Legislature 76 Highway Funding Hike Likely
DES MOINES AP Many Iowa lawmakers expect a highway funding increase in the 1976 session. Support spans fuel tax hikes direct general fund appropriations or earmarking sales tax for highways. Debates include bonding and the DOT plan with rail and transit concerns from northeast Iowa officials and lawmakers.
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Des Moines
State General Fund
Associated Press
IRCT
Amtrak
Robert Ray
Pottawattamie backs MART development effort
Pottawattamie county trustees unanimously endorsed the Mid-America Resources Trust after a request from Daniel Lynch of the Douglas county board. MART would coordinate riverfront development among five counties and six cities with federal staff funds available, pending a MART board approval and site choice outside Douglas county.
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Mid-America Resources Trust
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Douglas County Board of Commissioners
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Nebraska
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Blair
Neb
Glenwood
Iowa
A Mart
Sten Wamed
Myers
Great Courthouse Sale Draws California Bidder
AP reports Andrew offers a California buyer up to 100000 for an old Iowa courthouse to haul west as a law office. Butler and Pottawattamie counties seek buyers while facing demolition contracts. Prospects include a feed mill courthouse. Gray plans Iowa visits in winter to view options. Hamilton County pictures go to Gray. Ebeling provisions drawings for a 1866 Scott County courthouse as backup.
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California
Dudley Gray
Iowa
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Carl Ruhl
Webster City
Hamlton
Davenport
Fred Ebeling
Scott County
Electrical System Fails Pilot Lands Safely in Pella
An Altona man piloting a twin engine Cessna lost all electrical power near Chicago on an instrument flight to Des Moines. He steered through low clouds to southeast Iowa and sighted runway lights at Pella where police met the craft. He said power failed for nearly 2 hours 45 minutes before landing with only ten minutes of fuel left. He was with his wife two children and a dog.
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O'Hare
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Amtrak
Iowa
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IDOT
Neal Hines
Nevada
James West
State Center
Pella
UPS
Marion Glaber
Lie Ver Meer Mnufacturing Co
Stelp
Claber
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hime
Waterloo
Iowa Supreme Court
High Court
C.A. Frerichs
Fecricks
Robert Fulton
Murder death by own action suspected in couple death
In Muscatine county a rural couple Ernest Stuur 73 and Irene 76 were found shot to death Monday in their home 13 miles west of Muscatine on highway 61. Irene, described as crippled, lay in bed with a wheelchair nearby while Ernest reportedly shot himself with a rifle on a footstool. The state bureau of criminal investigation was called in.
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Muscatine
Dick Oppelt
Ernest Stuur
Irene
Nome
Here
Stuler
Lown Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Deadline Set For Winnebagoes To Seek Shares
Officials of the Winnebago Indian tribe say persons with at least one fourth Winnebago blood have until March 15 to register for a share of a 5.5 million federal settlement. About 5,700 have registered. shares total about a thousand dollars each. The federal government paid 4.5 million to the Winnebago for land ceded in 1829 to 1874 across Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Pat Marsan
Nebraska
Fisderal
Iowa
Missouri Woman Dies After Iowa Crash
AP report from Iowa City says Jill Nevens, 19, of St. Charles Missouri, died at University Hospitals after a Saturday I 80 crash near Durant. Passenger in a car driven by Rita Jones, 19, also of St. Charles, Jones remained in fair condition.
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Iowa City
Jill Nevens
St. Charles
Durant
Rita Jones
Miss Jones
UI Professor Counsels on New Year Resolutions
Iowa City. UI psychiatry professor Br Herbert Nelson outlines steps to improve resolve. Focus on one specific goal, avoid vague targets, announce to others, and pick supportive surroundings. If stuck, try making life pleasant for others with honest compliments and avoid discouragement from minor setbacks.
