Nearby baseball scoreboard notes White Sox defeat
Newspaper snippet reports business and tax items including a White Sox score, insurance tax break creating jobs, a burglary thwarted at Kirkwood Community College, Kenya's Olympic runner Joseph Kipsang visiting Cedar Rapids for the Fifth Season 8K race, and Coe College title chase as Universal Gym Equipment cuts 51 jobs.
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Joseph Kipsang
Kenya
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Vokolek
Coe College
Kohanski
INDEX TODAY'S CHUCKLE Money Isn't Everything
A light financial cartoon notes that money isn't everything and questions who is speaking about percentages, playing on the idea that wealth talk can overshadow values.
Richmonds enter drug pleas in plea bargain offer
Roland Krekeler reports in U.S. District Court Richmond and his wife Karen pleaded guilty to reduced drug charges after prosecutors tied Richmond to a 1985 alleged push into heroin by Shaker Nassif. Evidence could have put Richmond away for life. Nassif was arrested on related import charges.
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Roland Krekeler
Star
John Richmond
Shaker Nassif
Nassif
Richmond
U.S
Richard Murphy
U.S. District Court
Guily
Murphy
Karen
Nass
Explosive blast rocks Shell refinery in Norco La
A Shell Oil refinery explosion and fire in Norco Louisiana killed one worker and injured 42 as shockwaves shattered windows across town and into New Orleans. About 2,500 residents evacuated while 544 hours of fire raged before containment.
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Shell Oil Co
Norco
Adam Mashia
Shell
Fred Foster
Norco-Shell
Ikey Lucas
St. Charles
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Bond Set for Hadley as $236,000 Hidden Funds Frozen
Houston AP report shows a $50,000 cash bond for embezzler Steven Hadley after a state judge froze a stock and bond account that had dwindled by $236,000 since his arrest. Hadley allegedly embezzled $1.1 million from John Deere Credit Union in Waterloo. The order to freeze the account was signed by State District Judge Richard Millard and awaited Millard's ruling on other motions.
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Houston
Steven Hadley
U.S
George Kelt
Hadley
Iowa
John Deere Credit Union
Waterloo
Richard Millard
Sylvia Reyes
Kelt
Diane Justice
Millard
Don DeGabrielle
Security forces crush Polish steel mill strike in Krakow area
Security police raided the Lenin steel mill at Nowa Huta near Krakow at 2 a.m. arresting most of the 15-member strike committee as 17,000 workers faced forced dispersal. Riot police used percussion grenades and helicopters while priests accompanied protesters and officials claimed no injuries.
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Gazette Wire Services
Gdansk
Poland
Lenin
Krakow
Nowa Huta
Jerzy Urban
Warsaw
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Peacocks depart Bever Park Zoo for new homes
Bever Park Zoo opens for the season with turkeys replacing peacocks after officials moved seven peacocks from an old monkey cage to farms and homes. Zookeeper Julie Myers notes three baby turkeys welcome visitors at Old MacDonald’s Farm, while caretakers emphasize the birds are not in cages.
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Bever Park Zoo
Julie Myers
Old MacDonald
Zoo
Myers
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