Montezuma Named Driest Spot in Iowa This Year
State climatologist Harry Hillaker reports Cedar Rapids has 6.88 inches through Friday while Montezuma in Poweshiek County records 3.84 inches for the year, the driest in Iowa. Other low totals include Belle Plaine 4.34, Mount Ayr 3.98, Massena 3.86 inches, with the statewide average at 8.45 inches.
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Cedar Rapids
Montezuma
Harry Hillaker
Iowa
Poweshiek County
Hillaker
Belle Plaine
Mount Ayr
Blockton
Massena
Burlington
Dubuque
Fayette
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Mason City
Quad Cities
Waterloo
Iowa State
Heat drives record Iowa power use and 100-degree highs
Temperatures hit triple digits across Iowa with Cedar Rapids at 100. The Electric Cooperative registered 166 megawatts from 2 to 3 p.m. as demand surged to 1,293 megawatts at noon and 1,291 by 2 p.m. Hospitals treated heat related illnesses while utilities shed load. Local pools and factories paused operations to cope with the heat.
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Page 1A Electric Co
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Trauma Center
St. Luke’s
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Lamont
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Decorah
Des Moines
Dubuque
Nancy Dougherty
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Williamsburg Manufacturing
Iowa Electric
Dougherty
Iowa-Illinois
Dick Bock
Moline
Bock
Energy costs ease with modest price gains in other areas
Energy prices fell 1.6 percent led by a 7.1 percent drop in fuel oil. Gasoline and natural gas declined 2.4 percent and 1.0 percent. The June Labor Department Producer Price Index shows finished goods up to 107.9 from 100 in 1982, a 7.9 point rise. If sustained, 12 month inflation would reach 4.6 percent. Unprocessed wheat and corn surged, while finished eggs and poultry rose. vegetables and rice fell.
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Labor Department
Harkin Seeks Cumming in NASA Peace Photo
NASA officials presented Senator Harkin with a 2 by 2 foot high altitude photo. He searched the crowd for a Des Moines Norwalk Cumming hometown, finding none. An aide noted NASA was slighted while Lee Rich kept hope Cumming appears in the margins.
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Harkin
Des Moines
Norwalk
Cumming
Lee Rich
Sen
Mark Hatfield
R-Ove
Rich
Union workers ratify three year pact with Cherry-Burrell
United Auto Workers Local 1024 members approve a three year labor agreement with Cherry-Burrell Corp in Cedar Rapids. The deal follows a rejected offer a week earlier and covers 413 hourly reduction and maintenance workers. The old contract expired July 8 and Cedar Rapids operation employs 50.
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United Auto Workers
Cherry-Burrell Corp
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapid O Peration
Cherry-Burrell
Burglar Robinson Captured After Home Invasion
Barnes explains a daytime burglary pattern observed with Robinson who casing homes and ringing doors to test occupancy. A 71-year-old resident, Beers, foiled Robinson June 22 by trapping him in a closet, leading to a police pursuit. Robinson awaits August sentencing in Linn County Jail.
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Barnes
Robinson
Robert Beers
Bever Ave
Beers
Linn County
Tornado Rips Through Council Bluffs Area Injuring Several
A powerful storm struck the Omaha area injuring multiple people and damaging structures. The Nusser family survived under rubble as their home was destroyed, nearby homes suffered major damage, and roofs were torn from buildings including a church. Mott and McCoy were among the injured in central Omaha, with numerous hospitalizations and extensive tree damage reported across Council Bluffs and Dodge Park. A 92 mph wind gust was recorded at Eppley Field.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa State Patrol
Bonnie Nusser
Nussers
Nusser
the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
Lu Guzenhauser
Guzenhauser
Omaha
Douglas
Sarpy
Nebraska
Pottawattamie County
Iowa
Dodge Park
Clayton Mott
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Tom O’connor
Mott
Brian
McCoy
O’connor
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Eppley Airfield
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Turkey
Union UK
Gazette Map
Darrel
RCA Stereo
Sony Consoles
7Th Ave
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Don Moreland
Don Funkhauser
Denny Nusser
Rer ‘Andu
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Tiffany Rose
Ventura
Sterling
Land & Sky
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Loveland
Collins Rd
Mart Piozo
Seindway Plaza
Jack
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