Winneshiek County closes Bluffton bridge as Bear creek collapse occurs
In Winneshiek county Iowa the board voted to close the 100 year old Bluffton wrought iron bridge after a stone abutment gave way beneath a county dump truck driven by Ronald Lane. The incident left the truck precariously trapped and minor damage to the vehicle. The Associated Engineers firm continues to study farm to market bridges with a broader safety policy for private entrances to county roads.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Winneshiek
Associated Engineers
Fort Dodge
Bluffton
Bluffton Bridge
George Hanzlik
Firm of
Hanzlik
Iowa State Highway Commission
Tama Officials Probe Mail Box Vandalism
Tama county sheriff's department investigates damage to about 26 rural mail boxes found Sunday morning. Postal authorities notified due to federal offense. boxes damaged along Dupanda road northeast of Toledo and near Gladbrook with posts knocked over or boxes left in ditches.
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Toledo
Tama County Sheriff's Department
Dupanda
Gladbrook
Balch praises current reapportionment in Iowa legislature
Former legislator Bernard Balch now living in Dearborn Mich returns to Des Moines for memorial services and notes with a grin that the legislature has twice as much reapportionment as he had requested, reflecting on his Iowa House days 1957 to 1959.
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de Moines
Bernard Balch
Waterloo
Dearborn
Mich
Balch
Iowa
Reapportionment Debate Ties to Farm Bureau Slogan
In a past era advocates accepted the Farm Bureau motto one house area one house population as a baseline. Iowa’s senate and house were population based until a late 1800s constitutional breach. The piece notes Russell Balch, Coe College sophomore, as son of former State Rep. and Mrs. Balch.
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Alch
Farm Bureau
House
Senate
Iowa
Russell Balch
Coe College
Balch
County Sets Road Entrance Standards And Livestock Underpass Policy
The county outlines who pays for dirt and entrance surfaces, specifies new pipe sizes, and says the policy stays in force until amended by the board. The board also adopts a uniform livestock underpass policy and closes fuel bid times with results due April 23.
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County Board of Supervisors
St Ambrose Students Protest for Black Emphasis at College
Thirty eight Black students gathered outside the St Ambrose College administration building demanding changes. They seek a Black counselor two Black professors and Black oriented courses. Helen Settles of the Black Student Union called the student government racist and requested $2000 for programs. They allege a promised free financial aid was replaced by debt at graduation.
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Davenport
Thirtty
St. Ambrose College
Helen Settles
Cmlyo
Crane Falls Kills Worker in West Des Moines Construction
A crane snapped while lifting a large concrete slab at the West Towers project on Thirty-fifth Street and Woodland Avenue. Donald Oliver Fowler, 48, of Des Moines, was killed. Three others were injured including Ronald Brandt, Donald Kindred, and Stanley Morawski. Crane operator David Crawford, 39, was treated for shock.
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Donald Oliver Fowler
Des Moines
William Knudson and Sons, Inc
West Towers
Thirty-fifth Street
Woodland Avenue
West Des Moines
Fowler
Ronald Brandt
Bondurant
Donald Kindred
Stanley Morawski
Iowa Methodist Hospital
David Crawford
Mercy Hospital
Hartford Man Sentenced for Keeping Mexican Family in Servitude
A Hartford, Connecticut man was sentenced to one year in jail on one count of keeping a Mexican family in involuntary servitude on his farm.
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Hartford, ‘Conn
Iowa House OKs Nepotism Exemption for Clerks
The Iowa House voted 77 to 12 to exempt legislative clerks from the anti nepotism law, noting tradition of spouses serving as clerks and the pay threshold exemption of 600 dollars. The measure now goes to the Senate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Edgar Holden
R-Davenport
Holden
Board of Accountancy
Department of Banking
FIXODENT Denture Adhesive Cream Benefits
An advertisement describes FIXODENT as forming an elastic membrane to absorb shocks during biting and chewing. It claims denture wearers can eat speak and laugh with dentures staying secure for hours and emphasizes regular dental visits and denture fit for health.
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