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Absentee ballots, rally, festivals across Iowa towns
Iowa voters can obtain absentee ballots at the Linn County Courthouse for the December 13 special school bond election. In Des Moines attorney general Richard Turner will speak at 10 a.m. at a rally by Iowans To Save Our Canal at the state Capitol. Independent youth bands join Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Honor Band Festival in Independence with open concert at 7 30 p.m. Local officials in West Union approve a new part time police hire and a 20 by 36 foot pole building addition. Blue Cross Blue Shield Iowa announces a rate hike for small group policies beginning January 1, while Col Francis Mulligan is recommended as adjutant general of the National Guard. Health Department denies vaccine shortages affecting immunization clinics. Scott County to buy 12 sheriff cars for 56 100 amid claim probes. A 45 senator bipartisan group criticizes HEW for Health Planning Guidelines harming small hospitals.