Lenox Iowa to Build First Grassroots Alcohol Plant
Lenox Grain Fuels Corp breaks ground on a 500 gallon per day grain alcohol plant to cut fuel costs for 40 member farmers. Dean Goldsmith says the project aims to spark a statewide move toward homegrown fuel, with plans for more plants in other counties and guidance from state agencies.
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LENOX
Iowa
Lenox Grain Fuels Corporation
Corporation
Dean Goldsmith
Corning
Goldsmith
American Agriculture Movement
AAM
Washington, D.C
Midwest
Zeithamer
Minnesota
Alan
Diane Zeithamer
Alexandria
Minn
Hugh Vogel
Lenox, Corporation
Vogel
Grain Fuels Corporation
Iowa Development Commission
The
Iowa Corn Promotion Board
Iowa State Fairground
Des Moines
Doug Getter
Development Commission
Zeithamers
Iowa State University
Steve Marley
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Grain price rally falters amid Soviet demand shift in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids market shows corn at 2.85 and soybeans at 8.18 with sharp weekly losses as Soviet buyers retreat. Analysts cite weather, government reserve actions, and truck strike impacts shaping a volatile market with hopes for a rebound after July Fourth.
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Cedar Rapids
Eldon Olsen
Cedar Rapids Area
Soviet Union
Jerry Pollock
Pollock
Norway
Jim Wilkens
Wilkens
Lisbon
Wilken
Olsen
Iowa County reviews new landfill rulings
The Iowa County Board of Supervisors discussed a letter from the Iowa Department of Environmental Quality detailing landfill requirements. Key points include relocating a tile drainage, marking 500 and 1,000 feet from a farm well, and limits on debris types within those zones. Additional plans are due by Oct. 1. The meeting also covered a Duke Hart-Hughes hydraulic backhoe needing repairs and questions about maintenance under the county contract.
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Marengo
Iowa County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Steve Hoambrecker
Iowa Deq
Hoambrecker
Charles Graham
Dukehart-Hughes Tractor Co
Dukehart-Hughes
Graham
Hundred Guinea cup race and early Americas Cup history
The Hundred Guinea Cup, later known as the Americas Cup, was offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron for a race around the Isle of Wight. The American schooner America won the race, a 100 foot vessel from New York, and the cup was donated in 1857 for a perpetual international challenge. Twenty years ago Northeast Iowa rainfall ranged from six to sixteen inches.
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Royal Yacht Squadron of
Great Britain
Isle of Wight
New York
Windfall tax eyed to boost oil production incentives
Rep. Tom Tauke said the windfall oil profits tax lowers the rate to 60 percent from 70 and phases out in 1990, aiming to curb profits while stimulating production. He noted the Senate may lower it further toward the 50 percent target and urged supporting energy development programs for solar synthetic fuels coal gasification and gasohol.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Tom Tauke
Tauke
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Senate House
Carter
Congress
Mariana Islands and Northern Marianas Leaders and Bounds
The Mariana Islands move toward commonwealth status after 1947, when they were assigned to U.S. administration by the United Nations as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The Northern Marianas include all but Guam, spanning a 500 mile arc north to south east of the Philippines and southeast of Japan.
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Mariana Islands
Trust Territory of
Pacific Islands
U.S
United Nations
Marianas
Guam
Philippines
Japan
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Francis Lynch
ASCS
Linn County
Mona McElderry
Dorothy Williams
Washington Correspondent
Brentwood
Hall
Mastercraft
Burlington Barrel Chair
Laine
Vaughn Family Room
Stanley
China
Stanley Contemporary China
Armstrong
Teen Town
Corlins
Collins Road
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