MAPP reports improved power reliability for Iowa and region
Des Moines IA IDPA A report to legislators by Iowa members of Mid Continent Area Power Planners outlines ongoing gains in power reliability across Iowa and the upper Midwest. The 54 member organization coordinates planning construction and operation of major facilities to ensure orderly continuity of power for 3 750 000 customers across 10 states and a Canadian province. Iowa MAPP members include seven investor owned utilities three municipal electric utilities and three rural electric cooperatives including 27 distribution cooperatives.
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Mid-Continent Area Power Planners
MAPP
Canada
Iowa
Des Moines
IDPA
Upper Midwest
Frank Nye Leads Iowa Legislative Reports on KCRG TV
Frank Nye presents Iowa legislative updates Tuesday and Thursday nights at 5 30 and 10 00 PM on KCRG TV Channel 91 delivering statehouse news with schedules and key issues.
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Frank Nye
Iowa
Kcrg-Tv
Fine Conductor 100 After Train Blocked Tama Tracks
Jim Tritz, conductor of a North Western freight train, faced a $100 fine after blocking four Tama crossings for 50 minutes on March 2. Mayor Jim Sorensen sentenced him in court, amid repeated traffic delays on Highway 63 and streets around Tama.
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Tama
Jim Tritz
North Western
Jim Sorensen
John Kriegel
John J. Willett
Sorensen
Frank Davis
Des Moines
North Western Railroad
Willett
Highway 63
State Street
McClellan
Siegel
Harmon
Kriegel
Leonard Jantzen
Siegel Street
Additional Cost Seen For Spillville Sewers
Spillville officials heard that Bovia Sand and Gravel of Nashua expects about 12000 dollars extra to finish the sewer project due to rock encountered during pipe laying. The town is also seeking a maintenance man to operate the system once construction ends.
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Spillville
Bovia Sand and Gravel
Nashua
Truck and Train Crash at Vinton Crossing
A Waterloo trucker, Larry Treptow, 21, was treated for cuts and bruises after his truck hit a Rock Island freight at Highway 218 in Vinton. The diesel engine was lifted off the tracks but did not derail. the truck carried liquid propane. Treptow was charged by the Iowa highway patrol with failure to stop a vehicle carrying flammable liquid at a railroad crossing.
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Vinton
Waterloo
Rock Island
Eldon Fowler
Troy Mills
Fowler
Ed Wichman
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Falls
Iowa Highway Patrol
Treptow
State Park User Fee Bill Is Filed
DES MOINES By a vote of 16 to 8 the house conservation and recreation committee Monday sent to the calendar a bill authorizing a state park user fee. Sponsored by Rep. Dale Tieden the bill lets the state conservation commission designate parks for the fee. An annual fee of $3 per car and a $1 per car three day option are proposed. Revenue funds park maintenance and land acquisition. proponents say the fee may curb vandalism, citing Minnesota and Wisconsin experiences.
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Des Moines
House Conservation and Recreation Committee
Dale Tieden
Relkader
State Conservation Commission
Tieden
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Sande
E Thadea Sa
Arrests in Ryan Club 13 Breakin Net Many Liquor And Beer Stolen
Seven youths were arrested after a break in at Club 13 in Ryan last week. Douglas Hale, 18, Manchester, charged with breaking and entering and appeared in court Monday. Six juveniles, ages 15 to 17, from Manchester and Ryan face court actions. some were referred to probation or had attorneys appointed. Delaware county authorities reported substantial liquor and beer recovered.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Ryan
Douglas Hale
Delaware County
Eastern Iowans Named To Dean's List at UNI
Eastern Iowa students named to the fall semester dean's list at the University of Northern Iowa. The list includes numerous residents across Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids Decorah Independence Iowa City and many towns with names and initials for students such as Arlington Diane Cox Bonita Gushee Judy Johnson Susan Fetter and Gary Cooper.
