Murder Scene Hammer Recovered In Iowa Tragedy
Police recovered a hammer believed to be the murder weapon after an ambulance took a victim to Mercy Hospital where she died. The suspect is described as cooperative. Neighbor Bev Lauf recalls Rosemary Myers as a friendly neighbor who never troubled anyone. Myers’s son Mikel Myers, 28, previously convicted of burglary and sexual abuse, is serving two 25 year sentences in Anamosa.
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N St. SW
Rosemary L. Myers
Mercy Hospital
Bev Lauf
Rosemary Myers
Mikel Myers
N Street
Iowa
Anamosa
Heat wave strains Iowa power grid and farms as temps soar
Iowa endures a record heat wave with temperatures up to 100 degrees while crops wilt and roads buckle. Utilities like IE seek emergency power from neighbors and ask customers to source electricity elsewhere. Hospital visits rise modestly, a furniture shop fire is blamed on heat, and crop prices rise as traders react to the heat.
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Dougherty
Midwest
Midcontinent Area Power Pool
Canada
Iowa
Council Bluffs
West Des Moines
Steve Svaldi
Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Iowa State Patrol
Williamsburg
U.S. 20
Sac City
Iowa 141
Manning
U.S. 59
Denison
Winterset
Iowa 16
U.S. 61
Wever
Chicago Board of Trade
Rebels Claim Ambush Killed American Linder in Nicaragua
Contradictory accounts from rebels, locals, and doctors describe an ambush near San Jose de Bocay that killed an American named Linder. Rebels cite Cuban and Sandinista targets and a rapid youth-guarded assault, while locals dispute numbers and note Linder was in civilian clothes. Autopsy details show a close range head wound and possible powder burn around the bullet entry.
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Nicaragua
Linder
Mapachin
San Jose de Bocay
Reagan backs Kuwaiti ship reflagging and naval escorts
Congress critics call the plan risky and unilateral as the Reagan administration pledges to reflag 11 Kuwaiti ships and provide U.S. Navy escorts. Some allies offer diplomatic backing but no military guarantees while Lugar notes Britain, France, and the Netherlands also protect their flagged vessels. Reagan cites unity with allies and NATO moves toward arms reductions and missile elimination.
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Congress
Reagan
Gulf Nation
Kuwait
America
Europe
United States
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Ayatollah
Iraq
Free World
Britain
Gulf
France
Richard Lugar
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Nancy Stevens
Lauf
Yvette
Myers
Mercury
Harry Hillaker
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Hal Farrier
Farrier
Diet Center
Lisa
1St Ave
Edgewood Rd
Lugar
U.S
Soviet Union
Reykjavik
Iceland
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mikhail Gorbachev
Geneva
Rick Skogman
Skogman
Dad
Hawkeye
3Rd Ave
2Nd Ave
Toro
Hawkeye Seed Co
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