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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1981
Page
7
A 20 year old Randy Dean Helland of Ames was struck and killed Friday night by a westbound Chicago and North Western freight at a downtown crossing. Witnesses said he attempted to outrun the train, which was moving about 30 to 35 mph.
Des Moines area convention activity reached a record 205,250 delegates this year per the Convention and Visitors Bureau. The figure breaks the 1962 high and coincides with $54.2 million in convention spending, attributed to new facilities regionwide meetings growth and intensified recruitment efforts.
Police report describes a break in at the Fred L. Schuchmann home 3123 Adirondack Drive NE. Suspects pried open a sliding door and stole a microwave oven a $1000 hand carved duck and a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit convertible valued over $10,000 left with keys in the ignition in the garage.
Anthony Eugene Pint, 24, of Independence, was arrested after a rural chase when a vehicle rammed a sheriff deputy’s squad car near Littleton. Pint faces charges of eluding a law enforcement vehicle reckless driving failing to use headlights and speeding.
Today offers a haunted house at Westdale Mall from 7 to 10 p.m. sponsored by the Jaycees and KCRG. Also haunted court house at Shueyville Community Center from 7 to 10 p.m. and a slide show lecture on People’s Republic of China by Virginia Myers at the University of Iowa Museum of Art at 1 p.m. Cedar Rapids Symphony performs with David Hickman at the Paramount Theatre at 3 p.m. Coe Concert Band plays at Sinclair Auditorium at 8 p.m. Free. A bicycle tour to Lake Macbride starts at Bever Park at 8 a.m. sponsored by the Hawkeye Bicycle Association.
Vanities at Old Creamery Theater in Garrison begins at 7 p.m. That Championship Season plays at Studio Theater also in Garrison at 7 30 p.m. Burrhead runs 3 p.m. at E C Mabie Theater University of Iowa.
The Coralville Public Library hosts an open house Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at 806 Fifth St. Friends of the Coralville Library sponsor the event to showcase services including bus pass sales and a public copy machine. A facility tour and refreshments are planned.
Scott J Manley 21 of 522 McKinley St SE was arrested at home by detectives at 1 20 a m Saturday and charged with second degree theft after officers found a stereo reportedly taken in an Oct 17 burglary at 1723 Fourth Ave SE Jerry Studds identified the stereo as his court records show Manley held in Linn County Jail and released on court orders Saturday morning
Carole Custer, assistant vice president of a Jefferson bank and 1971 ISU graduate, is elected president of the 26,000 member Iowa State University Alumni Association. Officers include Alan Tubbs vice president Nancy Pellett secretary and Warren Madden treasurer.
Bev and Bob Driver of Council Bluffs file a district court suit in Pottawattamie County against the county DSS Mercy and St Joseph Hospitals Bay Town Institute and several Nebraska doctors alleging loss of wages libel damages medical and legal costs and constitutional rights violations after their son Patrick was removed then returned under supervision following an Iowa Supreme Court ruling that the evidence of abuse was insufficient.
Washington County deputy sheriff sustained eye injuries after arresting James Lee Goodlander 22 of Washington who allegedly refused to pay for a meal at the Ainsworth Four Corners restaurant. Goodlander resisted. the deputy required stitches, while the officer received minor bruises. Goodlander faces multiple charges and is jailed on a $7,000 bond.
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