Regional roots and civic notes across Cedar Rapids
The article mentions descendants of original settlers choosing the region for its homeland likeness. It notes Cedar Rapids police training officers to enforce a new vehicle noise ordinance starting April 15. It also highlights foreign exchange programs with one student Christopher Greenham of South Africa at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School and other local features in Education and Family sections.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Iowa
Christopher Greenham
South Africa
Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School
Jon Hoffman
Kennedy High School
Jon
Truman Elementary School
Tim
Jefferson High School
Six Die As Air Tanker Collides With Civilian Plane
An Air National Guard KC-135 refueling tanker and a single engine Grumman Yankee collided over the Arizona desert near Phoenix killing six people including the tanker crew. The crash destroyed both aircraft and scattered debris across several acres two miles from Perryville prison. Debris included wing fragments and possible human remains. no survivors were confirmed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Air National Guard
Air Guard
Jerry Kwall
Air Force
Jim Reinhart
Luke Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Livermore
Calif
Sheriff's Department
Kenneth Shhallinger
Roy Seebert
Rick Siefken
Perryville
KTAR
Rod Peterson
Phoenix Fire Department
Henry Strow
Interstate 10
Corrections Department
John Turner
Former Des Moines man sought in murders of four in Minneapolis
Murder warrants issued for Craig Dennis Jackson 22 in the strangulation deaths of his two sons Joseph 3 and Jason 1 and two women Ramona Yurkew 19 and Gwendolyn Johnson 20 in a Minneapolis apartment. Authorities also probe a body found near Lake Mead Arizona for possible match to his wife Terry 22 missing since last summer. Police note uncertainty about Terry's death while linking Jackson to Iowa investigations and a prior knife slaying and rape-robbery cases. Jackson grew up in Des Moines and moved to Minneapolis with his children last summer.
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Minneapolis
Craig Dennis Jackson
Des Moines
Las Vegas
Nevada City
Jackson
Terry
Iowa
David Patten
Joseph
Jason
Ramona Yurkew
Gwendolyn Johnson
Hennepin County
Senate GOP Social Security freeze plan rejected by White House
White House dismissed a two year Social Security cost of living adjustments freeze as part of deficit cutting options. Five Republican senators outlined seven revenue categories including tax hikes, entitlements eligibility, and user fees. The president has no plans to change Social Security until a bipartisan commission reports.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Senate
David Gergen
GOP
James Baker
Congressional Republican Policy Committee
Gergen
Reagan
Commission
Capitol Hill
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Appropriations Committee
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Finance Committee
Bob Dole
Kansas
Von Bulow murder trial jury fails to reach verdict
After three days of deliberation the seven men and five women jurors did not chart a verdict on Claus von Bulow in Newport Rhode Island. Judge Needham planned religious services and resumption of deliberations as the trial continued with von Bulow facing two counts of attempted murder and the coma of his wife Martha Sunny von Bulow. The panel asked to review testimony from the maid and then spent the night sequestered before returning to the courtroom.
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von Bulow
Newport
R.1
Claus von Bulow
Thomas H. Needham
Barbara Connett
Martha
Sunny
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American Mothers Association
Salt Lake City
Ann Crowley
Nash-Finch Co. Food
Hawks
University of Iowa
Idaho
Northeast Louisiana
Jones County
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Iowa Environmental Quality Commission
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Steve Simmons
Floyd Disney
Mojave County
Craig Jackson
Twin Cities
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