Marion Public Cleanup Dates Set For Two Saturdays
The city announces spring cleanup on April 26 and May 3 with curbside collection of discard items. No autos or logs over six feet will be picked up, and the monthly last Friday pickup is next Friday. Several local officials and educators lead a foreign language session at Marion High School.
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Public Services Department
Russell Ward
Public Services
Marion High School
Ralph Wilcox
Kirkwood Community College
Mike Olinger
Cornell Industries
Diane Feiereisen
Merchants National Bank
Kathe Goldstein
Measles Uptick Hits Iowa Counties
Iowa health officials report 300 measles cases in the first quarter of 1975, more than double last year’s total, with epidemics in Polk Warren Greene Howard Mitchell Floyd and Black Hawk. Director Norman Pawlewski urges immediate vaccination for three groups of children.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Health
Norman Pawlewski
Polk
Warren
Greene
Howard
Mitchell
Floyd
Black Hawk
Pawlewski
Not a Look-alike Jaguar Cagney Up for Sealed Bid Sale
A two year old jaguar named Cagney at Prospect Park Zoo New York City is described for his grit short bow legs and strut like James Cagney. He is among animals in the city’s overcrowded zoos offered for sealed bid sale.
Increased Reformatory Space Under Discussion
Anamosa Iowa. Acting adult correction director Calvin Auger and social services commissioner Kev in Burns discuss expanding reformitory capacity as inmate numbers rise. Current occupancy nears limit at Anamosa with 696 residents. Fort Madison holds spare capacity for transfers to minimum security. Considered options include rebuilding north cell blocks, using farm dormitory space, or constructing a new reformatory facility.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Calvin Auger
Kevin Burns
Auger
Burns
Fort Madison
Reformatory
State Penitentiary
State accuses minister of securities fraud in Oregon suit
Oregon Corporation Commissioner Frank Healy filed suit in Marion county circuit court against Rev. Atwood Foster and two companies for unregistered securities sales and misrepresentations. The case seeks injunctions and a receiver for Continental Securities Corp and Church Services Program. Six investors filed a class action in Portland alleging $3.3 million diverted to related firms.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Oregon Corporation
Frank Healy
Marion County
Atwood Foster
Assembly of God
Foster
Continental Securities Corp
Church Services Program
Healy
U.S. District Court
Port
Church Services
Danielson Seeks Justice Post in Des Moines
Danielson, 47, of West Des Moines, the longtime federal attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, is seeking the assistant attorney in charge of the criminal division at the U.S. Department of Justice. He says no firm decision yet and expects word within a couple weeks. The post, once held by Henry Peterson during Watergate, is now vacant with John Keeney in the interim and carries a $36,000 annual salary.
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Des Moines
Allen Lee Danielson
Southern District of Iowa
U.S. Department of Justice
Danielson
West Des Moines
John Keeney
Search Launched For MHI Escapees
Iowa law enforcement scoured eastern counties for two MHI escapees Mark Moritz 20 of Oelwein and Dennis Niday of Dubuque who fled Independence facility February 27. They reportedly stole several vehicles and were headed toward Dubuque and into Illinois with a 16 year old girl.
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Ryan
Iowa
Mental Health Institute
Mark Moritz
Oelwein
Dennis Niday
Dubuque
Independence
Ilinois
Judge Quashes Subpoena Against News Reporter
A Brooklyn judge ruled reporter Thomas Raftery cannot be compelled to disclose confidential sources. Justice Michael Potoker held the First Amendment and New York shield law protect a newsman from revealing sources tied to an April 1974 weapon possession case involving Henry Marahan and his son. The ruling rejects forcing source disclosure to impeach testimony.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Daily News
Michael Potoker
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Thomas Raftery
Henry Marahan
Henry, Jr
Raftery
Marahan
Batery
Hearing Date Set For William Sibley
A preliminary hearing for William Sibley 22 Clinton has been set for April 29 by Clinton county district court Judge Max Werling. Sibley held without bond after arraignment by Judge C H Pelton for the stabbing death of 75 year old Joseph Smith in Smith's apartment building basement. Police said Smith was found with a chest wound and the weapon was not recovered.