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Iowa City
UPI
University of Iowa Psychiatry
Br. Herbert Nelson
Towa
Mental Health Authority
Nelson
Wage Increases Slated For Lowest-Paid Iowans
Des Moines report notes federal minimum wage hikes raise Iowa lowest paid workers. Three wage categories rise to 2.30 per hour by 1978 with regional differences. Agricultural workers move to 2.00 now and to 2.30 in two years. Congress eyes possible 3.00 minimum. No exact affected worker count given.
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Des Moines
UPE
Iowa
U.S. Department of Labor
Paul Lymn
Lynn
Congress
Iowa GOP Officials To Convention Units
DES MOINES Three Iowa Republican officials were named to major committees for the 1976 Republican national convention in Kansas City August 16 19 Mary Louise Smith of Des Moines will chair the arrangements committee John McDonald of Dallas Center will chair the contests committee and State Chairman Tom Stone ex of Des Moines will serve on the rules committee All three are members of the Republican national committee and will help plan delegations and event conduct
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas City
GOP
Mary Louise Smith
Washington
John McDonald
Dallas Center
Tom Stonex
Betz Arraigned On Arson Count
Ronald Betz aged 29 of Tama was arraigned in Tama county district court on arson charges. Judge William Eadsset set January 9 as the date to enter plea. The charge stems from a November fire that destroyed parts of the Packaging Corp. of America paper storage shed in Tama, causing about $30,000 in losses.
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Toledo
Ronald Betz
Tama
Tama County
William Eadsset
Betz
Beta
Packaging Corp. of America
Goode Wonderland RC&D Project Approved in Southeast Iowa
Congress approves a four county resource conservation and development project for Henry, Lee, Des Moines and Louisa in southeast Iowa. William Brune of the state conservation service says Goode Wonderland RC&D aims to promote growth and development in the region.
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Congress
Towa
Wiliam Brune
Soil Conservation Service
Henry, Lee
Des Moines
Louisa Counties
Goode Wonderland
Defendant Dropped in Sex For Pay Suit in Des Moines
Des Moines businessman Ernest W. Zesch was removed from a civil suit filed by Iowa Attorney General Turner accusing sex for pay establishments in the city. The action now targets the Sarah Pildis Trust and the Residual Trusts as owners of the Blue Nude Book Store property.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Richard Turner
Ernest W. Zesch
Hyman
Denmark
Zesch
Turner
Sarah Pildis
ISU Experts Defend State Equalization Plan
ISU specialists led by Marvin G. Julin Russell G. Pounds and John M. Whitmer Jr argue that Iowa’s assessment equalization ensures uniform value across property classes and taxing districts. They note differences in local assessor adjustments and timing of reappraisals. state equalization aims for fair school financing and even state aid distribution amidst rising agricultural and commercial valuations.
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Iowa
John A. Walze
Lowe State University of Ameer
Ames
Iowa State University
Marvin G. Julin
Russell G. Pounds
John M. Whitmer, Jr
ISU
Reverme
Ger
Ald J. Bair
New Pay Range Authorized for Soil Department
DES MOINES AP The executive council overrode the state merit employment department and set a new pay range for the assistant director of the Iowa soil conservation department The proposal to abolish the assistant director title and reclassify the job as Administrative Officer I sparked debate over authority and pay Higginbottom would gain a raise from 15186 to 16692 but critics say the role requires higher authority than the new grade Greiner urged a range of 14014 to 19318 and council members sided with preserving the title and its responsibilities.
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DES Moines
Lews Executive Council
State Merit Employment Department
Iowa Soil Conservation Department
Merit Employment Department
State Comptroller's Office
Fred Higginbottom
Higginbottom
Willis Greiner
Soil Conservation Department
Tie
Merit Department
Comptroller’s Office
Greiner
Ray Wilson
Executive Council
Grelner
Hay Destroyed on Elwood Schrock Farm
Wellman Wellmen firefighters fought a blaze at the Elwood Schrock farm ten miles northwest of here on Monday afternoon destroying about 40 large round hay bales. Fire officials say the fire started while burning weeds and the loss is estimated at $1000.
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Wellman
Wellmen
Elwood Schrock
Here
Schrock
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