Weekend Road Crashes Kill 6
United Press International reports six deaths in weekend Iowa and Missouri crashes. Angela Lee, 6, died on Interstate 80 near Des Moines. Lyle Nagel and a semi caused a multi-vehicle wreck. Dale Ziegler, 55, Kanawha, and Mark Westermeyer, 19, Dyersville, also died in separate crashes. Connor, 41, Defiance, and Wayne Shaw, 54, Meservey, died in other incidents. Missouri victim Daryl Tillman, 62, Clarion, died in a head on collision with Stanley Peacock, 19, Perryville Arkansas, who was charged with driving on the wrong side.
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Angela Lee
Waterloo
Des Moines
Angela
Lyle Nagel
New Prague
Minn
Mark Westermeyer
Dyersville
Dubuque Hospital
Highway 20
Daniel J. Connor
Defiance
Dunlap
Connor
Highway 37
Wayne Shaw
Thornton
Meservey
Missouri
Daryl Tillman
Clarion
Stanley Peacock
Perryville
Ark
Peacock
Tama Court Delays Mesquakie Fish Case
A Tama court granted a continuance until Sept 1 for four Mesquakie residents charged in January with illegally spearing catfish from the Iowa River. The delay follows a request tied to a U.S. district court decision, with defendants Victor Lasley Mark Lasley Leo Keahna and Milton Brown named. The case centers on aboriginal hunting and fishing rights and state conservation laws under a 1842 treaty relocation.
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Toledo
Mesquakie
Tama
Iowa River
John Felts
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Spearing
Victor Lasley
Mark Lasley
Leo Keahna
Milton Brown
McManus
Sac and Fox
Mississippi
Iowa
Kansas
Ray Vetoes TRACIS Item and Other Iowa Bills
Governor Ray used his line item and general veto authority to strike provisions from an emergency bidding exemption bill and to cut sections from an appropriations measure affecting five state agencies TRACIS funding and public safety aid. He objected that budget shifts were too late for local governments and warned against expanding guard callout power. Signed into law were four bills funding education, the UI ISU and UNI, the Iowa Public Broadcasting Network, and other agencies. Additional measures made minor wills adjustments, permit corporate conversion to a cooperative, and allow investing police and fire retirement funds.
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Ray
Tracis
Melvin D. Synhorst
Department of Public Safety
Iowa National Guard
Iowa
Univer
Police and Fire
Arson Suspected In Jesup Area Trailer Fire
Arson is suspected as the cause of a blaze that destroyed a vacant trailer and machine shed owned by Ralph Beierschmitt five miles north and one mile west of Jesup. Fairbank and Jesup firefighters battled the Sunday night fire.
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Jesup
Ralph Beierschmitt
Fairbank
Iowa Electronic Banking Network Faces Funding Gap
Iowa’s statewide electronic funds transfer system sees low usage with only 34 of 557 banks linked. Projected transactions dropped 80 percent from early forecasts, prompting Iowa Transfer System to seek an additional 1.2 million from member banks to cover deficits.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Transfer System, Inc
Iowa Transfer
Dale Dooley
Davenport
Sioux City
Dubuque
Neil Milner
Iowa Bankers Association
Illness Centers In Keota Big City Hospitalized
More than 15 Keota residents have been hospitalized with a flu like illness including a seven year old girl in intensive care at University hospitals in Iowa City. Dr Horace Don says the illness seems unique to Keota affecting about 127 residents with symptoms of severe cramps diarrhea vomiting and headaches. He notes the outbreak is slowing and officials have a good idea of the cause but await further test results.
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Keota
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Horace Don
Don
Decorah Man, Schwieder Named to Iowa Historical Board
Gov. Robert Ray appointed Decorah anthropologist R. Clark Mallam and Ames historian Dorothy A. Schwieder to the state historical board. Mallam, 37, is an assistant professor and director of Luther College’s archeological research center. Schwieder, 43, is a history instructor at Iowa State University and Iowa Historical Society member. Terms run to June 30, 1980.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray Monday
State Historical Board
R. Clark Mallam
Decorah
Archeological Research Center
Luther College
Dorothy A. Schwieder
Ames
Iowa State University
Iowa Historical Society
Waukon Water Problem Told
Waukon residents were urged to conserve water after one of the town's three wells stopped functioning. Officials did not know the cause nor how long repairs would take, while the main and standby wells remained unaffected.
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Waukon
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United Press International
Marshall
Hancock County
Kanawha
Ziegler
Mason City
Rochester
Edward J. McManus
Commercial Credit Commercial Credit Plan, Inc
Center Point Road
N.E
UPI
Robert D. Ray Sunday
Commission For the Blind
Bonus Board
Higher Education Facilities Commission
Department of Public Instruction
University of Iowa
Iowa State
Northern Iowa
College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Decorah Man
Historical Board
Litton
Tirte
Rranty
Bruce Butler
3Rd Ave. S.E
Paramount Theater
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