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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1971
Page
2
Hollywood friends say Jean Peters wife of Howard Hughes may wed Stanley Hough after a possible divorce. Peters, pictured with Hough last year, has been dating steadily and is separated from Hughes, with plans for divorce indicated.
Accused killer Rene Adolpho Guzman and Leonardo Ramoz Lopez confessed to the execution style murders of three Dallas area deputies. They were arrested in a Friday raid on their hideout near downtown Dallas and charged with the killings at a secluded spot in the Trinity River bottom near West Dallas.
LA JOLLA Calif AP Graveside services for Conger Reynolds 79 die Wednesday in La Jolla hospital. He founded the University of Iowa school of journalism after reporting for Des Moines Register and Leader and later held roles at the Chicago Tribune Paris edition and the New York Daily News. He served as vice consul in Halifax and Stuttgart, then led public relations for Standard Oil Indiana before joining the U S Information Agency.
Linn county supervisors discussed with county attorney whether the county owns dogs kept at the Linn County Humane Society. Veterinarian C. B. Thayer urged rules for animal care and questioned if Humane Society services justify county funding. The group noted possible nonownership of society dogs and planned to review with the county attorney.
A bill filed in the Iowa House would create elected district attorneys serving six year terms across 18 judicial districts. District attorneys would report to the attorney general while county attorneys remain for civil work and nonindictable misdemeanors.
UPI reports Gale Bishop Jr., 28, of Phoenix, Ariz., died when his single engine plane crashed in heavy fog near a Clinton county farmhouse. The aircraft, owned by Champion Aircraft Co Occola Wis, bore markings of an experimental model and wreckage spread widely. Bishop was alone.
In Chicago, U S District Judge Abraham L Marovitz shortened Harold T Sumpter of Aurora from life to 15 years for kidnapping nine year old Susan Marie Feldott of Sugar Grove. The abduction occurred July 31 near her home. Feldott was found unharmed in Knoxville Iowa two days later. The sentence reduction followed a lengthy psychiatric report noting a history of alcoholism and prior legal troubles.
Bound Brook, New Jersey man Patrick Miranda, 25, pled innocent in U S district court to charges of hijacking a Trans World Airlines 707 over Iowa City during a New York to Denver flight. Aboard stewardess Linda Barnard testified Miranda asked about Las Vegas or Lake Tahoe then displayed an unloaded gun. He was arrested in Denver and held on a five thousand dollar bond awaiting federal indictment.
North Linn Community School district directors voted to offer NLEA teachers a base pay of 6850 for the 1971-72 school year. The plan matches this year’s base and adds a 240 in-service credit, 3.2 percent of the base, until top tenure is reached. They cited farm economy instability unemployment and rising property taxes as rationale.
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