Iowa to delay 1986 driver manuals print run
The Iowa Transportation Commission postponed printing 130,000 1986 driver manuals worth 52,200 dollars due to potential changes from upcoming legislative action. Officials favored issuing short orders and inserts later, planning a full update in October and distributing revised manuals yearly.
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AMES
Iowa Transportation Commission
Iowa
Commission
Dave Clemens
Iowa Department of Transportation
Robert Rigler
Gordon Sweitzer
IDOT
Motor Vehicle Division
Rigler
DOT
Jerry Dickinson
Bureau of Policy and Information
Dickinson
Amoco Donates 25000 to Iowa History Museum Fund
Amoco Foundation donated 25000 to the Iowa Historical Museum Foundation fund raising for the new museum west of the state capitol. Gov. Terry Branstad received the check Tuesday in his office. the project aims to complete construction by June 1987. The Falkland Islands dispute loomed in 1982 as Argentina seized the islands, prompting Britain to regain control during the Falklands War.
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Des Moines
Amoco Foundation
Iowa Historical Museem
State Capitol
Amoco Corp
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Iowa Historical Museum Foundation
Argentina
Falkland Islands
Britain
IDOT awards 14 Iowa cities road money through RISE program
The Iowa Department of Transportation distributed 6.5 million in state funds to 14 communities for road projects under the RISE program funded by a 3 cent per gallon gas tax. Cities like Council Bluffs, Waterloo, and Des Moines area towns will use grants and some loans to spur development, with further awards planned in two weeks and twice yearly openings.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
Ian MacGillivray
Idot Planning and Research Division
Idot Commission
Warren Dunham
MacGillivray
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Denison
Sergeant Bluff
Dyersville
Webster City
Haverhill
Muscatine
Hartley
Creston
Washington
IDOT
Altoona
Ankeny
Commission
le Mars
Insurance Company
Sioux City
Sunnybrook
Eldora escapee charged in two Des Moines rapes
Des Moines police charged 16 year old Eldora State Training School escapee Todd Heard with kidnapping and sexual abuse in two Des Moines area cases. A driver’s license found on him linked to a 35 year old West Des Moines mall worker, who reported assault and rape. Victims were interviewed and charges filed. authorities refused to say how long Heard had been missing.
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DES Moines
Eldora
Todd Heard
Heard
Bill aids tourist not ad signs in Iowa
The Iowa Senate approved a bill to let the Department of Transportation place roadside signs flagging tourist attractions within 30 miles of sites drawing at least 15,000 visitors annually. An amendment to widen roadside advertising was defeated 33-12, while a House-passed bill encouraging limited promotional signs passed 44-2. The measure moves to the governor.
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Des Moines
Senate
Iowa Department of Transportation
Edgar Holden
R-Davenport
Death of 11-Year-Old in Omaha Faces Unclear Cause
An 11-year-old boy, Richard F. Chadek III, was found dead in a roadside ditch near Omaha. Police rule out shooting or stabbing and await toxicology results to determine cause. No suspects or motive identified. evidence suggests the body was dropped at the site and not found where killed.
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Omaha
Neb
Tony Mohatt
Mohatt
Richard F. Chadek III
FBI
John Pankonin
Pankonia
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History Museum
D.M
Sen
Donald Gettings
D-Ottumwa
Holden’s
Robert Carr
D-Dubuque
Boy
Richard
South
Theresa Chadek
Ricky
Richard Chadek Jr
Conpatria
Simmons
Full
Queen
King
Maxipedic
Smulekoffs
Kapias
Isets
Peir
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