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oi ., Sgeaeyperatiacs y Dieses rin ten was known to have adult arrests he prisoners in the Jasper stayed a short length of sieally less than one day. 1 four were released within and more than half were thin24 hours length of stay on the part Amitted to the jail was ac- by the fact that many were recognizance or cash bond 120 percent of the prisoners jail longer than one week, noted, however, that such a havé a_ disproportionate he daily population because ‘mremain in jail for lengthy ime, Iso show the Jasper County st house a large percentage ly dangerous criminals, »st group — 38 percent — of ring the county jail as a arrests were -accused of inst public health, peace including drunkenness, the peace, possession of similar crimes. More than of all jail admissions ‘om simple misdemeanor ch ultimately involved no part of a sentence. 1 20 percent of those ad- he jail were arrested’ for ticle offenses such as iving, reckless driving or Little tiger photo) NEWTON .— Authorities are remaining tight-lipped regarding the investigation into the deaths of Steven Fishler and Melisa Gregory . near Newton last week Gerald Shanahan,” director of the Iowa Department. of Criminal In- vestigation, said this morping that the DCT is, still examining evidence and waiting'for the results of certain lab driving arrests made up fests ‘centof the sample studied 1 percent of the arresté ‘mes against property. fourth of those admitted ue (o arrests were accused but only 8 percent of the sved alleged crimes aginst it fact, the report says, 34 the jail population is not continuous threat to y in Jasper County Shafiahan:-reftised to speculate as to a murder weapon or when such a determination might be made. He also WASHINGTON (UPL) — Leaders of the Illinois Farm Bureau, who met with Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger to discuss U.8. policies, Monday said some farmers will drop ‘out of the “crop swap" program unless a tax problem is fixed tbis week.— If farmets are ‘‘comfortable.on.the tax issue, they'll sign up in the amount the secretary (of agriculture) wants,” said IFB President Harold Steele of Princeton. * Agriculture Secretary John Block hopes to pull 23 million acres out of production “in the payment in_kind program-in-which farmers would-be given surplus federal stocks as payment for’agreeing to cut produc: tion ‘Al preset, tax laws would make. farmers liabie for income taxes the will deal with recom. from the Center. 3 al ‘a | Jamie Faidley is appropriately dressed, and made tip for Monday's Colfax. South Hamilton (Jewell) sub-state tournament game at Ankeny’, hielp of well over a thousands backers, the Tigers lost step short of the-class A state tournament, The story is on pase 6, (Daily News, Joesday March¥ Authorities tighttipped |” on county double deaths aY 164, Would aol comment on a reported Statement made at the crime. seen thak the claw end of a hammer or crowbar might have been used. An official statement made after an autopsy at Northwest Community Hospital in Des Moines said Fisher and Gregory died of massive ti According. to Shanaba formation about a murde likely would not be released arrest is made. He said th assisting -local authorities itivestigators remain in the Newton area any: in. ‘weapon. Some will drop PIK if tax problem not fixed statewide, 1 feel tell’s. far more interest In sign up. with PK than theres been for any _vollmary rogram inthe past. Steele PRSEitese who sand he expected a vprelly “goad? signup. in soulhert tno daded. “This the first ime I've heard people saying they had a ‘moral obligation” to take part in’ a government farm program “My feeling in northern Illinois 3s most people. are going to do something,’ said Eldon Gould, an 1FB director fram Maple Park, who added, i's difficult.to get a handle" on how fully each farmer would take part Gould aid the tax problem would he “particularly detrimental to livestock. farmers. “They'd bestaxed for grain when they get it and faxed on livestock when mil it he sil, “That's dente NON

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