Victims Sought After Destructive Sioux City Apartment Fire
Firefighters searched the rubble of Carroll Apartments after a blaze and explosions left two elderly residents Florence LaFluer and Alfred Kobold missing. A third person was later found, with five fire code violations cited for the 70-unit building. Youths helped warn residents, credited with preventing greater loss of life.
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Sioux City
Robert Arnold
Florence LaFluer
Alfred Kobold
Arnold
Carroll Apartments
Patrick Ahlstrom
Don Lillie
Tom Peterson
Mike Krommenhoek
John Samson
Greg McCabe
Minor Lewis
South Sioux City
Neb
Heller backs Carter inflation plan for mild 1979 decline
Economist Walter Heller told an Iowa City audience that President Carter's wage price and budget steps offer a good chance to curb inflation by next summer and end the year under 7 percent. He warned a mild recession is possible but not likely to be severe, with growth slowing but consumer spending and investment holding steady.
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Iowa City
Carter
Walter Heller
University of Iowa
Heller
University of Minnesota
Council of Economic Advisers
Kennedy
Johnson
Economist
Jimmy Carter
Drug raids sweep Iowa City in multi-location arrests
Deputies raided homes in Johnson County during the night arresting Michael Zeadow 26. Luke Lappe 18 and others on marijuana and cocaine charges. Banks 18 and Hardy 18 faced cocaine and marijuana counts. A 14-year-old Coralville girl was released to her parents. Officers reported large quantities of pills and paraphernalia. More arrests and searches were expected as the operation continued.
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Michael Zeadow
Zeadow
Mcllrath
Mark McCrary
Eric Frenier
Iowa City
Kelly Scott Banks
Banks
Allan J. Hardy
Iowa
Coralville
Jeffrey Kiebel
Michael Meadon
Randy Hampton
Hampton
Valerie
Thomas J. Spenser
Lynn Marie Tesdall
Iowa panel steps toward affirmative action at blind agency
Mann of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission said the Iowa Commission for the Blind has begun following affirmative action guidelines after findings it did not follow its own rules in hiring John Taylor as director last spring. He noted no state law violation and low likelihood of federal funding loss, adding steps include consulting civil rights officers and tightening procedures.
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Des Moines
Thomas Mann
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Iowa Commission For the Blind
John Taylor
Civil Rights
Commission For the Blind
Taylor
Mann
Commission
Iowa
Civil Rights Agency
Kenneth Jernigan
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