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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1989
Page
2
The author notes January dieting as ads for sauces, pizzas, and fast foods surge. He details personal temptations, weight battles, and sports losses while mocking food marketing and a new snack pizza fries from Jeno’s. The piece blends humor with critique of consumer culture.
Donna Simmons was sentenced to life in prison for first degree kidnapping of her seven year old son Tracy in Polk County Iowa. Prosecutors said Simmons allowed her live in boyfriend Larry Siemer to torture the boy for months and confine him in a basement. Simmons and Siemer both face life without parole terms.
Town government could lack a working council for months if a third member, John Carpenter, resigns amid disputes with Mayor L C Howe. With Ed Holub and Cary Bolton already gone, a quorum would fail and only a special election could restore governance. A Jan 21 meeting aims to fill vacancies. if Carpenter resigns, late March is earliest possible election.
Bradley Mangrich of Winthrop appears to be responding to a second bone marrow transplant. White cells have more than doubled since Monday, though destroyer cells were detected. His twin Brodie awaits a future transplant as Bradley recovers at University Hospital in Minneapolis. A benefit hog roast for the twins is planned at the Gilbertville Legion Hall Friday at 4 30 p m.
Merle Kramer 34 of Eastman Wisconsin was sentenced Friday to more than a decade in prison for his role in a marijuana growing operation near Maquoketa. He was fined 5000 for failing to appear at a court hearing and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine manufacturing and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute. Gene Osterhaus Ron Osterhaus and June Osterhaus were also involved with the operation. Ron Osterhaus received five months at a halfway house Gene Osterhaus got five years probation after completing a 16 year term for cocaine distribution.
Government findings show states raising rural interstate limits to 65 mph averaged a 19 percent rise in fatalities in 1987, while 55 mph states rose 7 percent. Overall 373 more deaths occurred, with California noting a drop on 65 mph roads. The report calls for state-led speed decisions amid varied results.
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