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Jailer’s role sparks row after dance hall incident
Officer Leroy Long, a Linn County jailer, worked a September 1966 dance at ZCBJ Hall in Cedar Rapids. A crowd clash left three men arrested for assault and batte ry. a fourth treated at a hospital. Long says he acted to separate fighters without Sheriff Grant’s permission. Police later investigated, but Sheriff Grant announced no further action.
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Leroy McKier
St. SE
Mack Gibson
Tenth St
Hezikiah
Washington
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Fox
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Melody Inn
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