Tenants struggle as arson case halts utilities
Two tenants in an apartment building at 1444 Bever Ave SE face water and electricity outages amid arson charges against landlords Terry Wooldridge and Myron Armbruster. A court order sought by Legal Services Corp of Iowa aims to restore service by Friday, but landlords are jailed. Tenants depend on neighbor water, fear eviction as city threatens to condemn the property if repairs are not made soon.
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Terry Wooldridge
Myron Armbruster
Bever Ave
Legal Services Corp. of
Iowa
Armbruster
Wooldridge
Mike Harrington
Harrington
Tatro
Julie
the Gazette
Arson Case Involving Armbrusters And Wooldridge
Police and fire investigators describe an early January arson at 1208 Sixth Ave SE involving Clarence Armbruster and Terry Wooldridge. Myron Armbruster allegedly aided by implying Wooldridge, with $30 000 insurance motive. Witnesses differ on participants as arresting trio post court release.
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Sixth Ave
Myron Armbruster
Clarence Armbruster
Terry Wooldridge
Linn County
Wooldridge
Clarence
Bush backs pay raise as overdue and memoir profits loom
In a live White House briefing Bush defends a 50 percent pay raise for Congress to 135000 annually while framing memoir earnings as overdue. He supports a sub minimum wage for new workers during training, but calls for unchanged Reagan policy on the pay increase.
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Bush
White House
Reagan
Congress
Iowa Seeks Broad Vision Through 1 Million Outline Drive
A Cedar Rapids backed initiative funds a 600000 study to gather grass roots views on Iowa’s future. Stanford Research Inc coordinates data and a May start for town meetings nearly every county. The plan aims for specific ideas with deadlines and media monitoring to spur public action.
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Iowa
Gardner
Stanford Research Inc
SRI
1988 Economy Stands On Strong Year In Review
Commerce official notes 1988 showed a trade deficit shrinkage unemployment at a 14 year low and a sustained stock market recovery after the 1987 crash. Growth for 1989 expected slower but should hit the 3.2 percent GNP target from Reagan era budget.
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Robert Ortner
Ortner
Reagan
DNA registry tops Miller's wish list
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller outlined priorities including a central DNA registry for criminals and expanding the automated fingerprint system. He supports funding for DNA program equipment and two staff, plus four new terminals and a larger drug enforcement unit, to aid crime fighters and deter repeat offenses.
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Miller
Des Moines
Iowa
Tom Miller
FBI
State Department of Public Safety
Terry Branstad
Miller strengthens antiabortion stance amid Roe case scrutiny
Miller gains early lead among Democrats as Supreme Court weighs overturning Roe v Wade. Protests surge and Branstad also cites antiabortion views to win Catholic voters in Dubuque and Carroll. Miller warns rivals against primary attacks that could backfire in a general election.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Missouri
Supreme Court
Miller
Branstad
Dubuque and
Carroll
Dubuque
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