Gunmen Free Hostages After Five Day Siege at Spaghetti House
Six Italian hostages freed as three gunmen surrender after a five day siege in a windowless storeroom. Police say leader shot himself in the stomach and was treated. all hostages unharmed. Gunmen Davis, Dick, and Munro linked to robbery and black activism claims. arrests of Termine and Waldberger noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Colin Woods
Franklyn Davis
Wesley Dick
Tony “Bonzo” Munro
Spaghetti House
Lillo Calogero Termine
Norbert Friedrich Waldberger
Davis
Waldberger
Soho
Union Rejects Pact Over Palo Plant Contract
Members of local 204 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers rejected proposed amendments by Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. for operation of the Duane Arnold nuclear plant near Palo. About 60 union members remain on strike.
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Palo
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Iowa Electric Light
Senators to Rock Stars Targets of IRS Tax Probe
IRS probe broadened beyond political extremists, listing targets from New York Mayor Lindsay to Senators Goodell and Gruening, Rep Diggs, columnists Alsop, Mailer, Breslin, actors MacLaine, Baez, and musicians James Brown and others. Commissioner Alexander testified 29,520 returns were turned over to federal agencies last year and 465,442 persons were fed into a computer system before he halted it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York City
IRS
Senate Intelligence Committee
Donald Alexander
Alexander
John V. Lindsay
U.S
Charles Goodell
N.Y
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Charles Diggs
Three Enter Innocent Pleas In Linn District Court
Three men pleaded innocent in Linn district court to separate charges. David G. Wilkens 37 pled innocent to second offense drunk driving with trial set for December 1. George J. Pryor pled innocent to marijuana possession with intent to deliver and a suppression hearing scheduled for October 31. Kenneth G. Gruskey pled innocent to uttering a forged instrument with trial set for November 3. Coretta King and others were also listed in related material.
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Linn District Court
David G. Wilkens
Twenty-first Street
George J. Pryor
Avenue NW
Kenneth G. Gruskey
Robbery at E Avenue Tavern Ends in Arrest
Jacob F. Severtson, 18, of 264 Twelfth Street NW, was arrested on robbery with aggravation and malicious damage charges after allegedly striking a barmaid at the E Avenue tavern 505 E avenue NW and taking cash. He also faces a separate charge for breaking a window at Johnnie's Parkway Inn 625 Ellis boulevard NW.
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Jacob F. Severtson
Twelfth Street NW
Severtson
E Avenue
E Avenue NW
Ellis Boulevard NW
Unexpected Reward for Samaritan
Gerald W. Blazek 17 was driving in Bertram when he stopped to aid a driver with blinking lights, believing distress. The other driver sped off and ran over Blazek’s foot, causing minor injuries.
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Mt. Vernon
Gerald W. Blazek
Bertram
Blazek
Dismissal in DWI Case for Gary McQuown
A charge of drunk driving against Gary McQuown of 179 Fourteenth Street Marion was dropped in magistrate court. McQuown faced the charge filed August 27. The item notes a 30 year old related lawsuit in which Al Jennings sued Lone Ranger radio producers for defamation of character seeking 100000 dollars.
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Gary McQuown
Fourteenth Street
Marion
McQuown
al Jennings
Outlaw
City Seeks Opinions on Leaf Burning Weekends
Public improvements commissioner urges citizens to submit views on permitting leaf burning on certain weekends this fall. Council has allowed leaf burning on three weekends each spring and fall since October 1973.
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Public Improvements
Richard Phillips
Fromme Bail Reduction Refused in Ford Assassination Case
Lynette Squeaky Fromme 26, follower of Charles Manson, had bail kept at 350000 after a U.S. Court of Appeals denied a further cut. She faces trial before Judge MacBride on November 4 for allegedly pointing a loaded gun at President Ford in Sacramento on September 5.
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San Francisco
Lynette
Fromme
Ford
Miss Fromme
Charles Manson
Sacramento
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S
Thomas MacBride
MacBride
Duvall Pleads Guilty on Amphetamine Delivery Charge
Marvin L. Duvall, 23, of 340 Fourteenth Street SW, pled guilty in Linn district court to delivery of amphetamines. Sentencing set for Nov. 7 after he allegedly delivered the substance to a federal narcotics agent on Sept. 16. A Cedar Rapids man sues in Linn district court for 53204 in damages from an Oct. 6, 1973 automobile crash on Mt Vernon Road SE. Leo M. McDonald of 1463 Miami Drive NE sues Thomas L. Ray of Cedar Falls, claiming disfigurement and pain as a passenger in Ray’s car due to alleged reckless driving.
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Marvin L. Duvall
Fourteenth Street
Linn
Duvall
Cedar Rapids
Linn District Court
Mt. Vernon Road
Leo M. McDonald
Miami Drive
Thomas L. Ray
Cedar Falls
Ray
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Frank Church
Idaho
CIA
Ramparts
National Student Association
Church
Coretta King
Godfrey Cambridge
Linus Pauling
Walter D. Huddleston
D-Ky
FBI
Huddleston
Diiteell
Peck’s
Center Pt. Rd. N.E
Greenview
Frower & Garden Shop
C.R
Shakey’s
Mom
1St Avenue N.E
Pizza
Warls Area
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