Monticello Ace Pilot Phil Gerdes Makes First Solo Flight
Monticello resident Phil Gerdes nicknamed Ace piloted a plane at Monticello airport on Sunday. He landed on his second attempt with ground control assistance and an authorized pilot nearby. The Aviation Day event was sponsored by the Greater Monticello committee.
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Phil Gerdes
Monticello
Gerdes
Phil
Greater Monticello
Paul Elmgreen
Monticello Aviation, Inc
Iowa
Lake Melrose Fuss Delayed Action in Iowa City
Iowa City council postpones formal action on the Melrose lake project in Blanc Roc subdivision after staff propose a street redesign altering a cul de sac entrance to an through road. University Heights oppose street entry from housing area. council to revisit with planning and zoning. A flood plain ordinance hearing drew concerns over property values and insurance, with residents urging clarity on legal authority. The council took one reading and delayed further action for study.
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Iowa City
Melrose Lake
Blanc- Roc
Ann
University Heights
Ralston Creek
Iowa River
Influx of Immigrants in Iowa Illegally Grows
AP reports more than 650 Mexican workers, who entered the U S illegally, were apprehended in Nebraska and Iowa over 11 months. Federal official R C Williams cites economics as a primary cause, notes Interstate 80 as a major route, and recounts a fatal truck wreck near Shelby with 13 passengers bound for Chicago.
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Council Bluffs
United States
Nebraska
Iowa
R. C. Williams
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Williams
Shelby
Manuel
Chicago
Iowa Highway Patrol
Interstate
el Paso
Kansas City
Iowa U Doctors Named in Suit
Daniel J. Yager sues four University of Iowa Hospital doctors in Johnson County District Court for 250000, alleging improper care after a May 4 1970 hospital admission for an April 18 1970 auto crash led to an unhealed leg wound and eventual amputation. Named defendants include Sinesio Misol Polk County Thomas Foley Jr Donald B Ket tельkamp G. S. Laros.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
University of Iowa Hospital
Dubuque
Daniel J. Yager
Sinesio Misol
Polk County
Thomas Foley, Jr
Donald B. Kettelkamp
G. S. Laros
Little Rock
Ark
State Printing Contract Cuts Iowa Code Costs
Des Moines AP says Iowa will save about 100000 by allowing an out-of-state firm, Wallace Homestead of Des Moines, to bid on the 1973 Iowa Code printing. The contract, awarded at 243125, reflects competition that lowered costs from 307372 in 1971 despite a 600 page larger edition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Department of General Services
Wallace-Homestead of
Stanley McCausland
McCausland
Wallace-Homestead
Rule on double public posts in Des Moines debated
An Iowa assistant attorney general opinion says city employees who are civil service and win state legislative seats may avoid a leave of absence unless they hold a public office. If the employee is a public officer, they cannot serve both roles. The ruling distinguishes between incumbents vacating a lower office and non officers serving as legislators.
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Richard Bartel
Sharon Township
Des Moines
Iowa
Vernon Bennett
Larry Blumberg
Blumberg
Ammonia Leak at Hugo Schraff Farm Near Oelwein
Firemen were summoned to the Hugo Schraff farm six miles northeast of Oelwein Monday after a hose broke while applying ammonia. Schraff shut off the valve with a gas mask on arrival, avoiding injuries.
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Oelwein
Hugo Schraff
Charles Schraff
Schraff
Culver Pushes Tax Review Act in 1972 Field Trial
Congressman John C Culver introduces the tax review act of 1972 to mandate a three year systematic re evaluation of federal tax law. He argues for periodic full audits to remove inequities and curb special privileges amid discussions of reform. Mezvinsky backs relief through education aid and tax changes citing elderly poverty.
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Washington
John C. Culver
Iowa
Congress
Culver
Mezvinsky
Schmidhauser Calls For Unemployment End
Ft Madison. John Schmidhauser urged ending high unemployment and avoiding it as a permanent part of American life. He called for direct steps to broaden employment, warned of rising joblessness and a deepening recession, and outlined solutions at a Ft. Madison Rotary Club meeting.
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FT. Madison
John Schmidhauser
Schmidhauser
United States
Tax freeze proposed by Iowa man for elderly relief
Edward Mez vinsky of Iowa called Monday to press a property tax freeze as part of his program to relieve the plight of elderly Iowans.
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Deep River
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa
Funnel Cloud Lifts Roof Off Lone Tree Farm House
A funnel cloud lifted the roof from a one story farmhouse owned by 59 year old Gerald Morrison four miles southeast of Lone Tree in Johnson county. Morrison saw the danger at 6 30 p m and returned to find the roof disintegrating. Neighbor Darrell Bell helped move furniture as rain fell. Most ceilings remained intact though the roof was nearly destroyed.
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Lone Tree Farm
Iowa
Gerald Morrison
Lone Tree
Johnson County
Morrison
Darrell Bell
Bell
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