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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1986
Page
2
The division playoffs delivered dramatic Mets Astros Red Sox Angels series action with high drama and pitching duels. Michigan defeats Iowa, affirming a tougher schedule edge and boosting postseason mood. Bo Schembechler’s harsh coaching image is noted with a sharp anecdote.
A Dallas Morning News questionnaire of Governor White and challenger Clements uncovers off politics, showing White prefers boxer shorts while Clements favors briefs. Both are churchgoing, grocery shoppers, bird hunters, and sentimental moviegoers, with personal questions yielding few concrete policy insights.
Democratic candidate Lowell Jenkins accuses incumbent Terry Branstad of proposing the largest tax increase in Iowa history. Branstad defends a 175 million state income tax plan that would affect only a few wealthy Iowans.
Iowa coach Hayden Fry defended an outside run call on a late drive for a potential field goal against Michigan. Freshman fullback Richard Bass fumbled the ball on the play, while earlier Hawkeye end Joe Mott sacked Jim Harbaugh.
U S Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole will attend the dedication of Cedar Rapids new airport terminal. About 400 persons are expected at a by invitation luncheon at noon Tuesday. Metro-Iowa.
Juvenile court authorities criticize the state training school for boys at Eldora for lacking programs to reform delinquent youths. Limited budget forces courts to send boys and Iowa dollars out of state to alternative programs considered more effective.
Donovan Durst 11 says he waited with a rifle beside his wounded mother and killed Michael Morris 32 who had shot Linda Durst 38. Morris allegedly threatened the family by phone two months earlier. Autopsy shows Morris died of three gunshot wounds to lungs and heart.
Michael John Shornock, 21, a North Carolina parolee calling himself Rambo, is suspected of holding a woman hostage after killing her guard dog in Port Orange. Law officers used dogs, airboats, and a helicopter to search swampy areas across Brevard and Volusia counties as he vanished into the woods.
The 6000 square foot two acre hillside home above Sherman Oaks sold for 1.5 million with a pool wine cellar sauna gym and two guest houses. The Urich family moved to Massachusetts for filming of Spenser For Hire.
Sportscaster Frank Gifford, co host of ABCs Monday Night Football, married Kathie Lee Johnson on Saturday in Bridgehampton New York. She will be known professionally as Kathie Lee Gifford. The newlyweds plan a later honeymoon due to work commitments.
Opal Tomlinson, 79, of Bondurant Iowa, won the Lotto jackpot by matching all six numbers for a 566 044 prize. The winning ticket was bought at Casey's General Store in Bondurant and confirmed by a computer check. Tomlinson said she used her children's birthdays for the numbers and has not decided how to spend the money.
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