Private eye tells a tale of deceit and a sham escort
A Chicago private investigator named Mike Chiappetta spins a four year tale of tailing a CPA and posing as an escort for his wife. The narrator investigates and finds holes in the story, uncovering falsifications and a willingness to lie for publicity. The piece urges caution in trusting such detectives.
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CPA
Iowa unions face new uphill battle as strikes loom
AP report notes two Iowa plants decertified unions Clinton Corn Processing Co and Delavan Corp show union weakness. Leaders Dan Bowen and Mike Krasnovich warn management uses replacement workers to crush unions and may revive sit down tactics to keep scabs out. Political action urged to protect labor laws.
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Iowa
Clinton
Mike Krasnovich
Bowen
Krasnovich
Escapees recaptured after Hilltop Texas style
Four escapees from Allamakee County Jail in Iowa were arrested in Minnesota 14 hours after bending bars and using a bedsheet rope to escape. Johnson Round Beckman and Dundee were charged or held on various offenses. Sproles owned the mobile home used to trigger the arrest as officers surrounded the site.Jordan Johnson
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Hilltop, Minn
Minnesota
Iowa
Allamakee
Waukon
Robert Arlee Johnson
Marquette
Todd Allen Round
Elkader
Michael Chris Beckman
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Anoka County
Wayne Allen Dundee
Postville
Charles Sproles
Minneapolis
Fridley
Columbia Heights
Johnson
Lorraine Thompson
Sproles
Avanielle
Round
Beckman
Clayton County
Dundee
Reasons Why It Won’t Work Display Card From Dallas Firm
A Dallas insurance company Southland Life Insurance Co. displays in its main office elevators a cheeky list of excuses to dismiss new ideas. The card range includes two dozen phrases such as It costs too much, Not that again, and Top management would never go for it.
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Dallas
Southland Life Insurance Co
June Rogan
Southland Communications
Joe Josephson
O.k
Hen moves in with puppies in Milford farmyard
A stray chicken has taken to living with seven newborn mongrel puppies under a doghouse in Milford. The poultry resident sits atop the pups and only leaves when Suzie, the real mother dog, chases her away. Mrs. Savage says the scene is odd but hopes to prevent starvation.
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Milford
Del
Mabel Savage
Mrs. Savage
Suzie
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