Recreational fires banned at three Linn County parks
Linn County parks ban all recreational fires at Pinicon Ridge Park Buffalo Creek Park and Wakpicada Natural Area starting today due to unusually dry weather. Gas grills remain allowed as they are less likely to spark, with continued restrictions to protect park property and visitors.
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Linn County Parks
Pinicon Ridge Park
Central City
Buffalo Creek Park
Coggon
Wakpicada
Dan Biechler
Linn Conservation
Biechler
Drought relief bills edge toward final approval
The administration warns to keep the drought package near 5.5 billion dollars and avoid non drought provisions such as ethanol subsidies and dairy price supports. House chair E de la Garza expects Reagan to sign. conferences will reconcile 65 percent of losses with possible full coverage for crop insured farmers. amendments push crop insurance in 1989 1990 years and a Sacramento River salmon project faces 5.5 million funding.
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USDA
Rep
Kika) de la Garza
D-Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Tom Harkin
Diona
de la Garza
Senate Agriculture Committee
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Park
Capitol Hill
Sacramento
Leahy
Reagan
Congress
House
Senate
Miller
House-Senate
Creek that gave town a name dries up amid drought
The West Branch of the Wapsi Creek in the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site has stopped flowing this week leaving only pools. Historically it ran a mile, fed by a watershed toward Cedar Rapids, and last dried in 1985 before rains returned.
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Wapsinonoc
West Branch
West Branch Times
Young Hoover
Mac Berg
Berg
Hoover Site
Cedar Rapids
Heat shelters open to 6 pm amid heat alert
Heat relief shelters extend hours to 6 p.m. today after a heat index of 94 degrees. Barb Ernst from United Way notes the index reflects temperature and humidity. elderly and children are advised to seek air conditioned spaces. Shelters include Jane Boyd Community House, Witwer Senior Center, Salvation Army Community Center, and Ambroz Recreation Center.
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Mergency
Barb Ernst
United Way
Human Service
Jane Boyd
14Th Ave
Witwer Senior
Second Ave
Salvation Army Community Center
C Ave
Ambroz Recreation Center
Mount Vernon Rd
Deficit projections spark budget clash amid drought debate
Miller outlined a 1989 deficit near 122.7 billion, below the current year and 1987 levels, with Gramm Rudman targets suggesting about 140.1 billion. He warned Congress must trim spending to avoid automatic cuts, while drought relief bills face cost scrutiny and possible compromise. Green span cautioned on inflation risks.
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Miller
OMB
Reporers
Congress
Michael Dukakis
George Bush
Bush
Rowan columnist facing misdemeanor charges over backyard shooting
The case against Rowan D2437-88 was filed midweek and continued to arraignment after the incident in his yard near Chevy Chase. If convicted he could face up to a year in jail and $1000 fines per count. Police say the handgun was unregistered and the intruders had entered at night to swim in his pool.
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Burke
Rowan
Benjamin Smith
Chevy Chase
Smith
Laura Bachman
Bethesda
Corporation Counsel
Texans headed for Oshkosh forced down near West Branch
Two Texas residents escaped injury when their small experimental airplane forced landed in a farm field northeast of West Branch. Pilot Carl Fratus and passenger Charl Agiza walked away after the 2:15 p.m. landing on Dick Anderson farm oat stubble due to engine trouble. The aircraft, headed to Oshkosh Wisconsin for an air show, sustained about $1,000 damage. Another plane bound for Oshkosh also crashed Thursday.
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West Branch
Texas
Carl Fratus
Stephenville
Charl Agiza
Arlington
Dick Anderson
Cedar County
Old Faithful Not in Danger Amid Park Fires
Fire crews battled seven major blazes in Yellowstone as cooler, humid conditions aided control while complicating a 6 mile backfire near Old Faithful. Officials said the geyser area remains safe with lodges and services intact, drawing visitors despite the fires.
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North Fork
Old Faithful
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Mink Creek
Teton
Ed Waldapfel
U.S. Department of Interior
Police officer suspended for writing bogus traffic tickets
Louisville police Pat Ghrist, a 17 year veteran, wrote one or two fictitious tickets weekly for 18 months in the names of non existent motorists. He is suspended 25 days. A computer list shows over 1,000 fictitious tickets since 1981.
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Louisville
Michael Ghrist
Ghrist
Richard Dotson
Jefferson
Donald Smalley
Christ
Kentucky
Smalley
Dotson
Thomas Kuster
Kuster
John Aubrey
Police Internal Affairs Unit
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Jim Wright
Eti Snexs
T.V
Mon
Ponte
Black
Tigina
Federal Reserve Board
Alan Greenspan
Senate Banking Committee
Greenspan
Fed
Office of Corporation Counsel
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Bachman
U.S
Oshkosh
State Transportation Cabinet
Barnett
35Th Street
S.E
Iowa
Garnett Place
Central Air
Armstrong’s
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