Toll Roads Eyed By Franzenburg
Des Moines AP reports Iowa State Treasurer Paul Franzenburg seeks toll roads funded by revenue bonds to speed expressway construction. He favors toll designation over tax hikes, while Joseph Coupal notes a $20 million annual highway funding deficit. A toll road authority would issue bonds repaid by tolls, with highway commission selecting toll portions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Paul Franzenburg
Franzenburg
Highway Commission
Franzenburg outlines Iowa toll highway plan
Paul Franzenburg discusses a proposed state toll road system for Iowa with an estimated cost of 1.7 billion dollars. Construction would span 20 to 30 years, using revenue bonds and tolls rather than tax receipts. Iowa fuel taxes currently raise 90 million dollars in 1967.
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Tor State
Franzenburg
Iowa
Coupal
Medicaid claims sped up by Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blue Cross Blue Shield has reduced Medicaid back claims from 90 000 to 25 000 30 000 as it speeds payments to pharmacists doctors dentists hospitals and nursing homes. The program began after a bid process with an annual $11 8 million state appropriation and 92 cent per claim fee for BCBS.
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Des Moines
Blue Cross -Blue Shield
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Iowa
Elkader Rites for Clara Dittmer 98
Clara Dittmer 98 of rural Strawberry Point died Sunday at Elkader hospital. Survivors include a daughter Mrs John McTaggart of Strawberry Point two sons Floyd and Arthur of Strawberry Point nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 1 30 p m at Peace United Church of Christ Elkader with burial in Mederville cemetery. Friends may call at McTaggart funeral home Elkader after 7 p m Monday.
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Strawberry Point
Clara Dittmer
Clayton County
Elkader Hospital
John McTaggart
Floyd
Arthur
Peace United Church of Christ
Elkader
Mederville
McTaggart Funeral
Pamela Harbach Suffers Ankle Injury in Earlville Crash
Pamela Harbach, 16, of Delhi, was hospitalized in good condition after a two car crash Saturday in Earlville. She sustained an ankle injury and was treated at the scene and later admitted for observation.
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Manchester
Pamela Harbach
Delhi
Earlville
Ackley
Wayne Johns
Denice Carr
Council Bluffs
Baringer Weighs State Treasurer Bid Over Congress Run
Oelwein Republican House Speaker Maurice Baringer may skip a Second district Congress run. He told The Gazette he is considering the state treasurer nomination instead, while not ruling out a later congressional bid. Dale Awtry is the lone GOP treasurer candidate. Tom Riley faces potential challenge from Sen. John Walsh, who plans an announcement within about ten days.
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Dale Awtry
Charles Grassley
New Hartford
Oelwein
Iowa
Maurice Baringer
the Gazette
Baringer
G.O.P
Lake City
L. B. Liddy
John C.culver
Cedar Rapids
Tom Riley
Riley
John Walsh
Dubuque
Walsh
the Gazette Sunday
Hughes says officials should not take speaking fees
Gov. Harold Hughes stated officials should not accept speaking fees while on state meetings unless on their own time. He said he never takes fees for non political talks and only requests expenses for political events. He noted no formal state policy exists and mentioned one un named case where a $1000 fee was accepted.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Legislative
Tama Girl Faces Charge After Auto Accident
Tama County court hears 18 year old Nancy Foreman plead innocent to a charge of failure to yield after a Friday night collision on highway 30 near Tama. Gary Benesh of Toledo avoided a crash by swerving. Foreman suffered a fractured right wrist and a passenger sustained a knee injury in the rear end collision near King Tower Cafe and the Double D Supper Club.
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Tama
Nancy Foreman
Jim Sorensen
Miss Foreman
Nick Kriegel
Gary Benesh
Toledo
Benesh
Kriegel
Foreman
Anita Anderson
Terry Speckner
Blairstown
Tama Mayor Sentences Bear to 10 Days in Jail
Tama county jail holds Leon Max Bear for 10 days after failure to pay fines on two charges. Bear was fined 25 dollars for cutting a bar seat with a large homemade knife and 10 dollars for intoxication.
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Tama
Jim Sorensen
Leon Max Bear
Tama County
Bear
Driver of Snow Plow Fined After Collision
Joseph P. Brezina Jr of Toledo paid a $10 fine and $5 costs in Mayor Jim Sorensen s court after pleading guilty to failure to yield right of way following a collision with a Grinnell car driven by Barbara McGinty. McGinty and passenger Marilyn Wise, both Grinnell teachers, suffered facial and leg injuries. McGinty held an Illinois license and has not appeared in court.
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TAMA
Joseph P. Brezina
Toledo
Jim Sorensen
Wayne Martin
Traer
Iowa Highway Commission
Brezina
Barbara McGinty
Grinnell
Meat Worth $1500 Taken in West Union Burglary
Fresh meat valued at more than $1500 was stolen from two padlocked coolers at the Elsheimer packing plant in West Union. Eighteen quarters and four beef sides disappeared. A third padlock was broken on the outside door. Tracks near the door did not match trucks that regularly service the plant. Discovery followed a Sunday noon check by Foreman Paul Weidemann.
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Gazette West Union
Elsheimer
West Union
Fayette County
Fred House
Paul Weidemann
Want Ad Encourages Sell of Unneeded Items for Storage Space
Readers are urged to consider placing a want ad to sell belongings no longer needed to free up storage space. The notice highlights quick listings and local marketplace reach for buyers seeking secondhand goods.
Weekend Iowa traffic crashes kill 11 people
The Associated Press reports 11 deaths from weekend crashes across Iowa. Victims include Audrey Strottmann and her two children in Waterloo, a Muscatine youth, a Fairfield farmer hit by a Burlington train, and several other fatal wrecks across the state.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Muscatine
Services in Watkins For Anna Walter 91
Anna Walter 91 longtime Watkins resident died Saturday evening. Survived by three sons Clarence Cedar Rapids Ralph and Raymond Watkins a daughter Ethel Wessling Watkins two sisters Nettie Breck Norway and Mary Pickett Cedar Rapids 29 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 10 am in St Patrick s Catholic church Watkins. Friends may call at the family home. Brosh s of Norway in charge of arrangements.
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Watkins
Anna Walter
Clarence
Cedar Rapids
Ralph
Raymond
Ethel Wessling
Three Charged After Crash Near Waukon
Rosanna Nelson 15 of Lansing hospitalized after a Saturday auto crash near Waukon. Driver Ralph Barrette 22 Prairie du Chien sentenced to 30 days for careless control and giving beer to a minor. Passenger Paul Schraff 19 McGregor fined 100 dollars for beer possession. Nelson faces juvenile court on beer possession charges.
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Waukon
Rosanna Nelson
Lansing
Ralph Barrette
Prairie du Chien
Paul Schraff
McGregor
Barrette
Paul Heineman
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established in 1883
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces its founding in 1883 by Tye Gees Co. The notice lists daily and Sunday editions, carrier and mail rates, and subscription terms for local and distant readers. It bands together with The Associated Press for news dispatches and local reporting.
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Cedar Rapids
Iune
Cedar Ids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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