Drug Overdose Deaths Suspected Involves Iowa City Links
A Gazette report notes overdose cases are treated as suspect alongside possible murders. It cites a Maryland and a Florida killing tied to Iowa City figures, details a 1975 Coralville fire death of Larry Wells and Karen Christiansen, and references a 1975 Wiese homicide with heroin evidence. Sheriff Hughes warns of possible murder or drug-for-hire schemes amid ongoing investigations.
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Maryland
Florida
Crowley
County Sheriff's Office
Roger J. Wiese
Wiese
North Liberty
Gazette
Hughes
Terrance J. O’hearn
Iowa City
O'Hearn
University of Iowa Memorial Union
O’hearn
Black Leader C T Vivian Urges White Mass Change in Cedar Rapids
C T Vivian, longtime Martin Luther King Jr aides, spoke at Mt. Zion Baptist church rally urging whites to adopt massive radical programs while blacks press for unity control and identity. He framed church as agent of change and highlighted BASIC, Urban Potential, and his extensive work against racism.
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C.T. Vivian
Martin Luther King
Cedar Rapids
NAACP
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Vivian
America
Europe
Black Action Strategies and Information Center Inc
BASIC
Atlanta
Raleigh
N.C
Urban Potential
Octavia Geans Vivian
Martin Luther King, Jr
Convoy of Iowa Guard Signal Units Heads to Fort McCoy
A joint convoy from the 234th signal battalion Iowa national guard, companies B and C, departed for summer camp at Fort McCoy in Sparta Wisconsin. Capt Ernest Wombacher of Iowa City and Lt Charles Baldwin of Marshalltown led the lineup as they prepared for training.
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234Th Signal Battalion
Iowa National Guard
Ernest Wombacher
Iowa City
Charles Baldwin
Marshalltown
Fort McCoy
Sparta
Wis
High-Speed Chase Ends in Police Killing of Suspect
In Detroit a estranged husband held seven hostages for over three hours before police shot and killed him after a high speed chase on I 94 toward Chicago. Hostages including five children were unharmed. The gunman was identified as Ernest Taylor of Chicago.
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Detroit
UPI
East Side
Ernest Taylor
Chicago
Taylor
Joe
Iowan Bliven Former New Republic Editor Dies at 88
Bruce Bliven an editor of the New Republic and prolific author died in Stanford California after a fall three weeks earlier at age 88. He edited the New Republic most of 1923 through 1955 and contributed to the Manchester Guardian Saturday Evening Post Ladies Home Journal Reader's Digest and Harpers. He is survived by his wife Rose Emery and their son Bruce Jr. No funeral services were planned.
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Stanford
Calif
UPI
Bruce Bliven
The
New Republic
Bliven
Emmetsburg
San Francisco
New York Globe
New York
Manchester Guardian
Saturday Evening Post
Ladies Home Journal
Reader’s Digest
Harpers
Rose Emery
Bruce, Jr
Longtime aide Davis ousted from Summa Corp by Hughes kin
In Las Vegas a statement says Chester Davis, longtime chief counsel for Howard Hughes, has been removed as a Summa Corp director by William Lummis. Davis remains Summa general counsel as Lummis reshuffles top leadership, with Gay kept as chief operating officer and Lummis as chief executive officer and board chair.
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Ees
San Francisco
Chester Davis
Howard
Davis
Hughes Empire
Hughes
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Lummis
Houston, Tex
Summa Corp
Summa
Gay
Lavar Myler
John Holmes
Holmes
Missionary Glen Eschtruth Killed in Zaire by Rebels
UPI reports Dr. Glen Eschtruth a Michigan Methodist missionary and head of Kapanga hospital was killed by rebels in Zaire in mid April. His wife Lena and seven missionaries evacuated to safety informed Washington, decades long service in Africa noted.
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Washington
UPI
Zaire
Glen Eschtruth
Michigan
State Department
Eschtruth
United Methodist Mission
Kapanga
Lena
Eschtruths
Detroit
St. Clair Shores
Grace Hospital
Charles Vinson
Roseville
Mich
Belgian Congo
Katanga
Linn County Inmate Stabs Guard at Iowa Prison
Guard Louis Davis 38 of Fort Madison is in satisfactory condition after a Friday night stabbing at the Iowa state penitentiary. Inmate Jack Lemburg 39, held in maximum security, allegedly used a homemade knife during transfer inside the prison grounds.
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Fort Madison
Iowa State Penitentiary
Louis Davis
Sacred Heart Hospital
Davis
Jack Lemburg
Lemburg
Linn County
Joan Lloyd
Cedar Rapids
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Larry G. Wells
Karen A. Christensen
Canada
Iowan Bliven
U.S
Bill Malloy
Diamond Store
Malloy Jewelers
Second Ave. SE
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