No new leads in October murder case in Iowa City
Coralville and Iowa City police say no new leads in six month probe into the October 2 disappearance of Carlotta Wheeler and the October 19 discovery of Vicki Klotzbach, an Iowa City woman killed by a shotgun near Knoll Ridge Apartments. Autopsy complete. details withheld.
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Iowa City
Coralville
Iowa
Barry Bedford
Klotzbach
Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation
Bedford
University of Iowa Cytogenetics Laboratory
DCI
Wheeler
Bill Kidwell
Snowball Incident Leads to Multiple Arrests in Iowa City
Early Friday, three men were arrested after air was released from a police tire and firemen were pelted with snowballs while extinguishing a trash fire near Maxwell's bar at 100 E. College St. Ted Freyer, Nicholas Rhodes, and Luis Butts face charges of harassment of public officers and related counts with Rhodes charged for injuring a motor vehicle.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Maxwell's
E. College St
Ted M. Freyer
Nicholas J. Rhodes
Freyer
Butts
Iowa City Teacher Sues District For Defamation
Marian Coleman, a reading teacher in the Iowa City School District, sues superin tendent David Cronin for defamation. The $150,000 suit seeks $50,000 actual damages and $100,000 punitive damages, with trial set for August 9 in Johnson County District Court. The case follows earlier confrontations and Civil Rights Commission complaints filed by Coleman and the local NAACP chapter.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
David Cronin
Marian Coleman
Coleman
Cronin
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
City and gas company liable for damages in Cedar Rapids
A Linn District Court jury awarded Alvin Beets Jr. 4000 at Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co and 100 to Elizabeth Beets from Cedar Rapids for injuries after Beets fell Aug 23 1980 at Sixth Street and 11th Avenue SE. The verdict also assigned 1000 to Alvin and 100 to Elizabeth from Cedar Rapids and 4000 to Beets and 400 to Elizabeth from the gas company. The court found the defendants negligent while the Beets argued the plaintiff failed to take a safer route. The jury indicated the accident stemmed from work by Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Linn District Court
Alvin R. Beets Jr
Elizabeth
Alvin Beets
Elizabeth Beets
Beets
Sixth Street
11Th Avenue SE
Murdock May Return Home for Easter
Cedar Rapids Public Improvements Commissioner Wayne Murdock recovering from a Monday heart bypass at St. Luke's Hospital. a hospital representative said he should be home by Easter. He, 49, had a single bypass and has been hospitalized since March 28 in good condition.
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Cedar Rapids
Special election set for Belle Plaine council seat
Belle Plaine schedules a May 18 special election to fill at least one City Council seat. One vacancy follows Jerry McIntire’s mayoral appointment, with a second vacancy created by Dave Baumann’s resignation. McIntire’s at large seat will be filled, while Baumann’s 2nd Ward seat depends on his timing to resign.
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Belle Plaine
Jerry McIntire
Dave Baumann
McIntire
Baumann
Cutler to Speak at Iowa City Hunger Forum
Lynn Cutler, Blackhawk County supervisor and DNC vice chairwoman, will speak at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Newman Center in Iowa City. The Democrat faces Gary Lamb in the June 8 primary for the nomination, with the winner meeting Republican Cooper Evans in November.
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Iowa City
Lynn Cutler
Bread For the World
Johnson County
Newman Center
E. Jefferson
Cutler
Blackhawk
Democratic National Committee
Gary Lamb
Cooper Evans
TV Vision Magazine Highlights Sports and Movies Spotlight
A TV Vision issue spotlights sports and films, previewing upcoming games and releases. It profiles notable athletes and stars, with notes on schedules and new productions shaping entertainment and athletics this season.
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TV Vision
Bus patron fails to prove damages in smoking case
In Linn County First Avenue Division court magistrate John Felt dismissed Johy D. Ahrens 1316 Third Ave SE claim seeking 1000 against Cedar Rapids Municipal Bus Co for a Feb 25 smoking incident. Felt ruled no proof of damages and noted lack of evidence linking injury to bus smoke. appeal bond set at 100.
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First Avenue
Linn District Court
Johy D. Ahrens
Third Ave. SE
Ahrens
Cedar Rapids
Tama
John Felt
Felt
Lynne Brady
Felts
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids Smile contest aims to boost city pride
The Cedar Rapids Convention and Visitors Bureau seeks musicians to record the song Cedar Rapids Smile. Sixty musicians were invited to submit cassette versions by 5 p.m. April 20. Winners, announced April 21, receive a free recording session at Smithfield Recording Studio and a performance at a April 30 reception at the Sheraton Inn.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Smithfield
Sheraton Inn
Stolen Wallet Leads to $800 Bank Withdrawals
Coe College security reports Haroun Wasser Haroun had wallet stolen from Eby Fieldhouse track on April 2. Withdrawals totaling $800 occurred Friday night through Sunday at the Hy Vee instant access station, after his card was used. He resides at Armstrong Hall on the Coe campus.
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Wasser Haroun
Haroun
Coe College Security
Cedar Rapids
Eby Fieldhouse
Hy Vee
First Ave
Armstrong Hall
Coe
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