Murder for Hire in Eastern Iowa
An in-depth look at Iowa City's drug scene shows how marijuana use shifted to harder drugs and crime. Police describe killings for hire, informants reveal prices around 500 dollars for a murder, and officials say drugs dominate the local economy with dozens of killings over a decade.
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Lowa
Tom Crowley
Iowa City
Crowley
Dave Harris
the Gazette
Johnson County
Harvey Miller
Five Seasons Community Center
Raging Nightclub Fire Kills Over 100 in Kentucky
In Southgate Kentucky the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire killed more than 100 holiday revelers as panicked crowds of up to 5 000 surged to escape. Fire Chief Dick Riesenberg said many victims were trapped and the blaze raged unchecked. Singer John Davidson was not harmed.
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Southgate
Dick Riesenberg
Riesenberg
Beverly Hills
Midwest
John Davidson
Ephoto
Iowa Supreme Court tosses drunk driving conviction in Jasper case
A Iowa supreme court ruling raises questions about validity of many drunk driving prosecutions. The decision in State vs Thompson held a full time magistrate had no authority to approve a county attorney information. Linn county officials note four challenges filed while lawmakers discuss corrective legislation.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Linn County
Supreme Court
Jasper County
Linn
Brent Harstad
Harstad
A.C. Omer
Thompson
Omer
Arnold
House
Legislative
Linn County Att
Eugene Kopecky
Inflation Worries Grow As Prices Rise in 1977
Washington AP reports inflation will be worse this year than 1976 with prices up 3.2 percent in four months and an anticipated 6.7 percent for 1977. Carter cites policy battles, banks raise prime lending to 6.0 percent, Dow dips under 900, and real wages fall 0.1 percent in April.
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Washington
Carter
Federal Reserve Board
CBS-CIA Links Confirmed By Former CBS News Head
Sig Mickelson, ex chief of CBS News, says CBS staff cooperation with the CIA in the 1950s began well before 1954 and carried out under William Paley's implied blessing. He denies links between the CIA and Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Inc., which he now heads.
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London
Sig Mickelson
CBS News
CIA
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Inc
Mickelson
New York Times
William Paley
CBS
Washington
Goodrich
Paley
Noisy Iowa film work and farm bill talk rise in state pages
A busy Iowa weekend section highlights a Sylvester Stallone film shot in Dubuque and a potential nationwide release in Iowa. It also notes a farm bill debate with farmers opposing outside investor payments, plus weather and page guide items across sections.
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Sylvester Stallone
Dubuque
Iowa
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