Iowa weighs distributing potassium iodide pills for nuclear emergencies
Health officials in Iowa propose mass distribution of potassium iodide to residents within ten miles of reactors. The plan would let people buy the pills without a prescription, kept at home, to protect the thyroid from radioactive iodide during a nuclear incident. Disaster officials will assess need, distribution, and payment with utilities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Norman Pawlewski
Iowa Disaster Services
John Crandall
Crandall
City Briefs Highlight Parades and Local Events
City notices announce a parade at Osgood Shepherds and a Nashville Grand Ole Opry trip with Reservations Incorporated. Includes ads for Top Hat with Irish Green Carna tions and annual carpet sale, plus jewelry promotions and a meeting cancellation. Sisco reappointed to state Barber Examiners. St John’s Cemetery to remove decorations March 24. on this date 1899 King Frederik IX of Denmark was born.
United Airlines pledges to stay in Cedar Rapids
United Airlines senior vice president Monte Lazarus told Cedar Rapids Rotary Club that United is here to stay in Cedar Rapids and will offer non stop service to Denver and Los Angeles due to deregulation. He said two Chicago flights will be cut in April but replaced by commuter service and hub changes will shift away from Chicago. He noted labor rules require a three person cockpit on mainline flights and explained profitability limits on short haul routes.
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United Airlines
Cedar Rapids
United
Sam
Lazarus
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Dallas
Phoenix
Houston
O’hare
Kansas City
Memphis
Ozark
St. Louis
Des Moines Democrats Seek Re election in Linn County
Two Democratic state representatives from Linn County announced plans to seek re election Wally E Horn of Cedar Rapids and Myron Mike Oxley of Marion will run again Horn seeks a fifth term for the 28th District Oxley a fourth term for the 30th District Horn emphasizes tax relief for seniors and fixed income residents while Oxley pledges restraint on spending and continued state agency help for constituents Oxley serves on Ways and Means and Transportation committees with related subcommittees
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Des Moines
Linn County
Wally E. Horn
Belmont Parkway
Cedar Rapids
Myron
Mike” Oxley
Marion
Horn
Oxley
House
Labor and Industrial Relations
Human Resources
Education
Ways and Means
Transportation
County Government
Transportation Appropriations
Cedar Rapids Council Eyes Two Industrial Bonds
The Cedar Rapids City Council hears two industrial development bond requests totaling 1.7 million for Van Meter Co and Tools Inc to build offices and a warehouse at the J Avenue and 33rd Street SW industrial park. A public hearing is set for April 2 with more potential filings from Belvedere Investments Park Plaza and a residuary trust.
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Cedar Rapids
James Munro
Des Moines
van Meter Co
J Avenue
33Rd Street
Munro
Belvedere Investments Inc
Park Plaza Inc
William Schamberger Residuary Trust
Don Canney
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Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Pawlewski
Sapadapaso
Osgood Shepherds
Pierson’s Florists
Klinger Paint Company
5Th Avenue SE
Novak
14Th Avenue SE
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
Reservations Incorporated
Adv
Liebke
W.J. Engraving Company
Iowa Theatre Building
Hummel
Cocking’s
1St Avenue
Artex
Joan Fields
Council
City Hall
Sisco
Richard E. Sisco
Robert Ray
State Board of Barber Examiners
Senate
Griffin Ltd
Wilson Ave
Drugtown
Call
St. John’s Cemetery
Frederickix of
Denmark
C.R
Nancy Stevens
Gazette
United Labor
Bakersfield
Calif
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