Amarillo Slim Wins Poker World Series
Amarillo Slim wins the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas after a 22 hour final with eight players starting each at $10,000. Preston of Amarillo, Texas survives to claim the title and $60,000, with backers holding stakes and a $80,000 goal for the winner.
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Preston
Amarillo
Tex
Las Vegas
Thomasy
Austin
Amarillo Slim
Wns
Waller
Pug" Pearson
Nashville
Tenn
Pearson
Adrian
Texas Dolly
Doyle
Slim
Iowa University Students Arrested In Drug Case
Two University of Iowa students Timothy Cox and Timothy Davis were arrested at 3:80 p.m. Thursday after a dormitory search found opiates cocaine and beer for the minor. Another student Paul Joseph was arrested Wednesday for hashish possession with intent to deliver. Authorities from the U.S. customs post office and FBI assisted in the probe. Joseph was released on his own recognizance. Prepared for preliminary hearing next Tuesday afternoon.
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Iowa City
Universi
Ty of Iowa
Timothy Cox
Timothy S. Davis
Joe
Iowa U
Paul H. Joseph
U.S. Customs
Post Office
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Iowa City Police Department
Joseph
Sigourney Rites for Plane Crash Victim Set in Methodist Church
Services for Paul Eugene Appleger 3 of Norwalk, killed in a Grimes area plane crash, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist church in Sigourney. Burial will follow at Penningroth cemetery. Appleger, born November 2, 1937, attended Sigourney High School, Coe College, and the University of Iowa, later working as an electronics technician for KCRG, WMT, and the FFA. He is survived by his wife Lois, two daughters Brenda and Carla, and a son David.
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Cedar Rapids Gazelle
Frid
Sigourney
Paul Eugene Appleger
Norwalk
Grimes
United Methodist Church
Penningroth
Reynolds Funeral Home
Laster
Sigourney High School
Coe College
University of Iowa
Central Technical Institute
Kansas City
KCRG
WMT
Cedar Rapids
FFA
Lois
Brenda
Carla
David
Bicycle Crash Sparks Charge Against Motorist
William C. Cook of Center Paint was charged with failure to yield after his car and a bicycle collided at Thirty-eighth Street and C Avenue NE. Bicyclist Armond Brown, 51, of Franklin Avenue NE, was treated at Mercy Hospital for arm leg and shoulder injuries and released. James W. Sarazin, 37, of Twenty-sixth Avenue SW, remained in fair condition at St. Luke's Hospital after a Thursday night motorcycle crash at C Street and Nineteenth Avenue SW, suffering chest shoulder and elbow injuries.
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William C. Cook
Thirty-eighth Street
C Avenue NE
Armond Brown
Franklin Avenue
Mercy Hospital
James W. Sarazin
Sixth Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Sarazin
C Street
Nineteenth
Steven Long
Thirty-third Street
F Avenue
Edgewood Road
Kenneth A. Freeman
Weing Road
Long
Jawa
Young C R Man Arrested on Marijuana Charge
Richard F Looker Jr 20 of 324 Bevercircle SE arrested Thursday night for violation of the controlled substance act. He posted 500 bond and was released. A passenger Debbie Trautwein 29 of 78 Hamburg Inn 512 Center Twenty sixth avenue SW treated for abrasions to her right arm and hip and released. Officers said a marijuana cigarette was found in a car after a fight call. A separate crash near Council Street NE injured Jeff Alten 14 and Steven Long 17. No charges filed against Alten. Long faced a license violation charge. Authorities continued investigation into marijuana odor and related injuries.
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Richard F. Looker, Jr
Bevercircle SE
Looker
Debbie Trautwein
Hamburg Inn
Twenty-sixth Avenue
Point Road
Sarazin Slids
C Street
St. Luke's Fepital
Pistol Bought on Day Wallace Opened Drive
Major Gen. Taylor Hardin said the pistol used in the George Wallace shooting was bought in Michigan the same day Wallace announced his White House bid. He stated the purchase occurred January 13, the day Wallace opened his Florida campaign.
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Paum Beach
Taylor Hardin
Alabama National Guard
George Wallace
Michigan
Alabama
White House
Hardin
Wallace
American Forum
Church League of America
Florida
Local Graduates Named From Waldorf and Macalester
Walter Hilker, 1626 First Avenue NE, graduated from Waldorf College Forest City on Sunday. Five Cedar Rapids area residents will receive bachelor of arts degrees at Macalester College St Paul Minnesota Saturday: Timothy Donald Jonson 126 Twenty seventh Street Drive SE Patricia Margaret Brown King 2405 G Avenue NE Gary Alan Mainer 3844 Mt Vernon Road SE David Warren Wetherill 348 Foote Street SW and Sandra Lee Moessner Hansen Middle.
