Iowa Electric to seek new power sources in 1985
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co officials say they will pursue additional generating capacity beginning in 1985 as the Iowa Commerce Commission reviews regulation. President Lee Liu notes the Cedar Rapids firm faces a 31 percent surplus this year but will explore options to buy power at low cost, citing planned deficits by 1985 and the delay of the Guthrie County plant until 1990. The hearing also scrutinizes overbuilding and potential penalties for excess capacity, with critics warning of future shortages and higher costs for consumers.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Lee Liu
Cedar Rapids
Liu
Iowa Commerce Commission
Ned Chiodo
Dean R. Stichnoth
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Davenport
Iowa
Stichnoth
Griffith
Ottumwa
Iowa Electric
the Gazette
Guthrie County
Frank Griffith
Iowa Public Service of
Sioux City
Commission
Wall Street
Troopers OK 1 year wage freeze with 6 percent raise next year
Iowa troopers ratified a two year contract with no raise on July 1 1983 and a 6 percent average increase in 1984. The 530 officers approved the pact amid state treasury strain. Health care premium coverage was raised to full state payment and new pay scales may boost some raises over 15 percent.
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Judy Daubenmierg
Azette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Doug Hart
State Police Officers Council
Hart
Terry Branstad
Killer pleads guilty in slashing of Davenport man
Jimmie Lee Hodges, 20, pleads guilty to second degree murder for the 1981 killing of Hugo Weidenpesch in Davenport. He faces resentencing February 14 at Fort Madison. A 25 year minimum applies, with potential reduction to about 10 years for good behavior.
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Davenport
UPI
Jimmie Lee Hodges
Hodges
Hugo Weidenpesch
Scott County
David Lohr
Weidenpesch
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Cowles Media Shakes Up Top Leadership in Minneapolis
John Cowles Jr. resigns as president of Cowles Media Co and publisher of the Star and Tribune, saying the board forced his departure. David Kruidenier, 61, of Des Moines Register and Tribune Co., to become president and CEO, while Roger Parkinson will take over as publisher. Cowles remains on the board, citing board dissatisfaction with his management. Earnings of the Star and Tribune were reported as about half those of similar papers.
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Minneapolis, Minn
John Cowles Jr
Cowles Media Co
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
David Kruidenier
The
Des Moines Register and Tribune Co
Cowles
Kruidenier
Des Moines
Mondale: Two Americas widen in Iowa City stop
Former Vice President Walter Mondale accused the Reagan administration of creating one America for the wealthy and another for everyone else during a two hour visit to Iowa City. He urged a farm mortgage foreclosure moratorium and railroad revival to aid farmers while criticizing the State of the Union as short on real solutions.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Iowa City
America
Walter Mondale
Americas
Mondale
Reagan
Branstad names acting directors for aging and abuse agencies
Governor Branstad appoints Ronald Beane acting director of the Commission on Aging and Ron Walters acting director of the Department of Substance Abuse. Beane, longtime aging commission official since 1972, succeeds Glenn Bowles who retires. Walters, deputy since 1978, succeeds Gary Reidmann who leaves for Mercy Hospital. Callaghan to retire from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy on Feb 11.
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Branstad
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Ronald Beane
Commission On Aging
Ron Walters
Department of Substance Abuse
Beane
Aging Commission
Glenn Bowles
Walters
Gary Reidmann
Reidmann
Mercy Hospital
John F. Callaghan
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
IPBN to Improve Signal in Northeast Iowa
IPBN will install translators on towers near Decorah and Lansing this summer to extend public television service to Winneshiek and Allamakee counties. IPBN engineering director Donald Saverard notes the hilly terrain has limited reception for residents in the two counties.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Decorah
Lansing
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Donald Saverard
IPBN
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Soviet Union
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