Chelsea Iowa flood plan aims to save town
Chelsea residents advocate two earthen levees to protect the town of 380 from Otter Creek and the Iowa River. The project costs about 1.75 million dollars with federal funding covering 1.5 million and Chelsea funding about 200 thousand. Officials expect construction next fall after securing funding and land access agreements.
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Chelsea
Marshalltown
Main Street
John Vest
Tama County
Otter Creek
Iowa River
Iowa
Harold Caldwell
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Veit
West
Corps of Engineers
Caldwell
Rates for telephones set in Des Moines
The Iowa Commerce Commission moves toward a hearing on customers owning their phones instead of renting from Northwestern Bell. A proposed monthly credit of 55 cents applies to residential and basic exchange business lines, with a $7 switchover fee for private units and a $12 charge for business phones.
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Des Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Iowa Commerce Commission
Northwestern Bell
Bell Company
Televised Schedules Include Classic Sitcoms and News Blocks
Daily lineup lists shows from 6:00 p m through 1:15 a m across channels 2 7 9 12 32 4 5 6 8 8a 8b 10 13 40. Highlights include Mary Tyler Moore Laverne & Shirley All in the Family The Brady Bunch The Muppets Bonanza and CBS and ABC Movie titles with telethon news and public affairs blocks.
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Zoom
News
Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Jane Odell
Fitzpatricks
Man From Atlantis
Lundstrom
Laverne & Shirley
Three's Company
Dad's Army
ABC
CBS
Bugs Bunny
Today
America
CBS News
GED
Captain Kangeroo
Phil Donahue
Sanford and Son
Sesame Street
Mickey Mouse
Merv Griffin
Price Is Right
Mary Brubaker
Villa Alegre
Love Lucy
All My Children
Days of Lives
Electric Company
Cross-Wits
Mark Russell
Father
Bonanza
Archies
Brady Bunch
Adam
ABC News
Dr. Who
Now
Nova
Tonight
Starsky & Hutch
Shades of Greene
Dimension Five
NBC News
Andy Griffith
Electric Co
Public TV slush fund probe halts employee pay
Thomas Ditzel’s final pay is held while investigators probe a discretionary fund used for NAEB dues and program costs. Interim head Hugh Cordier ordered the hold and promised review to determine if repayment is needed. Ditzel denied knowledge of the fund’s origin and said he is starting a new job.
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DES Moines
UPI
Thomas Ditzel
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Hugh Cordier
David Brugger
IPBN
National Association of Educational Broadcasters
Brugger
Lloyd Smith
Cordier
Ditzel
NAEB
Harvard University
Washington
Attorney General’s Office
William Palmer
D-Des Moines
Manchester Council Approves Senior Housing Lot Purchase
The Manchester City Council on Monday night approved buying a lot for 52000 from John and Joseph O Leary to fund a senior housing project with federal community block grant money. Officials also seek HUD funds for the building. On this date in 1973 Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 40th vice president.
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Manchester
John and
Joseph O’leary
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Gerald Ford
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