Aging Jails Invite Escape Attempts Across Eastern Iowa
Aging county jails in Eastern Iowa face security gaps as lawmakers consider new rules requiring female inmate confinement to be supervised by matrons and checks every 60 minutes. Benton and Linn counties report escape attempts, prisoner escapes, and an inmate death, prompting talk of new jails funded by bonds and possible closures if the law takes effect.
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Iowa
Benton County
Benton
Kenneth Popenhagen
Linn County
Johnson County
Gary Hughes
Slow Honeymoon Start in Wagon Parade at Marion church
Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Joel F. Vanda did not depart in a car but a wagon drawn by eight mules from Ascension Lutheran church in Marion. Don Yanda of Central City guided the team while Kathy Colleen Borchers of Springville became the bride. The groom and his parents now live in Mason City.
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Joel F. Vanda
Ascension Lutheran Church
Marion
Don Yanda
Central City
Kathy Colleen Borchers
Springville
Mason City
Arabs Willing To Sign Peace Pact
Egypt, Syria, and Jordan told Secretary Vance they would sign peace treaties with Israel as part of a broader Middle East settlement. They also signaled they might accept diplomatic relations with Israel, marking a hopeful shift ahead of a Geneva conference.
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Washington
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
United States
Israel
Middle East
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Geneva
Voyager 2 Launch aims at Jupiter Saturn data
Voyager 2 sped from Earth toward outer planets on a $500 million program. Officials saw signs of possible trouble with a six foot science boom and a gyro but later reports indicated the boom may be extended and gyros functioning.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
John Casani
Casani
Voyager
Jupiter
Saturn
Iowa
Tables Turned In Beef Event At State Fair
Jefferson county youth Doug Moothart 16 of Packwood won the Iowa State fair grand champion 4 H market steer and sold it for a record 3 50 a pound totaling 4 200, defeating his sister Jacque 14 who had earlier shown the Jefferson County fair grand champion steer. Doug’s steer dominated among 875 beef entries to claim the heavyweight division and overall grand championship while Jacque’s steer placed third in a heavyweight class.
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Des Moines
Jefferson County
Doug Moothart
Packwood
Jacque
Doug
Fairfield
End of an Era for Groucho Marx in His Final Years
The final years of Groucho Marx featured growing mental lapses and deteriorating health amid public appearances on his better days. His third wife’s 1969 divorce brought a $1 million settlement, and a legal struggle with Erin Fleming left him declared a ward of his grandson. Fleming, a Canadian former showgirl, acted as guardian for years as Marx’s fortune and affairs were managed from his Beverly Hills home.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Groucho Marx
Marx
Erin Fleming
Miss Fleming
New York City
Motion Picture Academy
Hollywood Hall of Fame
George Fenneman
Fenneman
New York Times
Bank of America
Arthur Marx
Cedar Rapids debates transfer of traffic department
Cedar Rapids city council again discusses moving the traffic engineering department from the public safety commissioner to the public improvements commissioner. A more detailed history and observations are noted in the page 1B Trend story.
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Public Safety Commissioner
Public Improvements
Cedar Rapids
Weather outlook and temperatures with brief forenoon showers
Partly cloudy today with a chance of showers, especially in the forenoon. Highs reach 70 to 75. Tonight and Monday clear to partly cloudy with lows in the 50s and highs 75 to 80.
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Cedar County
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Keith Whitlatch
Fayette
Norman McCauley
Johnson’s Hughes
Are Press
Gazette
John Mcivor
Bernard Gwertzmann
New York Times Service
Carter
Voyager 2
al Swegle
Groucho
Beverly Hills
Iowa City
Financial City Hall
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