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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1988
Page
3
Washington reports the Air Force is secretly building a stealth long-range recon aircraft targeted to fly over 3 800 mph and above 100 000 feet. It aims to evade radar detection and replace the aging SR 71 Blackbird, with details kept secret.
Charles Ladd sues the Iowa West Racing Association claiming Ladies Day promotions at Bluffs Run dog track in Council Bluffs discriminated against men by offering women discounts. He seeks damages and an injunction for future promotions and notes a prior civil rights ruling and right to sue letter.
The Farmers State Bank in Ellsworth was robbed Saturday morning by two men. One suspect wore a tan ski mask, green army jacket, and tan mittens. the other wore a green ski mask and tan coveralls. Both fled on foot after the 8:30 a.m. holdup.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with mail postage paid locally. Subscription rates include Carrier 2.85 per week Motor Route 3.35 per week and by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 12.80 for 4 weeks 141.40 for 52 weeks. other states 197.60 for 52 weeks. Postmaster address changes go to Cedar Rapids Gazette P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news.
In Center ville, Chester and Ivy Rushton, aged about 75 and 70, were found dead in a tiny wooden home after their wood stove stopped burning. Police say a log remained in the stove and nearby wood, with water drawn from a wheelbarrow and cooking on a hot plate. The couple, described as reclusive, likely died Monday or Tuesday.
Des Moines AP State Sen Kenneth Scott a Clear Lake Democrat filed for bankruptcy listing more than four million dollars in debts tied to his farming business Norseland Farms Inc Debts include large amounts to Federal Land Bank in Omaha Midlands Production Credit Association and Farm Credit System Assets total four hundred forty one thousand with about one hundred seventy nine acres of farmland valued at over two hundred twenty thousand Scott and his wife Lorraine filed a joint petition and decline comment as the Legislature session approaches.
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