Brewer named Arkansas corrections assistant director
Lou Brewer former warden of Iowa State Penitentiary Fort Madison is appointed assistant director for special services in Arkansas Corrections Department He starts in Pine Bluff oversees research planning for the department school district community based rehabilitation programs mental health vocational training and parole system Brewer served Fort Madison as warden ten years later held mount pleasant state medium security prison and Joliet Stateville warden posts
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Joliet, Ill
Baker aids Lowans with Iowa support list
Campaign staffers for Howard Baker released a list of Iowa supporters including Des Moines figures David Belin and Dwight Davis along with Rosemary Shearer and others. The item notes Shearer as voluntary campaign manager and names several officers assigned to Iowa.
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Des Moines
Howard Baker
Lowans
Tennessee
David Belin
Dwight Davis
Polk County
Rosemary Shearer
Ted Ellsworth
Dubuque
Jim Patten
Davenport
U.S
Roger Jepsen
Ms. Shearer
Baker
Gary Lewellyn
Gilbert Davis
McLean
Iowa
William Savard
Broomfield
Colo
Glenn Johnson
Wiretap probe reopened in Iowan guard case
Iowa National Guard wiretapping investigation reopened after a convicted wiretapper claimed to have passed information to former Adj. Gen. Junior Burkhead. The move seeks to determine if Burkhead received data from John McGee.
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McGee
National Guard
Boone
U.S
Burkhead
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa National Guard
Adj
Junior Burkhead
John McGee
Fuel prices rise again in Iowa weekly survey
The AAA Motor Club of Iowa reports higher fuel prices across 62 stations with full and self serve data. Regular gasoline averages 99.0 cents, premium 103.2, unleaded 103.0, premium unleaded 106.6, and diesel 98.4 per gallon, all up from last week. Self serve averages show small increases. About 20 stations will be closed for Labor Day, with one limiting sales.
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Bettendorf
AAA Motor Club of Iowa
Rail strike eyed but not yet disastrous says Bergland
Agriculture Secretary Robert Bergland said the Rock Island Lines strike may not be disastrous for grain shippers but Iowa officials report it is hurting movement. UTU and clerks strike total about 4 200 workers, with DOT warning of adverse impacts on grain and manufacturing while calls for railroad system restructuring grow.
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Ames — Agriculture
Robert Bergland
Rock Island Lines
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa
United Transportation Union
UTU
Bergland
Marshalltown
Rock Island
Les Holland
DOT
Holland
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Lamont
Leonard
Commission
They
Baker Boosters
Howard Hagen
Attorney General
Bass van Gilst
D-Oskalossa
Oswald Jacoby
Alan Sontag
South
Gazette
North
Jacoby Modern
Newpaper Enterprise Assn
Bill Wood
Bill
King
Marion
Mellers
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Center Point RD
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Edgewood
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Hilltop House Furniture Store
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