Eleven Die In Seminole County Jail Fire In Florida
A blaze at the Seminole county jail in Sanford, Florida, killed eleven people including a guard on his second rescue run. Thirty-four others, inmates and guards, were hospitalized. Bicycles blocking the rear entrance hampered rescue efforts, and access to the second floor was hindered by a single stairway and an elevator. Guards, prisoners, and a prisoner rescuer named Elvis Webster were praised for aiding others as smoke filled the jail housing. the fire may have started in a hospital cell and spread to mattresses and papers.
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Sanford
Fila
Seminole County
George Harriett
Robert Moore
Duane Harrell
John Spolski
Sheriffs Department
Moore
Elvis
Ster
Harriett
Dubuque Woman Files Bias Suit in Cedar Rapids Court
Ruth Ann Chapman, a Dubuque resident, sues Roshek Bros. department store and Gamble Department Stores entities in a federal case. She alleges sex discrimination from Sept 8, 1971, to Aug 1973, seeks to halt ongoing hiring and promotion practices and damages with interest.
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Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Roshek Bros. Department Store
Ruth Ann Chapman
Roshek’s
Gamble Department Stores
Illinois
Gamble- Skogmo Inc
Delaware
Chapman
Police Officers Testify on Punitive Transfers in Iowa City
A district court enters a second day of testimony over whether three Iowa City police officers Leonard A. Brandrup Jr Danny Sellers and Daniel F Moore should obtain an injunction to block their transfers from the 3 to 11 p m shift The officers allege the moves are punitive retaliatory tied to a newspaper ad showing support for former Sgt Robert Vevera The suit names Safety Director David Epstein Police Chief Emmet Evans and City Manager Neal Berlin and seeks time for an administrative appeal while the officers claim the transfers would disrupt university classes family life and personal schedules
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Iowa City
Leonard A. Brandrup, Jr
Danny Sellers
Daniel F. Moore
Robert Vevera
Vevera
Brandrup
David Epstein
Epstein
James Linn
Linn
Emmet Evans
Neal Berlin
University of Iowa
Television Listings Evening Schedule Snapshot
Prime time and daytime lineups show soaps and game shows at 12 30 2 and 3 and news blocks from CBS NBC and ABC. Programs include As World Turns Days of Our Lives One Life To Live Match Game Tattletales The Mysteries and Merv Griffin with evening news on CBS NBC and ABC.
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Somerset
CBS News
NBC News
ABC News
Electric Co
Adam
ABC
Marcus Welby Jones
Sory
CBS
Today
Kangaroo
Mike Ike Douglas
Urban Renewal Amendments Move In Iowa City
Iowa City council met in executive session to consider amendments to the urban renewal contract with Old Capitol Associates. The changes seek accelerating a nine story elderly housing project and a three story retail office building, with construction to begin next year. The panel may delay several major projects including the covered mall, and public input will be taken before a June 17 formal vote.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Council
Old Capitol Associates
Old Capitol
Cedar Rapids School Painters Form Bargaining Unit
The public employment relations board approves a bargaining unit for Cedar Rapids Community School District painters. The board accepted the notice for the record but did not set an election date. Painters currently belong to Painters and Allied Trades Union Local 2003.
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Public Employment Relations
PER
Cedar Rapids
Painters and Allied Trades Union
Band Concert At Kirkwood Wednesday Eve
A municipal band concert at Kirkwood Amphitheater Wednesday at 8 p.m. features vocal soloist Byron Thompson performing Mame and selections from Camelot, in a Kirkwood student affairs summer series event. The band plays marches and overtures including Men of Ohio, Nabucco, and Emblem of Unity, with encores The Thunderer and Salutation.
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Kirkwood
Kirkwood Student Affairs Office
Byron Thompson
Fairlane Drive
Camelot
Thompson
Linn-Mar
First United Methodist Church
Marion
Ohio
Henry Fillmore
G. Verdi
J. Brahms
Zdechlik
Scott Joplin
John Barnes Chance
Huffine
Glenn Osser
J.J. Richards
Sousa
Seitz
Three Appear in Magistrate Court
The magistrate's court heard several cases. Charles Flint, 18, 428 Seventeenth Street SE, had his May 3 driving with license suspended amended to driving without a valid Iowa license. he pled guilty and received a 30 day jail term suspended for one year. The May 3 charge of illegal possession of prescription drugs was dismissed. August Schulte, 41, Norway, waived the May 10 drunk driving charge to the grand jury. Robert Bauer, 20, 3010 Terry Drive SE, had the April 5 drunk driving charge waived to the grand jury.
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Charles Flint
Seventeenth Street SE
Iowa
Flint
August Schulte
Norway
Robert Bauder
Terry Drive
Cedar Rapids Youth Fair injures lead to citywide crash report
A 17 year old Cedar Rapids rider remained in serious condition at Iowa City hospital after a Sunday motorcycle crash at Crestridge drive SW. Police report he crossed the center line and struck the curb, with charges of license and control violations. Eight other weekend crashes sent several to Mercy and St Luke's hospitals for injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Michael Schmitt
St. Luke’s Hospital
Schmitt
Crestridge Drive
Kenneth R. Wells
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Rodney Glubka
Fourth Street
Coe Road
Edgewood Road NW
Jeffrey Kintzel
Twenty-first Street
Scott Madiom
Thirty-fifth Street
Gary A. Vicko
Harriet Avenue NW
Vicko
Mercy Hospital
Evans Boy
Brenda Caldwell
Ronald Kenneth Glasgow
Thirty Eighth Street SE
James Caldwell
Thirty-eighth Street
Caldwell
Mt. Vernon Road
Glasgow
Steven Parrott
Mary Parrott
Oakland Road
First Avenue
Seventh Street
No Action Soon On Corrections Post
DES MOINES UP I Kevin Burns said the state will not hire a new director of the bureau of adult corrections for three to six months. No active recruitment has begun to replace Noland Ellandson who resigned earlier this year. Calvin Auger acting director and warden at Anamosa says he will stay on indefinitely until a permanent replacement is found.
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Des Moines
UPI
Kevin Burns
Bureau of Adult Corrections
Burns
Noland Ellandson
Calvin Auger
Anamosa
Auger
Sports Car Show Comes to C R Lin dale Plaza
The Iowa region of the Sports Car Club of America hosts a car show rallye picnic and gymkhana at Lin dale Plaza Saturday and Sunday. Cars on display include sports race antiques and touring models. A gimmick rally runs Saturday at 430 p.m. with odd and even classes. A Sunday gymkhana starts at noon in the north shopping center lot with classes A B C modified and ladies.
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Iowa
Sports Car Club of America
Lindale Plaza
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