Heat Claims Two in Iowa as Temperatures Soar
A 77 year old rural Mount Pleasant man Vincent Keith died of heat stroke while working on a farm fence. In Granger 19 year old John Yori was in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after a construction job incident with a 107 degree body temperature. Weather officials warned the heat wave would continue with 90 to 100 degree highs across the state.
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Des Moines
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Mercy Hospital
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Anamosa opens shelter to help residents cope with heat
The Jones County Senior Center at 112 North Ford St Anamosa will serve as a humane shelter this weekend for hot weather relief. Delores Tapken says it will stay open until late Sunday and possibly longer if needed. Red Cross provided 25 cats for the center. Food will be available and transportation offered for those needing rides.
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Red Cross
Living Word case ends in out of court settlement
A lawsuit over control of the Washington Iowa Church of the Living Word, now Berean Fellowship, was settled for 75000 dollars. The case pitted John Robert Stevens against his father W J Stevens and Fred E Bickhart, with plaintiffs dropping claims and the defendants paid court costs. The church owns Shiloh near Kalona and former members have accused the group of cult activity.
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Union Split Designation Saves Waterloo United Way Campaign
Waterloo area unions backed a plan allowing donors to designate agencies that may not receive funds. The Cedar Valley United Way voted 11-7 to allow split donations amid Boy Scouts controversy. Campaign aims for $2,237,500, up 15.9 percent from 1982. last year fell short by about $400,000.
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Cedar Valley United Way Board of Directors
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Winnebago Council
Boy Scouts of America
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United Auto Workers Local 838
Boy Scouts
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United Way Board
Iowa seeks uniform accessibility permit recognition
Gov. Terry Branstad asks national governors to recognize the international symbol of accessibility as the official designation for handicapped parking permits licenses and placards. He submitted the policy to the National Governors Association Transportation Committee which will consider it Monday. Iowa law already recognizes other state handicapped permits.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Off-track betting ban upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court Justice Arthur McGiverin refused to lift an injunction blocking enforcement of a section of the new parimutuel betting law. The injunction, issued by a Pottawattamie County judge, prevents the state from enforcing the ban on off track betting until the suit by Council Bluffs messenger services is resolved. The state appeals, while urging a faster trial.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Pottawattamie
McGiverin
Illegal aliens held on I-80 after fatal crash near Coralville
Coralville police arrested seven illegal aliens from Mexico after an Iowa State Patrol trooper alerted them at the scene of a fatal I-80 crash two miles west. The men, aged 17 to 49, were eastbound when detained and later turned over to U.S. immigration officials for deportation.
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Mexico
Iowa
U.S. Immigration Service
Omaha
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Waterloo travelers fly from Des Moines to reach west hubs
A Waterloo survey found over 40 percent of area travelers begin trips at airports other than Waterloo to reach major hubs. Des Moines served about 4,500 passengers or 30 percent of area travelers last year, with 2,200 going to California or Arizona cities.
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