Cedar Rapids City Council Vows Actions From Hearings to Parks
Cedar Rapids council met to approve property disposal for St Lukes hospital and bid on water main projects. Officials discussed street lighting, park development, sewer and water agreements, and beer permit adjustments. Thirteen local residents enlisted in the armed forces with several routed to Lackland AFB and San Diego for training and others to Fort McClellan for army reserve duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Lackland Afb
Texas
Air Force
Kevin E. Ermster
West Eighth Avenue
Marion
Lance L. Alexander
Krumholtz Drive
James M. Aming
Ninth Avenue
Mitachell W. Hines
Redwing Road
Jeffrey N. Elder
Twenty-ninth Street
Charles W. Kane
Burlington
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
John W. Joyner
Fifteenth Street
Michael E. Walkner
Feddinard
G. Schulte
Fourteenth Avenue
Charles R. Etzel
David C. ‘Tabb
McGowan Boulevard
Susan Kay Donnelly
Garrison
Jacqueline Boddicker
Vinton
Army Reserve
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fragmented Crossword Clues From A Historical Page
A set of scattered crossword style clues appears here including references to male and female indicators, measures, Latin phrases, and positional hints like lower world and balustrade. Entries mention grafted elements, a staircase part, a solar disk, and terms implying undertakings, names, and plunder.
FBI arrests merchant over QE2 threat and ransom plot
An ap state shoe store owner, Joseph Landis of Beacon, North Carolina, was arrested by the FBI on charges tied to a bomb threat and ransom demands concerning the Queen Elizabeth 2. The case included a failed $350,000 ransom and a later dummy package incident linked to American Airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
American Airlines
Joseph Landis
Beacon
N. C
Cunard
Landisi
Charles Dickson
Main Street
Digna L. Padgett
Detroit
Hughes
Harlan G. Smith
UPI
Wayne
New Central City
Paltz
N. Y
Wac
Sion
Ft. Baker
Calif
Kurtis A. Meyer
Ransom Plot Ties to Airline Demands and Local Leave Notices
A ransom demand of 300000 signed The Peoples Welfare followed a dummy drop near Beacon post office after an earlier shift to New Paltz for the drop. The report also lists service members on leave from Camp Pendleton Great Lakes and Norfolk ships, including Giovanazzi McCord Weiske Powell and Martin with 2 to 17 day leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pre
le Steven Giovanazzi
Robert Giovanazzi
Midway Drive
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Okinawa
Cynthia A. McCord
George McCord
Twenty-eighth Street
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Kent R. Weiske
Herbert J. Weiske
Center Street
Puget Sound
Bradley Powell
William Powell
Ozark Street
Thomas Martin
Westover Road
Ray
Norfolk
Hale Regrets One Life for Country During Revolution
Nathan Hale, a young schoolteacher turned spy, was hanged by the British during the American Revolution without trial. It is said he uttered the famed line I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Hale
Hale
Judge Hauls Hijack Suspect to Psychiatric Hospital
UPI reports Indianapolis man Holtfrid Holt charged in a Northwest Orient jet hijack at O’Hare on Christmas Eve. Defense says he cannot participate due to mental state. Cedar Rapids judge orders commitment after examination by doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Everett
Indianapolis
Northwest Orient Airlines
Napoli
Holt
O'lare
Cedar US
Alex Rapids
Disander J
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cedar Rapids
Donald Canney
John Oberthien
Harold Schaeffer
Richard Phillips
Stan Reinis
St. Luke's Hospital
Tenth Street
Ron Kuhlman
U.S. Department of Labor
Kansas City
Environmental Protection Agency
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Barber Excavating Co
Wiley Boulevard
Apple Wood Mesa
Blue Ridge Court
Green Valley
Twentyeninth Street
Bjornsen Investment Corp
Rapids Pizza Hut, Inc
Parks
W. Leslie Garnett
Thomas G. Shaheen
Fifth Avenue
Betty J. Hach
Ninth Street
Wilbur D. Northcutt
Sixteenth Avenue
Everette Walton
Edgewood Road Bridge
Fred A. Groeltz
Fourth Street
Epailon Sigma Alpha
Hawkeye Area
June E
Tapinka
Ingleside Drive
Kim Collins
McGrath Pontiac, Inc
Hitdine
John R. Stevenson
Great Plains Gas
Harold J. van Ness
Rapids Pizza Hut
Twelfth Avenue
Keith and
Georgene Stapleton
Second Avenue
Fifth Street
Donald L. Schulte
Thirty-second Street
Donald Schulte
Eighteenth Avenue SE
Thomas Shahean
Elliott
Chieenus
Daist
Nine Lakes
Peete
Merchant
Warren Hughes
Landist
Bootery
Dutchess County
Hudson River
New York City
J. Cunard, Lines
Dickson
New Paltz
John FF. Malone
People's Welfare
Beacon Post Office
Prical
Wawaler
Travler-Vacationel
Bor
U.S
Cedar Rapids 1St Ave
N.E
Scolts
Uindele Plaza
Boreae
Chevrolet
Eit
Car and Driver
Shaver
USA
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