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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1980

Page

2

Multiple local arrests and incidents across Iowa roundup

Independence resident Darrel Lee Canfield, 20, charged with second degree burglary for $5,000 theft from Ken McManigle’s home. Michael R. Johnson, 20, Waterloo, arrested for drunk driving after 74 mph on US 20 near Independence. Gary Crawford, 35, Independence, faces assaulting an officer at Buchanan County Jail. James Kruse, 40, rural Postville, charged with failure to have control after semi struck by Milwaukee train in Luana, 42,000 pounds of powdered milk damaged. Edward Frees Jr., 19, Tama, jailed six months for operating vehicle without owner’s consent related to Buck Hammer Trucking disappearance. Thomas J. Cilek elected Mercy Hospital Foundation president. $60,000 allocated for hospital equipment. Steve Brelge, Hiawatha, wins prize at Iowa Science Symposium. scholarships and national contest path. Henry Nelson, 79, former Iowa House speaker, dies in Forest City. services Monday.

Independence Darrel Lee Canfield Stanley Buchanan County Sheriff's Department Canfield Ken McManigle McManigle Country Ken’s Sales and Service Michael R. Johnson Waterloo Buchanan County Sheriffs Department Johnson Gary Crawford Buchanan County Ron Connolly Mark Tarpy Sixth Street Crawford Luana James Kruse Postville Iowa Highway Patrol Kruse Iowa City Edward Andrew Frees Jr Tama Buck Hammer Trucking Co Oxford Frees Johnson County Thomas J. Cilek Mercy Hospital Foundation Cilek Charles A. Kelly North Liberty Flo Beth Ehninger Ben E. Summerwill Forest City Henry Nelson Iowa House Nelson Winnebago County

Vinton Bike-A-Thon Leads CF Foundation Drive

Craig Downs of Vinton appointed to organize a spring Bike-A-Thon for the Iowa Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Funds raised will support CF research programs and medical care for patients across the region.

Vinton Craig Downs Iowa The

Postville School Chief Recommends 110000 Budget Plan

Postville School Superintendent Richard Smith will urge the board at the March 3 meeting to cut about 1980 81 teaching positions to free roughly 110000 for the upcoming budget year. A Friday special session authorized Smith to present a staff reduction plan due to declining enrollment.

Postville Richard ‘Smith Smith

Clarence-Lowden approves 1980-81 school calendar

The Clarence-Lowden school board adopts a calendar for 1980-81 with classes starting August 27 and ending May 28, 1981. It includes three one day holidays a two day Thanksgiving break and a 10 day Christmas New Year break.

Clarence Clarence-Lowden

Diseased swine suit to be filed by Iowa AG

The Iowa Attorney General will file a consumer fraud lawsuit Monday against Allied Mills Inc for selling and leasing diseased swine to 36 hog producers from 1968 to 1977. The suit seeks about 250000 in damages in Dallas County District Court and centers on the Better Bill Gilts program, alleging infection with atrophic rhinitis.

DES Moines Allied Mills, Inc Iowa Tom Miller Dallas County Allied Mills Miller Continental Grain Co

Bennett trail reset in grasp of bank theft case

In Des Moines the Merle Bennett trial on nine counts tied to a $62,000 bank theft and the killings of Dawn Kriegel and her husband Dan is moved to April 28 in federal court. Bennett, 36, of Brooklyn, had been set for March 3.

Des Moines UPI Merle Bennett Grinnell State Bank Bennett Brooklyn Dawn Kriegel Dan

Change of venue request overruled in Tama County case

District Judge Thomas M. Horan ruled Wednesday that dismissed South Tama Superintendent Joel L. Wedergren cannot have a change of venue. Wedergren seeks 1.75 million dollars in damages and reinstatement, naming the South Tama board, district, president Verna Lacina, and board members Leo Benda Raymond Coleman and Jerry Koster as defendants. He argued publicity around termination taints a Tama County trial.

Toledo Thomas M. Horan Tama County South Tama Joel L. Wedergren Wedergren Verna Lacina Leo Benda Raymond Coleman Jerry Koster Tama

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Mercy Foundation Steve Brelge Hiawatha Kennedy High School Iowa Science, Engineering and Humanities University of Iowa Julie Crouch Decorah Albert Leung Jennifer Haerer Muscatine Sandra Williams Marshalltown Brelge University of Iowa Foundation University of South Carolina United States London England Thomas Plumbing Service 15Th Street Hart Schaffner Far Hart Schaffner & Marx Dacron Armstrong Men's Clothing Kos Hwo Troy Armstrong Liuyl Second Avenue Cedar Rapids Pullman Armstrong Sports Center
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