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The Sioux City Journal. Tuesday, February 12, 1980 A 3 SnaDQQIlaDDoaQ Killers' furloughs rejected TBie Spectator By Cal Olson ETtfo-tVeek Bargain uropean under the leadership of DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -The Iowa House on Monday rejected a proposal which would have allowed murderers to be given furloughs from state prison. However, lawmakers endorsed giving time off to inmates serving misdemeanor sentences. The debate arose during discussion of a bill which would extend 48-hour furlough privileges to persons imprisoned for misdemeanor crimes. Under current law, but the most serious felony convictions allow a criminal to be given a furlough if authorities will permit it.

But those imprisoned for misdeameanors cannot be commutation of a life sentence by the governor and a recommendation from the parole board. But opponents charged that allowing the furloughs for convicted murderers would be a "fringe benefit" the prison system ought not grant. The House first voted 50-44 to include Class A felons in the furlough program. But after a move to reconsider the amendment, the proposal finally was defeated on a voice vote. The bill to allow furloughs for those convicted of misdemeanors then was approved, 91-2, and sent to the Senate.

granted the time off. That situation has caused some unrest in the state institutions, lawmakers said. They said the bill would correct the problem. But before debating the bill itself, Rep. Clay Spear, D-Burlington, and others proposed an amendment to extend furlough program to so-called "Class A felons" those convicted of the most serious crimes.

Backers of expanding the furlough program to murderers noted that the amendment would have included numerous safeguards including requiring patner Joseph k. ANDERSON Pastor. St. John the Baptist Parish, Wagner, South Dakota Nebraska has Issued 1,000 John Doe warrants for ringleaders in The List. So a knock on the door becomes doubly exciting as Listees wonder if it's the postman bearing gifts or the Fuzz bearing a subpoena.

GOT A BETTER PLACE? It was only recently that TS learned the administrative offices of the Cemetery Division are located in Sioux City's Leisure Services Department. (How about putting it in the Relocation Division of the Community Development Department? OLD TRIBAL DISH TS found a recipe for dog head stew in a newsletter published by the Morningside College Indian Studies program. After telling how to prepare the head (remove teeth and hair), and how long to cook it and all, the recipe concludes: "At the proper moment, using the ceremonial arrow, impale the dog head and bring forth for all to observe the excellence of the dish. Then allow 15 to 30 minutes for all whites to excuse themselves and leave for home. Bury stew in backyard and bring forth the roasted turkey with all the (TS recalls a similar recipe for planked muskrat, in which you throw away the muskrat and eat the plank.) Dave Nixon named KTIV anchorman KODACOLOR ROLL 3 1 DEVELOPING SPECIAL i 7 I 12 Exp.

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She said the senior citizens group has set a target date of three to four months until they move into the building. Other options included the YMCA, the Picadilly Circus Pizza building which is for sale or a new building. Lawyer's bail cut COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) Bond for an Omaha attorney accused of scheming to steal about $5 million worth of marijuana from the Pottawattamie County Courthouse was reduced from $25,000 to $10,000 Monday morning. William Campbell, 42, jailed since his arrest Friday, was released from custody after posting 10 percent of the bond. 13: 20 Exp.

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John Rectory 384- I Wagner 5518) South Dakota 57380 Dear Father: I Please send your colorful folder: I I Name I Address I City Dave Nixon 40, former anchorman and news director for KCAU-TV, will join that station's chief television news competitor, Mike Beecher, KTIV vice president and news director, announced Monday that Nixon, now co-anchor for WHO-TV in Des Moines, has been named as anchorman for Channel 4's 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. KD1 $399 $449 THIS ADVERTISEMENT MUST ACCOMPANY YOUR ROLL Nixon will alsop-serve as a special! jiosassM-S- OFFER EXPIRES 2 20 assignments reporter for the sta it i tion covering "peo-1 pie-oriented; BE 1 1 AROLPS 1 1 DEALER stories" that re 29th Dakota, South Sioux City 1400 Morningside Sioux City 10th Pierce. Sioux City quire a treatment," ac-' cording to Beecher. Af urun I with the station's regional news philosophy.

KTIV now has 48 percent of the metropolitan area audience during the 6 p.m. news period compared to 43 percent for KCAU, according to the Arbitron ratings for November 1979, the most recent rating period. However, in the entire viewing area KCAU is ahead with 44,000 homes in that time slot while KTIV is seen in only 34,000. Beecher said that although his station is still behind in the region at 6 p.m. he feels the gap is closing.

KCAU also leads in the region in the 10 p.m. time slot. However, at noon KTIV is the number one station, according to the Nielsen ratings for November. Those ratings indicate that KTIV is seen in 3,000 more homes than KCAU at noon and has 51 percent of the metropolitan audience. Nixon, a native of South Sioux City, had been KCAU's anchorman for seven years until 1978 when he left to take the position in Des Moines.

He had been director of news programming at KCAU since 1975. He is a graduate of the Brown Institute in Minneapolis and has worked in broadcasting in the Midwest for 20 years. He served as president of the Greater Sioux City Press Club in 1977 and was active in the Sertoma Club, River-Cade, Boy Scouts and Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church while in Sioux City. His son, Dave Nixon is also employed in the KTIV news department. He recently was promoted from a part-time position to a full-time one as a general assignment reporter and weekend weather person.

was the co-anchor for the 6 and 10 p.m. mJ newscasts and also M. did reporting. One Nixon of his major assignments was Pope John Paul IPs visit to the United States last fall. He was the only Iowa television reporter to accompany the pope from Boston to Des Moines.

Nixon will succeed Terry Zahn who will be leaving his position at KTIV to assume similar duties at WQAD-TV in the Quad-Cities area. He had been with the Des Moines station since 1978. Beecher said the ratings for KTIV's news programs have greatly improved since Zahn came to the station and that station management hopes to continue that track record with Nixon as anchorman. He said that station officials feel that Nixon will fit in well Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, Fires millions of dollars short of disaster relief funds. Now we're asking you to HELP KEEP RED CROSS READY-ready to help thousands of Americans who will need help in this winter's blizzards and next spring's floods and tornadoes.

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