Dry test well along midcontinent rift disappoints Iowa and Kansas oil hopes
The 11 300 foot Texaco test on Noel Poersch's Barnes Kansas dairy farm produced no oil or gas and will be plugged. Despite land leasing and seismic testing across Iowa, officials say more studies are needed to interpret the formation's geology while no immediate plans exist for additional wells.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Great Lakes
Kansas
Texaco Inc
Noel Poersch
Oil Company
Barnes
Kan
Poersch
Hawkeye
Texaco
Fred Palmer
Denver
Colo
Raymond Anderson
Iowa Geologic Survey
Funeral home plan advances at Linwood Cemetery site
Cedar Rapids Planning Commission recommended approval of a rezoning to allow a funeral home at Linwood Cemetery on Wilson Avenue SW. The cemetery is being bought by George Murdoch who aims to open the facility by year’s end.
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Linwood Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Handicapped Parking Spells Quick Linn County Action
A hour after a letter from the Citizens Committee for the Handicapped, the Linn County Board of Supervisors approved two handicapped spaces on the east side of the courthouse. The underground ramp space is city owned and not under county control.
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Dick Hoganette
Linn County
Linn Board of Supervisors
Citizens Committee For the Handicapped
Cedar Rapids
Mental fitness tests required for Iowa police and guards
Iowa implements a new law requiring psychological testing for all state county and municipal law enforcement and prison guard applicants. The MMPI will be administered, with police candidates possibly facing two additional tests to provide a fuller assessment of suitability and stress response.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Ralph Ager
State Law Enforcement Academy
State Department of Corrections
Ager
Paul Grossheim
Minnesota
Grossheim
Corrections
Gas rate cut to save Iowa customers this winter
Reduced natural gas rates from Northern Natural Gas Co. lower IE costs for about 90 communities in Iowa. Residential customers are expected to save an average of $18 on heating bills this winter, pending FERC approval. The total reduction aims for roughly 7 percent in bills, with affected cities including Vinton Lisbon Mount Vernon Oelwein Coggon DeWitt and many others.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Northern Natural Gas Co
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Vinton
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
Oelwein
Coggon
DeWitt
Clarence
Central City
Tama
Toledo
Winthrop
Marshalltown
Belle Plaine
Gladbrook
Reinbeck
Stanwood
Storm Lake
Sioux Rapids
Sibley
Cherokee
Ames
Atlantic
Eldora
Garner
Britt
Boone
Carroll
Jewell
Jefferson
Nevada
Iowa Falls
Belmond
Suspect sought in C R robbery at Jiffy Mart
Police seek a black male suspect after a 6:30 p.m. robbery at Jiffy Mart 1904 Mount Vernon Road SE. He wore a black scarf, horn-rimmed glasses, a black stocking cap, tan jacket and blue jeans. The clerk handed over cash after he claimed a gun in his pocket and fled north on 19th Street. He is 6 feet to 6 feet 3 inches tall, about 160 pounds.
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Linn County
Daniel Dennis Grimm
Tower Terrace
H Avenue
Oakland Road
Robert Merle Holland Jr
14Th St
Third Street
Kristy Kathryn Moenck
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Jiffy Mart
Mount Vernon Road
Notices in Linn County Juvenile and Probate Matters
The Linn County Iowa court system issues multiple notices covering Juvenile Court proceedings for Samuel Eugene Shackford and Dallas Shackford, with pretrial and hearing dates in 1985. Also notices appointing administrators and creditors for Charles William Hatfield and Kenneth Robertson Estates, plus probate actions for Don D Doughty. Public elections and city compliance agreements are noted for Fairfax and Cedar Rapids.
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NOTIC
Iowa District Court
Linn County
HLL
Samuel Eugene Spencer
Samuel Eugene Shackford
Dallas Shackford
Linn County District Court
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State of
Charles William Hatfield
Marlys Jean Balhorn
Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood
Fairfax
Fairfax City
Robert Jones
Michelle Jones
Jesse Jones
Phaedra Jones
Avenue Division
Cedar
Dorothy Stokes
Linn Aunty Pffice
Kenneth Andrew Robertson
Kathryn Ann Robertson
Coggan
Locher, Locher and Strittmatter
East First Street
Monticello
Don D. Doughty
Don D Doughty
National Ank of
District Court
Clair
Merchants National Bank of
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Gazette
John McIvor
Third Avenue SE
Funeral Home
Jacinta Quigana
Glass Road
B Avenue
Sheriff's Department
Quigana
Union Elects
Gene Porter
Communications Workers of America
Porter
Jarry Johnson
Judy Harrington
Esther Cooling
Bob Carlson
Marlys Ard
Dean Shannon
Duane Novotny
Jeanie Azinger
Tom Matthes
Cindy Maher
Bill Griffin
Gary Veenstra
At&t
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
South Slope Independent Telephone Co
Iowa City
Muscatine
Johnson Elementary School
18Th St. SE
C.R
19Th Street
Denver Dillard
Robert Kimm
Linn
Linng Langenber
Auditorymissioner of
Office of Revenue Sharia
Office of Revenue Sharing
Lois M. Keller
Ule
Linn County Vvision
Michele Jones
Ren
Dean Stokes
Ralph V. Harman
Lynch
Dallas
Smith & Harman Atorney
Velma A. Thurston
Charles A. Qnarston Jr
Charles A. Thurston, Jr
Shuttleworth and Ingersoll Attorneys
Code of
Federal Reserve Monthly
U.S
Michael L. Fitzgerald
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