Iowa considers emergency increase in truck weights for diesel relief
Iowa IDOT officials told Cedar Rapids commissioners fuel shortages will limit diesel this summer. A 60 day emergency move to raise weights to 80000 pounds was tentatively favored to save about 1.7 million gallons, with a public hearing planned in Ames and a formal vote next week.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Commission
Cedar Rapids
Ian MacGillivray
IDOT
Iowa
Robert Ray
Robert Goodwin
Goodwin
Raymond Kassel
MacGillivray
Kassel
Ames
Don Phipps
Iowa Independent Truckers
Phipps
Charles Ingersoll
Iowa Motor Truck Association
Ingersoll
Dick Myers
Hawks
Interstate 80
Coralville
OPEC
Coe College awards sculpture commission to Kirsten McClintock
Milwaukee artist Kirsten McClintock receives a 10000 dollar Coe College sculpture commission. The 11 by 15 foot white Colorado Yule marble piece will sit between Peterson Marquis and Stuart halls, using blue green and black Tennessee marbles. It should be installed before October 19, the board meeting and Homecoming Weekend.
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Kirsten McClintock
Milwaukee
Coe College
Coe
Leo Nussbaum
Peterson, Marquis
Stuart
Tennessee
McClintock
College
Pole with handicapped sign found in Marion field puzzle to investigators
Donald Patschke found a seven foot metal pole with a handicapped parking sign stuck in his hard farm ground near Marion. He doubts prank or aircraft origin, suggesting a tornado, while Linn County officials call it a mystery and investigate possible human involvement.
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Donald Patschke
Marion
Patschke
Patschkes
31St Street
Taube Park
Iowa
Linn County Civil Defense Ramrod
Bill Bjorenson
Marion area briefs reveal real estate move and fires
A Marion update notes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patterson sold their home at 2815 24th Ave to Mr. and Mrs. Keith D. Askam and plan to move to Washington with the sale handled by ERA Kensinger and Schlotterback Realtors. A car fire occurred at 12th Street and Fifth Avenue after an 8:08 p.m. call. Also mentions a pierced Earring Clinic by a licensed nurse and a Saturday jewelry ad. On this date in 1917 King Constantine I abdicated in favor of Alexander.
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Robert Patterson
24Th Ave
Keith D. Askam
Wausau
Wis
Pattersons
Washington
Era-Kensinger Associates
Schlotterback Realtors
Ray
Constantine I
Greece
Alexander
Stoner targets Culver in Iowa Senate bid
Republican Tom Stoner launches a campaign focused on Senator John Culver with a series of Iowa neighborhood meetings after filing for the GOP nomination. He cites strong party support, emphasizes a personal, one to one approach, and notes Grassley has not announced. An Iowa note recalls Rhodesia casualties on this date in 1978.
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Tom Stoner
John Culver
Iowa
Culver
Stoner
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Todd
First St
Senate
Charles Grassley
Chuck
Grassley
the Gazette
Todd
Congressman Grassley
Chuck Grassley
Reagan
Ford
Stoner-Grassley
U.S. Senate
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Ed Whiting
Dows Fine Arts Center
Alfred Anderson
Gage Union
Cor-Ten Steel
University of Wisconsin At Milwaukee
The
Tional Endowment For the Arts
Sign
12Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Stas
lown-Illinois
Rhodesia
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