Should Tasers Be Treated As Firearms In Iowa Dilemma
A Linn County sheriff faces a legal puzzle over permitting a concealed Taser. The device, a stun gun with 50 000 volts, sits between firearms and nonlethal tools. Authorities seek guidance from state and federal offices as debates on classification and regulation continue.
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Workman
Iowa
California
Jack Cover
Taser Systems Inc
Cover
Citi
Pennsylvania
Linn
Sheriff's Department
ATF
Gazette
Steve Hnatt
Des Moines
Washington
Linn County
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Outdoorsman Inc
Highway 30
John Yates
Yates
Demolition Derby thrills families at All Iowa Fair
At the All Iowa Fair demolition derby, families and friends packed the Grandstand for Saturday’s feature after lively Friday heats. Ron Koch known as Dirty Bird and his stepson Chris Martin led a noisy Cedar Rapids cheering section. Chris drove in his first derby while Koch has 15 years’ derby experience. Neither won a trophy. Dixie Bowser won the Powder Puff, and Ken Kunz took the men’s division. Attendance tallies showed 11,481 Friday and 6,406 Saturday as the fair closes with Talent Show finals and stock car races.
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Gether
Dirty Bird
Ron Koch
Thunderbirds
Chris Martin
Ron
Kathy
Chris
Chrystal Hawkins
Cedar Rapids
Koch
John Emmons
Emmons
Lou Shepard
Anderson Trails Reagan by Four Votes in All-Iowa Fair Poll
In The Gazette booth at the All-Iowa Fair, Anderson closes to within four votes of Reagan as tally shows 1,066 to 1,062. Carter remains in third with 621, Kennedy 455, Ed Clark seven, Bush three, Crane one. Congressional totals favor Culver over Grassley and Democrats over Republicans as voting continues today with final results due Monday.
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John Anderson
Illinois
California
Ronald Reagan
Gazette
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Anderson
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Carter
Kennedy
Ed Clark
George Bush
Philip Crane
Ilinois
John Culver
Congress
Culver
Charles Grassley
Grassley
Dear Genie questions seek Huston family genealogy link
Linn County Heritage Society notes Dear Genie letters must have an Iowa tie and be limited to 50 words. Submit clearly typed or printed questions with names and addresses for publication space permitting. Include requestor contact details and send to Dear Genie Cedar Rapids Iowa 51406.
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Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
All-Iowa Fair schedule full day events
All Iowa Fair events include 10 a m Polled Hereford judging in the Livestock Arena, noon Carnival and Exhibition Building opens, 1 p m activities in Family Living Center and Fine Arts Building, 2 p m Quassars High Wire Act, 3 p m Potted Horticulture Seminar and Music by the Memories, 4 p m High Wire Act and Society Horse Show, 5 p m seminars and music, 6 p m All-Iowa Fair Talent Show finals, and 7 30 p m Lou Shepard Memorial Stock Car Races at Granda stand.
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Memories
Family Living Center
Quassars
Family Living
The
Memories — Mall
Society
Lou Shepard
Grandastand
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Nashville
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Los Angeles Herald Examiner
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Aron
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
New York
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New Jersey
Oregon
Kurt Rogahn Gazette
John Hartman
Angela Reilly
Gazette News
Huston- Houston
Thomas Huston
Sherman
Israel
Matthew
George
Daniel
Calvin
James Houston
New Zealand
Dale D. Davis
Williams Blvd
Samuel S. Westlake
Mechanics Union
Mount Vernon
Jane Cory Westlake
Samuel
Caroline Wilder Westlake
Jane
Ann
Frances
Mary Elizabeth
Addie
John
Virginia J. Kush
Beatrice St
Brenwood
Calif
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