Utilities face clash over excess generating capacity rules
Iowa utilities and consumer groups spar at a Commerce Commission hearing over proposed rules penalizing overbuilt power plants. Consumers warn of a $35 million cost to customers in 1983, while utilities argue the 25 percent excess capacity limit is unfair and risks mispricing demand forecasts.
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Judy
Richard Cool
Community Action Research Group
Ames
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa
Richard Fancher
Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert J. Edwards
Norcross
Brent Gale
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids
Commission
Cool
Roger Colton
Citizen Labor Energy Coalition
Tauke denounces AT&T ad as misleading and wrong
U S Rep Tom Tauke charges a full page AT T ad is factually wrong and misleading. He says the ads misrepresent the Telecommunications Act of 1982 and seeks to portray it as government overreach while ignoring that the bill aims to deregulate and expand competition in telecom.
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Washington
U.S
Tom Tauke
American Telephone and Telegraph
U.S. Justice Department
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
Clinton Herald
Des Moines Register
At&t
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Tauke
Justice Department
Federal Communications Commission
Bell
Traer Girl Dies After Accidental Shooting Incident
Sandra Mysak an 11 year old girl in Traer died two hours after being shot in the head by her brother 9 at the family home The brother Joe Mysak 9 reportedly picked up a .22 caliber revolver while the father Charles Mysak was cleaning a gun The girl died at Scholz Memorial Hospital in Waterloo according to Black Hawk County medical examiner Dr Albert Dolan
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TRAER
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Traer Ambulance
Sandra Mysak
Charles
Rebecca Mysak
Tama County
Nick
Kriegel
Charles Mysak
Joe
Joe Mysak
Black Hawk County
Albert, Dolan
Jepsen says Clark would lose again in 1984 rematch
Des Moines Iowa Senator Roger Jepsen predicts a repeat loss for Dick Clark if he runs against him in the 1984 senate race. Clark weighs a comeback as Democratic leaders discuss his return. Rep. Tom Harkin also signals possible challenge to Jepsen.
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Jepsen
Clark
Des Moines
UPI
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Dick Clark
Tom Harkin
Kansas firm taps oil in western Iowa
After 16 days of around the clock drilling the first visible oil evidence appeared in northern Crawford County. Dennis Gustafson of Kiron said a Topeka firm has been brought in to assess feasibility of further drilling. Oil was found Saturday four miles south and one mile west of Kiron. Density and salt water content will be studied to guide future operations. The soil is described as nice flowing, suggesting easy extraction if the oil is viable.
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KIRON
Crawford County
Dennis Gustafson
Upland Leasing
Topeka
Kan
Iowa
Gustafson
Indianola Boy Dies After Baseball Injury
A 10 year old Indianola boy Steve Scheffert died Monday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center Des Moines from injuries suffered when struck by a baseball Sunday afternoon at a park. He was pitching to a 12 year old when hit in the neck or chest and collapsed.
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Gazette Wire Services
Indianola
Steve Scheffert
Janice
Virgil Dean Scheffert
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
Des Moines
Scheffert
Wapello Man Killed In Mediapolis Area Motorcycle Crash
Kevin Leroy Ament, 24, of Wapello died in a Monday morning motorcycle crash on Highway 99 seven miles east of Mediapolis in rural Des Moines County. State Patrol said his bike went out of control on a curve, flew a drainage ditch, and struck an embankment around 7 a.m.
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Mediapolis
UPI
Kevin Leroy Ament
Wapello
Des Moines
Iowa State Patrol
Ament
Ray defends small price to keep jobless fund afloat
Des Moines Gov Robert Ray warned a possible July bankruptcy of Iowa's jobless trust fund could force a federal loan. A new law would add a one tenth of one percent payroll tax on employers to cover interest, a price Ray called small to enable borrowing. He defended revenue forecasts amid IMA criticism and noted possible spending cuts if comptroller figures prove wrong.
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Judy
Ray
Iowa Manufacturers Association
IMA
John Kneen
Ronald Mosher
Kneen
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Iowa Power
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Muscatine
Aspen Institution
Kansas
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Witwer Insurance
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Lindale Mall
Westdale
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