Death Penalty Blocks Lift Could Be First Execution Uncertain
The UPI report notes the Supreme Court may lift stays on capital punishment in Georgia Texas and Florida while Arkansas faces six death row inmates awaiting term decisions. Courts weigh whether rapists can die if victims survive and when executions might occur, with no clear first date.
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Colorado
Poverty jump marks record rise in 1975
The Census Bureau reports 2.5 million more Americans fall below the poverty line in 1975, the largest annual increase in 17 years. Despite an $818 rise in median family income to 13 720, inflation eroded buying power to the lowest in five years. The 1975 poverty count reaches 25.9 million people, about 12 percent of the population, with the 1967 peak previously notable.
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Census Bureau
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Independence Youth Dies In Crash
A 16 year old from Independence died when his car flipped in a county road ditch five miles east of Gilbertville at 1 a.m. Saturday. Passenger Martha Andrews, 15, Jesup, was treated and released. Services set for St John Catholic Independence with Knights rosary and parish wake at the funeral home. Young man born Sept 10 1960 is survived by two sisters and two brothers among others. Burial at St Anthanasius cemetery Jesup.
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Here
Blackhawk County
Timothy D. Ciesielski
Route 4
Martha Andrews
Jesup
People’s Hospital
David Ciesielski
Jesup Community High School
David Lynch
Melissa
Joseph
Dalton
Gladys McAtee
Joseph Ciesielski
Myrtle Byron
Oelwein
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St. Anthanasius Cemetery
Knights of Columbus
White Funeral Home
Escape and Larceny Charges For Cedar Rapids Youth
A 17 year old Cedar Rapids youth faces escape and three counts of larceny of a motor vehicle after escaping the Eldora state training school for boys and stealing three motorcycles. A 16 year old Cedar Rapids boy is accused of involvement in the thefts, with owners Russell Stambaugh William Grove and Terry Schropp named.
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Cedar Rapids
Eldora
Russell Stambaugh
William Grove
Terry Schropp
Cedar Rapids NAACP backs appeal in Port Gibson boycott case
The Cedar Rapids NAACP branch contributes 1500 to appeal a MississippI ruling that 12 Port Gibson merchants won 1.25 million against the NAACP and others. The group aims to raise over 114 million. Luther Trent cites three local members giving 500 each for a November freedom fund event. An arrest related to an assault charge in North Point drive NE is noted with Dennis L Robertson taken into custody.
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George Haynes
Hinds County
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Claiborne County
Port Gibson
Luther Trent
Dennis L. Robertson
North Point Drive
Robertson
Cubs Final Game and Community Notices
City briefs list Cubs final game on Sunday October 3 with box seats and DJ contact. Community items include knitting classes by Esther Koffron and Federation of Czech activities for Oct 14 banquet, Grand Ole Opry trip Nov 18 21, antique pine boards for sale, Linn county food bank steering meeting, Birthright board meeting, all with relevant contact numbers.
Seven arrested on drunken driving charges in Linn County
Cedar Rapids police and Linn County officials charged seven people with drunken driving after weekend arrests. David Wittenberg 28 of rural Vinton faced a First avenue and Second street NE stop. Bruce Bushman 18 of 1118 Thirty third Street NE was stopped on Highway 150 near Hiawatha. Lee Jensen 18 of Mt Vernon was cited on Hilltop drive in Mt Vernon. Randy Bishop 17 of Mechanicsville was arrested east of Lisbon. Ernest Mollenhauer 64 of Center Point on Washington street Center Point. Calvin Pont 18 route 2 Center Point on Main. George Trevino 22 of 839 Fourth avenue SE charged on Eighth avenue SW.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
David M. Wittenberg
Vinton
First Avenue
Second Street
Bruce G. Bushman
Thirty-third Street
Hiawatha
Lee D. Jensen
Mt. Vernon
Hilltop
Randy D. Bishop
Mechanicsville
Lisbon
Ernest A. Mollenhauer
Center Point
Washington Street
Calvin J. Pont
Main Street
George Trevino
Fourth Avenue SE
Eighth Avenue
Grassley presses revenue-sharing bill in conference
Iowa's Rep. Grassley sent a firm push for a revenue-sharing bill now in conference. He urged House conferees to craft a compromise, citing city funding needs and differences over citizen participation and duration. He spoke at a Cedar Rapids event and touted polling leads over Stephen Rapp.
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Lowa
Charles Grassley
Congress
Rep. Grassley
New Hartford
Grassley
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Senate
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Rapp
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Cigaret blamed for fire at apartment blaze on Fifteenth Street
Firefighters said a cigarette lit a Davenport in apartment C at 207 Fifteenth Street SE, gutting the second floor and causing smoke and water damage to a neighboring unit. Herb Landers rented the unit. Ernest Hartson owned the building. A man reportedly jumped from the second floor. identity unknown. A woman was hospitalized with unrelated injuries. Alarm sounded at 2 08 a.m. Firemen remove smoldering debris.
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Herb Landers
Ernest Hartson
L Street
Mercy Hospital
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