Radio show host Dick Vance arrested on fraud charges
Former Des Moines radio personality Dick Vance was arrested in Florida on charges he used a discount travel service to defraud more than 300 people of 2.9 million dollars. He held a 250000 bond and faced formal fraud charges. authorities allege a pyramid sales scheme selling trips at loss.
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Fort Lauderdale
Bid and Buy Inc
Shoppers’ Bazaar
Vance
Aruba
Wexy Radio
Albin Richard Bloomburg Jr
Florida
Attorney General
Kennedy Trumpeters Take Class AA Honors at Marion Invite
Cedar Rapids Kennedy high school band dominated Class AA at the Marion Marching Invitational performing Saturday at the Marion field. Kurt Widmer and Kevin Schatz led the trumpet line as Kennedy won first place. drum major and color guard were named best in class. Jefferson and Linn-Mar followed with second and third.
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Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Kurt Widmer
Standing
Kevin Schatz
Marion
Kennedy
Jefferson High School
Linn-Mar
Officials want more evidence before continuing body hunt
Cedar Rapids firefighters searched the Cedar River near Edgewood Road for Greg Demeulenaere, 26, of rural Victor, after notes found in his car suggested self harm. Dragging was paused after failed attempts. police information may trigger a resumption.
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Cedar River
Edgewood Road
Victor
Cedar Rapids
Greg Demeulenaere
Demeulenaere
Kirkwood Community College
Bill David
Son
Cedar Rapids teen injured in fall at old plant pit
Rescue workers hoisted 15 year old James Metcalf from a 15 foot pit at the citys old water pollution control plant in southwest Cedar Rapids. He was listed in fair condition at St Luke s Hospital after being transported by Area Ambulance. Firefighters used a rescue harness to lift him from the pit near the building that housed a sewage incinerator.
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James Metcalf
Cedar Rapids
Metcalf
Bowling St
St. Luke's Hospital
Five abducted and killed at east Texas fast food restaurant
Five victims, including three men and two women, were found shot to death off a rural road in eastern Texas after a robbery at a Kentucky Fried Chicken. About $2,000 was missing and police pursued two suspects linked to the incident.
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Kilgore
Texas
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Jordy Wolverton
Howard Bailey
Nacogdoches
Wolverton
Henderson
Overton
Henderson Clay Products
David E. Marshall
Grand jury indicts 21 on gambling charges
A federal grand jury in Des Moines indicted 21 persons from the Quad-Cities area on 21 counts in a gambling case. Arthur Stowe of Davenport heads the organization and accepted bets totaling $797,317 in four months of 1982, facing four counts of willful tax evasion on gross wagers.
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Des Moines
Quad-Cities
Arthur Stowe
Davenport
Stowe
Grand
Volunteers Sought for UI Diabetes Study
The University of Iowa recruits insulin dependent diabetes patients aged 13 to 39 for a national study on preventing complications. Participants receive free examinations tests medications and study materials. Call (319) 356-4879 or write Dr Hal Schrott Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Westlawn S-212 Iowa City IA 52242.
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University of Iowa
Hal Schrott
Westlawn
Iowa City
Nine Iowa lawmakers sue Branstad over veto handling
Nine Iowa legislators including Rep. Kay Chapman sue Gov. Terry Branstad alleging improper use of his veto to block legislation that would let family planning groups break contracts with the state health department to join a new umbrella agency. Plaintiffs include Sens. Milo Colton and Julia Gentleman and several representatives.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kay Chapman
Cedar Rapids
Terry Branstad
State Department of Health
Planned Parenthood
Sioux City
Southeast
Hillcrest Family Services of
Dubuque
Family Planning Council of Iowa
Milo Colton
Julia Gentleman
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Doug Carlson
Gazette
Rich Dugas
East
Branstad
Parfum Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle
Lindale Mall
Case
Lew
Jr. Pullman
M&m Vera
Pullman
Verdi
Westdale Mall
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