Deaths Charles Land 25 Died of Overdose in Cedar Rapids
Charles Bracken Buck Land aged 25 of 324 14th St SE died Wednesday at St Luke's Hospital from an antidepressant overdose ruled as death by own action. He is survived by wife Michele Usher two children parents siblings and other relatives. Services Saturday at Westminster Church with cremation. A memorial fund is established. Arrangements by Turner Chapel East.
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Charles Bracken
Buck
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Claude J. Jones
Turner Chapel East
James F. Martin
Ford Ave
Hallmar
Cedar Rapids
Marion High School
Air Force
Veterans Administration Hospital
Hinsdale
Ill
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Ralph Martin
Gamaliel, Ark
Daniel E
Ralph
Rancho Palos Verdes
Calif
Theresa Moore
Marion
John Gossman
St. Joseph’s
Stark Settlement
Parkview Drive
Hospice of Mercy
Mercy Hospital
10Th St
American Cancer Society
Stewart Funeral Home
Mondale Leads Democrats at Philadelphia rally against Reaganomics
Former Vice President Walter Mondale led a Democratic Party conference march against Reaganomics declaring many are hurting. He highlighted issues from unemployment, high interest rates, and social insecurity to ERA support, as Sens. Kennedy Cranston Hart Glenn Hollings joined delegates for the three day event.
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Philadelphia
Walter Mondale
Reagan
Mondale
Charles Manatt
Paul Tsongas
House
Senate
Tsongas
D-Mass
White House
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Alan Cranston
California
Gary Hart
Colorado
John Glenn
Ohio
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Wilton man drowns while water-skiing on Mississippi River
Wayne Rahlf aged 22 from Wilton drowned after drifting under an anchored barge while water-skiing on the Mississippi River. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Rock Island County deputy coroner Roy Shrake. An inquest will be scheduled later.
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Muscatine
Wilton
Mississippi River
Wayne Rahlf
Rock Island, Ill
Roy Shrake
Vital Statistics From June Weddings And Births In Iowa Towns
A sequence of birth notices lists couples from Marengo Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Marion and Webster City with daughters and sons. includes June dates and several family names. Fire and medical incidents are logged with times and addresses across Cedar Rapids Marion and nearby areas.
Andrew Jacksons Rise to the Presidency and Jacksonian Democracy
Andrew Jackson emerged as a national hero after his 1814 victory at New Orleans. He failed in 1824 but won the presidency in 1828 by a record popular vote, shaping Jacksonian democracy for urban workers farmers and frontiersmen. He was re elected in 1832 against Henry Clay.
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Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Henry Clay
Woman 68 Dies After Car Strikes Tractors West Of Le Mars
Marie Marienau, 68, was driving west on Highway 3 four miles west of LeMars when her car collided with two farm tractors driven by Tim Dreckman, 28, of Maurice and Charles Kellan, 24, of Orange City. She died at Floyd Valley Hospital. Investigators were looking into the crash.
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Lemars
UPI
Highway 3
Plymouth County
Marie Marienau
Tim Dreckman
Maurice
Charles Kellan
Orange City
Hinckley jurors urge changes to insanity defense
Five of the Hinckley jurors told a Senate subcommittee that the federal insanity plea should allow punishment for crimes. They urged easing the defense, arguing defendants with mental illness should be treated and then punished, while noting the current options forced a narrow choice between guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Washington
John Hinckley Jr
Reagan
Nathalia Brown
Hinckley
Maryland Copelin
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Lawrence Coffey
Woodrow Johnson
Glynis Lassiter
U.S
Barrington Parker
Copelin
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Specter
Subcommittee
Parker
Miss Brown
Johnson
Coffey
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Judiciary Subcommittee On Courts
Criminal Law Subcommittee
Judges, officials hash over mass of lawsuits filed by Fort inmates
Des Moines private conference gathers federal judges and state officials to address a surge of prisoner lawsuits at the Iowa State Penitentiary Fort Madison. The session aims to speed disposition while preserving rights, with a plan to charge filing fees and improve court efficiency amid ongoing inmate litigation and monitoring reports.
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Fort
Harrison Weber
Iwwa Daily Press Assay
Des Moines
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
8Th District
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
William C. Stuart
Southern District of
Iowa
Stuart
Governor’s Office
Iowa Supreme Court
Attorney General’s Office
Division of Adult Corrections
Department of Social Services
State Administrative Rules
Prisoners’ Clinic
University of Iowa
William Hanson
Donald O’brien
Harold Vietor
Ronald Longstaff
Richard Peterson
Vandalism and thefts reported in Tama County
The Tama County Sheriff's Department reports vandalism at two schools and three thefts this week. Break ins include the Sac and Fox school near the Mesquakie Indian Settlement with tools valued at 270 dollars, and eight broken windows at the Montour attendance center valued at 300 dollars. Additional thefts totaled 670 dollars in tools and equipment from Hrabak Lumber Co. A 900 to 1,000 pound black Angus cow and a 100-pound calf were missing from Otter Creek Township pasture.
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Toledo
Tama County
Montour
Richard Hrabak
Hrabak
Sidney Sokol
Otter Creek Township
Diarrhea Vaccine Nears Human Testing
An oral vaccine that could cut traveler's diarrhea by up to 20 percent may enter human trials within six months. Developed by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the tasteless vaccine blocks bacteria from attaching to the intestine and has shown success in rabbits though awaiting FDA approval.
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Chicago
Mexico
South America
Asia
Africa
Christopher Cheney
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington
County Officers Leader Opposes Districts Consolidation
Twenty years ago Gordon Willis, president of the State Association of County Officers, spoke out against consolidation of counties at a district meeting in Cedar Rapids.
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Gordon Willis
State Association of County Officers
Cedar Rapids
Plan ahead to apply for Social Security benefits
Kenneth Techau, Social Security district manager, says applicants should file two or three months before they need benefits so checks start on time. The application asks for worker and family details, work history, military and railroad service, and supporting documents. Social Security staff may suggest alternatives if documents are lacking.
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Kenneth Techau
Social Security District
Social Security
Cedar Rapids Gazette imprint and subscription note
The Cedar Rapids Gazette describes its founding in 1883, publishing daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa with subscription rates listed for carrier and mail editions. It notes postal handling and AP news republication rights and USPS number.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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Glenn
Ruby) Aldrich
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Leroy Bauman
Cedar Memorial Mausoleum
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Donald James
Marengo
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Randy ‘Landgrebe
18Th St
St. Luke’s
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Thomas Donahue
Ryan
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Robert Tiedtke
Cameo Lane
Lynda
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Ellen
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Hiawatha
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John Wall
15Th Ave
Vickie
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Mary ‘Ciha
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Roberta Kelley
26Th Ave
Webster City
Cathi
Chip Hildebrand
Gordon Hildebrand
12Th St
K-Lyn I. Nelson
Mark A.barsa
Lorrie J. Wright
James C. Poland
Ann R.mackett
Scott S. Oglesby
Dallas
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Tracey M. Bedford
Charles D. Schreiner
Odessa
Karen M. Serbousek
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Swisher
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16Th St
27Th Ave
Second Ave
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Town and Country Shopping Center
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Marienau
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Cheney
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