Gas tax boosts Iowa bridge and road work plans
The IDOT Commission approved 72 million dollars of 1983 road projects funded mainly by a 5 cent per gallon federal gasoline tax increase. The plan speeds up Interstate 380 completion and moves many 1985 projects to 1984, with 50 million dollars in federal funds and 12 million state funds.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
IDOT
Urbana
Black Hawk County
Ames-Robert Given Named Director Of Iowa Highway Division
Iowa Department of Transportation announces AMES-Robert Given 58 will become director of the highway division. Given has 33 years with IDOT and will keep about 47000 dollars yearly, after serving as acting director since last June. Deputy director Jon McCoy, 49, will replace Given, moving from head of the administrative division to deputy director as interim head.
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Ames
Robert Given
Iowa Department of Transportation
Given
Don McLean
IDOT
Iowa
Southwest
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Warren Dunham
Jon McCoy
McCoy
Lawyer pitches productivity slogan for Iowa license plates
Des Moines attorney David Belin pushes "Productivity and Quality" as Iowa plate branding. He argues the phrase could attract national interest and business, calling it the launching pad for growth while noting the long words may fail to grab attention. Belin plans to brief Gov Branstad and lawmakers next month.
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Ames
Iowa
Des Moines
David Behir
Lowa
Belin
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Iowa Development Commission
Rigler
Terry Branstad
Linn transit shop plan gains IDOT endorsement
IDOT backs a joint Linn County maintenance facility to serve LIFTS and nearby systems. The plan seeks a $25,000 Urban Mass Transportation Administration grant for design work, with $6,250 matched by local agencies. A central shop would standardize upkeep and may house Linn County and other public vehicles.
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Linn County
East
Iowa
IDOT
Commission
Idot Public Transit Division
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Urban Mass Transit Administration
Dubuque Leaders Urge Fast Relocation of Highway 61
Ames Mayor Jim Brady and Dubuque business leaders pressed the Iowa Department of Transportation to accelerate the Highway 61 relocation. They cited federal funding opportunities over four years and urged quick use of state matching funds. The project spans from the new bridge to the Highway 20 bridge with land purchases of 4 million in 1983 and 7.7 million through 1986. Grading starts 1987 and completion after 1988. Commission Chair Rigler said the request would be considered but not guaranteed.
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Iowa
Manchester
Honey Creek
McGregor
Mississippi River
Jackson County
Bellevue
Dubuque
Grinnell
I-80
Williamsburg
Ames
Jim Brady
Iowa Department of Transportation
Brady
IDOT
Commission
Robert Rigler
Guilty Verdict in Polk Murder Case
A Polk County District Court jury found Kenneth Allen Todden guilty of first degree murder in the death of Orpha Clark at her Urbandale home on September 19. Todden, 22, faces a life sentence and will be sentenced February 18.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Kenneth Allen Todden
Orpha Clark
Urbandale
Todden
Vinton sells shares to fund its economic recovery
Vinton Industries Ltd. begins selling shares to raise funds for attracting new business and aiding existing firms after 1981 layoffs. Michael Cruzen elected president. the non profit aims to manage federal grants, buy land for new industries, and support growth with a strong local Labor pool and industrial park, airport access, and sewage facilities.
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Dubuque Packing
Hawk Bill
Cutlas Gear Manufacturing Co
Vinton Industries Ltd
Michael Cruzen
Brenton Bank
Cruzen
Vinton Development Corp
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Richard Johnson
Charles Juhl
David Happel
Johnson
Juhl
Morris Eckhart
Richard Kerdus
Darrell Kenney
Vernon Geiger
Larry Rolfstad
Four Arabian Horses Die In New Hartford Barn Fire
Four Arabian horses valued at 40000 died in an early morning fire on the Richard Frost farm in New Hartford Iowa. The 30 by 60 foot barn burned at about 540 a m as Frost left for work and his wife woke to the dog barking. Horse equipment and about 500 bales of hay were destroyed.
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New Hartford
Iowa
Richard Frost
Frost
Williams disciplined for sex threats at Iowa prison
Robert Anthony Williams 38, whose murder conviction was overturned for a second time, is confined to a cell with limited privileges after an incident last November at the Iowa State Penitentiary. The Institutional Disciplinary Committee found he made sexual threats to another inmate and he received 10 days in solitary followed by a 60 day administrative segregation. Prosecutors plan a rehearing after the 8th Circuit overturned his second conviction for the 1968 Des Moines Christmas Eve murder.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Robert Anthony Williams
Iowa State Penitentiary
Ron Welder
Williams
Welder
Institutional Disciplinary Committee
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Pamela Powers
Des Moines
Circuit Court
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