Moines. Kelcy's condition is deteriorating and doctors expect further decline.
An archival snippet lists subscription rates and mailing details for Morning Editions and Sunday editions. It notes four week, fifty two week, and international rates and limits mail subscriptions in carrier areas.
A bill could let 13 Iowa cities alter Social Security participation for police and firefighters. The measure, prompted by a 1986 Iowa Supreme Court ruling, would allow IPERS to validate contributions and let workers stay in Social Security if desired. Cities affected include Cresco Creston Eagle Grove Fairfield Hamburg Hawarden Missouri Valley Monticello Mount Pleasant Waukon West Union Red Oak and Dyersville.
Debbie and Doug Vanney of Solon report their son Justin Douglas Vanney born at 1 42 a.m. January 1 1984 at Mercy Hospital is growing into a tall athletic preschooler who loves ponies Sugar and Buster. He goes by J D and is an Iowa Hawkeye fan.
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