Weekend traffic toll rises to eleven in Iowa
Weekend traffic data from Iowa authorities reports at least 11 deaths across multiple counties. Six named victims include Richard Toerber and Todd Daehn in Clinton County, Randall Trask in Johnson County, Gary Walker and Michael Wagner in Marshall County, Keith Thompson in Des Moines, and Tony Mapu near Altoona, among others, with several scenes under investigation.
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United Press International
Johnson County
Randall Trask
G Ave
Iowa City
Trask
Martin Fritz
Leisure
University Hospitals
Fritz
Marshall County Sheriff's Deputies
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Marshalltown
Gary Walker
Haverhill
Michael Wagner
Albin
Wyo
Earley trial begins in Grinnell bank robbery case
U S District Court in Des Moines started jury selection in the Gordon Butch Earley Jr case over a Nov 12 1979 bank robbery at Grinnell State Bank. The crime involved larceny and the deaths of Dan and Dawn Kriegel. Prosecutors expect a four to five week trial with over 100 witnesses.
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Des Moines
U.S. District Court
Gordon
Butch” Earley Jr
Grinnell State Bank
Dan
Dawn Kriegel
Harold Vietor
Vietor
Earley
Kriegel
Polk County
Iowa
John Roedrick
Frank Comito
Merle Bennett
Story County
Bennett
Grinnell Bank
Oxford Man Gerald Moss Found Dead in Garage
Johnson County medical examiner rules the death of 26 year old Gerald C. Moss of Oxford as death by his own action. Moss was found in a garage at Stewart Construction Co on Highway 1 West Saturday morning. Services set for Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. at George L. Gay funeral home in Iowa City.
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Des Moines
Edward Stegmiller
Stegmiller
Monona County
James Booten
Whiting
Sterling Woody
Onawa
Ruby
Iowa City
Johnson County
Gerald C. Moss
Oxford
Moss
Stewart Construction Co
Highway 1
George L. Gay
Senate race tightens in Iowa as Culver Grassley campaign heats
Des Moines reports the Iowa U S Senate contest between Sen. John Culver and Rep. Charles Grassley grows more intense with intensified campaigning. Abortion foes launch a brochure blitz, while Harold Hughes endorses Culver and Calvary media support grows. Grassley defends his stance ahead of a final debate and statewide fly arounds.
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Culver
R.G. Hogan
Holy Ghost Catholic Church
Dubuque
John Culver
Grassley
Council
Berkley Bedell
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Senate
Des Moines Sunday Register
Des Moines
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Right
Congress
Roger Jepsen
Washington
New York City
China
Mississippi river hydroelectric study funded by federal grant
Federal funds released to the Rock Island Corps of Engineers to study hydroelectric potential at Mississippi River locks and dams 11 at Dubuque and 22 near Hannibal Missouri. Col. F W Mueller Jr reports energy shortages spur need for dependable power and possible economical generation at the two dams.
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Rock Island Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Hannibal
Col
F.W. Mueller Jr
Rock Island
Army
Upper
St. Paul
Keokuk
Army Corps of Engineers
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Emily Vermillion
Alexander
Coralville
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Keith Thompson
Randy Brown
Des Moines Methodist Medical Center
George Flatt
Tony Mapu
Altoona
U.S. Highway 6
Polk County Sheriff's Department
Mapu
Iowa State Patrol
Booten
Iowa Highway 175
Turin
Woody
Ated Gould County
Mississippi
Lex
U.S
Corner Ist ST
3Rd Ave
Downtown
Cedar Rapids
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