Murder case investigation tied to second handgun
Reports reveal a second handgun near the Brown Derby Tavern in the Lee H. Richmond Jr. shooting case. Police examine if the .22 pistol was Richmonds, while informants claim it was planted. Gibson and brother Mack deny, noting a prior knife incident involving Edgar.
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Lee H. Richmond Jr
Richmond
Brown Derby Tavern
Ninth St. SE
Mercy Hospital
William Earl Gibson
Bever Ave. SE
Gibson
Ninth Street SE
Mack Gibson
North Towne Court NE
Kim Richmond
Gibson Kin Attack Speculation Tied to Linn Shooting
Police say a prior knife incident between Edgar and an unnamed man is the only possible motive so far in a Linn County shooting probe. Rumors of a death threat from a Gibson circulated among locals, while William Gibson remains in Linn jail on a $50,000 bond.
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Mack Gibson
Gibson
Tests Ordered For Juvenile In Cedar Rapids Robbery Case
Isaac Junior Pledge, 15, of 1018 Fifth St SE, was ordered by Linn County Juvenile Court to 30 days of evaluation at the Iowa State Training School at Eldora. A hearing is set July 10 to decide further detention. He and Keith Maide, 16, were charged in the May 28 purse snatching that injured and led to the death of Jessie Belle Irene De La Mater.
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Isaac Junior Pledge
Fifth St. SE
Linn
Iowa State Training School
Eldora
Brent Harstad
Pledge
Cedar Rapids
Jessie Belle Irene de la Mater
Eighth Ave. SE
Drunk driving arrests across Cedar Rapids area
Six people were arrested on drunken driving charges in Cedar Rapids area incidents spanning Thursday night into today. Names include Stephen Scovel John Sawyer Richard Hess Henry Staton Jerry Morgan and Tim Schmidt with additional traffic offenses noted.
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Stephen Mark Scovel
Wilson Ave
Sixteenth Avenue
John Owen Sawyer
Third St
Second
Third Avenues
Richard Kerwin Hess
Quincy
Ill
First Avenue
Henry Edward Staton
Wiley Blvd
Highway 149
Jerry Lynn Morgan
Center Point
Tim Curtis Schmidt
Second St
Linden Drive
Kirkwood writes off bad checks at board session
Kirkwood Community College directors approved writing off 5,840.71 in uncollectible checks from 1967 to 1977 covering tuition bookstore fees graduation fines and library penalties. They discussed prevention and directed a policy review with student leaders and a future report on uncleared checks. The board also approved 10 445 dues to the Iowa Council of Area School Boards and met to discuss handicapped access and potential legal action involving veterans attendees.
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Kirkwood Community College Board of Directors
Morris Allen
Marion
B.A. Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Allen
Ken Kupka
Kupka
Iowa Council of Area School Boards
Ernest Pence
Kirkwood
Pence
Linn road work set in Waubeek
Linn County reports six week grading and paving on two Waubeek roads X-20 and E-28. Detours route traffic north to Iowa 13 via Central City. Camp access advised from the north via Central City. Avoid rock roads due to unsettled spring frost boil breakups.
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Waubeek
Linn County
Iowa
Flying lawn mower from Tula sparks novelty in Russia
Tass reports a new flying lawn mower ساخت in Tula. The device uses an air cushion to hover above grass while a Druzhba engine powers a fan and cutters. The mower is described as compact and light and several hundred units will be made in year for Tula.
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Moscow
UPI
Tula
Tass
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