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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1990
Page
2
Gus Schrader riffs on dreams that steady the mind from Carl Erskine’s Indiana river fantasy to a patch of Kinnick Stadium turf and a galaxy of sports stars. He recalls Cmdr Terry Tilton, Bronko Nagurski, and leanings toward safe, humorous reflections amid sports lore and media curiosities.
Ray Paris, 48, of Missouri, was convicted by a Linn County jury on a first-degree Hy-Vee robbery. The Cedar Rapids jury deliberated about 35 minutes after testimony, with prosecutors calling the act deliberate and premeditated and the defense arguing intoxication and blackout history. Paris faces a mandatory 25-year sentence set for Feb. 23.
Irene Frame and Ervin Klein, longtime Cedar Rapids neighbors, shared meals at Jane Boyd Community House. When Klein missed a Friday meal, Frame persisted, contacted the phone company and police, and found him stranded on his floor on Thursday. He survived dehydration and is recovering at Mercy Medical Center, grateful for her persistence.
Jeffrey Hansen 20 of Burlington and Jack Teague 22 of Burlington were killed in a high speed chase in Muscatine after a stolen van crashed and burned. Teague drove, Hansen was a passenger. both were wanted for questioning in a Burlington burglary and vandalism. Trooper Randy Jones pursued the van. another chase originated in Gulfport Illinois. Hansen’s services will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Marion Thursday.
Coralville health researcher James P. Curry 48 left his University of Iowa post as he awaits a March 23 sentencing in Des Moines on a federal child pornography charge. He pleaded guilty January 12 after admitting transmission of sexual material involving minors via a university computer and UPS to Florida and Massachusetts. He faces up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine. Curry had been associated with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Health Administration and the National Institute for Rural Health Policy in Des Moines and was free on $10,000 unsecured bail. Federal authorities seized items from his Coralville home and office November 7. no arrest then and he appeared in Des Moines voluntarily for plea. University officials said no further action will be taken.
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