Shopping Center Fire Destroys Restaurant In Newton
A Wednesday blaze destroyed Iowa's Best Steak House at a Newton east side shopping center and heavily damaged Radio Shack and DeVries Card and Gift Shop. The fire, which caused the roof to cave in, forced closure of the 20-tenant center. no injuries were reported and damage estimates were not available.
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Newton
UPI
Iowa
Best
Radio Shack
DeVries
Knoxville
Guarantee of Rural Loans in New Program
Des Moines UPI reports the Farmers Home Administration will guarantee up to 90 percent of principal and interest on single family rural housing loans from commercial banks and savings institutions. Eligible borrowers have adjusted gross incomes of 15 600 or less and must cover the down payment plus a one percent guarantee fee.
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Des Moines
UPI
Farmers Home Administration
Robert R. Pim
U.S. Agriculture Department
Rural Credit Agency
Vinton Woman Injured In One Car Accident
Joyce E. Vogt 20 of Vinton is in good condition at St. Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids with a back injury after a one car crash near Urbana on a county gravel road. State troopers said she lost control on a rough stretch causing her car to leave the road and roll into a 12 foot ditch.
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Urbana
Joyce E. Vogt
Vinton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Possible Measles Epidemic Looms in Iowa
Iowa health officials warn of a possible measles epidemic with 75 confirmed rubella cases across nine counties and expected rise to 250 after verification. They urge vaccination for children over six months and booster shots for those immunized before 15 months to prevent a normally two week illness.
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Iowa
Iowa City
UPI
Laverne Wintermeyer
Infectious Disease Control
Iowa Department of Health
Myers
Clay
Dickinson
Emmet
Calhoun
Cerro Gordo
Hamilton
Webster
Wright
van Buren
Wintermeyer
Post-Holiday Mail Flooding Hits Iowa Post Offices
A post Christmas mail surge crowds Iowa post offices forcing overtime in Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. Officials report load 30 to 40 percent higher than 1976 with Waterloo handling 639000 pieces in peak season and 425800 last Monday.
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Iowa
Leonard Linquist
Des Moines
Linquist
Cedar Rapids
C. J. Ceda
Dubuque
Charles Venator
Waterloo
Venator
Nebraska Iowa Firms Seen As Next in Liquor Probe
Des Moines reports an Omaha firm and an unidentified Iowa company loom as upcoming targets in the Iowa liquor store lease corruption inquiry. Investigators probe kickbacks tied to Leslie D. Pinckney and Build-A-Rama of Algona, with possible ties to Pamida of Omaha and other lease holders. The Polk County grand jury continues a long, complex case.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Des Moines
UPI
Omaha
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Attorney General's Office
Department
Algona Company
Build-A-Rama, Inc
Algona
Pinckney
Build-A-Rama
BCI
Build- A-Rama
Pamida, Inc
NYSE
Pamida
New York Stock Exchange
IBLCD
Beck
Grand Jury
Liquor Department
Vital Role by Iowans In Post For Humphrey
Iowa senators Dick Clark and John Culver helped create a senate Democratic leadership post for Hubert Humphrey. The deputy president pro tempore role includes a White House meeting, staff and office, a limousine, and a salary rise from 46000 to 54500. The plan also reshaped steering and policy committees with a full caucus vote to govern membership.
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Dick Clark
John Culver
Senate
Minnesota
Humphrey
White House
U.S. Capitol
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Clark
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Culver
Byrd
Muskie
Kennedy
Henry Jackson
Washington
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Senate Democratic
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Leslie D. Pinckney
IBLCC
Polk County Grand Jury
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Craig Beck
Washington, D.C
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U.S. Senate
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Edmund Muskie
New Hampshire
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