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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1987
Page
7
Due to the July Fourth holiday the Gazette newsroom opens at 4 p.m. today. Obituary information and other items for Sunday’s edition should be delivered after 4 p.m. or called in. Deadline is 9 p.m. Cash booth on the main floor is closed today.
Six candidates will appear on the Strawberry Point ballot to fill the unexpired City Council term of George Pattison who died recently. The six seek the post Leila Ramsey Vern Lyons Julie Thompson Shirley Anthes Donald Thomas Ira Mae Pattison. The term runs until December 1989. Tracy Ash started as police chief replacing Randy Sandhagen and Karen Munter replaced Yvonne Klaver as deputy city clerk. The council also limited parking on Park Avenue and Cooley Streets to the west side.
A 9 year old boy Andrew Yoerger riding a bicycle was hit by a car at the Sixth Avenue and First Street SW intersection in Oelwein. He was thrown onto the car’s hood and windshield, treated for bruises, and released from Mercy Hospital. Police investigate.
The report lists daytime thefts at 200 West Post Rd NE and 1408 Third Ave SE plus overnight break in at 1441 B Ave NE and a hog roaster theft outside a warehouse. Numerous alarms medical emergencies and a 1862 note on Lewis Carroll’s Alice origin during a boating trip are mentioned.
In Martensdale Iowa David Beedle 34 allegedly stabbed his father Duane Beedle 53 who died after pursuing him by car for nearly a mile The suspect fled into woods and fields near the rural home prompting a manhunt aided by helicopters and tracking dogs The mother Katherine Beedle 53 survived with injuries and is hospitalized in Des Moines The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation asked for public help as troopers diverted to highway duty over the holiday weekend
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