Veterans share brutal truths of Vietnam with Metro students
Cedar Rapids veterans Jim Manuel and Bill Spencer told Metro High School students that Vietnam war reality differed from Hollywood. They described fear, numbness, and distant bombardment at Khe Sanh, noting most troops were 18 or 19 and that politicians, not soldiers, lost the war.
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Vietnam
Manuel
Cedar Rapids
John Wayne
Spencer
Khe Sanh
Iowa
United States
Southeast Asia
Metro
Brenda Hyke
Bill Spencer
Hiawatha
Jim Manuel
Metro High School
Man injured when car crashes through shellsburg buildings
Shellsburg police said David Cary 53 remains in fair condition at St Luke's Cedar Rapids after his car lost consciousness and crossed Canton Street striking a garage and a four unit apartment building injuring an 11 year old in the crash. No charges expected.
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David Cary
St. Luke's
Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg
Marty Evans
Cary
Canton Street
Cottage Street
Evans
Memmer faces murder trial amid defense of weak evidence
Memmer 24 of Marshalltown pleads not guilty to two first degree murder charges. His lawyers Ed Leff and Dennis Cohen seek a hearing to dismiss, contesting prosecutors claims of premeditation and other felonies. Trial set for Oct 16 in Johnson County.
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Iowa City
Jonathan Memmer
Memmer
Laura Watson-Dalton
Maria Lehner
Ed Leff
Dennis Cohen
Johnson County
David Remley
Marshalltown
Leff
Cohen
J. Patrick
White
Dalton
Lehner
S. van Buren St
Iowa receives 2 million in federal transit funds
The Iowa Department of Transportation will receive 2,026,478 in federal transit funds. Urban operators Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dubuque Iowa City and Sioux City share 1,401,740, plus 624,738 goes to 10 rural regional operators. Cedar Rapids gets 212,000 and Iowa City 120,000. Ames Transit agency earns 686,767 to expand its facility. Senator Grassley announced the grants.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Iowa City
Sioux City
Ames
Chuck Grassley
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