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Clinton
William Sibley
Clinton County District Court
Max Werling
Sibley
C. H. Pelton
Werling
Pelton
Joseph Smith
Smith
Mental Health Institute Holds Open House
INDEPENDENCE The Mental Health Institute invites the public to an open house on April 27 from 1 to 4 30 p m. The event highlights a newly enlarged dental clinic an adolescent unit and a sheltered workshop with staff from psychiatry nursing psychology social work and other disciplines on hand to discuss work tours and visitor assistance will be provided to groups and individuals.
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Mental Health Institute
CIA Mata Hari claims life with Castro and CIA papers theft
Self described Mata Hari Mar ie Lorenz says she lived with Fidel Castro for four months in 1959 and plotted his assassination. She says Frank Sturgis arranged her escape from the Havana Hilton and that documents included maps of Soviet missile sites. She later met Hunt and Sturgis in Miami and identified them as Eduardo and Fiorini.
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NEW York
New York Daily News
Fidel Castro
Central Intelligence Agency
The
News
Havana
E. Howard Hunt
Frank Sturgis
Cuba
Paul Meskil
Marie Lorenz
Castro
Havana Harbor
Havana Hilton
Sturgis
Frank Fiorini
CIA
Frank
Fidel
Hilton
U.S
Miami
Eduardo
Hunt
Fiorini
Iowa Election Law Clash Over Election Day Registration
In Des Moines Republicans and Democrats clash as Iowa House prepares a sweeping election law bill led by Democrat Jerome Fitzgerald. Republicans fear election day registration could invite fraud while Fitzgerald argues for voter access and administrable safeguards as debate opens. Governor Ray says parties have yet to engage.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Jerome Fitzgerald
D-Fort Dodge
Richard Drake
R-Muscatine
Fitzgerald
Coup Ousts Honduras Leader After Scandal
In Tegucigalpa Gen. Oswaldo Lopez Arellano was ousted as chief of state after United Brands paid 1.25 million dollars to Honduran officials for lower banana export taxes. Col. Juan Alberto Melgar, 45, replaced Lopez Arellano, 53, as head of state and armed forces.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Oswaldo Lopez Arellano
National Radio
United Brands Co
Wall Street Journal
Lopez Arellano
Juan Alberto Melgar
Melgar
Driver Charged In Highway Crash Near Spillville
Norman Hall Payne 25 of Lansing faced a charge of failure to have control after his semi driven in a curve went out of control near Spillville. The truck owned by Leon Johnsrud Cresco was damaged 12500 dollars as it overturned and slid into a ditch at 5 pm on a county road two and a half miles northwest of Spillville. Butter from the load was scattered over the pavement.
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Decorah
Norman Hall Payne
Lansing
Spillville
Payne
Winneshiek County
Leon Johnsrud
Cresco
Coroner Rules Swisher Death By Own Action
Johnson County medical examiner Dr. T. T. Bozek rules the Swisher death of 21 year old John Ray Herman a death by own action. He says the fatal wound was self inflicted and related to personal safety concerns. Services are pending at Brosh's Cedar Rapids.
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Swisher
Johnson County
T. T. Bozek
John Ray Herman
Route One
Bozek
Brosh's
Cedar Rapids
Crash Kills Eight In Malaysia School Bus Crash
A truck and a bus carrying schoolchildren collided near Kuala Trengganu Malaysia, killing eight and injuring 24, some seriously, police reported Tuesday. The Paris radio also reported 30 years ago that Soviet troops had driven into Potsdam.
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Kuala Trengganu
Malaysia
Paris
Potsdam
Berlin
Iowa faces loss of road jobs without funding hike
SIOUX CITY Iowa would lose up to 7500 highway construction jobs if funding does not rise An Iowa Good Roads Assn official warned at a luncheon Executive VP C W Sloan said only about one third as many miles of road improvements could be built in 1976 as in 1965 With current revenue after this year the annual program would drop to about 80 million from 105 million and 350 direct plus 350 indirect jobs would be shed in construction and related industries
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Sioux City
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Good Roads Assn
C. W. Sloan
Sloan
Notice to Bidders on Roofing and Fire Extinguisher Work
Notice to bidders for a project at a county facility requesting bids for services and materials. The ad lists required items including roofing, extinguisher work, and related supplies with evaluation based on preferred materials and contractor qualifications.
Public notice of district procurement and contract rejection
The document states that the Linn County Iowa community district seeks to procure equipment or services and reserves the right to reject any parts of bids or enter into proposed contracts. It notes deadlines and the authority of the district to manage procurement under Iowa law.
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