Midwest governors gather in Des Moines for 1982 conference
Governors from 13 Midwest states will meet July 18 to 20 in Des Moines for the Midwestern Governors Conference hosted by Iowa. Attendees expect 300 plus with sessions on soil conservation farm economy and international trade. Special guests include ambassadors Yoshio Okawara and Roland de Bergerlay.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Midwest
Peter Myers
Agriculture Department
Soil Conservation Service
United States
Yoshio Okawara
European Economic Commu
Nity
Roland de Bergerlay
Ronald Muller
American University
Muller
America
Joffrey II Dancers Explore Iowa Farm Visit
New York based Joffrey II troupe toured Kalona Iowa visiting Woodin Wheel Antiques and a Farmers Savings Bank event featuring Amish quilts and 19th century outfits. They met Old Order Amish Tobias Miller and wife at a farm and enjoyed a Mike and Alice Scott pork barbecue with a tour of hog confinement facilities. Dancers remarked on modern farming and acquired a black and gold Pick Pork hat as a memento.
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Farmers Savings Bank
John
Marilyn) Woodin
Hancher Auditorium
Tobias Miller
Kalona
Mike
Alice Scott
Washington County Pork Producers
Scott Farm
Unity to greet GOP chief in Iowa
Gov. Robert Ray announced that Rolf Craft will lead a unified Republican Party in Iowa after Craft was chosen as state chairman by the state central committee. Craft, from Decorah, is a farmer and economics professor at Luther College who previously ran for lieutenant governor and has one term in the Iowa Senate.
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Des Moines
Rolf Craft
Robert Ray
Ray
State Central Committee
Craft
Ben Webster
Webster
Decorah
GOP
Luther College
Iowa Senate
Gas blast linked to self harm in Ottumwa home
Ottumwa authorities say a natural gas explosion that leveled a one story brick house resulted from the homeowner Larry J. Anton's attempt at death by own action. Anton, 31, was in serious condition at University Hospitals Iowa City. He told inspector he leaked gas and planned to ignite it with a match before leaving by ambulance. Neighbors note his wife and child recently moved to Kansas. Anton had just left his job with the Southern Prairie Education Agency.
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Ottumwa
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Joe Selix
Anton
Kansas
Historic Preservation Division to Move to Des Moines
The State Division of Historic Preservation will relocate from Iowa City's Old Brick to Des Moines late June to cut rent costs. The move follows a Governor economy plan and a new law consolidating three divisions while keeping them separate entities. Most staff will relocate. two will stay in Iowa City.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
State Division of Historic Preservation
Des Moines
Adrian Anderson
First Presbyterian Church
Market and
Clinton Streets
Anderson
Historical Preservation, Historical Museum and Archives and Historical Society
State Historical Society
Iowa Ave
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Historical Society
Blaze destroys buildings in Plainfield. library spared
A Monday blaze in Plainfield destroyed two vacant store buildings formerly housing a tavern and a drug store. Firefighters saved the adjacent library as crews from Clarksville, Waverly, Nashua and Plainfield battled the fire around 12:45 p.m. No one was inside the buildings or apartments above. Police believe matches played by youngsters started the fire.
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Plainfield Fire Department
Clarksville
Waverly
Nashua
Bremer County
Vandals damage historic Fort Severson in Mitchell County
Mitchell County Sheriff Rich Jahnes calls the destruction senseless as vandals damaged Fort Severson near Carpenter by starting fires. They burned 16 directories of visitor lists, shattered glass, and burned documents, maps, and memorabilia inside the restored stone fort used to ward off Indian attacks. Caretaker Leonard Larson discovered the damage Monday.
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Carpenter
Mitchell County
Rich Jahnes
Fort Severson
Jahnel
Weather Outlook Mild Through Weekend
Extended forecast shows generally fair and mild conditions on Thursday and Friday with a chance of showers developing Saturday. Expect daytime highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the 50s.
Record-Low and Record-High Temperatures Across U.S.
National temperature report lists a low of 33 degrees at Sault Ste. Marie Michigan and a high of 103 degrees at Lake Havasu Arizona for Monday. Weather observers note wide regional extremes and ongoing heat concerns across several states.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Havasu, Ariz
Central Plains Thunderstorms Bring Hail and Tornadoes
Storms swept the central Plains with large hail up to baseball size in Lexington Nebraska and near Lancaster County. Three tornadoes touched down near Rawlins Wyoming and three sighted in northwestern Kansas. Eddyville Nebraska reported 3 inches of rain in one hour and Casper Wyoming saw about 2 inches.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Lexington
Eddyville
Lancaster County
Rawlins
Wyo
Casper
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Seaboard
Desert
Theft of police scanner from car on Des Moines motel lot
Des Moines businessman reports theft from his car on the southwest side overnight Sunday. Taken were a police scanner valued at 550 dollars, a radar detector 180 dollars, plus a flashlight and an electrical power converter.
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Des Moines
John Donaldson
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