Weekend Road Tragedies Kill Twelve Across Iowa Nebraska
Ten people died in weekend traffic crashes across Iowa and Nebraska with eight on Iowa highways. Incidents include a Readlyn crash, a Burlington area motorcycle rollover, and multiple fatalities in Mitchell, Carroll and Wright counties plus a fatality on I 80 near Wood River Nebraska. Drowning deaths include Des Moines man Steven Lamadue and Correctionville swimmer Kenneth Pry in Midway park.
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Iowa
Delaware County
Nebraska
Mark Williams
Readlyn
Highway 3
Randall Chevalier
Strawberry Point
Burlington
Jeffrey Webb
Webb
Dennis Webster
Hoffman Estates
Ill
Clinton
Stuart Zamer
Mound
Minn
Highway 9
Mitchell County
Jerry Droeszler
Bernard
Jones and Dubuque
Mark Sanders
Arcadia
Maple River
Carroll County
Allan Vadeer
Sioux City
Rock Island Line
Rowan
Wright County
Steven Anderson
Troy Mills
Kenneth Nearmyer, Jr
Newton
Acci
Dent
Kellogg
Kathy Schultz
Larry Rasmussen
Manchester
Wood River
Neb
State Patrol
Rasmussen
Des Moines
Steven E. Lamadue
Lamadue
Kenneth Pry
Correctionville
Midway Park
Moville
Pry
Economic study approved for Marion downtown redevelopment
Marion's CBD board approved an $8,000 plus $1,500 expense economic study by Larry N. Smith Co. of Chicago. The analysis covers marketing, financials, and timing across market, retail, office, transient, housing, and parking sectors with multiple council and CBD meetings planned.
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Marion
Central Business District Redevelopment Corp
Larry N. Smith Co
Chicago
William Darrah
Larry N. Smith
CBD
Rankin House Hit by Lightning Near Marion
Monday morning a thunderstorm struck the Bernie Rankin residence three miles northeast of Marion. No fire damage occurred though electrical fuses were knocked out and confined to that area. The fire department reported no other storm calls over the weekend. Retailers To Meet and Marion Council Schedule for Thursday events follow.
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Marion
Bernie Rankin
Police Civil Service Tests Set for Wednesday at City Hall
Police department civil service exams will start at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the city hall council chamber. The Marion civil service board oversees testing following Monday's fire department exams. YMCA activities listed for Tuesday at the Marion branch cover gym, swim, lessons, sports, and family swim times. Kiwanis Hiawatha Trails clubs meet Tuesday at 7 a.m. at Sambo's. On this date Democratic Senator John Glenn of Ohio turns 56.
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Marion
Police Department
City Hall Council
Fire Department
Civil Service Board
YMCA
Marion’ Branch
John Glenn
Ohio
Johnson urges one stop VA agency opposed to merger
Donald Johnson of Iowa City told about 400 Iowa American Legion members that the Veterans Administration should remain independent as a one stop service agency. He warned against merging VA into another federal agency and said the legion would lobby against such moves at its national convention in Denver next month.
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Des Moines
UPI
Veterans Administration
Iowa
American Legion
Donald Johnson
Iowa City
Legion
Johnson
Denver
Colo
High Iowa school superintendents top $35,000 for 1976-77
Fifteen Iowa superintendents earn $35,000 or more in the 1976-77 year led by Davenport at $42,000 and Des Moines at $41,870. Waterloo Cedar Rapids and others also exceed $40,000 while 47 districts pay $30,000 plus. Shared posts occur in Rake with Buffalo Center and New Melvin with Ocheyedan.
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Des Moines
DPA
Iowa
Davenport
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Maire
Iowa Daily Press Association
State Department of Public Instruction
Rake
Buffalo Center
New Melvin
Ocheyedan
Bettendorf
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Cedar Falls
Ames
Mason City
West Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Newton
Allamakee County
Allamakee
Eastern Allamakee
Postville
Iowa county tax district property values by locality list
A list of Iowa counties and towns with assessed property values shown in dollars for each locality. Entries include Benton Black Hawk Buchanan Cedar Clayton Delaware Dubuque Fayette Iowa Johnson Jones Keokuk Linn Muscatine Poweshiek Tama Washington Winneshiek counties and numerous towns such as Amana Clear Creek Iowa City North Liberty Solon Cedar Rapids Marion North Linn Decorah and others with individual amounts.
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Benton County
Belle Plaine
Benton
Norway
Shellsburg
Urbana
Vinton
Black Hawk
la Porte City
Buchanan County
Buchanan
Independence
Jesup
Cedar County
Bennett
Clarence-Lowden
Durant
Lincoln
Tipton
West Branch
Clayton County
Clayton
Garnaville
Guttenberg
Mar-Mac
M-F-L
Stormont
Valley
West Central
Iowa County
Amana
Deep River
Millersburg
English Valleys
Iowa Valley
Williamsburg
Johnson County
Clear Creek
Iowa City
Lone Tree
Solon
Jones County
Anamosa
Montezuma
Tama County
Dysart-Geneseo
Garwin
Gladbrook
North Tama
South Tama
Washington County
Highland
Mid-Prairie
Washington
Winneshiek County
Decorah
North Winneshiek
South Winneshiek
Monona Teen Crowned Miss Northeast Iowa at Pageant
Debra Sue Baade Miss Monona won the 16th annual Miss Northeast Iowa pageant held in Monona and will advance to Miss Iowa in Davenport. First runner-up Jane Ogle of Elgin and second runner-up Vannessia Van gen of Watson place. Debbie Nielsen of Elkader earned Miss Congeniality.
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Monona
Debra Sue Baade
Northeast Iowa
The
Jaycees
Davenport
Miss Elgin
Jane Ogle
Miss Watson
Vannessia Vangen
Elkader
Debbie Nielsen
Blouin Seeks Special Prosecutor for Korean Influence Probe
Rep. Mike Blouin joins 30 lawmakers in urging President Carter to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate alleged Korean influence-peddling in Washington. The letter argues an independent probe is needed due to involvement by many officials and slow ethics inquiries. Rep. Peter Kostmayer organized the bid, with three other Iowa members among signers.
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Washington, D.C
Mike Blouin
Iowa
Congress
Carter
Washington
House
Blouin
House Ethics Committee
Peter Kostmayer
D-Pa
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Phil and
Ray Gray
Bob Mills
By Larry Tanner
Darrah
Smith Firm
Rankin
Marion Division Chamber of Commerce Retail Bureau
Farmers State Bank
Kiwanis
Hiawatha Trails Clubs
Sambo’s
Va’s Johnson Hits Merger
Gazette
10Th Street
Ion
Delaware
Edgewood- Colesburg
Maquoketa Valley
West Delaware
Fayette County
Fayette
North Fayette
Oelwein
Turkey Valley
Paul Revere
Oneida Stainless Sale
Community” Stainless
Venetia
Louisiana
Cherbourg
Coronati
Frostfire
Oneida
Distrano
Cay
Oneida Ltd
Killians
Plainless
Stow
Arkade Building
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