Baby spills beans Roger comes out at Cedar Rapids home
A 16 year old from Cedar Rapids fled from the Iowa Training School for Boys Eldora by hiding under a bed in a southwest Cedar Rapids house Wednesday. Officers entered with the homeowner's permission and a two year old boy said Roger was under the bed. A scuffle injured two officers. one required stitches at Mercy Hospital. Fred Tully says the youth was to be picked up today at Linn Detention Center and returned to Eldora.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Training School For Boys
Eldora
Roger
Mercy Hospital
Fred Tully
Linn Detention Center
Three more firms show interest in Cedar Rapids cable franchise
City Clerk Lois Keller reports calls from several firms expressing interest in the Cedar Rapids cable franchise referendum. Officials note the filing deadline for petitions was Nov 6 and that petitions may be accepted past the deadline if the election office is aware of circulating petitions. An official said council action timing affects the official notice.
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Lois Keller
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Cable Co
Keller
County Commissioner of Elections
Elections Office
Iowa to test later hours for driver license stations
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission heard staff proposals for later hours and all day Saturday service at 137 licensing stations. Fear of mass quitting and reduced service prompted cautious support with phased rollout and monitoring. Plans include opening 10 am to 6 pm, closing Mondays at most stations, hiring more staff, boosting rural service, and an extra Cedar Rapids station.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Allan Thoms
Dubuque
Allan Stokes
Cedar Rapids
Clinton armed robbery suspect nabbed in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police arrested Gregory S. Young 19 after a traffic stop on Sixth Street SW. He is wanted in Clinton for an armed holdup at Ehrhart Texaco Service where 116 dollars were taken on August 23. Warrant issued in Clinton County August 26. Bruce 33 and Schoelerman 29, both Toddville, face concealed weapon charges after an incident at The Aquarium Lounge. Schoelerman also arrested on a Benton County court order.
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Clinton
Gregory S. Young
Sixth Street
Young
Ehrhart
Texaco Service
Clinton County
Marguerite H. Bruce
Toddville
Charles R. Schoelerman
Aquarium
Sixth St
Schoelerman
Bruce
Benton County
Foggy Iowa morning with easing threat ahead
Iowa awoke to dense fog and drizzle with zero visibility in places and hazardous driving. A rapid moving cold front was expected to bring cooler, drier air and clearing skies by Thursday night with temperatures dropping into the upper 20s to upper 30s and highs in the 50s Friday.
Iowa AG studies possible Mercy St Luke's hospital antitrust suit
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner said his office is studying a potential lawsuit against Mercy and St Luke's hospitals over alleged price fixing in violation of antitrust laws. A Nov 1 deadline looms for consent decrees or confession of the conspiracy, with both hospitals denying the charges and ready to contest in Linn District Court.
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Iowa
Richard Turner
the Gazette Today
Mercy and
St. Luke’s Hospitals
Attorney General’s
Linn
Turner
Drive Safely The Cedar Rapids Gazette Notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates by carrier 1.15 per week by mail after noon editions and Sunday 7 issues 5174 weeks 56.00 52 weeks. Other states and U.S. territories 80.00 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions accepted in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches for republication.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Weather notes and river forecast from local data
Weather shows winds from WNW at 7 mph and clear today with 50s high ahead. Extended outlook forecasts mostly cloudy Saturday, a chance of rain Sunday, then mostly clear Monday with highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s. River stages list LaCrosse to Cedar indicate minor rises and falls near flood thresholds.
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Atlanta
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New York
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Honolulu
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Houston
Washington
Miss America Visits Middletown After Winning Title
Susan Perkins 23 returns to Middletown Ohio amid a whirlwind homecoming with a downtown parade, newspaper front page spread, and greetings from local officials after winning Miss America 1978.
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Middletown
Ohio
Susan Perkins
Births and notices from Mercy and St Luke's
Birth announcements from Mercy and St Luke's list new daughters and sons born to numerous families in November. Additional birth notices include West Palm Beach daughter to Chuck Lyman, and marriages or engagements pairing Cedar Rapids, Marion, and other Iowa towns. Fire and accident call summaries conclude the report.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Chuck Lyman
Lyman
H.G. Lyman
Lauick Court
Marion
Police mix up names in traffic misadventure charge
Police corrected a previous report naming Mark Olson as the person charged after a traffic accident. Ann Duffield, 18, of 2020 Lauren Drive SW, Marion, was charged with failure to stop or yield after the crash Tuesday night.
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Mark Olson
Brockman Ave
Marion
Ann Duffield
Lauren Drive
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