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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1986
Page
2
A Friday prediction by Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun warned the landmark abortion ruling could be toppled. The report appears in Iowa Today on page 4A amid other state business, education, and election items.
Peggy Lee Henderson, 37, of 3416 Ardsley Lane Southwest, surrendered to Cedar Rapids Police on a second degree theft charge after embezzling under $5,000 from the City Bus Department over 12 to 14 months. A second female employee faces arrest as federal auditors and the DOT investigate.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, established 1883, lists address at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 and carrier subscriptions at 2.25 weekly. Mail editions offer 7 issues weekly mornings and Sundays with 4 week and 52 week rates, service limitations noted. Also lists AP republication rights and post office box for changes.
A thought for today quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson arguing that a hero isn’t braver than others but lasts braver for five minutes longer in ordinary moments.
A wild late night fight at Bulicek's Bridge Villa in Iowa City left five bouncers and patrons charged. James Coleman 22 of Coggan led the violence injuring a pedestrian and striking a bartender. police arrested Coleman Benson Schmitt Van Buskirk and two others after reinforcements arrived.
Linn County Attorney Denver Dillard filed felony charges Friday against Cedar Rapids man Donnie Washington 36 for shooting parolee Kyle Doolin 26 in a southeast side tavern. Doolin was rearrested Friday on warrants for violating release terms and entering the bar.
Donald Hartman 33 and his father Richard Hartman 53 were sentenced in Bibb County Superior Court after pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking. Each received prison terms and $20,000 fines amid cooperation with Georgia authorities that led to related drug busts in Chicago and Miami. The judge noted the social harm of cocaine as he handed down the sentences in Macon.
Julie A. Dusterhoff, 34, of Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine and received a three year prison term. Her husband Joseph Zalesky was sentenced to ten years the preceding day. U S District Judge David Hansen imposed the sentences in Cedar Rapids.
A correction states the Grinnell fundraiser for Democratic candidates Lamoyne Gaard and Richard Varn will be held October 11, not September 11 as The Gazette reported. The Gazette will answer complaints about accuracy and will publish corrections or clarifications as needed. Call 398 8313.
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