Iowa Highway Director Reports Record Construction in 1969
Coupal highlights a record $128 million in contracts and $14.75 million in right of way in 1969. He notes interstate bridge work, new toll-bridge operations, and five bridges in design or under construction. Forecasts 1971 include over $110 million in primary and interstate projects and a $15–$16 million right of way total.
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Coupal
Mississippi
Missouri
Highway Commission
Muscatine
Prairie du Chien
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Iowa
Des Moines
Washington
Iowa Economy Shows Farm Incomes Up, Sales Off
Iowa's overall economy remains bright with state tax and fee collections eight percent ahead of last year. Farm income rise offsets weaker retail sales, while income tax receipts exceed earlier forecasts and sales tax underperforms by about five million dollars.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Maurice E. Baringer
State Revenue
William Forst
Forst
Nurses resign at Mary Greeley Hospital Ames
In Ames 53 of 94 nurses at the city owned Mary Greeley hospital submitted resignations over a dispute with the city about non economic labor contract matters. The hospital plans to limit admissions and extend shifts to stay open while negotiations continue aimed at giving nurses a stronger voice in professional practice.
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Lester Lamb
Lamb
Lyman Moothart
Mary Greeley Hospital
Jack La Lanne Fitness Show Ad Card
Personal fitness instructor Jack La Lanne appears on TV 9 every weekday at 8 30 AM urging viewers to read and use want ads to identify their needs and goals.
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Jack LA Lanne
TV 9
Fort Dodge Officials Deny Race Criticism Exaggeration
Fort Dodge leaders defend city and schools against an Iowa Civil Rights commission report alleging discrimination. Mayor Habhab and School Board President Phillips dispute charges, noting attempts to hire Black workers and contrasting alleged incidents with overall community progress.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Albert Habhab
School Board
F. E. Phillips
Phillips
Commission
Robert Ray
Habhab
Des Moines
Alvin Hayes, Jr
Hayes
Madonna Skogstrom
Algona
Habbab
Car Rear-Ended on Highway 30 Near Toledo
A Toledo woman, passenger in a car driven by Frank Waterbeck, was sent to a Marshalltown hospital for observation after a pickup driven by Howard Barker struck her husband’s car from behind at a bridge project on Highway 30 seven miles west of Toledo at 9 20 p m. Both vehicles left the road and continued off the highway.
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The
Gazette
Toledo
Marshalltown
Frank Waterbeck
Howard Barker
Waterbeck
Ottumwa Man Dies in Highway 5 Crash Near Pleasantville
An Ottumwa resident, Harry Flactiff Jr., 32, died when his car hit a stalled truck on highway 5 a few miles northwest of Pleasantville in Marion County. Police identified the victim.
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Pleasantville
Ottumwa
Highway 5
Here
Marion County
Harry Flactiff, Jr
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Joseph Coupal, Jr
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa Highways Users Conference
Highway Users Federation For Safety and Mobility
Toll Bridge Act of
Daily Attacks
Federal Aid
Joseph Coupal
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Marvin R. Selden, Jr
Selden
Ames
Shirley S. Sondros
Jim Farrell
Associated Press
A Sec
Tion
South Junior High
Mr. Love
Love
Abe Clayman
Hiawatha Garden Center
HIWAY
Hiawatha
Poetique
Chelsea
Smulekoff
Bohemian Savings and Loan Association
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
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