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East Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Arlington
Diane E. Cox
Aurora
Bonita R. Gushee
Lenoie G. Gushee
Judy D. Johnson
Bell Plaine
Susan J. Fetter
Lynnette J. Pasler
Brooklyn
Marilyn L. Doty
Calmar
Sharon K. Gerlick
Cascade
Janet M. Wolfe
Cedar Rapids
Gary E. Cooper
Kathleen M. Darrow
Michael T. Gallagher
Roger A. Smith
Joan Stary
Deborah J. Strong
Robert J. Wittengl
James W. Wheeler
Randall Workman
Central City
Donna K. Pflughaupt
Colleen M. Pike
Clarence
Linda L. McVay
Clermont
Shirley A. Tatro
Clutier
JoAnn K. Chizek
Four Iowans Die in Viet Nam Confirmed
The Defense Department released names of four Iowa men killed in Vietnam. Air Force Capt. Robert Rex of Odebolt died piloting a plane in enemy territory. Army Spec. 4 David Levitt of rural Bedford died March 6 by gunfire. Marine Pfc. Ronald D. Duntz of Des Moines was killed in action March 6. Army Spec. 4 Allen R. Arnold of rural Denison died not from hostile action.
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Defense Department
Vietnam
Air Force
Robert Rex
Odebolt
Army
David Levitt
Bedford
Marine
Ronald D. Duntz
Des Moines
Allen R. Arnold
Denison
Rex
Earle Rex
Lovitt
Dwight Lovitt
Duntz
Dorothy Duntz
Arnold
Orville Allen
Hospital Escapee Nabbed After Short Iowa City Break
Douglas Morgan 22 of Carbonado Oregon escaped from University hospitals in Iowa City around 3 15 p m and was recaptured at 4 30 p m in a dry creek bed by Iowa City police and the highway patrol. He is serving a 10 year term at Anamosa for robbery and was due for release in 1972. Reformatory officials praised swift city police action.
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Douglas Morgan
Carbonado
Ore
Iowa City
Highway Patrol
Morgan
Anamosa
Reformatory
Armadillo Lucy Moves to Des Moines Zoo
DES MOINES Lucy the 12 pound armadillo given to Gov. Ray last weekend in Cedar Rapids has been transferred to the Des Moines Children's Zoo. Zoo Director Robert Elgin says Lucy is pregnant and may produce six sets of identical twins, boosting the zoo's population. Ed J. Brossman presented the animal, initially thought male, and the governor welcomed Lucy to the state’s goodwill collection. Lucy visited Hubbell school and delighted local students before the transfer.
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Lucy
Robert Ray
Cedar Rapids
Zoo
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Tte
Elgin
Ed J. Brossman
Houston
Texas
Brossman
Chicago
Ray
Vicki
Lu Ann
Hubbell School
Iowa City School Wins Two Thousand Five Hundred Prize
Three school systems in Iowa Louisiana and Virginia share five thousand dollars in Britannica school library awards. Iowa City community schools receive the top prize of two thousand five hundred dollars. Caddo parish La and Newport News Va take second and third with one thousand five hundred and one thousand dollars respectively.
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Chicago
UPI
Iowa
Louisiana
Virginia
Iowa City
Caddo Parish
Shreveport
Newport
Flood Aid Of $13 892 To School In Independence
Independence Iowa school board learns the federal flood aid totals 13 892 78 dollars for damaged school facilities. The meeting covered gas rate talks with Iowa Public Service Co and traffic issues on highway 20 near East Elementary while approving pre kindergarten evaluation and personnel changes including resignations and new appointments.
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Iowa Public Service Co
Henry Funk
Lyman Albaugh
East Elementary
Kathy Wright
Wanda Goins
Gerald Graetz
Annette Dozark
Okinawa
Gretchen Critchett
Ethel Gosse
West
ABC
Area Seven
Barn Fire Destroys Farm Structures Near Marquette
A barn on the Arnold Kittle farm three miles west of Marquette burned at about 7 30 p m along with 6000 bales of hay 500 bushels of shelled corn a milk cooler and other machinery McGregor Fire Chief Bob Hammel cited undetermined cause as both McGregor and Marquette firemen battled the blaze.
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Arnold Kittle
McGregor
Bob Hammel
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