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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1988
Page
7
About 700 people crowded the Linn County Auditor's Office on Saturday to register on the final day before the fall general election. The total active registrations reached 106,232, with 450 new registrations that day. Independents led the registration surge two to one over Republicans and Democrats.
An Iowa State University student from Jordan who spent eight months in jail because he did not return his 4 year old son to his ex wife plans wedding.
Ahmed Amro, 30, of Des Moines, released from Story County Jail after his son Mujahid's return from Jordan, applies in Polk County to marry Seham M S Abdelra man, 23, of Zerka, Jordan. The couple wed religiously in 1987 in Jordan and plan a legal U.S. marriage. Abdelraman is to arrive later. Amro, living at the Islamic Center, previously divorced Souad Mejdouli of Morocco. custody case led to jail order until the boy's return.
Thirty sheets of stainless steel weighing 3000 pounds and valued at 6000 dollars were stolen from an outside storage pile at Divine Engineering on Sixth Street. Albert Bailey Jr. and a 17 year old female were charged with second degree theft after trying to sell a metal dock ramp stolen from Loftus Distributing on Ninth Avenue. Bailey was released after promising to appear in court. the girl was referred to juvenile authorities.
A burglary at 1429 Seventh Ave SE involved a broken basement window and stolen desk video recorder cassette deck and stereo receiver valued at 1000 action spanned Thursday to Friday with multiple medical emergencies including 411 10th St SE 6 37 pm 1722 Grande Ave SE 6 56 pm 310 Fifth Ave SE 5 14 pm and 100 First Ave NE 8 54 pm others note false alarms overheated grease faulty equipment and accidental alarms across numerous streets including Ripon Street SW 905 12th St NE 8 07 am and 350 First Ave NE 2 15 am.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Em ployees Local 620 asks Cedar Rapids for a 7 percent wage increase and for the city to cover family dental insurance. City negotiators will reply on November 9. The union represents about 370 employees across 17 departments including sanitation traffic engineering parks and water pollution control.
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