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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1992
Page
9
Teen charged in Cedar Rapids shoe theft
A 14 year old faces second degree robbery charges after allegedly stealing a $63 pair of shoes from a 12 year old on Ninth Street NW around 4 pm Monday. Police provided few additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ninth Street
LinkUSA seeks grant for Cedar Rapids call center growth
LinkUSA Corp to establish a call and data processing facility in Cedar Rapids with 86 jobs and a $2 million annual payroll in its first year. The firm would spin off from Telecom USA MCI merger and market operator services travel cards and 800 numbers to third tier long-distance firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telecom*usa
MCI
Linkusa Corp
Allen Merta
Cedar Rapids Area
Marion Basie veteran in concert at Linn-Mar High
Preston Love former Count Basie lead alto player performs with Linn-Mar junior and senior high bands at 7 p.m. Thursday in the school auditorium. Admission is 1 dollar. Love collaborates with Linn-Mar students under the Artists in the Schools program funded by the Iowa Arts Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Basie
Preston Love
Linn-Mar
Love
Iowa Arts Council
Public viewing at Palisades-Dows Observatory Saturday
Linn County announces a public viewing session at the new Palisades-Dows Preserve observatory on Ivanhoe Road. The 8 p.m. event is titled Opposition Jupiter and highlights Jupiter at maximum apparent size as it rises after sunset. Call 398-3505 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palisades-Dows Preserve
Ivanhoe Road
Highway 1
Highway 30
Cedar River
Department
East Iowa 1 levy passes while other fails in districts
Washington voters approve a 1.2 million physical plant and equipment levy for Stewart Elementary to reduce overcrowding with 1,346 yeas and 970 nays 58 percent. North Tama voters reject two construction measures a 3.18 million classroom and auditorium bond and a 16000 annual playground levy by margins around 55 and 53 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas Engler
Engler
Stewart
North Tama
Jefferson two choirs reach ACDA convention stage in Des Moines
Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids places two choirs among 16 regional picks for the North Central ACDA convention in Des Moines. West Side Delegation performs Thursday and Select Women's Choir Friday at the Des Moines Civic Center under choral director Pete Eklund and Carol Tralan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverley Duffy
Metro-Iowa
Midwest
American Choral Directors Association
ACDA
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
Jefferson
West Side
Des Moines Civic Center
Pete Eklund
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Aimee Beckmann-Collier
Drake University
Beckmann-Collier
Cedar Rapids
Eklund
Carol Tralan
Jefferson Choral Program
Diana DeSmith
Brian Fickel
University of Iowa Kantorei
Marion store camera aids under investigation robbery charge
Kenneth Taylor, 18, of Muscatine, is charged with first degree robbery in the January Coastal Mart holdup in Marion. Surveillance video linked him to the crime though details remain under investigation. Authorities recovered blue coveralls a white cap with racing insignia gloves and sunglasses matching the bandit in the Marion video.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Jeff Burnham
Kenneth Taylor
Muscatine
Coastal Mart
Seventh Ave
Taylor
Iowa
Mark Diamond
Casey's
Clarence
Whitlatch
Cedar County
Diamond
Cedar Rapids man run over by bus is 'critical'
A Cedar Rapids man, 49, was critically injured when a city bus ran over him as he tried to flag a ride. Duane Duncan on crutches was struck at 12th Avenue and Third Street SE by bus driver Kim Klima. No charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Martin J. Dahl
Ford Ave
F Avenue NW
Dahl
Midway Drive
Joseph Hanrahan
Linn County
Jeff Burnham Gazette
Duane Duncan
Duncan
Kim Klima
Fourth St. SE
Mercy Medical Center
12Th Avenue
Third Street
Klima
Lora Summerwill
Mother testifies in Taft trial
Becky Taft, mother of David Taft Jr., testifies about her son's lifelong behavior problems and impulsivity. Prosecutors outline a June 1991 attack on two Marion girls as Taft faces charges of second degree sexual abuse and related offenses. Taft pleads not guilty and claims insanity or diminished capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hogan Gazette
David Taft Jr
Larry Conmey
Taft
Robins
Marion
Becky Taft
Weather aids road workers in eastern Iowa projects
The mild winter boosted road work as District 6 officials expect major projects to finish this fall. Cedar Rapids area highways 30 and 151, plus a Cedar River bridge at Mount Vernon, should open by autumn. Interstate detours and lane reductions continue on I-380 and I-80 as resurfacing proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Rasdal
Bruce Kuehl
District 6
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Kuehl
Cedar River
Highway 1
Mount Vernon
Iowa City
33Rd Avenue
Iowa County
Mississippi River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linkusa
Basie
Meistersingers Chamber Choir
Milwaukee
Jefferson's
Minneapolis
Lawrence University Concert Choir
Appleton
Wis
Lawrence
Rick Biella
Washington High School
Washington Choral
Gazette
Robin Trimarchi
Keith Whitlatch
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