IDOT votes to keep Milwaukee Road rail line service
The Iowa DOT Commission endorsed continuing service on a 79.9 mile Marion to Green Island segment and eyed public hearings before deciding on abandonments. A Tama to Louisa option was kept alive 4-2 with shippers urged to back funding. Officials warned repairs and subsidies could reach four million dollars.
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AMES
UPS
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee
Marion
Green Island
Mississippi River
Tama
Louisa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and North Western
North Western
Les Holland
Idot Rail Office
Commission
IDOT
Gary Steffens
Oxford Junction
Allen Brennecke
Marshalltown
Eastern
Maquoketa
Cedar Rapids
Tama-Louisa
ICC
Downtown improvements outlined for Mount Vernon plan
Mount Vernon Development Commission presented a downtown project with 46 new parking spaces lighting and beautification plus a traffic flow study. Costs range 80 000 to 110 000 with funding options tied to utility or pool bond plans and 750 per business water line hookup discussed.
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Mount Vernon
Nick Berry
al Atherton
Berry
Planning and Zoning Commission
Dan Spencer
Abbe Creek Grove
Dick Peters
U.S. 30
Science academy addresses energy and space themes at Iowa meeting
The 91st Iowa Academy of Science gathers at Cornell College in Mount Vernon for a two day program highlighted by public talks on energy resource management and planetary exploration. Ed Stanek and Dr Reese Jenkins headline Friday sessions with Dr Philip Abelson and Dr James Van Allen among speakers. The event includes multimedia exhibits and public symposia across King Chapel and McCague Hall.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa Academy of Science
Cornell College
Earth
Floyd Sanford
Coe College
McCague Hall
King Chapel
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Ed Stanek
Reese Jenkins
Rutgers University
Philip Abelson
Science Magazine
James van Allen
University of Iowa
Taxpayers Jam Traffic at Des Moines Post Office
A midnight filing deadline drew thousands to the Des Moines main post office Monday night causing a major traffic jam. Postal workers moved mail from curbs and medians filling seven sacks with three to four bushels each in three hours while police counted between four and five thousand cars passing between seven and ten p.m.
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Des Moines
John Nordyke
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