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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1986
Page
3
Federal jury convicts reputed Mafia boss Carmine Persico, his son, and seven others on racketeering charges amid a sweeping government victory against organized crime. The case centers on ties between crime figures and illicit activities across operations.
Kurt Rogahn reports Channel 9 in Cedar Rapids launches a Saturday Nightmare series featuring 1930s to early 1950s horror classics led by host Crematia Soloman a Kansas City radio reporter Roberta Solomon. Auditions for a new Eastern Iowa horror host run 9 to noon next Saturday at 500 Second Ave. SE with final voting by dial-in numbers in late June.
An 81 year old Alexandria widow named Virginia Power faces harassing calls about light bills due to a mistaken listing. The other Virginia Power, Virginia Electric & Power Co, recently renamed, has led to callers and she awaits a correction as the company updates its directory and computer records to V Power next year.
The Gazette corrects two AP stories. Telephone Adventure '86 will be held Sunday July 20 in Des Moines, not June 20. The group urging improved nursing home care is the Care Center Resident Support Council of Cedar Rapids.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in Cedar Rapids Iowa with daily and Sunday editions. Rates list weekly carrier and mail subscriptions with 52 week pricing and exclusions for areas with Gazette service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news.
Appleton Wis May 21 1983 Guardsman Larry Bills resigns after a fellow trooper Bernard Gallenberger collapsed and died during a two mile timed run. Bills says comrades failed to help while others continued running. Army disputes the claim saying many did not know of illness.
James Benzoni was ordered to stand trial on two counts of first degree murder for the April shooting deaths of Thomas Thompson and Imelda Thompson, a Guttenberg, Iowa couple traveling through Oklahoma. A July 2 arraignment is planned. Benzoni is held in Texas County Jail after groups linked him to the Bakersfield, California arrest.
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