Iowa Plans $190 Million Low Interest Home Loans for Middle Class
The Iowa Housing Finance Authority will offer about $190 million in low interest mortgages for households with incomes up to about $20,000 a year. Eligible buyers could save up to $100 per month on a $55,000 home over a 30 year loan, with loans available as early as March.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William McNarney
Iowa Housing Finance Authority
the Gazette
McNarney
Fire destroys Chapman home in Sand Springs
Early estimates put the Chapman residence loss at about a quarter of a million dollars after a morning blaze discovered by Mrs. Chapman around 6 am. No injuries were reported as fire officials investigate cause in the small community between Hopkinton and Monticello. The building, once a local creamery, had recently been renovated by the Chapmans who moved in just before Christmas.
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Sand Springs
Dale Chapman
Chapman
Hopkinton
Monticello
Chapmans
Blizzard Brings Aid and Delays Across Iowa Headlines
At Atalissa an expectant mother and newborn were saved by three snowmobilers, delivering the eight pound girl after a trek to the Irvin home. In Aurora a man escaped a snowbound car with a shotgun blast, while a hospital patient received a corneal transplant by helicopter. Des Moines lawmakers faced storm disruption as two thirds stayed away, with sessions shortened and a public hearing on urban revitalization proceeding on schedule. A Johnson County man recounts being trapped in his barn for hours as blizzard conditions persisted.
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T.T. Bozek
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Vicki Lovell
Robert Irvin
Lyle Beaver
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Bozek
David
Irvin
Johnson County
Jonathan Perkins
Tipton hosts 80 plus as Interstate 80 travelers shelter overnight
Sunday night influx on I 80 sent 80 people to Moose Lodge 20 to the courthouse 35 to the Methodist church and others to private homes. The town also housed 40 to 50 at one motel and kept two restaurants open to feed the crowd.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Moose Lodge
Desperate Theft Strikes Snowbound Highway Incident
Jones County officials arrived at 5 a.m. Sunday to discover a two ton truck with a V plow mounted on the front had been stolen from the county garage amid snow blockades on Highway 64. The plow was recovered about five hours later.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Tauke announces staff selections in Iowa district offices
U S congressman Tom Tauke announces two hires Gary Peterson and Margaret Kolck for Cedar Rapids and Dubuque offices. Peterson, state editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, will oversee Cedar Rapids operations. Kolck, a former Justice Department and Civil Service Commission staffer, becomes constituent service coordinator in the Dubuque office.
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Tom Tauke
Gary Peterson
Margaret Kolck
Gary
Margaret
Tauke
Association
Upper Iowa University
Peterson
Cedar Rapids
Kolck
Dubuque
Justice Department
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D.C
Clarke College
University of Dayton
Cedar Falls Inn Sold to Pakistani Investors
A group of Pakistani investors has bought the Cedar Falls Holiday Inn. The new Cedar River Inn Inc. led by Badruddin Dharani says the purchase is the first of many in the United States. The firm plans to upgrade the 190 room motel, expand it when weather allows, and set up an export company plus possible manufacturing. Dharani also aims to establish Cedar Falls headquarters and considers other ventures including a hardware business in California.
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Cedar Falls
United States
Cedar River Inn Inc
Badruddin Dharani
Dharani
California
Aging unit to meet Iowa Commission on the Aging in Des Moines
The Iowa Commission on the Aging will convene at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the State Capitol ground level conference room in Des Moines. Agenda includes discussion review and approval of amendments to the 1979 State Plan on Aging for the governor.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau Chief Attacks Church Leaders and Spending
Allan Grant, head of the American Farm Bureau Federation, denounces church militancy and calls for spending limits. He criticizes welfare and Social Security growth, and points to exemptions for Congress from several labor and safety laws. He warns that lawmakers abdicate accountability through tax and program preferences.
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Farm Bureau
Miami
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan Grant
Federation
Washington
Grant
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