Court order halts soil conditioner ad pitches
Des Moines AP says Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller secured a Polk County District Court consent judgment ordering Edward Kokes of Grand Island Nebraska to stop promoting Amway Spray Adjuvant as a fertilizer substitute and to refund sales. He allegedly claimed 4 foot broccoli 544 pound carrots and 298 bushel acre yields and touted a biochemist doctorate and independent lab ownership.
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DES Moines
Tom Miller
Polk County
Edward Kokes
Grand Island
Neb
Amway Spray
Kokes
Miller
Iowa
Carpenters vote leaves outcome uncertain amid cautious talks
Carpenters Union members voted on a contract Saturday while union and contractor spokesmen refused to confirm a settlement. A contractor source said a formal report would come in a week. Negotiations with sheet metal workers resume Monday, while iron, cement, plumbers, roofers and glaziers show varied progress in Cedar Rapids Iowa City bargaining.
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Glaziers
Building Trades
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Linn County win Iowa Clean Air Award 1983
Cedar Rapids and the Linn County Health Department share the 1983 Iowa Clean Air Award from the American Lung Association of Iowa for efforts to meet federal primary air standards. Linn County issued a strong permit program with enforcement. Cedar Rapids reduced fugitive dust, banned leaf burning, vacuum swept leaves, and repaired streets for 1 380 construction impacts. The award will be presented June 4 at Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Health Department
Iowa
The
Lung Association
Association
Independence man dies of injuries in motorcycle crash
Jeffrey Wilson 28 of Independence dies at University Hospitals Iowa City after a scooter left the roadway at County Road 93 and Highway 150. The death follows the April 29 crash that killed passenger Sherri Schwartzhoff 22, both Upper Iowa University students in Fayette. In a separate Charles City crash, Greg Neal 25 of Marble Rock died at Rochester Minnesota hospital after his car struck a semitrailer driven by Scott Anderson 20 of Lawler. Deborah Sorenson 23 of Charles City was listed in critical condition in Rochester. The 5:15 p.m. Friday wreck occurred on Highway 18 after the semi lost control and jackknifed.
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Jeffrey Wilson
Independence
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Sherri Schwartzhoff
Upper Iowa University
Charles City
Greg Neal
Marble Rock
Iowa
Rochester, Minn
Deborah Sorenson
Rochester
Floyd County
L.L. Lane
Neal
Scott Anderson
Lawler
Anderson
Flotation truck spill leaks nitrogen near Worthington
A truck carrying 1400 gallons of liquid nitrogen rolled into a ditch on Highway 136 south of Worthington. About half the contents leaked. the vehicle, a field spray unit, was a total loss estimated at 80000 dollars. Driver Alan Wessels, 31, was treated for back pains and released. A second tank, an anhydrous ammonia unit, rolled on Highway 20 near North Cascade Road in Dubuque County. no injuries.
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Highway 136
Dubuque County
Wessels
Dyersville Hospital
Highway 20
North Cascade Road
Tom Pins
New Vienna
Pins
Lawmaker proposes unicameral Iowa legislature plan
Rep Betty Jean Clark of Rockwell says she will draft a constitutional amendment to replace Iowa’s two chamber system with a single unicameral body. She argues it would reduce blame shifting, cut costs, and increase accountability, citing Nebraska as a model and noting the plan would require two consecutive sessions and a public vote.
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Iowa
Betty Jean Clark
House
Senate
Clark
Nebraska
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