Refugees cleared of marijuana possession charge in Iowa case
Two Lao refugees Sychanh State Phamanivong and Sing Vongchanh were acquitted by Clinton County District Court Judge Charles Pelton after claiming they did not know harvesting khansah was illegal. They planned to use the plants for soup and tea and were arrested while gathering about 50 pounds along a county road north of Clinton.
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New Reagan program to retrain Iowa jobless
Iowa officials announce up to 40 million dollars in federal funds for next year to retrain more than 15 000 unemployed workers under the Job Training Partnership Act replacing CETA. The plan targets thousands of Iowans with 32 million for training 4 1/2 million for summer jobs and 2 million for displaced workers.
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Cass County Sheriff Resigns. Deputy Named to Succeed
Cass County Board of Supervisors accepts Sheriff Tom Pope resignation and appoints Deputy Larry Jones as interim sheriff. Pope, hospitalized for psychiatric tests after an November incident involving alleged wife assault and shots fired at a neighbor’s house, was taken into custody and charged with terrorism and going armed with intent. Jones will serve until the 1984 general election.
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