Iowa Volga Lake bids come in well under estimates
The Iowa Conservation Commission set bids on major projects and found Volga Lake in Fayette County came in far below engineer estimates. Reilly Construction Co. offered the low bid of 1.799 million dollars for dam and lake bed work, about 600 thousand dollars under the 2.387 million dollar estimate, prompting questions about rising highway costs and bid patterns.
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Commission rejects bid for Palisades-Kepler service building add
The commission turned down B A Westbrook Construction Co of Marion bidding 22292.58 for a Palisades Kepler State Park service building addition. The engineer’s estimate was 20961.75 but the cost was blamed on matching existing architecture and materials. A decision on the project will follow.
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Marion
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Cedar Rapids
Commission
James Redmond
Redmond
Fred Priewert
Palisades
Iowa bill actions advance through House and Senate
A digest of bills from Des Moines shows HF2388 extending liquor sale hours to 1 a.m. and HF2389 imposing a 7 cent tax on aviation fuel. Other measures discuss soil conservation warrants, school aid enrollment timing, landlord rules for mobile parks, and revisions to civil rights law with House and Senate referrals and votes.
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State Treasurer's Office
Senate
Soil Conservation District
Brunow
Judiciary
Iowa
Senate soft on criminals? Iowa bill eases mandatory terms
The Iowa Senate approved, 44 to 2, a measure weakening mandatory minimums in the new Criminal Code. It allows good conduct time to reduce minimum sentences, including five years for firearm crimes and three years for habitual offenders, with concerns about prison crowding.
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Senate
Iowa
Richard Ramsey
Rosceola
House
Ramsey
Chinese textile industry tops first quarter quotas
China reports 1978 first quarter textile production exceeded quotas with a 40 percent rise in industrial output from a year earlier, according to Xinhua News Agency. No specific production figures were provided.
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China
Hsinhua
Diabetic Rats in Canada Could Help Uncover Diabetes Cause
Toronto based biochemist Dr. Azima Nakhooda says diabetic rats bred in Canada may aid scientists in finding diabetes causes. He notes Ottawa lab rats show a diabetes type similar to humans and Canadian researchers collaborate with teams in Massachusetts and Maryland.
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Canada
Azima Nakhooda
University of Toronto
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Maryland
Ottawa
Ray Noble Dies at 74 in London Hospital
Band leader and composer Ray Noble known for The Very Thought of You and Goodnight Sweetheart died of bone cancer in a London hospital at age 74. He passed away Monday and will be cremated Friday. Noble, son of a prominent London nerve specialist, pursued music after winning a magazine contest.
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Ray Noble
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