Cedar Rapids Trivia book profiles local history
Cedar Rapids writer Ruth Taylor releases a 225 page trivia collection with 2700 questions about the city. The book draws on local history, landmarks and current figures, with help from a weekly Witwer Center writing class and articles from The Gazette and the Des Moines Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Gosch
George Nissen
Ruth Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Lewis Fields Linn
U.S
Missouri
Iowa Territory
Wisconsin Territory
O.F. Paulson
O.F. Paulson Construction Co
Memorial Coliseum
Olson
Taylor
Gazette
Des Moines Register
Shie
Writer’s Digest
Brentwood Press
Columbus
Todays Chuckle The high price of cheese sparks a rat race
A lighthearted quip notes it is not the rat race that bothers people but the steep cost of cheese prompting amused reactions about pantry prices and daily frugality.
Crime drops to lowest level in 13 years
The 1985 nationwide survey by the Justice Department shows 34.9 million crimes against persons and households, down 1.9 percent from 1984 and the lowest total since 1972. Robberies, personal theft, and violent crime all declined, while rapes and aggravated assaults fell sharply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Nicaragua to Return Bodies After Plane Shot Down
Nicaragua says it will return the bodies of Americans killed in the C 123 crash and allow U S embassy officials to question 45 year old Eugene Hasenfus who survived the Sandinista strike. The government protests U S actions and cites a UN rights charter while U S senators pledge inquiry into alleged covert help to Nicaraguan rebels.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Foreign Ministry
U.S
United States
Angela Saballos
George Shultz
Eugene Hasenfus
Saballos
Hasenfus
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
Kalb resigns over disinformation chief spokesman post
Bernard Kalb resigns as State Department spokesman amid allegations of press misinformation about Libya. He cites choosing dissent over silence and praises George Shultz while successor Charles Redman takes over. Reagan says no one on our side lies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bernard Kalb
State Department
Reagan
Libya
America
Kalb
Charles Redman
New York Times
CBS
NBC
George Shultz
Shultz
Columbus landing location shifted to Samana Cay in Bahamas
National Geographic Society released a five year study asserting Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on Samana Cay in the eastern Bahamas. The uninhabited 9 by 0.75 mile island lies 65 miles southeast of Watling Island, challenging decades of acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Christopher Columbus
New World
National Geographic Society
Columbus
Samana Cay
Joseph Judge
Judge
Samana
Bahamas
Watling Island
House keeps death penalty in drug bill
The House approved a $1.8 billion anti drug bill 391 to 23 despite Senate filibuster threats and kept the death penalty for murders tied to drug operations. The measure heads back to the Senate for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Jim Wright
Texas
Wright
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Astros
Ictory
Iowa
Dennis Kramer
Abby Oeen Enene
Aachidee
Marion
Cenee Money
Eae
Gazette Wire Services
Mittee
Nicarguan
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
John Kerry
D-Mass
Barricada
Sandinista Party
Shack
Rosa Pasos
Defense Ministry
Marinette
Wis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!