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
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