Anamosa Residents Die in Missouri Crash and Other Fatalities
Three Anamosa residents died in a two car crash in Missouri on highway 63 Saturday. Janet Rupe aged 13 and Frank Chitwood and his wife aged 38 were killed. Rhonda Rupe 12 and Suzanne 10 were seriously injured. Other Iowa fatalities included Mary McDonald 81 in Winterset, Micky Newman 18 in Dubuque, Stephen Drew 18 in Des Moines after a high speed chase, Marcy Benn 16 in Winnebago County, and Jack Meyer 45 from Davenport in a Rock Island Ill. motorcycle crash.
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Anamosa
Missouri
Winterset
Micky Newman
Dubuque
Des Moines
Stephen Drew
Capital City
Drew
Marcy Benn
Rake
Winnebago
Davenport
Jack Meyer
Rock Island
Ill
Meyer
Escapees From Benton Jail Cause Fire And Capture
Benton county jail inmate John Clifton 21 of Savannah Ga allegedly set a mattress and shelf on fire in his solitary cell after returning to the jail from an escape. Inmates were evacuated as smoke and water damaged the cell. Clifton broke handcuffs and torn clothing in an apparent suicide attempt. He and William Hoff 19 were charged with escape. Hoff was captured near the jail and Clifton five miles northeast of Vinton. Clifton faced Linn county forgery charges.
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Vinton
Benton County
John Clifton
Savannah
Clifton
William Hoff
Hoff
Linn County
Health costs studied by Iowa health agency master plan
Harrison Weber reports that the Iowa Health Systems Agency unveiled a 300 page master plan to curb costs and guide health care spending. Public hearings run Aug 10 to 19 with sessions in Calmar and Cedar Rapids. The plan cites Iowa’s high hospital use and beds per population and notes immunization program gaps.
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Des Moines
SDPA
Congress
Iowa
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
John Ross
Area 1 Community College
Calmar
Linn County Health Center
Cedar Rapids
County Board of Supervisors
Ross
Ray appoints nine to state boards in Iowa
Gov. Robert Ray announced nine appointments and reappointments to the Mississippi Parkway Commission and the state advisory board for preserves. New parkway appointees include John P. Bickel John T. Coffield Thomas Kerndt George J. Koenigsaecker and Jack E. Whitaker. Reappointments are Ivan E. Dull and Phyllis M. Perry. Newly named to preserves board is William F. Furnish, with Dorothy M. Baringer reappointed.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray Monday
Mississippi Parkway Commission
State Advisory Board
Parkway Commission
John P. Bickel
McGregor
John T. Coffield
Keokuk
Thomas Kerndt
Lansing
George J. Koenigsaecker
Muscatine
Jack E. Whitaker
Davenport
Ivan E. Dull
Dubuque
Phyllis M. Perry
Columbus Junction
William F. Furnish
West Branch
Dorothy M. Baringer
West Des Moines
Iowa builds instruments for Voyager 1 and 2
The University of Iowa physics department designed radio and plasma-wave detectors for Voyager I and II. The spacecraft, launching Aug 20 and Sept 1 from Kennedy Space Center, will tour planets over a 12 year mission. Team lead Donald Garnett supervised instrument preparation.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Physics Department
U.S
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