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Fredric Hilker
First Avenue
Waldorf College
Forest City
Cedar Rapids Area
Macalester College
St. Paul Minn
Timothy Donald Jonson
Twenty-seventh Street
Patricia Margaret Brown King
G Avenue
Gary Alan Mainer
Mt. Vernon Road
David Warren Wetherill
Foote Street
Sandra Lee Moessner Hansen
Kirkwood College Elects Officers and Approves New Constitution
Rick Gerard, 19, of Millersburg, is elected president of Kirkwood College Student Congress. Carmen Davis, Waukon, becomes vice president. David Herrick, 825 Fourteenth Street SE, secretary. Linda Ahren, Dundee, treasurer. A new constitution approved 131 to 18 reapportions representation, adding one representative per 30 arts and sciences students and per vocational technical program, plus first time seats for high school completion students and ski center clients. Voting on representatives will occur next fall.
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Carmen Davis
Waukon
David Herrick
Fourteenth Street SE
Linda Ahren
Dundee
Kirkwood
Mayor Says Shortage Is Now State Matter
Monticello mayor C. L. Norlin said on Friday that any criminal charges over a $252.65 shortage found in the city utilities fund will now be up to state officials. He noted the money had unspecified implications for local finances.
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Monticello
C. L. Norlin
Norlin
Mayor Offers Deadline for Embezzlement Guilty Party
The official stated that the embezzler could come forward by 8 a.m. Friday to avoid prosecution if restitution and state audit costs were paid. By the deadline no one had appeared. Norlin added the state will not intervene regardless of the final decision.
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Norlin
Airport Unit Citizens Meet Over Contract
Approximately seven citizens protested the termination of Airport Manager Erhard Preiss at a special airport commission meeting attended by Mayor Vern Iverson and Preiss' attorney. Chair Jim Weis said the panel plans to proceed with the May 4 contract termination despite objections. The commission cites a public statement accusing Preiss of denying equal access and threatening harm to citizens. Preiss has filed legal action with a district court hearing scheduled.
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Decorah
Erhard Preiss
Airport Commission
Vern Iverson
Preiss
Jim Weis
Weis
Commission
Infant Berg Dies Rites at Waukon
Infant Adam Michael Berg one month old of Springville died Thursday after a sudden illness at a local hospital. Born April 1, 1972 in Cedar Rapids, he is survived by his parents, a sister Tracy, grandparents Stanley and Merlin Snitker, great grandparents Berg of Luana and Neverman Kugel Snitker of Waukon. Services are pending at Mattox funeral home in Waukon Cedar Rapids.
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Springville
Adam Michael Berg
Ronald Berg
Cedar Rapids
Tracy Berg
Stanley Berg
Merlin Snitker
Postville
Alfred Berg
Luana
Lester Neverman
Clara Kugel
Elmer Snitker
Waukon
Mat
Funeral
Wauton
Tyner East
Arraignment Set For McClintics In Des Moines Federal Court
A Cedar Rapids man and his brother face arraignment in Des Moines federal court on counts of mail fraud for diverting 244265 in commissions from Venda to their own use, instead of meeting a lease agreement. Bail posted, hearings held, as indictment details deception about signed leases and vending center purchases across Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Des’ ‘Moines
Jack W. McClintic
Glenn A. McClintic, Jr
Third Avenue SE
Glenn McClintic
U.S
James Hodges, Jr
Ihe McClinties
Venda
UiVendir
Iowa
Vendo
Des Moines Ficers of U-Vend-It, Inc., Which,against the McClintics
Vendo Co
Ofj
Kansas City
Three Arrested After Fracas in Southeast C R
Police responded to a fight at 1642 Sixteenth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids arresting Bobby Walker 31 and George Colbert 23 for fighting. Argolda Duff 22 struck Officer Hansel with a two by four, charged with assault and battery and resisting an officer. Colbert and Duff released on judge order. Walker fined 25 dollars and costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Bobby Walker
George C. Colbert
H Street
Argolda Duff
Douglas Hansel
Colbert
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Rick Gerard
Millersburg
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Chand Carey
United Airlines
Ozark Airlines
Save Our Airport
Berg
1St St. SW
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Guaranty Bank & Trust CO
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