Shooting victim recovering after severe abdominal injuries
Jim Page survived after a five hour operation following a direct hit by 273 pellets. Doctors removed the appendix gall bladder portions of liver and colon and later part of the stomach and small intestine while he battled hemorrhage and infection in intensive care.
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Meffert
Page
Vietnam
Jim
Julie Ames
St. Luke’s
Pat Ikan
College Community School
Solon
Steven Linn
Jim Page survives shotgun injury and recovers at home
Jim Page suffered 273 lead pellets from a 12 gauge shotgun at close range. He survived two critical days in ICU and after weeks of operations and therapies regained mobility and returned home with his family supporting his quick comeback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
Jim
Page
William G
Meffert
Jim Page
St. Luke’s
Truman Wilkens
Ames
Solon High
Radar speed checkpoints listed for Cedar Rapids week of March 23
The Cedar Rapids Police Department announces radar enforcement will occur the week of March 23 to 29 in multiple zones. Areas include Northeast Council Street Thirty second Street Forty second Street C Avenue. Southwest Wilson Avenue Sixteenth Street Interstate 380 Bowling Street Eighteenth Street and Sixth Street. Southeast Fifth Avenue Mount Vernon Road Bever Avenue Fifteenth Street Dalewood Avenue Thirty fourth Street. Northwest Johnson Avenue Edgewood Road E Avenue B Avenue and First Avenue.
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Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenue
Mount Vernon Road
Bever ‘Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Dalewood Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Pension plans pay 50 percent to surviving spouses
The article explains federal rules require a survivor pension option for spouses of retirees unless explicitly waived in writing. It notes a minimum benefit of 50 percent of the retiree’s pension and mentions Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters and the Society of Chartered Life Underwriters as sources. It also records Joan Crawford’s birth on this date in 1908.
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Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters
Society of Chartered Life Underwriters
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Public hearings set on ADC and child care rule changes
Three Social Service public hearings are scheduled this week on proposed rule changes. The first, 7 p.m. Thursday at United Way Building 712 Third Ave SE, requires testifier contact Roger Reid by Tuesday. A 7 p.m. Tuesday April 1 session at 220 South Gilbert Iowa City is listed with testifier contact by Friday. The third hearing on ADC rules is 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday April 3 at Brenton Bank Building Vinton, with Reid contact by Tuesday.
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Social Service
United Way Building
Third Ave
Roger Reid
South Gilbert
Iowa City
Reid
Brenton Bank
Vinton
Dear Genie Q A Iowa lineage genealogy query column
Readers share multiple family history inquiries asking for descendants and burial details. Elias and Catherine Troxel of Garrison Benton County sought. Norton and related lines across Jones and Linn counties. Dykstra and Homan families with Hospers and Normal Illinois contacts. Cedar Rapids postmaster Frank Baldwin relations. Linn County Heritage Society meet 9:30 a.m. Thursday Heritage Room Cedar Rapids Public Library with Loren Horton speaking.
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Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Baldrik
Douwina
Winnie” Dykstra
Hospers
Sioux County
Bindert
Ben
Douwe
John
Fenje
Peter
Jennig
Gerlof D. Homan
Eastview Drive
Normal
Ill
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Loren Horton
State Historical Library
Iowa City
Gazette Reports Broad Market Rally Across Sectors
The Gazette notes a broad stock market uptick with gains led by technology and financials. Investors weigh earnings from several firms while inflation data and central bank hints influence trading.
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First Avenue
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OUR
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Garrison
Benton County
Paula Seibolts
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Spokane
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James D. Norton
Maine
Sarah Roney
Virginia
David Robinson/Robison
New York
Lucinda Ireland
Indiana
Jones County
Nathan Reynolds
Ohio
Charlotte
Daniel Maddox
Kentucky
Jane Gott
Linn County
William D. Norton
Carter Drive
Redding
Calif
Frank Baldwin
Frank
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Margaret Fankhauser Blattler
Don Hoffman
Ridgeview Road
Sturbridge
Mass
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Bezanson-Whitehead-Russell Burkhalter Ins
Cook-Rowley Ins
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INC
Davis-Jones-Lamb Ins
JIM Forrest
Hoffman Insurance Agency
Kohl-Buechel Ins
Paul C. McCoy & CO
Wayne McNeal & CO
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Moore Ins
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