Parents of slain man ask about injustice
West Branch couple write Iowa Rep. Phil Tyrrell about perceived leniency in the case of Jeanne Jensen. Jeanne Jensen, 32, is serving 10 years for conspiring to murder her husband Ady Jensen, 39, at their farmhouse in 1979. The letter questions justice amid plea bargains and furloughs.
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Des Moines
West Branch
Iowa
Ferdinand Jensen
Phil Tyrrell
A-North English
Jeanne Jensen
Ady
Jensens
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Ady F. Jensen
Ady Jen
Sen
Robert L
Judy Kay Kern
Iowa City
Ady Jensen
Kerns
Kern
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Tyrrell
House of Representatives
Cedar Rapids council sets Thompson property for metered parking
The Cedar Rapids City Council directed Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer to pave the Thompson property on First Avenue and Third Street NE with a light surface and install 15 metered parking spaces. The council rejected monthly rentals, citing needs for event use at the Five Seasons Center and potential storage for circuses and other events.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Third Street
Thompson
Roosevelt Hotel
Five Seasons Center
Mel Meyer
Don Canney
Canney
Five arrested on Linn County drunk driving charges
Five persons were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County late Tuesday and early today. Robert R. Elliott, 33, of Bisnop California, was arrested at 7 30 p m in the 200 block of Eighth Avenue SE. Robert J. Wiebold, 48, of Route 1 Williamsburg was arrested at 12 40 a m, no arrest location given. Franklin C. Gehringer, 36, of Des Moines was arrested at 1 40 a m at 16th Avenue and 18th Street SW. He was also charged with speeding. Scott A. McLees, 19, of 858 17th St SE was arrested at 2 20 a m in the 1700 block of 16th Avenue SW. He was also charged with disobeying a traffic signal. Dempsey Thomas Jr., 39, of Davenport was arrested at 4 a m at Sixth Street and 60th Avenue SW. He was also charged with speeding.
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Linn County
Robert R. Elliott
Bisnop
Calif
Eighth Avenue
Robert J. Wiebold
Route 1
Williamsburg
Franklin C. Gehringer
Des Moines
16Th Avenue
18Th Street
Scott A. McLees
17Th St
Dempsey Thomas Jr
Davenport
Notice on Miller's salary plan in Iowa
Rep James West questions Miller proposal to have public employers pay all Social Security taxes for employees. IRS ruling says employee still taxed on their normal share. West suspends action, calling for further study before the Ways and Means Committee.
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Des Moines
James West
R-State Center
West
Kenneth Miller
D-Independence
Miller
Iowa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Legislative Services Bureau
Texas
Federal Internal Revenue Service
IRS
LSB
J C Penney robbery suspect arrested in mall theft
Ronald L. Spence, 39, of 1609 Washington Ave SE, faces first degree robbery charges after a Monday night J C Penney store raid at Westdale Mall. Police say three employees were approached by a ski masked intruder. Spence was arrested at 3 am and also charged with December fifth degree theft for a write in a check.
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Ronald L. Spence
Washington Ave
Westdale Mall
J.C. Penney
Spence
The
J.C. Pen
No meetings at Bishop Cafeteria During Lent
City briefs note Catholic Laymen will skip meetings at Bishop Cafeteria this Lent as members attend Churches United Lenten Luncheons at First Christian Church, 840 Third Ave SE.
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Bishop Cafeteria
Churches United
First Christian Church
Third Ave SE
Supreme Court backs Macbride developers in lake subdivisions
The Iowa Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, upheld a lower court decision for Donald and Rose Marie Kasparek, developers at Lake Macbride, granting vested rights to their parcels and protecting them from compulsory five acre sanitation rules. The ruling cited prior plats approved in 1966 and 1968 and noted the difficulty of meeting five acres for many one-half to three-quarters acre lots.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Johnson County Board of Health
Supreme Court
Johnson County District Court
Louis Schultz
Donald
Rose Marie Kasparek
Lake Macbride
Kaspareks
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Health Board
Collins layoffs: most workers find positions elsewhere
All but about 25 of 100 production workers laid off last month by the Rockwell Collins Telecommunications Products Division have taken jobs in other Collins divisions in Cedar Rapids. A Collins spokesman said there were no further February layoffs by the division and its Thirty-fifth Street NE plant.
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Rockwell-Collins Telecommunications Products
Collins
Cedar Rapids
Thirty-fifth Street NE
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Ene Novak
14Th Avenue SE
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Ray S. Lauderdale
Fourth Ave
Ellis Boulevard
Holiday Inn
Five Seasons Extra
Chris Kennedy
the Gazette
Olde Towne Inn
Sapadapaso
Ted
Erin Go Bragh
Third St
Macbride
Ussbong
Armstrong Budget Menswear
Pfaltzgraf
Yorktowne
Pfaltzgraff
Armstrong Silver & China
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