Slaying Probe Intensifies in Black Hawk County
County authorities pursue one of the most intense investigations in Black Hawk history into the weekend slaying of four members of rural Cedar Falls family the Marks. Four shot at least twice the father on five shots. Neighbors recall a quiet, prominent family as seven AGs plus local police search for a murder weapon and motive remains unclear with suspects released.
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Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Leslie Mark
Julie
Jeff
Mark
David Dutton
Wayne
State Bureau of
Dredge Cleaning Lake Delwe Halted By Belt Break
After months of prep the red, white and blue bicentennial dredge began cleaning Lake Delwe on Saturday but a broken belt halted operations on Sunday until a replacement part arrives. A four man crew trains in Oelwein to operate the dredge for a multi year lake restoration project awaiting higher water levels before work started.
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Lake Delwe
Oelwein
Iowa City Contest 14 Vying in Council Race
Fourteen candidates seek seven seats in Iowa City Council elections under a new charter. Districts A B C and at large feature varied stances on housing, urban renewal, rent control, and use of federal funds. Notable names include David Perret David Clark Pat Foster Jr Robert Vevera Max Selzer Warren Block Harry Baum Mary Neuhauser John Balmer Esther Atcherson Ed Czarnecki Carol dePresse Louis Eichler Eugene Porter with positions on subsidized housing tenant landlord ordinances and urban renewal contracts.
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Iowa City
David Perret
Perret
Iowa
George McGovern
David Clark
L. P
Pat” Foster, Jr
Lake Side Alcoholic Treatment Center
Cedar Rapids
Robert Vevera
Vevera
Old Capitol
Max Selzer
Selzer Construction Co
Selzer
Warren Block
Block
University of Iowa Department of Internal Medicine
Harry Baum
Baum
Old Capitol Associates
Mary Neuhauser
Neuhauser
John Balmer
Plumbers Supply, Inc
Balmer
Esther Atcherson
Johnson County
University of Iowa
Atcherson
Ed Czarnecki
Jean Porter
Czarnecki
Louis Eichler
Coralville Council Race Sees Three Seek Two Seats
Coralville voters face a mayoral contest between Dick Myers and Jim Fausett plus three candidates for the two four year council terms Harry Ehmsen Stephen McCarthy and Glenn Shoemaker Jim Cole runs unopposed for council. Precincts vote 7 am to 9 pm at Central school recreation center and Oakdale sanatorium.
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Coralville
Dick Myers
Jim Fausett
Meyers
Hawks
College of Dentistry
University of Iowa
Harry Ehmsen
Stephen McCarthy
Glenn Shoemaker
Ehmsen
McCarthy
Shoemaker
Jim Cole
Iowa Book and Supply Co
Central School
Recreation Center
Oakdale
Fausett
Myers
City Hall
Tenth Street
First Avenue
Cole
Edgewater Park
Incumbent Mayor Faces Challenger in Lisbon Election
Incumbent Mayor Glenn Plattenberger will oppose Mike Montgomery in Tuesday's Lisbon election. Council races include Leland Askelson Arlo Whitman Jerry Peiper Mrs Bruce Alger Peter Greiner Mrs Delores Malnix and M E Pike with incumbents Askelson Whitman Peiper Greiner and Pike. Polls at Lisbon library open until 9 p.m.
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Lisbon
Glenn Plattenberger
Mike Montgomery
Leland Askelson
Arlo Whitman
Jerry Peiper
Bruce Alger
Peter Greiner
Delores Malnix
M.E. Pike
Askelson
Whitman
Peiper
Greiner
Pike
Comic Artist Melvin Graff Dies at 68 in Florida
Melvin Graff, retired artist who drew the Sunday comic strip Captain Easy for ten years, died of a heart attack in Orlando, Florida. He was 68. Graff began his career with The Associated Press in New York City.
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Orlando, Fla
Melvin Graff
Captain Easy
Graff
Associated Press
New York City
Weekend Fatalities In Iowa Rise To Eleven
The Associated Press reports at least eleven Iowans died in weekend highway crashes across the state. Names include Robert Russell Smith 16 Ames. Larry Schwery 13 rural Panama. Martha Schrick 22 George Janet Miller 22 Onawa. Artis Carrington 72 Sioux City. Ethel Stockburger 62 Hinton. Edward Schlicke 19 Audubon. Harrison Robinson Jr 22 Des Moines. Clifford McKay 46 Swisher. Gerald Friesth 39 Sac City. Burl Mutum 29 Council Bluffs. Paula Gorvin 9 Iowa City. Collected crashes occurred on county gravel roads, highways 75 and 6, I-80 and other routes.
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Robert Russell Smith
Ames
Iowa Highway Patrol
Oskaloosa
Artis Carrington
Sioux City
LaVern Robinson
Parker's Prairie
Minn
Merrill
Carrington
Ethel Stockburger
Hinton
Edward Schlicte
Audubon
Omaha
Neb
Highway 71
Harrison Robinson, Jr
Des Moines
Grinnell
Clifford McKay
Swisher
Johnson County
Gerald Friesth
Sac City
Emily Schilling
Lytton
Burl Mutum
Council Bluffs
Paula Gorvin
Iowa City
James Gorvin
Highway 6
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Mt. Vernon
Robert Kupfer
Doris Pringle
Nicholas Berry
John Lyford
Steve Horton
Richard Peters
Jo Ann Neff
Charles Lockwood
John Gunn
Cecil Damn. Lyford
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Moron
Kent Boisen
Landmark Realtors
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Reuben Kulakofski
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