Vietnam veterans resume 200 mile walk toward Des Moines
Three disabled Vietnam veterans Gene Belvel Vic Saldivar and Chuck Shantag started Friday from Rock Island and walk 200 miles to Des Moines to honor the missing dead and protest VA survivor benefit cuts They stopped in Cedar Rapids for a meeting and plan to wreath the Freedom Memorial at the Capitol on Memorial Day They expect to reach Des Moines tonight and to pause in Grinnell for a 9 a.m Mass at St Marys Church
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Mark Glenn
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Des Moines
U.S. Marines
Gene Belvel
Bettendorf
Vic Saldivar
Chuck Shantag
Davenport
United Way
Third Ave
Saldivar
Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans of Iowa
Freedom Memorial
State Capitol
Iowa City
Highway 6
Grinnell
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Christian talk leads to theft. man disappears with $300
A Cedar Rapids man, posing as a Christian confidant, talked with a victim at a motel then asked for $300 for an hour. The man, described as a 26 year old white with a southern accent, vanished with the money after the exchange. Police noted the suspect pattern amid odd events downtown.
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Cedar Rapids
16Th Ave
Socialist convention to name candidates in Ames
Former Milwaukee mayor and 1976 Socialist presidential nominee Frank Zeidler will keynote the Iowa Socialist Party convention in Ames at Iowa State University Memorial Union. Delegates will select candidates for state offices and approve the party platform during the Monday event.
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Ames
Frank Zeidler
Milwaukee
Wis
Iowa Socialist Party
Zeidler
Socialist Party
Memorial Union
Iowa State University
Layoffs Hit White Farm Charles City Plant
In Charles City, most production workers at White Farm Equipment Company were laid off at Friday’s end of day and will not be recalled for at least seven weeks. A company spokesman declined to reveal the exact number, but estimates indicate about 825 of 1,100 workers will be idle.
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Charles City
White Farm Equipment Company
Body found downstream in Des Moines River after Ottumwa bridge jump
Missouri officials report the body of 26 year old James Patrick Wallace of Ames was recovered Friday over 70 miles downstream near the Des Moines River where it joins the Mississippi River. Coroner Delbert Shafer confirmed the discovery.
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Ottumwa
Missouri
Des Moines
Clark County
Delbert Shafer
James Patrick Wallace
Ames
Des Moines River
Mississippi River
Former Lewellyn broker suspended for 30 days
Des Moines Iowa United Press International reports Daniel L. Larson a former employee of Gary Lewellyn s brokerage firm received a 30 day suspension of his securities agent registration from the state superintendent. Larson admitted working for Lewellyn without a valid license and handled unregistered limited partnerships in LEWCO LTD while earning 3000 a month. He also faced accusations of continuing violations after leaving Lewellyn and starting at Shearson. Lewellyn faces federal charges in an embezzlement and misappropriation case tied to a government securities scheme.
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DES Moines
UPI
Daniel L. Larson
Gary Lewellyn
Iown
Larson
E.F. Hutton & Co
G.W. Lewellyn & Co
Lewellyn
Lewco Ltd
Lewellyn Commodities
Iowa
Shearson
Novak outlines property tax relief plan for Linn County
Campaign trail notes Emil L. Novak, the Republican candidate for Linn County supervisor, calling for budget discipline and state funding reform. He urged department heads input in budgeting, reallocation of funds to aid the needy, and stronger cooperation with city and town councils, especially on law enforcement. The remarks came at Dale and Esther Strother’s rural Mount Vernon residence. A separate reception for Rolf Craft, the lieutenant governor candidate, is planned at Securities Corporation of Iowa building Thursday from 5 to 6 30 p.m.
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Emil L. Novak
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Novak
Dale
Esther Strother
Mount Vernon
Rolf Craft
Securities Corporation of Iowa
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