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Iowa City Press-Citizen Monday, November 7, 1988 STATE Page 4B STATE BRIEFS Cedar Rapids man pleads guilty to importing heroin testes By The Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS A Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty to importing heroin from Lebanon to the United States. He faces a sentence of at least 10 years in prison. The plea was entered Friday by Shaker Nassif, 42, an admission that could result in life in prison without parole. Sentencing is set for Feb. 6.

In return for his guilty plea to four charges, other charges in a 12-count federal indictment will be dismissed. One of the charges to be dismissed carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison. That charge accuses Nassif. of putting into circulation the heroin that led to the 1987 death of David Weaver, 26, of Cedar Rapids. He is charged with smuggling at least $500,000 worth of heroin in March 1987 and about $5 million worth in October and November last year.

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7 die in accidents on Iowa roads Icy roads appeared to be a factor in two of the seven traffic deaths on Iowa roads this weekend, authorities said. In addition, three southwest Iowa men were killed in an accident near Creston, and an elderly Badger couple died from injuries suffered in a two-car crash in Fort Dodge. A Waterloo woman was killed in a car-truck collision Saturday night on an ice-slicked road near Duncan, but authorities said her 1-year-old son was strapped safely in the back seat and escaped injury. Lea Ann Neuenkirk, 19, was driving west on U.S. 18 about ltt miles west of Duncan when she lost control on a patch of ice shortly after 7:30 p.m., the Iowa State Patrol said.

Her car crossed the road and into the path of a westbound truck driven by Gary Novak, 35, of Fertile, investigators said. Hamilton County authorities said one man was killed and another seriously injured early Sunday in an accident on a slippery county road about nine miles south of Webster City. Larry Austin, 37, of Sac City, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was riding in a southbound car that went out of control after crossing a bridge at about 4 a.m. The car ran into a ditch, rolled down a ravine and landed in an eroded drainage ditch.

The car was driven by William McBurney, 39, of Boone. Authorities said he was able to crawl up the hill and flag down a motorist, who took him to the Hamilton County Hospital in Webster City. McBurney then was flown by helicopter to University Hospitals in Iowa City. The Union County sheriff's office said three men were killed in an accident at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday when the car in which they were riding left Highway 34 on a curve and rolled over approximately a mile west of Creston.

Dead are Mark Allan Bailiff, 23, of Corning, the driver; Lester Grau, 28, of rural Corning; and Charles Marts, 20, of rural Lorimor, the sheriff's office said. A crash Friday night in Fort Dodge claimed the life of Ernest Naefke, 74, and his wife, Bertha, 78, police said. Investigators said the Naefkes were passengers in a car driven by Werner Edward Schultz of Badger. The Schultz car was southbound on U.S. 169 and trying to turn left onto a city street when it was struck by a northbound car driven by Gregory Lynn Smidt of Le Mars.

I Shareholders will pay Iowa Electric fine CEDAR RAPIDS A $50,000 fine levied against Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. for wiring problems at its nuclear power plant at Palo will be paid by shareholders and not customers, the utility said. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission fined IE for failing to meet a deadline for assuring the reliability of certain electrical wire splices at the Duane Arnold Energy Center. IE spokesman Colleen Reilly said the company would not ap fix I Ghina Restaurant Lounge Lounge Open: 11 A.M.-2:00 A.M. 11 A.M.

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Randy Theis died Saturday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, apparently from a blood clot that lodged in a lung, his father-in-law, Charles Comegys of Des Moines, said. He had been hospitalized since Sept. 30, when he underwent cancer surgery. After a similar operation in May, Theis had been left with just two weeks of vacation time and sick leave. Fellow employees donated more than 12 weeks of their own vacation time and personal leave to help support Theis' family while he fought the disease.

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