Couple jailed for denying grandma visits
Guthrie Center Iowa couple Marsha and Ron Goodman spent Marsha’s 30th birthday in jail after defying a Cass County court order to allow weekend visits between their 4 year old son Joshua and his grandmother Shelda Challis. Challis seeks permanent custody and argues the parents are unfit while the Goodmans defend their parenting and call Challis an obstacle. Joshua remains at home in Messina under care of an 18 year old as the custody dispute continues.
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Guthrie Center
Iowa
UPI
Marsha Goodman
Ron
Messina
Cass County District
Harold Martin
Des Moines
Guthrie County
Cass County
Joshua
Mrs. Goodman
Goodman
Christian Church
Bridgewa
Davenport man signs confession in circuit rapist case
Illinois police report Davenport, Iowa suspect Daniel W. Bellman, 40, signed a written confession claiming involvement in 16 rapes or sexual assaults across Davenport Muscatine Cedar Rapids Iowa City Coralville Burlington and Clinton. Bellman, a district sales rep for WWR Scientific Inc., faces a October 29 court hearing and is held on a 1 million dollar bond after a mall arrest following a car hijacking.
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Cedar Rapids
Galesburg
Ill
Davenport
Iowa
Daniel W. Bellman
Robert Horton
Bellman
Muscatine
Iowa City
Coralville
Burlington
Clinton
Knox County
Illinois
Perpetual Offers 9 Percent Mortgage Plan
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association of Cedar Rapids unveils a mortgage option with a start rate as low as 9 percent on loans financing homes with existing fixed-rate Perpetual mortgages. Senior VP David Lodge notes ARMs will also be offered on homes not covered by Perpetual mortgages at the current market rate of 13 percent.
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Perpetual Savings and Loan Association of
Cedar Rapids
David Lodge
Dodge
Lodge
Perpetual
Paper Records Show Rise in Office Work By 1960
A note states that twice as many people are engaged in office work as in 1960 and comments that while confusion persists, the data is being documented on paper. Copyright.
Gemayel seeks 30,000-strong Lebanon peacekeeping force
President Amin Gemayel urged expanding the Beirut multinational force from 3,800 to about 30,000 troops and extending its duties beyond the capital. France offered more troops and aid, while Gemayel pressed for greater UN presence in southern Lebanon. He called for all foreign occupation forces to leave Lebanon and noted U.S. consideration of a larger role for the mission.
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Gazette Wire Services
Paris
Amin Gemayel
Beirut
Francois Mitterrand
France
Gemayel
Lebanon
Walid Jumblatt
U.S
U.N
Israel
Reagan
Washington
Mideast
Snow Forced Delays as Corn Stalks Flatten in Iowa Fields
Snow and 35 to 45 mph winds battered northeast Iowa slowing harvests in Dubuque Fayette and Winneshiek counties. Downed corn and stalk rot threaten yields with reports of 75 bushels on flattened fields instead of 120. Farmers expect to harvest despite moisture concerns as record planting season leaves crops mature ahead of winter.
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Iowa
Ken Hall
Dubuque
Mother Nature
Hall
Gazette
Fayette
Winneshiek County
Winneshiek
Dan Burkhart
West Union
Fayette County
Dick Horne
Decorah
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Mark
Marsha and
Ron Goodman
WWR Scientific Inc
Bellwood, Ill
Horton
Sandburg Mall
Bruce Fishwild
Gazette Financial Editor
Ween
Abby
Simmons
U.S -World
Marion Wuzzles
Bankston
Dubuque County
Deb Wiley
Jeff Clothier
Harlan
Mark Kvale
Westby
Wis
Luther College
Luther Centennial Union
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