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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1981
Page
7
Robin Hulshizer 17 of Martelle crowned Miss Iowa National Teenager at the Des Moines state pageant from 72 contestants. She will travel to Fort Lauderdale in August to compete for the national title with Cristin Coleman 16 of Des Moines as first runner up.
Leon Washington 36, a onetime Davenport police officer described as a gun nut, is charged in the shooting of Chicago Deputy Superintendent James J. Riordan 57. Riordan was gunned down in Marina City Restaurant after intervening in an incident involving a threatened woman. Washington previously served with Davenport from 1971 to 1974 and faced suspensions for car use and lateness amid money and relationship troubles.
United Press International reports five deaths from weekend traffic crashes in Iowa. Red Oak teenager Roger Gresham, 17, died Sunday after a two vehicle head on collision. William McVay, 63, of Emerson Montgomery County, died at a Red Oak hospital. Other severely injured were Timothy Treat, 17, and Jack Carpenter, 18, both Red Oak residents in critical and serious condition respectively. Additional deaths occurred in Dubuque County where Gene J. Kluesner, 27, Luxemburg, died after losing control near Iowa 136. On the Julien Dubuque Bridge two cyclists, John Ryan Sanderson, 21, and Mona Pickel, 21, died after their motorcycle struck a guardrail. Larry Loso, 29, East Dubuque, is in critical condition and Elizabeth Weig, 26, of Dubuque, is in fair condition. Police note no charges filed. investigations continue.
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