Reunion of Chinese family brings tears of joy
Hoa Blood and 16 relatives from Vietnam arrived in Cedar Rapids after a five year effort to escape communist control. Sponsors from four Presbyterian churches welcomed them at the airport and arranged housing and aid with donations still needed.
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Hoa
Cedar Rapids
Berg
Tom Tauke
Saigon
C. Russell Blood
Sugar Pine Drive
United
Chicago
Bloods
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
New York
Ong
Hien
Russell
Michelle
Christopher
Vietnam
Lien
Hue
Hua
Hoang
Huan
Hung
Cuong
Chi
Suong
Loan
Van
Thailand
Phong
Phuong
Phue
Phuong Uyen
Danh
Bach Hue
Blood
First
Kenwood Park
Central Park and
Olivet
June Bradley
Prohibition Reverberates Through Iowa Bootlegging Tales
Lipp, 70, recalls hauling alcohol during Prohibition from Chicago and Milwaukee into Dubuque and surrounding towns. He and others describe a widespread, livelihood-driven defiance as speak-easies thrived, raids failed, and booze flowed from Capone’s Chicago operation to homes across Iowa.
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Oelwein
Lipp
Chicago
Milwaukee
Dubuque
George
Mud
Capone
Templeton
Muggsy Davis
Art Decker
Marion
Tauke Calls for 2 Percent Cut in 1981 Budget
In Cedar Rapids at Jefferson High School Rep. Tom Tauke led a two hour town meeting on taxes, energy and budget cuts. He urged Congress to empower President Reagan to rescind spending authority and reduce the 1981 federal budget.
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2Nd District
Tom Tauke
Jefferson High School
Cedar Rapids
Tauke
Congress
Ronald Reagan
Dubuque
Washington
Four charged with drunken driving in Linn County arrests
Four men were arrested in Linn County on Thursday and early today on drunken driving charges. Edwin Sumner age 42 was picked up on Highway 30 east of Cedar Rapids at 4 50 p m Jerry Cook age 37 on Highway 150 near Green s Cove was charged also with driving on the wrong side of the road Gregory Hayslett age 25 on Highway 151 east of Marion was charged with speeding and operating without registration Michael Carson age 27 in the 800 block of South 11th Street Marion was arrested at 2 30 a m
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Linn County
Edwin R. Sumner
22Nd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Jerry D. Cook
Center Point
Green's Cove
Gregory F. Hayslett
Marion
Michael R. Carson
Rural Center Point
South 11Th Street
Mother’s Courage Highlighted in Columbia Hostage Drama
A Sunday PARADE feature recounts a tense hostage situation in Colombia. It centers on a mother who risks danger to protect her child, underscoring resilience and resolve amid a perilous standoff.
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Columbia
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Mary Burke Gazette
Valissa Berg
Prohibition
Art
Fort Dodge
Muggsy
Quincy
Ill
Jack Owens
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Moonlight
Des Moines
Ronald “Dutch” Reagan
WHO
Ed Miller
Miller
Franklin Roosevelt
U.S.A
Northwestern Bell
Flower & Gari
Edgewood & Blairs Ferry Rd
U.S
Smulekoffs
1St ST
3Rd Ave
Downtown
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