Iowa Pans Energy Study First of Its Kind in U S
Gov. Robert Ray announced a three year energy study to assess Iowa s energy sources distribution and needs. FEA researcher Bob Marlay will head the project on loan for three years with an economist and staff member to compile data and develop future solutions for potential shortages.
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Iowa
U.S
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ray
Energy Policy Council
Bob Marlay
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Marlay
Rod Riggs
Council
Energy Council
Sam Tuthill
Iowa State
Tuthill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Clark To Seek Termination of Electoral College
Senator Dick Clark and Senator Birch Bayh will sponsor legislation to scrap the electoral college and move to popular elections for president and vice president. Clark called the system outmoded and capable of disrupting democracy, promising swift action.
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Clark
Electoral College
Washington
UPI
Dick Clark
D-Iown
Birch Bayh
Returnable Containers To Be Iowa EPC Goal
Iowa energy policy council backs a deposit on all beverage containers to boost recycling. A statewide building code with strict energy standards and agency procurement rules are proposed, along with $367,000 in federal funds and a plan to curb loans for under insulated homes.
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Iowa
EPC
James Gallagher
D-Jesup
Council
Edward Stanek
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
JoAnn LaBare
LaBare
Maurice van Nostrand
Savings and Loan Associations
McGregor council confronts riverfront control dispute
A McGregor special council meeting addressed authority over the Mississippi riverfront. The council instructed City Attorney Tom Miller to draft an ordinance defining dock commission power and director liability insurance for the three dock commissioners amid a state claim that local control was voided.
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Mcgregor
Iowa
McGregor City Council
Tom Miller
Dock Commission Authority
Commission
Miller
Mississippi
Dock Commission
Riverfront
Jack Slyfield
Dan Bickett
Larry Wiegle
Richard Turner
Iowa Conservation Commission
The
Conservation Commission
Attorney General’s Office
Dinosaurs Misunderstood Says Ames Producer
Lee Seiler, based in Ames, builds scale model dinosaurs for films with partner Mitsuro Ikuta. Their 16 part educational series sells in the US Canada and Japan and they offer a do it yourself kit and a dinosaur board game for students. They argue dinosaurs were intelligent not stupid and not reptiles and aim to present a realistic view. They research appearance and behavior for months before constructing each model which takes about 200 hours. Discussions may yield a 13 part TV series and a possible full length film featuring a North American tyrannosaurus.
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Ames
UPI
Lee Seiler
Seiler
Mitsuro Ikuta
California
United States
Canada
Japan
Ikuta and
Seiler Visual Arts
U.S
State eyes Jordan Sandstone limit on new water sources
Des Moines reports Iowa may restrict tapping the Jordan sandstone aquifer a vast 10 000 year old water source beneath three quarters of the state. Officials study sustainable yield as drought tightens.
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Jordan
Des Moines
State Natural Resources Council
Minn
Missouri
Iowa Geological Survey
Orville van Eck
van Eck
Bank robberies in Iowa hit new high in 1976
TamaCounty case involves Ginger Jefferson Davenport seeking half of mobile home sale proceeds and shares of a car sale. In Des Moines 12 robberies occurred in 1976, with 19 suspects awaiting trial statewide and an apparent gang operating in the area per FBI officials.
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Toledo
Ginger Jefferson
Ginger Davenport
Tama
Tama County
Garry Davenport
Mesquakie
Davenport
Angelina Kapayou
Kapayou
Ginger Jefferson-Davenport
Des Moines
API
Iowa
FBI
William Kell
Kell
Iowa-Nebraska
South Des Moines National Bank
Iowa Beef Retains Influence at Mason City Plant
NLRB administrative law judge Walter Maloney finds Iowa Beef Processors maintains pervasive control over the Mason City plant despite a court ordered sale. IBP holds legal title for ten years and buys the plant output, restricting changes in top leadership without its consent. A Justice Department antitrust case prompted the sale.
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Washington
Iowa Beef Processors, Inc
IBP
Mason City
Iowa Beef
Mason City Dressed Beef, Inc
Walter J. Maloney, Jr
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
U.S. Justice Department
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Pla
Iowa General Assembly
Stephen Bisenius
Cascade
Nancy Shimanek
Monticello
Rolf Craft
Decorah
Patricia Thompson
West Des Moines
Douglas Smalley
Lyle Krewson
Urbandale
Louis Gieseke
Mason
Cedar Rapids
State
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Charles City
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