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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1987
Page
9
Shellsburg students learned about two former Iowans being held hostage in Beirut as teacher Mark Felderman notes many students are unfamiliar with their stories. He says hostages in Beirut have been largely forgotten by the public.
Shellsburg students mailed 120 to 130 Christmas cards to Terry Anderson, an Iowa State University alumnus and AP reporter held in Beirut since March 16, 1985. Teachers coordinated the effort to show he is not forgotten and to raise public awareness of hostages. Additional note mentions another Iowa-connected hostage, Thomas Sutherland, at American University in Beirut, kidnapped June 9, 1985.
Julianne M. Ford 20 sues the state and teaching assistant Patrick Keefe in Johnson County court seeking damages for a hand injury from a dec 11 1986 table saw incident at E C Mabie Theater during a drama class. She says the saw lacked a protective guard and required surgery.
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