Fisher denies he fired the first shot
Dennis Fisher testified in a Dubuque murder trial that he shot Howard Miller after Miller fired two shotgun blasts at him. He described a confrontation at the Miller farm in which Miller threatened Myra Miller and later died from a rifle shot at about 25 feet.
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Dubuque, Iowa
UPI
Dennis Fisher
Dubuque County
Fisher
Howard Miller
Masonville
Miller
Miller Farm
Myra
Kelly
Mast
Water service cut in two Washington blocks tonight
Water will be shut off at 10 p.m. in two small sections of Washington for main improvements. South Iowa Avenue from Main to Madison and West Madison Street from Second to B Avenue will experience low pressure overnight.
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Washington
Marvin Glandon
City Water & Light Department
Glandon
Iowa Avenue
Main
Madison Street
Second
B Avenue
Weather outlook: partly cloudy and mild tonight
A partly cloudy and cooler period with lows around 40 tonight. Friday brings mostly sunny skies and highs in the low 60s. Winds will be northwest around 10 mph late tonight with a low near 40.
Marcus City and 2 Officers Sued for 200000
Richard Charles Nielsen of Marcus sues the City of Marcus and police officers Harold Sterman and Steve Geringer in Cherokee County District Court. He seeks 100000 in actual damages and 100000 in punitive damages for assault unlawful arrest unlawful detention and negligence. He alleges he was dragged from a car and beaten with fists and flashlights on July 25 1975 causing cuts and bruises.
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Cherokee
Nielsen
Band members audition for all state groups
Eleven Washington High School band members will try out for the Iowa All State Band in auditions at Fairfield on Saturday Oct. 2. Those chosen will rehearse and perform in the festival concert in Des Moines and Ames on Nov. 21 and 22. Ninth graders Dave Hillman and Allen Van Houten also audition.
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Washington High School
Iowa
Fairfield
Des Moines
Ames
Dave Hillman
Allen van Houten
Donna Davisson
Linda Bash
Deb Vanderlinden
Sheryl Miller
Bob Boyd
Jim Dayton
Greg Thomas
Matt Hotle
Gerrard Marek
Two Die in Martelle Iowa Post Office Blaze
A fatal fire in Martelle Iowa destroyed a building housing a post office tavern and apartment. Two children died while two firefighters were injured and treated at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids. Firemen battled the blaze with smoke seen in Marion about 12 miles away. The fire began around 10 30 a m and victims' identities were not released.
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Martelle
Iowa
UPI
Lisbon
Anamosa
Marion
Linn-Jones County
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Hospital in Washington to storage bulk oxygen for five years
Washington County Hospital will hire Kessler Distributing Co. to build a 25 000 cu ft bulk liquid oxygen storage tank on hospital grounds Northwest of the facility. The five year contract lowers the current oxygen cost from 2 12 to 1 52 per 100 cu ft in year one with penalties of 125 per month if canceled early.
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Washington County
Public Health Nurse's Office
Hospital
Oxygen
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Fairfield
Kessler Distributing Co
Kessler
Valley Supply Co
Ottumwa
Norman Jensen
Kessler Co
Jensen
Hoover
Cost estimates rise for Iowa universities amid enrollment surge
Iowa Regents face higher 1976-77 costs as enrollments jump by 3 000 and federal funds fall. Officials say operating expenses could rise by about 14.3 million beyond prior estimates, with UI ISU and UNI predicting sizable increases. Budget revisions are due before the November board meeting.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
State Board of Regents
Regents
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Robert D. Ray
General Assembly
R. Wayne Richey
Richey
Three Americans win Nobel Prize in Medicine for cancer virus work
Stockholm reports David Baltimore Howard Temin and Renato Dulbecco share the 143000 prize for discoveries on how tumor viruses interact with cellular genetic material. Baltimore at MIT Rockefeller visiting scientist. Temin at University of Wisconsin Madison. Dulbecco at Imperial Cancer Research Fund London.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Caroline Institute
David Baltimore
Howard Martin Temin
Renato Dulbecco
Baltimore
American Cancer Society
Center For Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Mass
Rockefeller University
New York City
Temin
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
McArdle Laboratory
Dulbecco
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory
London
Dubecco
United States
Salk Institute
San Diego
Calif
Threats and Gun Steps for Judge Morrison
State agents investigate death threats against District Court Judge Ira F. Morrison of Washington Iowa. A contract on his life is suspected linked to a Henry County car theft probe. Morrison’s car was firebombed in Fairfield earlier this summer. bailiff James McQuaid and Morrison receive guns while court sits. Access to the courtroom is to be tightened with visitors questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Ira F. Morrison
Washington
Lowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
BCI
Morrison
Henry County
Iowa
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Eighth Judicial District
James McQuaid
Prisoner killed in New Jersey prison brawl
Inmates clashed in a Trenton State Prison classroom leaving one man dead and at least six others critically wounded. The dead man was Samuel Meyers, 38, stabbed, while hospitals treated several other inmates for stab wounds and lacerations. Prison officials called the scene tense but calm afterward.
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Renton
N.J
UPI
Trenton State Prison
St. Francis Medical Center
Samuel Meyers
Helene Fuld Hospital
Mercer Medical Center
Mount Mercy student hikes Pacific Northwest for learning experience
West Chester sophomore Diane Flynn and five Mount Mercy College classmates spent three weeks in August camping across Oregon Nevada and California under instructor Julie Dorman. They studied natural history noting Yosemite geology Crater Lake and San Andreas fault effects while embracing cheap backcountry travel and starry nights.
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Diane Flynn
West Chester
Miss Flynn
Pacific Northwest
Mount Mercy College of
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy College
Mount Mercy
Diane
National Parks and
Oregon
Nevada
California
Julie Dorman
Crater Lake
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Jarvis
Earth Council
Physicians
Midwest
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Washington 'S Evening Journal
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New Jersey
Towa
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite
Point Reyes National Seashore Park
San Andreas
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