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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1990
Page
1
A Cedar Rapids resident earns a place on a nationwide academic team recognized by a major national newspaper. The announcement appears on Page 2A, highlighting the student’s academic honors and the sponsoring publications.
Legislature signals up to 280 sewage treatment plants in Iowa may require upgrades. A Hy-Vee store rezoning in Marion clears initial City Council hurdle. Officials celebrate a new U.S. Commerce Department satellite office opening in Cedar Rapids.
Prairie High School wrestling coach Jim Kim celebrates his 100th dual meet victory. The page notes Iowa’s tough setback as it falls to Indiana Hoosiers and mentions a prep star pledging to play hoops for the Hawkeyes.
The interim leader of Iowa City schools is among finalists for the district superintendent position. The report notes the candidate's background and the board's search process as it moves toward a decision.
A humorous line notes that if more fiber were needed in diets some people would joke about eating their hats. The quip appeals to readers with a light, witty domestic humor tone.
Keokuk County Attorney announced that the state would not present evidence against Rosanne Lee, Shirley Loop, Deanna Loop, and Dean Helms in a custodial order violation case stemming from a Dec. 31 incident in Monticello and Webster. The child was later turned over to Troy Lee in Iowa City after a deal with authorities.
FBI agents arrested Mayor Marion Barry on a cocaine related drug charge at a downtown Washington hotel. Police sealed off upper floors as details emerged from federal sources and local witnesses. Barry, a former civil rights worker, has long faced drug related allegations and denies them.
In Los Angeles, Raymond Buckey and his mother Peggy McMartin Buckey were acquitted on 52 child mistreatment charges after the nation’s longest criminal trial. Jurors deadlocked on 12 sex mistreatment counts and one conspiracy count, judge orders further action.
Cedar Rapids Police Department will keep its Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS after a Des Moines committee vote. Acting Chief William Byrne and Public Safety Commissioner J D Smith presented to the AFIS committee which decided to keep the terminal in Cedar Rapids. Linn County Sheriff Dennis Blome and other officers noted the move saves man hours and aids crime solving as the unit has already helped identify nine suspects across five area agencies. The AFIS system rapidly searches about 2000 fingerprints per second and will be implemented in five Iowa cities Des Moines Waterloo Davenport Sioux City and Cedar Rapids with current terminals in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.
Martha Dunlevy, 18, of Lansing, Illinois, endures long battle with Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome TMJ that left her unable to eat solid foods for years despite extreme pain and social isolation. Doctors fitted $500 splints and she now speaks with confidence about dental treatment and recovery.
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