Referrals to Two Youth Homes Stopped During Investigation
The Iowa Department of Social Services halted referrals to two Famco operated youth homes in Cedar Rapids amid an investigation into the Dubuque based corporation. A contract suspension followed reports of criminal activity by residents, with a court injunction blocking removal of some youths. The probe also involves the Cedar Rapids homes Cannon III and Cannon IV and could worsen Iowa’s youth facility shortage.
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Iowa Department of Social Services
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Dubuque Famco
Des Moines
U.S
William Stuart
Cannon III
B Avenue NE
Cannon IV
Third Avenue SE
Famco
Stephen Robinson
Social Services Department
Robinson
Cedar Rapids Social Services
Police Department
Ralph Myers
Cannan
Myers
U.S. District Court
Famca, Inc. Homes
State Attorney General's
I V
Linn Juvenile Court
John Siebenman
Cannon Houses
Siebenman
Cannon House
Grant Wood Computer Center Plan Explained to Educators
A plan to establish two regional computer centers to serve state school data processing needs was presented to seven-county superintendents at Grant Wood area education agency. Dean Crocker outlined the winter 1975 76 plan prepared by an ad hoc task force including John Cordes Selby Ballantyne and Winston Addis. The objective is to coordinate computer education services across local districts and 15 area education agencies with delivery and processing capacity mainly held by the AEAs.
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Grant Wood Area
Dean Crocker
Department of Public Instruction
John Cordes
Grant Wood
Selby Ballantyne
Kirkwood Community College
Winston Addis
Suspended City Officials Appeal Disciplinary Action
Two Iowa City employees involved in alleged equipment disappearances from a vacant gas station slated for urban renewal have appealed their suspensions and discharge to the Civil Service Commission. The trio faced internal investigations by county and city agencies.
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OWA City
Iowa City
Civil Service Commission
Qmer J. Letts
Maureen A. Sullivan
Neal Berlin
Berlin
Letts and
Sullivan
Towa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Towa City Police
Man Hospitalized After Fight At Central Point Tavern
Craig E Weekly of 1626 B Avenue NE was in fair condition in intensive care at St Luke's Hospital with a skull fracture after a tavern fight at Joe's Lounge 621 Center Point NE. Police say he was struck with a pool cue after refusing to give a man $2. attacker fled and patrons offered no identification. Joe Clark fired three barmaids after learning of the incident.
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Craig E
Avenue NE
St. Luke's Hospital
Joe's Lounge
Center Point
Weekly
Dors
Joe Clark
House considers amendment sparing private data firms in elections bill
Iowa lawmakers weigh a house amendment to keep private firms like Iowa Data Processing from going out of business. The change would require counties to share voter registration tapes with the state and cap competitive bidding at 100 dollars, while reworking the state registration commission membership to include appointees from both parties and a data processing expert.
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Des Moines
Iowa Data Processing
Cedar Rapids
Iowa House
State
Iowa
Richard Drake
Rmuscatine
W.R. Monroe
Burlington
Drake
Senate
Stan Zegel
House
Zegel
Monroe
State Registration Commission
Democratic
Republican Central Committees
Republican
Dubuque Man Charged With Third Offense Drunk Driving
Harold J. Hruska, 32, of Dubuque, faces a third offense drunk driving count after state troopers arrested him on highway 94 north of Covington following a citizen report. A Cedar Rapids helicopter helped locate the erratic vehicle, and Hruska was found in possession of a revoked driver’s license.
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Harold J. Hruska
Dubuque
Covington
Cedar Rapids
Hruska
Woman Reports Gunpoint Rape On Cedar Rapids Southeast Side
A 19 year old woman reports she was abducted at gunpoint near Snow White laundromat on First Avenue NE and raped at an undetermined location. The assailant, a white male about six feet tall in his mid 20s, drove the victim back to the area and released her. She reported the incident to police later that night.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
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George Shirk
Dubuque Probe
Cannon
Raymond Donlevy
Robert Buntz
Charles Timmons
Timmons
Robert D. Blue
Man
General
Mic
Mitchel
Billy Mitchell
Genera
Michel Reid
Atesue
Mikeikew
Wipo
C.R
Manor Hall
Canis
Pade
Rey AY
Stangard
Pittsburgh Paints
Pittsburgh Paints Center
Center Pt.rd
Monticello
Vinton McDowells, Inc
2Nd Ave
Lee
Kiecks
Thirty-Second
Oakland Rd
Senior Citizens Bus Service
Ebeling
11Th St. Marion
Dee
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