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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1988
Page
7
Iowa officials approve repainting and fix up at Governor Branstad’s Terrace Hill home costing 145000 with 43000 for gingerbread trim and the rest for tree trimming and decorative hood replacements. Legislature funded 200000 for repairs last session.
In Des Moines, three men aged 22 to 24 were forced to dive into Saylorville Lake after their motorboat exploded and caught fire near 7 p.m. The occupants Douglas Thomas Mike Good and Steve Allen escaped serious injury as investigators link the blast to the ignition of the fueled craft.
The U S Senate backed an amendment to the 1989 transportation spending bill to provide 14 3 million for continuing the Local Rail Assistance Program aiding Iowa rail lines. It also approved highway planning funds including 600 000 for a Prairie City to Burlington four lane and 400 000 for a Minneapolis to St Louis study. The Avenue of the Saints route may include I 380. funding totals reach 25 million discretionary and 22 million formula for Black Hawk County Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
Voters in seven Woodbury County towns and the unincorporated area approve a 1 percent local sales and services tax joining Sioux City and the rest of the county. About 95 percent of the 1,267 ballots cast favored the tax. collection begins October 1 in the remaining areas.
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