Des Moines Couple Operates Dial A Thought Hotline
Beverly and Reverend William Hines run taped religious messages in Des Moines. They report about 150 calls daily on two numbers and estimate reaching 45,000 people yearly. The service is part of Unity Church programs and aims to help residents, with callers often unaware of the speakers.
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Indianola Heights Evangelical Free Church
Donald Stover
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Gallilee Baptist Church
Telephone Bible services spread across churches
The article notes Des Moines area churches using dial a devotion and faith phone lines. Bev Hines voices a daily tape, with callers often recognizing her. Churches report high engagement, with 30 000 calls yearly and 15 000 calls yearly for other services.
Daring canoe ride ends in drowning at spillway
Dominic Sarich, 31, of Davenport, drowned when his canoe capsized while attempting to ride the eight foot spillway on the Wapsipinicon River near Central City. His body had not been recovered as rescuers halted efforts due to dangerous conditions. Two friends witnessed the event and disputed reports that it was his second trip over the spillway.
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Welch
Kip Nienaber
Bettendorf
Kip
the Gazette
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She
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Sarach
Linn
The
Gazette
David S. Collins
Barnum
Collins
Sioux City
Snyder's Bend Park
Salix
Leon A. Johnson
Onawa
Iowa 175
Joseph Walker
William Chadwick
Norfolk
Neb
Walker
Chadwick
Crane Co
Washington
Michael Titus
Titus
Federal audit planned for Iowa blind unit
A federal audit of the Iowa Commission for the Blind will be conducted within the next two months. The audit was recommended by a governor’s special committee on May 26 to establish federal guidelines for financial management, with HEW funding and Thomas Higgins in Kansas City leading the review.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Robert Ray
HEW
Commission
Thomas Higgins
Kansas City
Iowa Gets Over $1 Million Federal Grant For Energy Plan
Gov. Ray announced more than 1 million dollars in federal aid to fund phase two of Iowa’s three year energy conservation program. The grant, to be managed by the Energy Policy Council, aims to cut 1980 state energy use by 7.2 percent and continues prior efforts in schools hospitals and local governments.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
EPC
Plane crash near Denison kills four from Elgin family
A single engine plane nose-dived into a cornfield two miles west of Denison, killing Dr. Burton Stearn 43 and his wife Dr. Anne Stearn 38, and two daughters Alexandria 7 and Jennifer 6. Three others survived with injuries. FAA will investigate.
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Elgin
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Denison
UPI
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Patrol
Burton Stearn
Anne Stearn
Alexandria Jane
Jennifer
Kay Middlemas
Jonathan Stearn
Benjamin Stearn
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Iowa to Offer Camping Discount
The Iowa Conservation Commission announced a new weekday camping discount for seniors and the blind or handicapped. A $1 per site fee and a $1 optional electricity fee apply. full rates return on weekends and holidays, with the discount available seven days a week from September 16 to May 14.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
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