911 Not Fail-Safe in Cedar Rapids Emergency Response
The Cedar Rapids 911 system faced a 21 minute delay when a motorcyclist was severely injured on June 7. A misreported alert and jurisdiction confusion between Marion and Cedar Rapids slowed ambulance dispatch, prompting officials to review procedures and public awareness.
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Cedar Rapids
Boyson Road
Brentwood Drive
Marion
Bowman Woods
St. Luke’s Hospital
Linn County
CBS coverage gripe shows irony in slander trial
The Gazette notes CBS News pushes for courtroom cameras while criticizing trial coverage. It argues CBS’s past reporting choices reveal bias, urging evenhanded coverage as newspapers and TV gain court access, with Iowa Electric delaying a rate increase due to a mishap.
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the Gazette
CBS
Cranston’s Wisconsin victory tests party strategy and nuclear stance
The piece compares Cranston to Foot and McGovern, noting the Wisconsin win signals a tactic of mobilizing left-wing activists on a moral issue like nuclear freeze. It argues Cranston must distinguish from McGovern and Foot to sustain momentum and credibility.
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Cranston
Foot
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Europe
Yuri Andropov
Labor Party
Britain
Milwaukee
George McGovern
Wisconsin
McGovern
Gary Hart
Hart
Theodore H. White
Colorado
Walter Mondale
Edmund Muskie
Sen
John Glenn
Ohio
Michael Foot
Veterans Memorial flags honored, not condemned, says Cedar Rapids manager
William F. Baker, manager of Veterans Memorial Properties, defends veteran flag placements. He notes veterans groups collect, bundle, and distribute flags to graveside sites through the Veterans Council funding. Baker highlights annual flag replacement, obituary checks, and respect for missing graves as unintentional.
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Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Building
Veterans Memorial Commission
Veterans Council
William F. Baker
Veterans Memorial Properties
City of
Editorial backs drinking age raise but warns over 21 stance
William N. Plymat of Des Moines cites task force and presidential commission support for raising the drinking age to 21. He notes Iowa 1982 alcohol related fatalities among ages 17-21 and 21-24, urges governor to back the bill, and references statements from James E. Burnett Jr. and Elizabeth Dole urging action.
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James E. Burnett Jr
National Transportation Safety Board
Iowa
Elizabeth Dole
U.S. Department of Transportation
Branstad
Presidential Commission On
National Safety Council
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Association of Governor's Highway Safety Representatives
National Parent Teachers Association
American Medical Association
Congress of the United States
Democratic House
House Committee
William N. Plymat
Des Moines
Bloomsday Portrait of Stephen Dedalus and Bloom in Dublin
In a Bloomsday reverie the narrator maps James Joyce's Ulysses figures Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom through Dublin. The piece extols Bloom as a pragmatic host and praises Stephen as a proud, isolated artist while tracing family ties, motherhood, and artistic continuum across a night on the strand and in the city streets.
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Ulysses
Dublin
Ireland
Joyce
James Augustine
Stephen Dedalus
Stephen
Earth
Dedalus
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Wilson Foods
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
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Maryland Eastern Shore
White
Molly
Continuum
Brian Flanagan
Bloom
Nighttown
His Highness
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