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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1997
Page
9
A dense list of public meetings and events across Marion and Cedar Rapids including civil service, boards of supervisors, city council and planning commissions, recycling drives, a landfill open house, a neighborhood party, music events, farmers markets, health clinic, and a bingo style lottery update with latest numbers.
Mercy and St Luke's report births on June 1 and June 2 with multiple families names and addresses. May and June degree day totals are compiled by MidAmerican Energy Co with historic date ranges and unclear figures.
The Log lists drunken driving arrests with time and place. Names ages and addresses appear, including Judith Hasson in Cedar Rapids area and others in Marion Hiawatha and Norwalk. Assault charges follow, naming individuals and incidents with locations and brief injuries.
Investigators from up to 30 jurisdictions convene in Des Moines to compare evidence on a serial campus rapist. Vinson Champ, a California comedian, faces charges in Omaha Davenport and Pasadena with possible ties to at least six other assaults. DNA links FBI notes and local cases as the man traveled between campuses and attacked a 20 year old Iowa student in September.
Authorities caution against storing smoldering coals in RV compartments after James and Mavis Bishop, both 69, were found dead in their Laurens camper at Kennedy Park near Fort Dodge. Fire officials urge extinguishing coals and using detectors, noting no specific fire code covers grills in RVs.
Rebecca Sellers of Gilbert,father names James Q. Lynch reports Delaware County Magistrate Larry Youngblut is accused of hitting Jesse Harbach 16 after a confrontation with Youngblut's wife Sheryl at Maquoketa Valley High School. Youngblut denies the assault and pleads innocent. The case was moved to Buchanan County Attorney Allen Vander Hart for review.
Roosevelt Middle School officials postponed action against an eighth grade student charged in Linn County Juvenile Court with discharging pepper spray on April 25. The incident forced evacuation of the building injuring more than 70 people and sending many to hospitals for nausea dizziness breathing difficulty and skin irritation.
Volunteer fire departments race to finish a historic pumper restoration worth more than its insured 50000. Chief Rick Erickson aims to test the revived pump in a June 15 muster in Nebraska with at least 24 volunteers, hoping to recruit more after arrival.
Des Moines bureau reports May income tax collections rose 5.1 percent to 545.3 million, led by an 11.9 percent gain in personal income tax after the April filing deadline. Year to date receipts exceed last year by 5 percent, aiding hopes the year will beat REC projections.
Toni Sue Robison Martinez, 31, and her husband Jesus Martinez, 28, both of Cleveland Texas, died May 20 after their car crossed the center line on U S Highway 59 north of Freer and collided with a dump truck. Child Jessica Martinez survived with airlifted medical care.
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