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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1988
Page
2
A column by Donald Kaul blends sports debate with social commentary. It argues on 64 team NCAA relevance, honors baseball great Edd Roush, questions wrestling titles, mocks adult film store zoning, critiques Branstad ads, and ends with a note on Iowa legislative progress.
Iowa's unemployment dropped to 6.5 percent in February the lowest February rate since 1980 with 94 600 jobless, Linn County at 5.4 percent and manufacturing adding 14 700 year over year. Freeman tied decline to manufacturing gains and seasonal hiring in services schools and government.
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum invites amateur and professional actors to audition at 7 30 p m on April 12 for the 39 Men exhibit opening April 23. The winner earns 200 for two hours of work. Auditions are open to the public and call 643 5327 for times.
In Keokuk Iowa a two story wood frame home burned early Thursday claiming four lives. Fire Chief Donald Jenkins said the blaze started in the downstairs living room most likely from an electrical fault a faulty extension cord believed to be the source. Neighbors heard cries for help from the second floor rear window before firefighters arrived at 12 59 am. Damon Huston 36 and Cynthia Eppers 33 were found near the second floor rear window while Epper s son Joshua Blum 12 and Patrick Welsh 18 of Argyle were found near the front second floor window. Fire Capt Roger Davis suffered a neck cut from flying glass and required stitches. The state fire marshal s office assisted with the investigation as the building was heavily involved.
Yilek an ex-Tama County Treasurer’s Office employee pleads innocent to 12 counts in Tama County District Court Toledo. Judge sets May 16 trial. Investigators report $80,814 now missing, up from $30,000.
Twenty eight current and former New York City health inspectors and supervisors were charged with extorting hundreds of thousands from restaurants by threatening to close them or cite sanitation violations. Over 300 restaurants paid bribes ranging from eighty to fourteen hundred dollars in a systematic corruption scheme dating to the early 1980s, authorities said.
Cory Fleming, 23, facing drunken driving and eluding charges after a second pursuit near Traer, Iowa. Deputies say he sped on Highway 63 and Traer side streets, rammed a patrol car, and ended in a ditch. He already faced 20 charges from a February 4 chase and remains jailed on a $5,000 bond.
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