Branstad Signs Pay Bill With Large Expense Increase
Governor Branstad signed a measure raising legislator pay and per diem as part of a wage deal with a major state employees union. The bill includes a 6.1 percent raise for legislators to 14 600 dollars effective January 1985 and a fixed 60 thousand dollar governor salary plus a 4000 dollar raise, plus higher per diem rates for the 110 and 100 day first and second years. Leaders’ salaries rise to 21 900 dollars for the lieutenant governor and the speaker.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Polk County
Independence man dies in crash west of Jesup
Daniel Lee Osterhaus 25 of Independence died at the scene when his car crossed the center line on Highway 20 five miles west of Jesup and struck the rear of an eastbound semitrailer. Passenger Gordon D. Duffy 29, Independence, was in fair condition with head and back injuries. Vehicle was westbound near County Road V-51 around 5:30 a.m. Friday. The rear wheels of the truck were hit by driver William F. Meinecke 42 of Evansdale who was uninjured. Jesup and Evansdale ambulances assisted.
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Duffy
Independence
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Osterhaus
Highway 20
County Road
V-51
William F. Meinecke
Evansdale
Meinecke
Jesup
Two Drownings Confirmed In Separate River Searches
The body of 54 year old Cletus Arlen of Dubuque was found 30 yards offshore the Mississippi River near the Julien Dubuque Monument after a long search. In Waterloo 5 year old Billy Gee II, son of Wilbert and Mrs. Gee, was recovered in the Cedar River north of La Porte City about 15 miles south of Waterloo, where he had waded on May 30.
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Cletus Arlen
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Julien Dubuque Monument
Waterloo
Billy G. Gee II
Wilbert Gee
Cedar River
la Porte City
IDOT Seeks Bids for Mowing on I 35 I 80 and Other Routes
Iowa Department of Transportation will let mowing bids this July as crews are reassigned to other projects. Thirteen contracts cover I 35 from Missouri to Minnesota I 80 Des Moines to Illinois and Hwy 21 from Hwy 8 to Hwy 412. Work runs mid September to mid October with median and 15 to 20 foot swaths along ramps and shoulders. Farmers dealers and contractors urged to bid. contact Keith Davis at IDOT Ames HQ or call (515) 239-1414.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Missouri
Minnesota
Des Moines
Illinois
Keith Davis
Lincoln Way
State files consumer fraud suit against New Market adoption service
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller sues Becci Kelley Debbie Tanner and Bryan Hall charging misrepresentations to clients over advance payments up to 6000 for an unassigned child. The suit seeks restitution, an injunction, and a receiver to safeguard involved adoptive families and children.
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DES Moines
Tom Miller Friday
New Market
Iowa
Bryan Hall
el Paso
Texas
Bill Roach
Miller
Becci Kelley
Kelley
Iowa City TV station seeks 2000 foot tower site in Iowa County
Television Development Association of Iowa aims to launch UHF Channel 20 station serving Iowa City Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and nearby towns with a $3 million tower. FAA protests arise over a proposed site near Williamsburg airstrip and pilots worry about aviation safety.
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Ann Mittman
Johnson County
Iowa City
Iowa
Williamsburg
Federal Aviation Administration
William Newbrough
Television Development Association of Iowa
Iowa County
Federal Communications Commission
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Denver
Colo
Newbrough
Michael Pauley
LaMesa
Calif
Jeffrey Groves
Littleton
FCC
Orville Weiss
Weiss
FAA
Kansas City
Des Moines inmate fatally shot by police at county hospital
Jeffrey Feinman 22, a Drake University student from Calabasas California, was killed after an officer was wounded in a hospital confrontation. Police say Feinman seized a revolver in the X ray room during a disturbance at Drake Law Library night arrest occurred Wednesday. This marks the third police shooting in Des Moines within a year.
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D.M
DES Moines
Jeffrey Feinman
Drake University
Calabasas
Calif
Drake
Feinman
Drake University Law Library
Jack Rose
Charles Wolf
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Caroline Carney
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