Iowa Today Highlights At-a-Glance News And Updates
A compiled page of Iowa Today items covers U.S. and international news including Honduras aid preferences, bond plans for a Polk County race track, and a Capitol vacancy debate. It also notes a time capsule at the State Fairgrounds, a high-profile Iowa homecoming, a drifter case, a Paris bombing claim, Marcos guidance on a rebellion, Goodwill Games medalists, world records in athletics, stock and price shifts, farm acreage projections, Branstad campaign actions, Centerville fire department dispute, and measles developments.
Mortgage foreclosures in Linn near record pace again
Linn County foreclosures approach a record run with 89 filings, a monthly average near 13, echoing 1985 levels. Norwest Mortgage executive Tim Murphy cites backlog from 1985, slow closings of 60 to 90 days, rate hikes from 9.5 to 10 percent, and appraisal bottlenecks as factors shaping the crisis.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Linn County
Linn
Tim Murphy
Norwest Mortgage Inc
Murphy
The
Reagan plate and silverware vanish from Dothan dinner
In Dothan Alabama President Reagan’s plate and silverware from a fried chicken dinner intended for a museum were reported missing by bystander Louise Crammer a 74 year old retired principal who shared a table with Reagan. Police chief Kater Williams said no report had been filed.
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Dothan
Ala
Reagan
Louise Crammer
Kater Williams
Two Cedar Rapids men sentenced in cocaine case
Milton D. Case and Larry D. Gallo were sentenced in Cedar Rapids for distributing cocaine in May 1985. Case received three years in prison and a $2,500 fine. Gallo drew four months of a three year term, with the remainder suspended and three years probation. Gallo admitted conspiring with Case in a drug delivery to a woman linked to a heroin ring led by Tom Sage. Mary Caldwell and Sage are already imprisoned.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S. District Court
Milton D. Case
Third Ave
Larry D. Gallo
Gallo
Tom Sage
Reversal of McMullin murder conviction Won’t Be Appealed
The Iowa Attorney General's Office will not appeal the Court of Appeals reversal of Larry McMullin's voluntary manslaughter conviction in the 1984 beating death of Shelby Clemons. Linn County has 90 days to decide retrial, civil commitment, or other action.
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Iowa Attorney General's Office
Iowa Court of Appeals
Larry McMullin
Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court
Bob Brammer
Linn County
McMullin
Shelby Clemons
Linn
Court of Appeals
Linn County Attorney’s Office
The
Gazette
Denver Dillard
John Logan
Iowa
Clarinda
Clemons
The Gazette Company Contact and Subscription Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists its 1883 establishment, daily and Sunday publication at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. It notes subscription rates by carrier and mail and states AP exclusive rights to local news republication.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
P.O. Box
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Honduras
Bob Skow
Polk County
Capitol
Iowa Capitol
Bob Show
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Iowa State Fair Board
Ronald Reagan
Johnny Carson
Robert Schuller
Debby Boone
Iowa State Fair
Iowa Today
Direct
Paris
Philippine
Ferdinand Marcos
U.s.world
Kent Ferguson
Moscow
Romania
Maricica Puica
Money
American Motors
Chrysler
Money Center
Branstad
Terry Branstad
Centerville
James
Debra Dixon
Second Avenue SE
Dixons
Breonda
Doneta
Yolanda
Ucker
Mary Caldwell
Sage
Pat Trexler
Arkansas
Carolina
Colorado
Dale’s Fruit Market
SUN
Vanessa Shelton
Ninth St. SE
Mar! McMullin
Marilyn Kolek
RCA
America
Cash Plaza
Edgewood Ra
Pacifig
Marquis Spas
1St Ave
Coralville
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