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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1981

Page

17

County sheriffs push for new jail standards directive

Iowa lawmakers pressed state and county officials to draft workable county jail standards after sheriffs complained the first set from Social Services lacked county input. The subcommittee urged joint talks by Oct 5 to resolve differences, with possible shift of enforcement to local officials.

Des Moines Iowa Department of Social Services Grundy Bill Marten Iowa State Sheriff's and Deputies Association Marten Gene Kennedy Sheriff's Association Lee County Board of Supervisors Charles Krogmeier Krogmeier Lee County Subcommittee Sen James Briles R-Corning Sheriffs, County Supervisors and Social Services Schwengels

Rapp backs bond referendum for new Iowa penitentiary

Rep. Stephen Rapp of Waterloo called for a statewide bond issue to fund a new maximum security prison after the Fort Madison riot. He said the 140 year old facility endangers staff and inmates and urged November 1982 voter approval with an estimated $2 to $3 per year per resident for 20 years. The governor’s aide disputed inmate Gary Tyson’s death notes, saying Tyson did not warn of danger or seek relocation.

Rapp Robert Ray Iowa State Penitentiary Gary Tyson Tyson John McCarroll Ray McCarroll

Researcher Nominated for Ames District 42 Seat

Greg Douglas a 22 year old research analyst at Iowa State University was nominated by a Republican district convention in Ames to replace state Rep Reid Crawford in House District 42. He faces Ralph Rosenberg the Democrats attorney and Libertarian Mal Iles a laboratory physicist in the November 3 special election.

Douglas Ames Ralph Rosenberg Mal Iles

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