Confusion in West shooting case cited by Davenport officers
Davenport police described a chaotic scene the night Roger West was shot in the face with a high powered rifle and suggested his wife Margaret West shot him. Detectors testified of investigating the Feb. 1 death by own action claim and the couple's two dogs as the case moved to trial in Scott County District Court.
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Cedar Rapids
Roger West
West
Margaret
Scott County
William Hanse
Karen Handley
Center St. NE
Hanse
Roger
Melvin
Shirley Tudor
Wests
Handley
Last of four in Cedar Falls murder for hire sentenced
Curtis Dean, 26, of Minneapolis received 15 years in U.S. prison after pleading guilty to two charges in a Cedar Falls murder for hire case. He admitted backing Larry Stocks in a plan to kill a witness in a drug case, receiving 2000 of 4000 dollars as an advance. The four involved were detained May 16 at a Cedar Falls shopping center. Thomas Cheney and Stephanie Oberbroeckling were also arrested there. Cheney got 42 years, Stocks 20 years, Oberbroeckling four years. others had charges dismissed.
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Cedar Falls
Thomas Cheney
Stephanie Oberbroeckling
Dean
David Hansen
Cheney
Stocks
Oberbroeckling
Cherry settlement approved in Tama County suits
Tama County Supervisors approve a settlement awarding Gladys Cherry Elliott $18 366. Two district court suits and a federal case against the county and officials will be dismissed. Conservator Thomas O Flaherty represented Elliott over the July 1985 tax auction of the Cherry mansion to Mildred Davis. A separate suit by Tom and Jane Tesar remains pending.
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Gladys Cherry Elliott
Tama
Elliott
Thomas O'Flaherty
Cherry
Mildred Davis
Cedar Falls
Tom
Jane Tesar
Montour
Tesars
Cedar Rapids Council OKs Pay Raise for City Leaders
The Cedar Rapids City Council approved first reading of an ordinance to raise salaries for the mayor and council members by more than 3000 over the next term. If approved on two more readings, the raises take effect with the new term starting January 1, 1988. The mayor would rise from 41827.81 to 43328.72 and then to 44890.30 the next year. Current council members would receive similar increases.
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Cedar Rapids
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