Don't Make Joe Clark A Folk Hero
The piece portrays Paterson New Jersey high school principal Joe Clark as a controversial figure praised by some and condemned by others. It notes his strict discipline, clashes with the school board, and calls him a violent bully while acknowledging his role in increasing test scores and school pride. It argues against elevating him to folk hero status.
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William Bennett
Clark
Paterson, N.J
Reagan
Joe Clark
Pat Buchanan
Paterson
Emperor Jones
Paterson Education Association
Eastside
Amnesty International
Joe Clarks
Rambo
Calder pleads guilty to lesser homicide charges in Puerto Rico
Ronald Calder, formerly of Dubuque, switches from first degree murder to voluntary and attempted homicide in the 1981 death of Amy Villalba de Jesus. Judge Hiram Torres Rigual sets sentencing for Feb. 15, requires weekly island reporting, and Calder remains on Puerto Rico.
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Aguadilla
Puerto Rico
Ronald Calder
Des Moines
Dubuque
Carlos Roberto Soto Lopez
Hiram Torres Rigual
Torres Rigual
Calder
Luz Cilinea Font
Jean Marie
Amy Villalba de Jesus
Roosevelt Hotel Gets New Management and 1 Million Renovation
Cedar Rapids firm Larken Inc takes over management of the Roosevelt Hotel at 200 First Ave NE and plans a renovation costing up to 1 million dollars. The project refurbishes 133 rooms adds 24 top floor suites, and redecorates the lobby restaurant and meeting areas. Banc Iowa owns the property after a 1987 sheriff sale and will retain ownership for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heather Sloman Wood
Gazette
Larken Inc
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Chamber of Commerce “Business Exchange
Banc Iowa
Roosevelt
First Ave
Roosevelt Limited Partnership Inc
Peter Bezanson
Mor- America Financial Corp
Roosevelt Limited Partnership
Charles Burd
Innkeepers Inc
Chicago
Burd
Larry Cahill
Gloria
Larken Design
Larken
Holiday Inns
Hiltons
Ramada Inns
Sheratons
Lamb
Stouffer
Five Seasons
Convention Bureau
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Jackie Merringer
Bob Arnold
Marion girl and Iowa City man among four killed in crashes
A 2.4 year old Marion girl Caitlin Gerboth and 23 year old Iowa City man Kevin Nissley were among four people killed in separate crashes on Iowa roads. Caitlin and 4 year old Mariel Gerboth were ejected when their mother’s car skidded on ice on I 35 near Ellsworth. Nissley died of a massive head injury after his car overturned on Mormon Trek Boulevard. Another crash near Camanche on Highway 67 killed Jeffery Yaddaf and Pamela Lafollette. Lafollette’s daughter Anna Isher son 3 was in good condition.
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Marion
Iowa City
Iowa
Caitlin Gerboth
Catherine Lind- Gerboth
Vasey Ave
Ellsworth
Mariel Gerboth
Mariel
Kevin Ray Nissley
Sunrise Village
Mike Brotherton
Johnson County
T.T. Bozek
Nissley
Shafton Quarry
Camanche
Jeffery R. Yaddaf
Clinton
Pamela J. Lafollette
University Hospitals
Lafollette
Anna Iverson
Mercy Hospital
Yaddaf
Urbana Shellsburg share plan collapses to three-way option
Urbana city school board abandons a two school sharing deal with Shellsburg and proposes a three way plan including Center Point. Enrollments near 250 for Urbana and 350 for Shellsburg prompt officials to fear state minimums of 600 or 1000. Center Point shows renewed interest after a community survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Manahan
Retro-Iowa
Urbana
Shellsburg
Center Point
Owen Rentschler
Rentschler
Ed Bleeker
Bleeker
Four pounds of marijuana found with two loaded handguns in car
Police stopped Timothy Meade in Oxford, Iowa, and found four pounds of marijuana worth about six thousand dollars, two loaded .38 caliber handguns behind the driver’s seat, and two illegal knives. He faces drunken driving and weapons charges and was released to the Department of Corrections after court.
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Cedar Rapids
Oxford
Timothy Meade
Route 2
Meade
Department of Correctional Services
Fifth Avenue SE
UFO Reports From Australia Include Egg Cup Shaped Object
Police in Sydney said two UFO reports were taken seriously after a family on the Nullabor Plain described an egg cup shaped object that followed their car and left ash. A tuna boat crew nearby reported a UFO that affected their voices, while forensic tests target ash samples.
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Sydney
Australia
Outback
Faye Knowles
Jim Furnell
Knowles
Nullabor
Perth
Western Australia
Furnell
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U.S. Teese
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Tilt Sons
Cedar Rapids Inc
P.O
Will Redo Roosevelt
Second Street
Fourth Street
Matt Stockman
Political Advertisern
Gary Hart
Info
Eric Gonnerman Treas
Urbana-Shellsburg
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TV Vision
Eddie
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West
Ellis Blvd
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