Volunteers search for missing Sioux City girl
An army of volunteers joined by police and sheriff's deputies scoured parts of three states for Linda Benley a 17 year old Sioux City West High School senior missing for a week. The search focused in the Riverside area and extended 40 miles from Jefferson South to Sloan Iowa with ground air and boat units including the Woodbury County Posse Coast Guard Auxiliary and a crop dusting plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Sioux City West High School
Linda Benley
Robert Peterson
Riverside
Jefferson
S.C
Sloan
Iowa
Big Sioux
Missouri
Woodbury County
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Onawa
Federal indictments link meth ring to murder plot in Iowa
Federal grand jury documents allege nine men conspired to run a Philadelphia area meth ring with labs in Wrightstown Township Fort Lauderdale and Sioux City. They allegedly planned to kill Robert Aglira the missing son of a Philadelphia police officer, who was not an informer. The case spanned 1979 to 1982 with multiple raids and an ongoing missing-person status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sioux City
Iowa
Robert Aglira
John Wilder
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Wilder
Aglira
Federal Grand Jury
Wrightstown Township
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Judge awards $5000 in U of Iowa libel case
Johnson County District Court Judge William Eads ordered Evelyn Barritt to pay Barbara Thomas 4000 in actual damages and 1000 in punitive damages for defaming her in an October 19, 1978 letter. Barritt resigned as dean in 1979 and later became dean at the University of Miami.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
University of Iowa College of Nursing
William Eads
Evelyn Barritt
Barbara Thomas
Baritt
Barritt
U of I
Willard Boyd
Nursing College
University of Miami
Ms. Thomas
Kirkwood Travel Series and Local Arts Listings
A roundup of events includes Kirkwood Travel Adventure A New Look at Scotland by Bill Madsen at Jefferson High School Auditorium 2 p.m. Adults four dollars students and seniors three fifty. Also Searching for the Wild Skunk Cabbage at Wickiup Hill Natural Area 2 to 4 p.m. directions by Waltonian Archers gate 362-0664. Canada Our Superb Neighbor Iowa Mountaineers 2 30 p.m. Macbride Auditorium UI. The House of Blue Leaves at Dows Theater Coe College 2 p.m. Uncommon Women and Others Old Armory Theater U of 1 3 p.m. Talley s Folly Cedar Rapids Community Theatre Studio Theatre 8 p.m. Roosevelt Hotel lower level. Back to Methusalah Shaw play 8 15 p.m. Armstrong Theater Cornell College Mount Vernon Music B J Thomas 8 p.m. Paramount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood
Scotland
Bill Madsen
Jefferson High School
Wickiup Hill Natural Area
Waltonian Archers
Wickiup Hill
Canada
Iowa Mountaineers
Macbride Auditorium
University of Iowa
Dows
Coe College
Old Armory
U of 1
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Methusalah
Teen charged with burglary at Starry Grade School
Michael T. McCain, 19, of 1501 First Ave Marion, faced a second degree burglary charge after Marion police found him outside Starry Grade School at 3:45 a.m. A broken window and moved desks were observed. an 18 inch club was found on him while jailed in Linn County on $10,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael T. McCain
First Ave
Marion
South 14Th St
McCain
Linn County
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Calla Blake
Meghan
Sarah Tagler
All Saints
The
Sun
Civil Air Patrol
Joe Enzler
Rob Benning
Civil Defense
Bill Bjornson
Hawthorne Hills
Bruce Farris
Michael Rohn
Jackie May
Feds
B.J. Thomas
Singer
Paramount
Five Seasons Center
Hancher
Cedar Rapids Chamber Orchestra
Sinclair
Coc
Cornell Koto Ensemble
King Chapel
Cornell
U of
Kantorei
Clapp
Chris Potter
Korn
Scott Walker
Daehler-Kitchin
Coe
Iowa City Youth Orchestra
Nancy Wernett Squires
Stuart
Gage Union
Writers Workshop
First Presbyterian Church
Eighth Avenue
12Th Street
Marion Food Pantry
American Diabetes Association
Ed White
Boddicker
Chris Kirkpatrick
Scott Sayer
Billy K. Murray
Stage & Parade Bank
Khak
Jay Allen
Hall
American Federal Savings & Loan
5 Seasons Sporting Goods
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Barlow Foods
Me-Too Super Market
Eagles Discount Super Markets
Econofoods
Colonial Baking Co
Farmers Bros
Hawkeye
Rapids
Valley
Hack Bros
United State Bank
Palo Savings Bank
Fairfax State Savings Bank
Merchants National Bank
Bohemian Savings
Colony
Claxton Pharmacy
Northwest Medical
John L. Banks
Westside Medical Park
Julius Pietrzak
CRS
Plaza West
Charolette DeWitt
Rhonda Healey
Karen Keegan
Mount Mercy College
Roxanne Conlin
Kit Segriff
C’80
Square D Co
Dale Harrison
Donna Vinton
Richard
Ignature
FSB
FDIC
Farmers State Bank
Marion and
Linda
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