Grocery extortion case deepens with Whitford evidence
Evidence from the James R. Whitford residence links the 35-year-old to extortion documents amid a case that began with a Sept. 17 package of milk contaminated with diazinon. Whitford, jailed on a $50 000 bond, faced a hearing as prosecutors pursue possible grand jury indictments against him and his wife Donna Mae.
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James R. Whitford
Route 2
Delhi
Whitford
Gazette
U.S
Robert Teig
Teig
FBI
U.S. District Court
Linn
James Hodges
Hodges
Donna Mae
Ryan
Nash Finch Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Marion council briefs on mobile home zone requests
Marion City Council heard an engineer explain a rezoning request for a mobile home park on North 10th Street. The Hennesseys seek to rezone about 80 acres west of 10th Street and south of 29th Avenue near Linn Mar campus. Planning and Zoning recommended denial of the mobile park and adjacent commercial zoning, but suggested approving zoning for apartments and single family homes.
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Marion
North 10Th Street
Lee Schoon
William and Mary Hennessey
10Th Street
29Th Avenue
Linn- Mar Community
Hennesseys
Planning and Zoning Commission
Commission
Carl Ramey
John Bender
Marion Street
Eighth Avenue
Marion Briefs Include Voting Help and Rezoning Hearing
The Marion section reports election logistics with contact numbers for rides and sitter help, bus passes for northeast Marion students, and a poll logistics note. It also covers rezoning petitions with 230 signatures, public hearing plans, and city council traffic and peddler ordinance discussions.
Boy charged after false report of pin in candy bar
A 12 year old Marion boy claimed he found a pin in a candy bar during trick or treat and reported it to police. Investigators found the pin could not have entered the wrapper hole and concluded the youth tampered with the candy bar, referring him to a juvenile probation officer.
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Marion
Kinzenbaw Bail Denied in Death Penalty Case Appeal
Kinzenbaw remains jailed awaiting sentencing on the voluntary manslaughter charge for the Oct. 15, 1981, shooting death of Danita Straw. The ruling, under appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court, cites a July 1 law banning release on bail for certain felonies. Sentencing is set for Nov. 24 in Linn County District Court.
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David R. Kinzenbaw
Linn
Iowa Supreme Court
Kinzenbaw
Danita Straw
William Thomas
Kinzen
Teachers hint salary cut OK if Marion district funds axed
MEA negotiator Clemetta Noftiger said teachers would accept a contract with salary cuts if district income falls and an escalator clause exists. The district proposed a total salary freeze while MEA asked for a 15 percent package increase, base rising from 12 550 to 14 100. The next meeting is set for Nov 12.
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Marion
Marion Education Association
Clemetta Noftiger
MEA
Gary Ray
Marion Fire Calls Include Medical Assists and Fires
Fire department logs list multiple incidents this weekend in Marion. Medical assists at 700 35th St and 2350 31st St, plus 417 W Eighth Ave. Field fire north of Highway 151, and a trash can fire in the 1600 block of Fifth Ave.
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35Th St
Highway 13
Highway 151
Fifth Ave
31St St
Eighth Ave
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Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courts
Marion Council
Christie Wallace
Marion Bureat
Linn- Mar Community School
Harvey Fascher
Pol. Adv
Transportation Department of the
Transportation Department
Marion Thomas Field
Marion Band Boosters
All Farmers State Bank
Grand Avenue
11Th Street
Bender
Charles Kraut
Hall
Norwalk
Lawson
Collins Road
E. Hone
Jo Carlson
Kirkwood
Iowa Hall
Baw
Japan
Central City & &M Garage
Decorah
Keystone
Toddville
Erickson Sport Center
Stoveshop Ltd
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