Cedar Rapids NAACP Votes to Close Office and Redirect Funds
The Cedar Rapids NAACP chapter approved moving out of its 1134 Ninth St. SE office by a 10 to 9 vote. Rent savings of about 500 dollars per month will fund programs, with the office to relocate within a month to a house at 1012 Ninth St. SE and meetings to be held at Harambee House Jane Boyd Community House or local churches.
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Cedar Rapids
NAACP
Ninth St. SE
McKenzy Wilson
Wilson
Harambee House
Jane Boyd Community House
Cedar Rapids Woman Charged After Truck Hits Iowa City Bridge
A rented truck driven by Jennifer A. Twite, 19, struck a railroad bridge over Iowa Avenue in Iowa City about 6:45 p.m. Sunday. She was charged with disobeying a traffic sign. Damages to the 1990 vehicle were estimated at $10,000. fines could reach $127.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Avenue
Iowa City
Jennifer A. Twite
12Th Ave
Dan Sellers
Stanwood girl dies after sledding accident
Samantha Jo Wanek, a 13 year old from Stanwood, died after being struck by a pickup while sledding on County Road F-36 south west of Tipton. Donald Hubler, 36, of West Branch, could not avoid the crash due to icy roads. Services scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lincoln Community High School gymnasium in Stanwood.
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Stanwood
State Patrol
Samantha Jo Wanek
Tipton
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Donald Hubler
West Branch
Wanek
Lincoln Community High School
Iowa City dental hygiene suit delayed
The sex discrimination case brought by three University of Iowa dental hygiene faculty members Pauline Brine Elizabeth Pelton and Nancy Thompson has been postponed to April 10 in U S District Court Des Moines. The suit challenges the 1992 decision to end the program citing unfair treatment of women.
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University of Iowa
U.S. District Court
Des Moines
U of I
College of Dentistry
Pauline Brine
Elizabeth Pelton
Nancy Thompson
Former friend testifies in Ruben Garza murder trial
Michael Plummer, a former friend, testified Garza asked him and his wife in June 1994 to craft an alibi for the night of May 22 23 1993. Garza allegedly killed housemate Susan Vega and abducted and abused her daughter, who was 13, in 1993. Garza fled to Mexico and was captured in Texas about a year earlier.
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Webster City
Ruben Garza
Michael Plummer
Cedar Rapids
Garza
Plummer
Texas
Marion
Susan Vega
Vega
Mexico
Letter urging alibi for inmate Rub en Garza
Excerpted pleas from Rub en Garza to Michael Plummer and his wife request they conspire with him to provide a false alibi for a May 23 incident. Garza, jailed in Texas awaiting Iowa extradition on June 10, 1994, pressures them to tell cops Sue visited their home that night and left, then never returned.
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Ruben Garza
Michael Plummer
Garza
Texas
Iowa
Sue
Vega
Mike
Mom
Plummer
Garza Mentioned Drugs and Threats in Confession
Garza reportedly told his parole officer that he had been drinking and smoking dope. He claimed Isaac said Garza planned to kill Vega. Garza was described as a friend to the Cedar River roller dam.
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Isaac
Garza
Vega
Cedar River
Counseling Offered as Workers Return to Ralston Foods
Cedar Rapids plant resumes third shift after Friday night shooting left two dead and two injured. Management and union reps organize grief counseling sessions as workers return, with many expressing shock and a need to cope.
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Ralston
George Busha
Scott Rich
Rich
O.J. Guilty Talk Spurs Café Group FOOF in Wellman
A local coffee group named FOOF gathers at the Chat & Chew in Wellman to debate the O J Simpson trial. Majority vote guilty with one holdout echoes broader public discussion. The group, formed by retired Highland community staffers, rotates cafes weekly and values conversation over routine.
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Wellman
O.J
FOOF
Fellowship of Oldwell
Chat & Chew
Marion Davis
Washington
ISU
Fellowship of Old Friends
Highland Community
Shirley
Jay Patterson
CC Connection
Jay
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John Logan
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Ainsworth
Marilyn Davis
Irene
Marcia Clark
Iowa Hawkeyes
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Shirley Lewis
Elmer
Shirley Waldschmidt
Riverside
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