Keota Night Marshal Doug Bell Shot Dead In Early Morning
Keota Night Marshal Doug Bell, 23, was found fatally shot near his patrol car along highway 77 just south of Keota. State agents and local officers questioned several people as they investigated whether thefts at The Roost and The Long Branch or a car theft tied to the case motivated the killing. An autopsy will be performed in Iowa City.
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Doug Bell
Bell
Keokuk County
Washington - Keokuk County
Craig Beek
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
BCI
Beek
Iowa City
Beck
William Malley
Baker St
Long Branch
Malley
Vega
Letts
Iowa Highway 77
Highway 92
Talleyrand
Journal
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Power and Light Co
Iowa
Jack Luhring
Iowa Power
California
Luhring
When does Iowa’s 30 day act period begin
Iowa’s constitutional 30 day limit for gubernatorial action on bills after adjournment prompts debate. Officials dispute whether the count starts May 29 when sessions closed or June 9 when the governor receives the bills, with implications for a July 3 or Aug. 15 effective date and possible court challenges to last minute enrollments.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
General Assembly
Robert Ray
Secretary of State
Wythe Willey
Willey
House
Senate
Ray
Of Thee I Sing at Washington Community Center
News brief notes auditions for the musical Of Thee I Sing at the new Washington Community Center with tryouts set for June 28 29 and July 18 19. Rehearsals begin August 2 with scripts and scores available at the Washington Public Library.
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Washington Public Library
Washington Community Center
Inmates protest at Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Calvin Auger the warden was to meet today with inmate representatives from a group of about 200 who staged a three hour protest Thursday night. The sit in began when inmates refused to return to their cells around 4 p.m protesting high commissary prices and low wages. The exercise yard sit in ended at dusk with no injuries reported.
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Anamosa
Iowa
UPI
Calvin Auger
Iowa Men's Reformatory
Reformatory
Auger
Social Services
Kevin Burns
Burn
City to crack down on junk cars with removal drive
Washington residents were told a city campaign will clear junk cars from streets and yards. People with non running vehicles should contact Lowell Carroll to arrange removal. those not removed by start of campaign will be towed and charged to owners.
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Washington
Lowell Carroll
Weather Summary: Partly cloudy tonight and storm risk Saturday
Partly cloudy tonight with thunderstorms likely on Saturday. Low tonight mid to upper 60s. High Saturday mid 80s. Winds south to southwest 10 to 15 mph.
House votes to extend revenue sharing without new civil rights terms
The House approved a four year, 25 billion extension of the federal revenue sharing program to 38 000 localities and states, with no added civil rights or union wage requirements. The measure passed 361 to 35 sent to the Senate, amid debate over federal deficits and local control.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Congress
Rep
L. H. Fountain
D-N.c
Ford
Ainsworth Summer Recreation Program Dates Set
The Ainsworth Community Summer Recreation Program runs Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 15 through July 15, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the elementary school grounds with rain in the art room. Grades K to 6 join games, crafts, and activities directed by Mrs. Liz Kaufman. Final auditions for The Chinese Wall take place tonight at 7 p.m. in the YMCA McCleery room. unable applicants may contact Allan Lemke.
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Ainsworth
Dave
Liz) Kaufman
YMCA
McCleery Room
Allan Lemke
Hays Emerges From 20 Hour Coma After Sleeping Pill Overdose
Rep Wayne Hays woke from a 20 hour coma at Barnsville Medical Center after an overdose of Dalmane sleeping pills. The 65 year old Democrat, facing a Washington sex scandal probe, was upgraded to satisfactory and spoke briefly. His physician said he asked for his wife Pat and smiled when she entered the room.
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Barnesville
Ohio
UPI
Wayne Hays
Washington
Hays
Richard Phillips
Pat
Congress
Barnsville Medical Center
Phillips
Hitchhiker assaulted after ride near Riverside Iowa
Luann Morris, 36, hitchhiking on Highway 218 near Riverside, says a white male in his late 30s or 40s offered a ride, then pulled off at 218 and 22. He allegedly threatened her with a hunting knife. she escaped, sought help at a farmhouse, and was treated for a cut foot at Washington County Hospital.
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Riverside
Iowa City
Luann Morris
Izaak Walton League
Washington County Hospital
Morris
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