Marion teen charged after six hour kidnapping and stabbing
An 18 year old Marion man Ken neth Lee Fortner was arrested Tuesday links to holding 12 year old Christopher Kent for six hours and stabbing him. Kent required hospital care then released. Authorities say the case has several unresolved leads and Fortner remains jailed ahead of a court appearance.
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Marion
Linn County
Kenneth Lee Fortner
Fifth Ave
Christopher Kent
Fortner
Kent
Mercy Hospital
Beverly
Cedar Rapids youths held on burglary charges
Two Cedar Rapids youths were arrested by Marion police on burglary charges after attempting to burglarize the Kirby vacuum center at 115 Marion Blvd. Doug Thompson, 18, of 234 Sussex Drive NE, and a 15-year-old Cedar Rapids male were charged. They were caught near the building around 8 p.m. nothing was reported stolen.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Kirby Vacuum Cleaner
Marion Blvd
Doug Thompson
Sussex Drive
Linn-Mar student wins media festival award
Linn-Mar High School ninth grader David Dryden won first place in the Iowa Educational Media Festival at the Five Seasons Center. He took top honors in the intermediate division for a clay animated Cinderella film, writing the script making the figures composing the music and shooting the film frame by frame. Other festival categories included photography slide tape and video.
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Linn-Mar
Five Seasons Center
David Dryden
24Th Ave
Marion
Property tax deadline announced for Linn County 1981
Linn County Treasurer Jim Hennessey announced March 31 1981 as the due date for the second half of 1980 81 property taxes. Payments may be made at the tax office 930 First St SW or mailed. postmarks by March 31 1981 required. A 1 percent per month penalty begins April 1. Three new part time employees were added to handle mail processing.
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Linn County
Jim Hennessey
First St. SW
Hennessey
Tax Department
Treasurer’s Office
Feehike approved for courthouse plans
Linn County Supervisors approved paying an extra 1395 to Leo C Peiffer and Associates for remodeling plans at the courthouse. The bid was 540000 in January but extra work increased costs to add space in the basemen including a former telephone room. Elton John and Anita Bryant birthdays appear in the same edition.
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Suse
Ken Schriner
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Leo C. Peiffer and Associates
Schriner
Peiffer
Associated Engineers
Fort Dodge
Joe Rinas
Rinas
Jean Oxley
Marion Dentist Opens Office in Town
Dr Peter G Nopoulos general dentistry practice opens at 880 13th St Marion with hours Monday to Friday and Saturday mornings. Wednesday evenings. Appointments 373 1304. Also ad for Warner Brothers Siding and Roofing since 1953 at 377 5573 and a Marion Fire call at 9 40 am Tuesday for medical aid at 1824 Seventh Ave.
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Peter G. Nopoulos Dds
13Th St. Marion
Warner Brothers Siding and Roofing Company
Marion
Seventh Ave
Barbs By Phil Pastoret
The piece spoofs a production chief who mocks reform with a line starting With all due respect and notes a spring shift from home projects to golf. It jokes about a swinging stock speculator who trades in stocks and blondes with a satirical tone.
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Tom Fruehn
Pasattia Stall
Marion News
Boyd Fortner
Beverly Kent
Marion and
Hawthorne Drive
Tom Walderbach
Marion Police Detective Bureau
European Common Market
C.R
Media Festival
Feehike
Dave Rasdal
Elton John
Anita Bryant
Sears
Tacr
Merchani
America
Rusea “Sr of
Lindale Mall
Iowa
By Phil Pastoret
Boston
7Th Ave
Jacolyn Dr
Ron Bentley
Bulova Watch School
Ain
Bentley Nordman Jewelers
Marion Hardware
Ie Sears Convenient Credit Plans
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