Branstad distances probe from personal vendetta at Job Service Iowa
Gov. Branstad says his review of Job Service of Iowa is aimed at operations and improvements, not a personal attack on director Colleen Shearer. He refuses to prejudge her performance until all facts are in while noting travel, communications, and fund handling questions raised by aides.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Colleen Shearer
Job Service of
Iowa
Branstad
Shearer
Thief Urged to Return Stolen Film from Iowa City Ramp
An Iowa City couple and friends publish a plea in the Gazette to recover three rolls of wedding and reunion film taken from a locked car at a downtown mall. Value over 3000 dollars. The Moriartys and Laura Ganwell urge return of the film to Heather Drive, Iowa City.
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Ann Mittman
Johnson County
Capitol Mall
Heather Drive
Iowa City
Joe
Cindy Moriarty
Claremont
California
Moriartys
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Laura Ganwell
Ganvell
Cedar Rapids
Indiana
University of Southern California-Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Ganwell
Cindy
Policeman suspended during theft probe
An Iowa City police sergeant, Ronald Evans, was suspended without pay as the DCI investigates an August jewelry store break in. A search of Evans' home yielded a 14 karat necklace matching a missing item while officers review the case and a hearing on seized jewelry is set for November 16.
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Ann Mittman
Johnson County
Iowa City
Department of Criminal Investigation
Ronald Evans
Harvey Miller
State Department of Criminal Investigation
Miller
DCI
David Kirchner
Evans
College Court Place
Washington St
Karen
Clayton House
Coralville
Kirchner
Evanses
Highway 6
Iowa City Force
Court orders Evans to stay away from Coralville lounge
Iowa City Judge Ansel Chapman issued a temporary injunction requiring Evans to stay from Tree House Lounge in Coralville. The order follows a civil suit by operator Benjamin P. Chait seeking $133,500 and a bond to enforce quiet enjoyment provisions after Evans allegedly entered the bar, ranted at staff, and accused employees of theft. Evans' attorney denied interfering with operations. Evans was ordered to post a $200 bond.
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Evans
Bar
Ann Mittman
Iowa City
Ronald Evans
Johnson County
Ansel Chapman
Tree House
Coralville
Chapman
Benjamin P. Chait
Highway 6
Chait
R. Fred Dumbaugh
Cedar Rapids
Clayton House
Mount Vernon Publisher Elected to Highway 30 Board
Sara Gaarde publisher of the Mount Vernon Sun was elected to the board of directors of the Iowa U S Highway 30 Association at a Mount Vernon meeting. The group aims to boost economic development along the route and beautify the land around it.
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Mount Vernon
Sara Gaarde
The
Mount Vernon Sun
Governors Back Milwaukee Rail Sale to Grand Trunk
Iowa Governor Branstad joined Wisconsin Governor Earl and Minnesota Governor Perpich in backing the Grand Trunk Corporation plan to acquire the Milwaukee Road rail line. The GTC seeks to merge Milwaukee Road with two other railroads it owns.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Grand Trunk Corporation
Branstad
Wisconsin
Anthony Earl
Minnesota
Rudy Perpich
GTC
Milwaukee Road
Keokuk man sells fake mummy as art piece
Pathologist Dr Min Chung declares the so called mummy a fake saying it is an old man made object of cloth and clay. Ted Stephenson had offered a life size mummy for sale last week and now plans to market it as an objet d art. Officials from the state historical department alerted the Lee County Attorney's Office of concerns over human remains and Indian property. The county attorney then notified Dr Chung who inspected the mummy. Stephenson remains interested in selling the item but as a strange artwork.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Ted Stephenson
Stephenson
State Historical Department
Lee County
Min Chung
Chung
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