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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1983
Page
3
English actor Clive Elliott tours Marion's Linnhaven Foster Home with the Iowa Arts Council to witness teens' acting talent and courage. The visit highlights creative expression among lowans, as reported on Metro Iowa page 15A.
Shiite demonstrators paralyzed Beirut and Tyre with a general strike after clashes erupted in the central mountains between Christian and Druse militiamen. Beirut’s army crackdown left five dead, including two soldiers, as fighting spread to Hazmieh Jounieh and the Chouf area.
Carl Matteson 17, son of Burton and Sadie Matteson of 400 35th St. NE, disappeared at 6 40 p m while swimming at the newly opened Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area beach north of Palo. Rescue crews arrived after 7 p m and recovered his body at 7 40 p m. He reportedly knew how to swim but had epilepsy. no lifeguard was on duty the day the beach opened.
A 27-year-old Cedar Rapids man, Steven J. Corrigan of 368 18th St SE, died after his eastbound car struck a railroad overpass in Marion just after 2 am. He was the sole occupant and died on arrival at St Luke's Hospital. He sustained head injuries.
The Chickasaw County Sheriff's report states Neil Brandenburg 18 drove into the ditch after his car was struck from behind by Danny Beyer 17 at 12 12 a m four miles south of Fredericks burg Brandenburg who had stopped to aid Jeffrey Adams 24 was seriously injured and treated at St Marys Rochester Minn Beyer was treated and released at New Hampton hospital The Gazette notes it will publish corrections on accuracy and fairness when needed.
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company published daily and Sunday at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates include carrier $1.95 per week and mail options $9.20 for 4 weeks or $95.00 for 52 weeks with regional variations. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
Dan Recker and Nancy Recker welcomed three girls Melissa Mandy and Tiffany weighing over five pounds each by Caesarean at St Luke's Hospital Friday. The family on a 400 acre Hopkinton farm shares four older children. The middle infant faced minor neonatal concerns and will stay a couple days longer. The Becker girls are the second triplet birth at St Luke's in two years following the Kaufmanns triplets born in Walker in February 1982.
Minnie Samuels 81, 105 pounds, threatened to shoot a city van driver with a .25 pistol then punched and kicked Officer D J Gafford who arrested her. She remained in Harris County Jail on $2000 bail on an aggravated assault charge for the Friday incident. no charges were filed for the scuffle with the officer.
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