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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1986
Page
1
Crime rise marks first gain since 1981
FBI data show a 5 percent rise in reported crimes in 1985, led by the Sun Belt with higher rates in the South and West. Larcenies climbed 5 percent as births of the baby boom cohort push more crime-prone 16 to 24 year olds into communities citing in-migration and aging demographics as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Sun Belt
United States
South
West
Northeast
Midwest
Alfred Blumstein
School of Urban and Public Affairs
Carnegie-Mellon University
Pittsburgh
American priest freed by Islamic Jihad captors in Lebanon
Rev. Lawrence Jenco, 51, of Joliet Illinois, released after 19 months in Bekaa Valley Lebanon. He arrived at the U S Embassy in Damascus in good spirits with three other captives reportedly in reasonably good spirits. His release follows a videotape from hostage David Jacobsen and renewed calls for negotiations with terrorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Lebanon
U.S
Lawrence Jenco
Joliet
Bekaa Valley
Beirut
Islamic Jihad Organization
Jenco
David Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Custer
George Armstrong Custer
the Little Bighorn
Jacobson
Reagan
Washington
Islamic Jihad
Kuwait
Say
Lotto computer crash hits Iowa sales near drawing
The Iowa Lotto computer failed shortly before the 6 30 p m drawing causing an estimated 20 000 to 25 000 in ticket sales to be lost statewide. Officials said about 1 000 in sales per minute disappeared and the system was down 20 to 25 minutes delaying results and potential prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Nicky Schissel
Schissel
Peace marchers gather politicians at Iowa encampment
In Coralville Iowa residents attended an open house at the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament camp. Peace City hosts 350 tents buses and more as Sen Tom Harkin urged opposition to nuclear arms amid an election year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coralville
Iowa
North
West Junior High
Veteran U.S. statesman Harriman dies at 94
W. Averell Harriman a scion of a railroad family and longtime Democratic diplomat died at 94 in Yorktown Heights New York. He served as ambassador to the Soviet Union and Great Britain and led Lend Lease and Marshall Plan efforts. He helped shape Cold War policy and Paris talks with North Vietnam. His wife Pamela praised his public service. He had recently traveled to Moscow at 87 for talks with Leonid Brezhnev on behalf of Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown Heights
N.Y
W. Averell Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harriman
U.S
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Paris
North Vietnam
New York
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Carter
Pamela
Today's Chuckle Brief on Short New England Summer
A light note jokes that New England’s summer is unusually brief this year and hints the season lands on a Tuesday. The quip plays on the calendar and regional climate lore for a quick, humorous read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
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Ean
Iowa Today
James Fyfe
The
Police Foundation
American University
Lotto
State
Chris Baker
Mount Vernon
FDR
Peters
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