No harassment charges to be filed against police
Marion city attorney Donald Hoskins said no harassment or disorderly conduct charges will be filed against four police officers tied to complaints by former Councilman Patrick Grady. Grady faced charges in September for trespass and aiding minors in painting a barn, and has been tied to other legal issues since.
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Maron Bu
Marion
Patrick Grady
Donald Hoskins
The
Gazette
Grady
Hoskins
Cedar Rapids
Nick Glee
Glee
10Th St
William Hennessey
Bob Zier
Joe Neuhaus
Donald Turner
William Long
Neuhaus
Harry Tate
Steve Glenn
E.R. Holecek
Denver Dillard
Hennessey
Hiawatha man and Cedar Rapids woman charged in coed abduction
Ernest F. Walters and Cheryl Beck face a false imprisonment charge for allegedly abducting Kirkwood Community College student Michelle Finley from the Kirkwood campus on Jan 26. Walters also faces a simple assault charge. Finley was held at an address on Third Ave SE before escaping after sending a note to a grocery clerk.
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Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Ernest F. Walters
Ernie Cadwallader
Brandon Ave
Cheryl A. Beck
Blairs Ferry Road
First Avenue
Linn District Court
Walters
Beck
Michelle Finley
Kirkwood
Finley
Third Ave
Marion Briefs St. Joseph's Day Special Ad
St. Joseph's Day event listed with a Saturday date and local specials. Bill's Tap on 16th Ave advertises hotdog and red beer for $1 and Old Milwaukee 12 packs for $3.39 during March.
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St. Joseph's Day
16Th Ave
Bill's Tap
Marion
Old Milwaukee
Bill
Gifts follow letter from boy who lost mommy's last money
A Cedar Rapids family received 25 dollars after a letter from 7 year old Alan Nicholson to The Gazette. The boy explained he lost mommys last money of 20 dollars at a supermarket while his mother and baby sister were sick. A man gave 5 dollars at the boy's school and 20 dollars with a God bless you note was left at their home. The family declined to profit and thanked responders.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Alan Nicholson
Ninth St. SW
Activities Scheduled Next Week at Marion Community Center
The Marion Community Center outlines a full week of readings, sports and arts. Notable items include Hawkeye basketball at 6 p.m. Thursday and Bowman Woodpeckers basketball at 7 a.m. Saturday along with numerous Learning Center sessions daily.
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Marion Community Center
Dominics
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Carl Ohrt
Hawkeye
Bowman Woodpeckers
Creative Events Council
Kauffman
Amateurs Tug of War Nationals draw teams including women
The event at Five Seasons Center runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with eight person teams, a strict dress code, and a $1 admission. Pulfer leads the Amateurs Tug of War Association, eyeing Cedar Rapids for a 1984 international meet and possible European participation.
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Kurt Rogahn Sazette
United States
Five Seasons Center
Robert Pulfer
Verona
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Europe
Pulfer
Wayne Murdoch
City Public Improvements
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Coe College
James Sanders
Sinclair Auditorium
C.A
Amateur Tug of War Association
Glen Zenor
Sadler
Zenor
South Africa
Fairfax Hey
Amana
Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum
Jan Garber
Dick Wickman
2Nd Ave
P.O
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