Family wins $151,700 in death by own action suit
The Linn County District Court awarded $151,700 to the family of Nancy Jacobs, a rural Anamosa woman who hanged herself in St. Luke's Hospital psychiatric ward on May 8, 1976. The suit claimed hospital staff failed to take precautions to prevent self harm. The jury deliberated about four hours before the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Krekeler
Lazette
Anamosa
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles Wellso
Nancy Jacobs
Linn District Court
Jacobs
Keith
Ron
David
William Ball
Waterloo
Laverne Stephenson
James Snyder
Rohn Cleared Of Third Degree Theft By Jury
Michael Rohn, 18, was found not guilty of a third degree theft charge after a two day Linn County trial. Witness inconsistencies and a disputed timeline centered on 61 cassette tapes taken from Henry Rattie. Rohn previously faced May 5 acquittal of murder and an accessory count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Keller
Azetie Powe
Michael Rohn
Linn District Court
Antone Imhoff
Cedar Rapids
Rohn
Henry
Weeks
Jacalyn May
Arson Suspected In Wright Elementary Fire
Arson is suspected after a fire damaged Wright Elementary School at Council Street and Hollywood Boulevard NE. The blaze started around 4 p.m. in an entryway on the northeast side, with a plexiglas window set afire before flames spread to the roof causing minor damage.
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Wright
Council Street
Hollywood Boulevard
City Briefs Highlight Local Events and Services
Community notices list homegrown strawberries at West Side Garden on 350 3rd Avenue S.W. and various ads for singing melodigrams, weight control education, cosmetology jobs, rental equipment tips, Willie Nelson concert with 89.50 double, and a Cedar Rapids Water Ski Show at Ellis Park on Sunday July 3 at 6 p.m. A reward is offered for a German Shepherd named Ty, contact 846-2692.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Nomadic jugglers tour as family troupe seeks gigs
The Juggling Gibertinis and partner Mike Hanlon perform on Seventh Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids forming a traveling act after leaving government jobs in Tampa. They travel the country to Renaissance fairs from Wisconsin to Missouri, teaching juggling and performing dangerous tricks while balancing family ties and a shared dream. Contact Maria Fauchier at 362-7180 to book the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Burke
Azette
Gibertinis
St. Louis
Seventh Avenue SE
Mike Hanlon
Dan
Maria
1813
Seventh Ave. SE
Hanlon
John
Rosanna Gibertini Mallory
Theresa Craw
Ford
Mallorys
Tampa
Fla
Rosanna
Jasper Juggling
Wisconsin
California
Alaska
Missouri
San Francisco
Peoria
Ill
Masks Used by Cedar Rapids Officers for CPR Amid AIDS Fears
Cedar Rapids police administrators have urged officers to use plastic mouth to mouth masks during CPR to reduce disease risk amid AIDS concerns. Firefighters and deputies noted varying equipment. masks are provided in ambulances and discarded after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R
Cedar Rapids
Ray Baker
Baker
Lora Summerwill
McMickle
Sheriff appeals ruling in Neagle transfer case
Linn County Sheriff Donald Sawyer seeks Iowa Supreme Court review of a judge’s order denying overturn of two Civil Service Commission rulings. The cases challenge the commission’s authority to intervene after Sawyer moved detective James Neagle to sergeant at the County Jail, a transfer the court previously deemed a demotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Donald Sawyer
Iowa Supreme Court
Civil Service Commission
Sawyer
James Neagle
Commission
Linn District Court
Neagle
Iowa
August Hansell Jr
Public Auction Details for JTPA Plan in SDA IX
Public notice announces Eastern Iowa Community College District as Administrative Entity and Grant Recipient for the Job Training Partnership Act in Service Delivery Area IX covering Cedar Clinton Jackson Muscatine and Scott Counties. Meetings July 6 13 and July 22 at Davenport locations with comments due by July 8 1983.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar
Clinton
Jackson
Muscatine
Scott
Eastern Iowa Community College District
Private Industry Council
Consortium Board
Eastern Avenue
Davenport
Iowa
Northpark Mall
JTPA
Samuel L. Stone
Eastern Iowa Community College
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Wellso
Ball
David M. Elderkin
Keith Jacobs
Elderkin
Rattie
Karen Weeks
Imhoff
Westside Garden
3Rd Avenue
S.W
Buresh
Willie Nelson
Gazette
John McIvor
John Mallory
Edsel
Linn County
Donald “Buzz” Sawyer
Sheriff Appeals
Sheriff Sawyer
Center Point Road
N . Mon
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