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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1981
Page
4
A 19 year old Laura Dana Benefield of rural Mingo died when a car left a Jasper County road east of Mingo and landed in a ditch. A companion Shelly Freland, 19, also of rural Mingo, was hospitalized in Des Moines with a fractured leg and facial cuts.
A Tama man Lenyn Welsh, 23, was injured Saturday when he slipped while hunting squirrels south of Tama and his .22 rifle discharged striking his left foot. He was taken first to a Toledo doctor then transferred to Marshalltown Area Community Hospital.
Tama police received a Saturday call claiming a bomb at the Tama Civic Center would explode at 3 15 p m. Firefighters and police searched the building and found no device. Authorities continue to investigate the caller’s identity.
Iowa locals of the United Auto Workers held Saturday elections for the Community Action Program Council. Three year terms went to President Chuck Gifford Newton Iowa Local 838 Vice-Chair Ted Anderson Waterloo Local 838 Recording Secretary Mike Hengl Davenport Local 215 Financial Secretary Larry Kaufman Des Moines Local 450 Trustees Marlene Gerst Burlington Local 1237 Darel Hilkin Dubuque Local 94 Charles Stanbro Charles City Local 1315.
At about 5 30 a m Saturday two men were hurt in a crash on Route 3 two and a half miles east of Waverly Leroy Latham 45 of Oelwein is in good condition at Waverly Hospital after colliding with a car driven by Duane Mingus 47 of rural Waverly Mingus was trapped for 30 minutes and taken to Allen Hospital Waterloo in stable condition Charges are pending
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors voted to seek a 5 percent salary reduction for secondary road department employees in a new contract. The move counters a union request for a 75 cent per hour raise in year one and 60 cent per hour in year two, plus more vacation longevity and sick days. The board rejected the union demand. A negotiating session is set for 1 p.m. October 29.
Alma Plastics Co of Alma Michigan plans a Clinton plant using 700000 in industrial revenue bonds to buy a 20000 square foot building and add 50000 square feet in Manufacturing Meadows. The Clinton facility would be the 11th Alma plant and start with about 50 employees. Transportation to Chicago and Milwaukee markets influenced the location.
Ted Joe Ealy, 26, pleaded guilty to third degree criminal mischief in Benton County District Court for damaging the Quaker Oats office trailer on April 10 after an arrest May 6. He received a two year suspended sentence, probation, and restitution. Thomas Frederick Kenney, 47, pleaded innocent to firearm charges as a felon. A petition by Donald McKinley and others seeks to bar Waterloo Railroad from claiming land crossing their Urbana area property, noting a 1913 condemnation and a warranty deed that reverts land if use ceases.
Federal judge William Stuart refused the U.S. prosecutors request to move jewel robbery suspect David Lee Grandstaff to Metopolitan Correctional Center in Chicago. The ruling notes insufficient need for transfer while keeping Grandstaff in Polk County custody near his Des Moines attorney. Vance and Grandstaff remain in solitary confinement after jail policy review.
Waterloo police and fire officials say an arsonist started a blaze at the Ellis Hotel site housing a halfway house for probationers. A catalog found near the fire suggests deliberate ignition. no injuries were reported and residents were moved to a first floor recreation area.
The Hudson Motor Car Co of Detroit unveiled the first sedan type automobile. Its official presentation occurred at the 13th National Auto Show in New York City on January 11, 1913, with all accessories included as standard equipment.
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