Lifetime Supreme Court victory for Cedar Rapids native Dan Sears
Dan Sears, 36, a Cedar Rapids native now in Colorado, achieved his lifetime goal by arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in Dunn vs. United States. The court ruled 8-0 in his favor on a technical ground, drawing mixed feelings from Sears about broader issues.
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Dan Sears
Sears
Cedar Rapids
Colorado
Dunn
United States
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Grandma Mary Cummings Still Plays Five Hundred At 100
Mary Cummings known as Grandma at 100 loves card games above all. She lives with daughter Helen Neumann at 2860 18th Ave and recalls a life from Sheffield Illinois to a 200 acre Iowa farm, reading Sports Illustrated and embroidery, with a passion for five hundred and a sharp memory of past times and travel.
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Grandma
Helen Neumann
18Th Ave
Sheffield
Ill
Buda
Walter
Illinois
Henry County
Union County
Iowa
Lorimer
Helen
Marion Police Report Highlights 12 Arrests and Various Incidents
Marion police reported 12 arrests last week including one for indecent exposure and one for public intoxication. Additional charges covered drunk driving criminal mischief and theft in the fifth degree. There were 26 theft reports 14 of which involved bad checks with three burglaries five cases of criminal mischief and one vehicle theft. Also listed were 49 speeding tickets and 54 other traffic offenses. Several emergency calls note medical assistance fires and weather events, ending with a 1957 note about John Glenn’s transcontinental speed record.
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Marion
Iretapping Trial Begins for Manoylovich in Cedar Rapids
Thérias Manoylovich, Hopton nursing home owner, faces a two count wiretapping indictment. A jury of seven men and five women was chosen to hear the case at U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, with a recess to allow another trial to proceed. The charges stem from conversations of nursing home employees and transmissions to a third party in late 1978. Manoylovich pleaded not guilty. related indictments were previously dropped by government prosecutors after appellate courts ruled on provisions tied to the original indictment. The case was indicted in May.
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Supreme Court
Daniel Webster
Sears
Brian Weber- Kaiser
Iowa
10Th District
Circuit
Thérias
George Manoylovich
Hopton
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapid
Womeas
Madylovich
U.S. Justice
Appel
Center Point Road compromise would speed I 380 opening
A near agreement with IDOT aims to have the next I 380 segment in northeast Cedar Rapids open by late 1980 with Center Point Road NE widened and temporary medians added at a cost around 150000. City engineers say two way traffic between 29th and 32nd streets would be temporary until the Collins Road area tri level interchange opens in 1981 or 1982.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Transportation
Center Point Road
42Nd
29Th Streets
IDOT
Mel Meyer
29Th
32Nd Streets
Eighth Street
32Nd Street
Meyer
Henely
Collins Road
Blairs Ferry Road
Honigan suit against Black Fak County Health Dept dismissed
Karen Blonigan, a former health department nurse, alleged she was fired by Rita Burbridge for exposing alleged improprieties. The suit filed in Black Fak County was dismissed last week by Burigan, and sources in Waterloo say an out-of-court settlement was reached.
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Black Fak County Health Department
Rita Burbridge
Karen Bloniga
Health Department
Blonigan
Burbridge
Bronigan
Waterloo
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University of Colorado
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Waarvo
Freon Leakit
Fifth Ave
Valleyview Drive
27Th St
Seventh Avenue
35Th St
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California
New York
America
Apco 11
Pace
Cape Kennedy
Center Point
Dick Hogan
Robert Henely
the Gazette
Honigan
Russia
Nicholas II
L.P. Is
Belle Plaine
Gizette
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10Th Street Union Office
Ofou
Commercial Credit
City & State
Commercial Credit Commercial Credit Corporation
Center Point Rd
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