Sandbag Demand Surges as Iowa Flood Watch Continues
Iowa and Illinois towns order more than 620000 sandbags as river stages rise. Army corps engineers assist with dike work and sandbagging while Red Rock and Coralville lakes store floodwater to ease potential floods along the Des Moines and Cedar rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Corps of Engineers
Moline
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Jerry Sehmunk
Schmunk
Estherville
Des Moines
Iowa Weather Bureau
West Fork
Humboldt
East Fork
Fort Dodge
Boone
Guttenberg
Mississippi
Marshalltown
Corps of Engineers
Marble Rock
Shell Rock
Finchford
Waterloo
Sac City
Jefferson
AL van Meter
Redfield
Eighteenth Street
Des
Moines
Cedar River
Austin
Minn
Charles City
Red Rock
Iowa Legislature Passes Monday Holiday Bill Amid Flood Alerts
The Iowa Senate approved a bill to move Memorial Day Washingtons Birthday and Veterans Day to observance on Mondays from 1471. Flood warnings stretched along the Iowa and Skunk rivers with several towns reporting levels above flood stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
State Senate
House
Washington
Towa
Marshalltown
Iowa River
Skunk
Ames
Oskaloosa
Brighton
17 Military Decorations for Manchester Man
Air force Capt. Milton C Deerr of Manchester has earned 17 military decorations for air action in Vietnam as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He received four Distinguished Flying Crosses, twelve Air Medals, and an Air Force Commendation Medal for close air support on multiple missions. Deerr, a Manchester High School graduate, earned a B A from Gee College in 1985 and is stationed at Reese AFB Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Milton C Deerr
Richard E. Deerr
Manchester
Vietnam
Deerr
Reese Air Force Base
Texas
Deers
Manchester High Schools
Gee College
Road Fund Transfer Is Called Property Tax Hike
A House appropriations panel approved a governor requested bill by 2 to 10 to shift 1.7 million annually from the road use tax to the Department of Public Instruction for driver education for two years starting July 1. The move drew opposition from Reps. Andersen and Johnston as municipalities fear lost revenue and higher property taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs Moines
House Appropriations Committee
Robert Ray
Department of Public Instruction
Ace
Ralph McCuartney
Charles City
John Camp
R Bryant
Iowa
Camp
Policeman Clings to Car Door in High Speed Flight
Police pursued a car with officer Rupp clinging to the door as Gerald Hepker and James Hepker resisted arrest after a disorderly incident. Charges included assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury, intoxication, and reckless driving. Others faced resisting arrest and intoxication. bond set and court dates noted. A separate Tipton hog house fire caused $3000 in loss with some hogs killed.
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Hopker
Rupp
Second Street
Second Avenue
Second Avenue Bridge
Gerald Hepker
James Hepker
Ficer Rupp
Hepkers
Fifield
Gerald Hopker
Linn County
Tipton
Robert Johnson
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Weather Bureau
Tracy
Keosauqua
Fourteenth Street
Raccoon River
Coratville Lake
Cedar Rapids
By Frank Nye
Leonard Andersen
Rsinux City
Joseph Johnston
D-Iawa City
Andersen
Lan
Johnston
Diego
Navy
Larry G.bill
Modracek
Cedars
Rapids
Vincent E. Bading
Valley Brook Drive
Charles Driscall
Mt. Vernon
Coast Guard
Alameda
Calif
le Tery Evans
Merle Evans
Vir
John Evans
Cheyenne Road
Long Island
N.Y
Theron Weimer
Ernest Weimer
Twenty-first Avenue
Colorado Springs
Colo
Duane C. Bemrose
William Wiley
Twelfth Avenue
Camp Pendleton
Duane L. Neverman
M. J. Neverman
Center Point Road
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Asmara
Ethiopia
McCartney
Mark Johnston
Corsica
Paris
de Gaulle
Napoleon
Ken & Taege
Fedders
B.T.U. Wi
West End
Second Ave
Lhten & Taege, Inc
Atel
Mingusrvens
Ndow
Fourth Street
Ronald Wheeler
Eighth Avenue SW
Leroy Fifield, Jr
Avenue NW
Farher Warrant
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Powers
Hepker
Kenneth J Clark
B Avenue
Clark
First Avenue
Eighth Street
Frank Montague
Sixteenth Avenue
Montague Deld
Larry
Montague
Fourth’ Street
James Hopker
Warren J. Rees
Wheeler
Linn
Shell
Missouri
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