Low income fuel aid extended to May 20
HACAP reports Emergency Energy Program funds extended to May 20 for helping low income residents with overdue fuel bills. Eligible households can receive up to 250 dollars toward bills over 30 days overdue or additional fuel if cash payment is required. The program may require more allocations to reach all qualified.
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Hawkeye Area
HACAP
Tom Miskimen
Miskimen
Congress
Meskimen
State Office of Program and Planning
Community Services Administration
Solon Crash Fatal to Girl Dated in Iowa City
A Solon youth, Kerry Philipp aged 17, died at University Hospitals from injuries suffered March 10 in a two vehicle wreck near Solon. She was a passenger in a pickup driven by Nancy Barta 18 of rural Solon whose vehicle collided head on with a pickup driven by Nancy Burgett 35 of rural Solon on Iowa Highway 382 west of Solon.
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Iowa City
Solon
Kerry Philipp
Nancy Barta
Nancy Burgett
Iowa Highway
First U S Air Passenger Service Flight 1919
On this date in 1919 Robert Hewitt piloted a flight carrying Mrs. J A Hoag and Miss Ethel Hodges from New York to Atlantic City inaugurating U S air plane passenger service.
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U.S
Robert Hewitt
J.A. Hoagland
Ethel Hodges
New York City
Atlantic City
Iowa weighs 80 000 pound truck bill in 1978 session
Des Moines reports push to raise truck weight limit from about 72 000 pounds to 80 000 on Iowa highways as the 1978 Legislature moves toward adjournment. Proponents led by Rep. Carl Nielsen and groups like the Iowa Motor Truck Association and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation aim to add an amendment to an omnibus bill already through the Senate. The fuel tax increase vote tied to the heavy truck measure faced mixed support, with a House poll showing 44 against, 3 for, and 9 undecided.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carl Nielsen
Senate
Robert Krause
D Whittemore
Joe Rinas
Marion
House
Local sewer project bid awarded to Dave Schmitt Construction Co
Dave Schmitt Construction Co won the Locust Road SW sanitary sewer project with the low bid of 11997.50 cents, beating W R Hennessey and Son 15475. The estimated project cost was 10925.
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Dave Schmitt Construction Co
Locust Road
Waconia Avenue
W.R. Hennessey and Son
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Sue Lintz
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital Laboratory
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Smulekoff
Barcalounger
Rockalounger
Fairmont
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