Extradition Bill Would Let Local Officers Demand Returns
A proposed Iowa bill would allow local police chiefs in other states to demand extradition of defendants directly from Iowa without governor approval. It cites a recent Iowa Supreme Court ruling on procedural flaws in a Wapello county case and would add an Interstate Extradition Compact providing an alternative to present governor mediated procedures.
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Des Moines
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Iowa Supreme Court
Wapello County
Obscene Display Bill Introduced In Senate
Senator George Kinley of Des Moines introduced a bill in the Iowa Senate to bar any business from placing books or magazines with obscene covers where minors can see them. The measure defines what constitutes obscene material and aims to aid parents in protecting children.
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DES Moines
Senate
George Kinley
Magazine Bill Filed Seeks Obscene Material Restrictions
The bill targets display of obscene content in areas accessible to minors under 18. Obscenity defined as explicit sexual depictions or nudity presented to provoke arousal or exploitation. Kinley cites vague current laws and calls for a new statute with penalties from $100 to $1000 or up to two years in prison.
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Iowa
U.S. Supreme Court
New York
Anamosa Bellevue Park Grants Listed
Congressman John Culver announced two outdoor recreation grants to Eastern Iowa communities Anamosa and Bellevue. Wapsipinicon State Park near Anamosa will receive 14,841.50 for a water system including two 6 inch well controls and a water treatment plant. Eden Valley park near Monmouth and Baldwin gets 13,500 for first stage development of 200 acres with picnic sites paths parking and a well and pump.
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John Culver
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Eden Valley Park and Refuge
Monmouth
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Reading by Poet Set at Cornell
Poet William Stafford, National Book Award winner, will read his works at Cornell College on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. Stafford, a Lewis and Clark English professor, wrote Traveling Through the Dark which won the 1963 National Book Award, and has published West of Your City, The Rescued Year and Allegiances in 1970. Born 1914 in Hutchinson Kansas, he earned BA and MA from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. at Iowa. he was part of the Iowa Writers Workshop.
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House at Marquette Burns Blame Wiring
Fire destroyed a two story Kinley family home in Marquette on Saturday. Investigators attributed the blaze to faulty attic wiring. Marquette and McGregor fire crews responded. Firefighters Terry Cox and Dewey Prouty were hospitalized in Prairie du Chien for smoke inhalation.
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Daniel Kinley
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Terry Cox
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Tragedy Ends Iowa Missing Man Search in Arizona Mountains
APACHE JUNCTION Ariz A search for Jerry Fitzgerald of Bettendorf Iowa ends after deputy James Morgan 28 Eloy dies in a Cessna 182 crash while returning from a search flight over the Superstition mountains Fitzgerald has been missing since Thursday with his wife notifying authorities Friday about his failure to return The crash halted the chase 80 searchers including horseback riders and four wheel drive crews were reassigned as clues remained scarce and Fitzgeralds speech impediment hindered calls for help Morgan had served as a deputy since December 1971 and is survived by a wife and two children
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Eloy
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Jerry Fitzgerald
Bettendorf
Coy deArman
Fitzgerald
ISU Fund Raising Sets New Record
Iowa State University reports its fundraising year to be the most successful in 114 years. About 30,700 contributors donated just over 3.28 million dollars in 1972, up from 1.7 million in 1971, through five alumni groups including the Alumni Association and the Cyclone Club.
Sheriff Probes Shellsburg Breakins
Benton county sheriff's office investigates two Sunday night burglaries in Shellsburg. At Jim's Gulf station thieves stole 15 dollars in change a dwell meter and a table grinder after entering through a south side door. A glass was broken in the front door at D C Taylor Co and a pop machine yielded five dollars in change.
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Shellsburg
Benton County
Five ISU coeds vie for Tri-Service Queen title
Five Iowa State University coeds seek the 1973 Tri-Service Queen at the Scab Bard and Blade sponsored ball by army air force and navy ROTC cadets. The Memorial Union dance runs 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday March 10 with voting at entry. Diane Zumbach of rural Coggon, a senior in international studies, is among the candidates and daughter of Mr and Mrs Laverne Zumbach and a Kappa Alpha Theta member.
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Iowa State University
2 906 Iowans Underpaid Says Dept of Labor
DES MOINES UPI The department of labor said Sunday it found 2 906 persons were shortchanged 789 427 under federal laws for minimum wage and overtime in 1972 in Iowa. Paul Lynn Des Moines director of employment standards in the wage and hour division said 1 850 persons were underpaid 305 480 under the minimum wage law. A total of 1 340 persons were underpaid 359 934 under the overtime provisions of federal law. Some persons were underpaid in both categories Lynn said. Compliance officers also found 172 persons in Iowa were underpaid 123 311 because of discrimination by sex. Only two cases of discrimination because of age were found in the state with underpayment totaling 702. Investigators turned up 503 youngsters working in violation of federal statutes regarding juvenile employment. Labor department officials said when payment deficiencies are found officers request employers to pay the back wages and conform to the law. If an employer refuses the department can take him to court. Frequently an employee asks the department to file suit against an employer. If an employee files his own suit he is entitled to ask for double the amount due him.
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UPI
Department of Labor
Iowa
Paul Lynn
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Labor Department
Weekend Accidents Kill 6 Three Iowans Die in Texas
Six people died in Iowa weekend crashes and three Iowans perished in a head-on crash north of Edinburg Texas. The Hidalgo county sheriff reports Bertha Joachim 78 of Alta Vista her son Orville Joachim Jr 54 and his wife Mildred 50 of Waverly died in the car truck collision on highway 281 about 25 miles north of Edinburg. Bertha Joachim husband William 80 was injured. A two car crash on Iowa highway 14 near Chariton Saturday killed Teresa Anderson 15 Carlisle and Everett Warrick 61 Corydon. Anderson was a passenger driven by Orville Wright 33 Chariton. Burrell LeFever 49 rural Wellman died Saturday night on a county road near Williamsburg. He was a renal dialysis technician at VA hospital Iowa City and a World War II veteran. He is survived by wife Leora one son Ronald two daughters Gloria Jean and Cindy Kay his mother Pauline LeFever two sisters and a brother. Services Tuesday at Powell funeral home Wellman. Extra rural girl Terri Peterson 15 killed in a two car collision at an Extra intersection. Ronald Nissen 17 Extra drove the other car. Jeffery Boddicker 19 of Vinton killed early Saturday in a four car crash in Vinton. Services Tuesday at St Marys Catholic Church Vinton. Campbell funeral home in charge. Jessica Denny 3 of Charles City killed in a two car crash on highway 14 west of Charles City late Friday.
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Howard Mickelson
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Bruce Mickelson
St. Louis
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Harrisonville
Harry Beecher
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Tama County Ends Role in Lass Slaying Probe
Tama county officers stop active work on the Rochelle Lass murder probe as the case shifts to the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Marshall County and Marshalltown authorities. Lass, 28, was found dead in a car at the Arlo Hinegardner farm near Montour. her husband Dennis Lass, 33, was jailed later.
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Tama County
Two Men Drown When Car Plunges Into Pit
In Muscatine, two 20 year old men, Robert Almeida and Juan Campos, drowned after their car veered from a country road and fell into a water filled gravel pit two miles south of Muscatine. The vehicle was recovered with the bodies inside.
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Juan Campos
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription rates by carrier and mail. Night edition and Sunday six issues cost $2 per month or $19 per year, afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues $2.15 per month or $20 per year, and subscriptions to other states and territories are $30 per year. No mail subscriptions are accepted in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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