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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1988
Page
1
Ficketers held a four hour protest in front of an adult bookstore at 309 Fifth Ave SE. Cedar Falls men face federal drug charges after a surprise reveal that their delivery of coke was not the real substance.
A Thursday scene in Washington saw Secretary of State Shultz and House Speaker Wright praising the cease-fire and a new era in Central American policy. Shultz urged no Soviet weapons to Managua, while Wright pledged humanitarian aid for Contra rebels and a fast-track vote on military aid if peace falters.
Iowa City police say Marshall Stewart 61, retired University of Iowa power plant manager, was stabbed to death in his home as he slept. Former employee Mark R. Peterson 35 has confessed and is held on a 200000 dollar bond on a first degree murder charge. Peterson allegedly broke in through a basement window about 530 am Thursday.
A Thursday power disruption from the Iowa Electric Light and Power Sixth Street Plant cut electricity to about 8,129 Cedar Rapids customers in the northeast and southeast, including Toddville Shellsburg and Palo. Crews restored power by 1 30 p.m., but a second outage near Kirkwood Community College southwest Cedar Rapids led to early class dismissals as staff fixed an underground line. IE spokesperson Colleen Reilly attributed the fault to dry weather causing dirt to coat insulators turning them into conductors, igniting lines near Sixth Avenue, Sixth Street SE, and by the water plant. Firefighters battled embers from a blown pole incident in the 500 block of Sixth Street SE.
Greenwich Exxon supervisor Jack Paladino seeks staff from Iowa to fill scarce local service positions. He advertises in Iowa papers and plans interviews in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids for applicants, highlighting $305 weekly pay, free housing, and benefits.
Statewide practice tornado drills were scrapped as a real tornado hit near Clear Lake shortly after 3 p.m. damaging farm buildings. Eastern Iowa counties faced a tornado watch as weather officials paused the drill set for 10:15 a.m. The decision was made at 3 a.m. to postpone and hold the drill later.
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