Milwaukee Road Derailment Delays Midwest Rail Line
Officials said repair work from a derailment near Portland Iowa on Wednesday should restore the main east west line to full operation by late today. A wheel caught in a rail switch caused nine cars to derail including three with anhydrous ammonia. Nora Springs Volunteer Fire Department assisted as two minor valve leaks were found but evacuation was not required.
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Milwaukee Road
Portland
Iowa
Nora Springs
Iowa court sides with treatment first for intoxicated
Des Moines reports that IowaAttorney General office holds officers must transport intoxicated individuals to a treatment facility before arrest for public intoxication. Detention follows only after treatment underway. Police practice in Cedar Rapids mirrors this approach with detox at Mercy Hospital and station coordination.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Attorney General's Office
Selwyn Dallyn
Douglas Staskal
James Hicks
Marion County
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Baker
Mercy Hospital
Wallace Johnson
Johnson
Iowa Senate approves soil conservation bill to aid farms
The Iowa Senate on a 43-7 vote backed a bill to create a statewide soil conservation program touching every farm. It offers a 75 percent state subsidy for compelled actions and requires a farm plan by Jan 1, 1985 or five years after data collection. Opponents warned of bureaucracy and cost.
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Iowa
Senate
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House of Representatives
House
George Kinley
D-Des Moines
Kinley
Priebe and
Dick Ramsey
Rosceola
Forrest Schwengels
R-Fairfield
Cloyd Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Merlin Hulse
Clarence
Edgar Holden
Davenport
John Jensen
Plainfield
James Briles
Corning
Parking rate increases approved at University of Iowa
The Iowa Board of Regents approved gradual parking fare hikes at the University of Iowa over 16 months. Increases affect the Memorial Union and hospital ramps, the dental patient lot, student meters, public meters, and faculty reserved spots, with some changes taking effect May 1, July 1 1980, July 1 1981, and August 1981. AFSCME protests cited burden on employees amid inflation and prior pay cuts.
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Cedar Falls
University of Iowa
Iowa Board of Regents
U of I
Iowa Memorial Union
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Don Winter
Iowa City
Robert Ray
Hawkeye Sports
Winter
Randall Bezanson
University
Afscme
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First National Bank
Cedar Rapids and
Marion
F_D
1.C
Northwest Bancorporation
BANCO
John McCarroll
Bert Priebe
D-Algona
U of
Waverly
Drapery Dept
Smale
S.E
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