Iowan must repay government for Delta Queen trip
Burlington man Christopher Paddack ordered to repay $11,700 to the United States for an 1982 16 day paddle wheeler voyage up the Mississippi from Montevideo to Washington. The judge ruled the travel was inexcusable and he loses 11 vacation days. Foreign Service Board had earlier overturned.
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Ga2ous Vras
Washington
Burlington
Iowa
Federal District Court
Mississippi River
Christopher Paddack
Paddack
United States Information Agency
Foreign Service Grievance Board
Paddock
Montevideo
Uruguay
Comptroller General of
United States
Mississippi
Foreign Service
Comptroller
Poor pillars delay work on U of building
The University of Iowa faces a possible delay on its human biology building after a miscalculation misaligned up to 40 of 120 caissons. Mc Comas Lacina Construction will enlarge beams and pay for corrections, with completion now uncertain beyond the spring 1988 target.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hugh Barry
University
Architecture Services Department
McComas-Lacina Construction
Barry
Regents seek more detail before Iowa City building purchase
Iowa Executive Council members question the Regents investment funds and long term building plans before approving a 515000 expenditure for University of Iowa College of Engineering laboratory space. Gov Branstad notes the contrast with recent bond authorizations and regents plan details to be clarified at the next council meeting.
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DES Moines
Iowa Executive Council
State Board of Regents
Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Terry Branstad
Executive Council
True
IDOT panel weighs RISE money for Highway 61 widening
The IDOT Commission heard that 16.4 miles of Highway 61 from Maquoketa to DeWitt would cost 20.2 million to widen to four lanes, with 14 million yearly RISE funds available. promoters cite tourism and rail loss since 1979 as drivers, while leaders warn full roadway costs could exceed 50 million. The first year of RISE funded 41 of 91 projects, with about 25 million committed and 273 million expected statewide. An updated rail program may reuse railroad funds for construction became possible, and a formal proposal may follow.
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Dave Rasdal
Ames
Dubuque
DeWitt
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Iowa
Commission
IDOT
Rise Fund
Rick Dickinson
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Maquoketa
Boards of Supervisors
Idot Commission
Austin Turner
Corning
Turner
Ian MacGillivray
MacGillivray
Road budget trimmed by 19 million for next year
Iowa Department of Transportation faces about 19 million fewer road project funds for fiscal year 1987, with total near 330 million. Of that, 120 million is federal, 210 million from the state primary road fund, a 17 million federal cut, and possible 2 million drop in state funds due to lower travel and car purchases.
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Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation
Idot Commission
Gus Anderson
IDO Planning Department
Iowa Signs Cleanup Contract for Aidex Hazardous Site
Iowa officials announce a final cleanup with the EPA for the Aidex Corp. site south of Council Bluffs. The plan costs about 7.8 million dollars, with 780 thousand financed by the state and the rest by the federal government. Workers will remove 18 000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and about 100 buried pesticide barrels, then fill, grade, seed, and decontaminate buildings. Work to begin this summer. the plant burned in 1976 releasing toxins. The EPA lists the site among its top 100 hazardous waste cleanups.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Aidex Corp
Council Bluffs
Iowa Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
Aidex
EPA
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