Decision in Iowa Power case signals shift for consumers
The Iowa Commerce Commission ruled to end the declining block rate for Iowa Power and Light Co, moving to a flat kilowatt hour charge. The decision also directs refunds and credits for prior rate increases totaling about 87 million dollars, with a 14.2 percent return on equity agreed between the company and ICC staff.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Action
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Power and Light Co
Commission
Andrew Varley
Iowa Power
Varley
ICC
Spirit Lake firm officials plead innocent in tax evasion case
Four Berkley and Co. Inc. executives including president Donald Porter and former comptroller Rex Wilde pleaded innocent to charges of evading customs taxes and defrauding the government. Bonds of 5000 each were set, with a Sept. 8 hearing scheduled in Minneapolis. The indictment covers 1971 to 1978 imports undervalued to avoid duties. founder Berkley Bedell is named as a board member, not involved day to day.
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Minneapolis
Spirit Lake Company
U.S
J. Earl Cudd
Donald Porter
Berkley and Co. Inc
Rex Wilde
Arizona
Wilson Hunt
Cudd
Berkley Bedell
Iowa
Decorah Woman Injured In Early Sunday Crash
An 18-year-old Decorah woman sustained minor injuries and her car suffered about 1500 dollars in damage when Cathy Richardson lost control on a curve about 2:45 a.m. early Sunday. Her car went onto a lawn and struck a tree about a half mile west of Decorah, according to Winneshiek County Sheriff's Department.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Postal workers to work during two-union strike effort
Union members will work even if the two major unions strike. Final hours of bargaining saw the Postal Service pressing its economic package including a three-year wage freeze, a cap on cost-of-living adjustments, and limits on employer health insurance payments. Average base pay is about $19,915 annually, per the Postal Service. The service estimates its package would cost.
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Postal Service
Postal Service wage demands and stamp price plan
The unions seek 5 percent annual basic raises for three years, a 2.7 percent one-time adjustment for past inflation, and a cost-of-living formula adding 1 cent per hour for each 0.25 CPI rise. The service projects $25 billion in costs and stamp prices jumping from 18 to 45 cents by 1984, totaling $2.5 billion over three years.
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Postal Service
F-16 delivery delayed by weather amid Mideast cease-fire concerns
The Air Force plans a New Hampshire base flight to Israel but bad weather could push the departure to early Wednesday. Presidential Counselor Edwin Meese III said a final decision on the F-16s would come later today as they weigh Middle East conditions and cease-fire efforts. Senator Charles Percy urged delaying shipments to avoid signaling U.S. acquiescence to Israeli raids in Beirut, pressing Begin to lead cease-fire talks.
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Middle East
Meese
Washington
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Beirut
Percy
Menachem Begin
Hyatt eyes reopening after Kansas City walkways collapse
As victims are buried, Crown Center Redevelopment aims to reopen the Hyatt Regency within a week or two and may rebuild the 45 ton walkways that crashed into the lobby during a tea dance. Investigations proceed while debris is cleared and the death toll adjusts to 111.
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Kansas City, Mo
Jim Dawson
Crown Center Redevelopment Corp
Fayette native among victims in Hyatt Regency collapse
Five Iowans died when hotel walkways collapsed at the Hyatt Regency lobby. Karen I. Ash Jeter, 37, of Kansas City and former Fayette resident, and her husband Eugene Jeter, 48, were among the victims. Other deceased include David Stover, 49, Dubuque. Robert Jonas, 58, Overland, Kan.. Velma Allen, 39, Des Moines. and Roger Grigsby, 42, Sioux City.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Fayette
Hyatt Regency
Karen I
Ash) Jeter
Kansas City
Eugene T. Jeter
Shirley
Des Moines
Roger Grigsby
Sioux City
Sioux Rapids
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the Gazette
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Mike Lechky
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