Krause wins rail funding push in Iowa House
Des Moines Rep. Robert Krause gains House support for an amendment creating a rail road improvement authority under the Iowa Department of Transportation. The plan would issue up to 100 million in tax free bonds to lend to railroads, with Congress approval needed for tax free status. Krause notes limited private capital for railroads and cites potential Senate action pending.
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Des Moines
Robert Krause
D-Whittemore
House
Krause
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa
Burlington Northern
Rock Island
Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Northwestern
U.S
Congress
John Culver
U.S. Treasury Department
Midwest
Senate
Kirkwood to discuss summer and fall programs
Kirkwood Community College will present details of its summer and fall programs to residents in Iowa City Monticello and Washington on the TLC Telenetwork system Thursday. Admissions director Jim Miller will speak at 5 30 p m about two way communications between the Kirkwood campus and community education centers and the Kirkwood Mount Mercy summer consortium and fall term openings. Attendees may join without advance arrangements. Centers are at 1816 Lower Muscatine Road Iowa City Plastic Lane Monticello West Madison and South Avenue D Washington.
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Iowa City
Monticello
Washington
Jim Miller
Kirkwood
Miller
Kirkwood- Mount Mercy
TLC
Lower Muscatine Road
Plastic Lane
West Madison
South Avenue D
Stroke Sits Behind Campaign for State Senate Bid
Des Moines notes state Senator Louis Culver faces a primary challenge after a stroke left his left arm weakened. He campaigns via ads and mail while relying on a wheelchair and a tiny cloakroom elevator to reach the Senate chamber, a feature added in the 1960s for wheelchair access.
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Louis Culver
D-Dunlap
Culver
Iowa
Senate
Senate Chamber
Senate Lounge
Dick Stephens
Richard Stephens
R Ainsworth
Eastern Iowans hear prayers from diverse religious leaders
Eastern Iowa religious leaders including Revs Edward Wolfe Ramond Hearing W J Stevens Clyde King Leslie Pritchard Rev Walden Askren Rabbi Robert Ourach gave opening prayers before the Legislature. Doctors from the Physicians Family Practice group volunteered as Doctor of the Day for lawmakers, listing C W Maplethorpe Paul Leley John Bailey M E Chandler C W Beckman M L McClenahan and James Icken representing Toledo Independence Anamosa Kalona Sigourney and Iowa City.
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Iowa
Edward Wolfe
Ramond Hearing
Mount Vernon
W.J. Stevens
Washington
Clyde King
Toledo
Leslie Pritchard
Clinton
Walden Askren
Robert Ourach
Cedar Rapids
Physicians Family Practice Group
C.W. Maplethorpe
Paul Leley
Independence
John Bailey
M.E. Chandler
Anamosa
C.W. Beckman
Kalona
M.L. McClenahan
Sigourney
James Icken
Iowa City
Brother Arrests Tie Youths to Quaker Oats Robbery
Police say a 17 year old southwest Cedar Rapids boy was arrested Thursday and his 17 year old brother was arrested Monday in connection with the ARA Food Service at Quaker Oats holdup. The pair allegedly took three bank bags containing over $400 and used a wooden stock pipe to simulate a weapon. One brother was a Quaker employee.
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ARA
Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids
Center Point hires three new teachers and sets salary talks
Center Point Consolidated School Board approved contracts for three new teachers Joy Bryant high school librarian Debra Ask fifth grade reading and language arts Dan Rosendahal sixth grade A bachelor’s degree is noted for Rosendahal The board also approved next year’s teacher salary schedule raising the starting base from 9600 to 10025 Salaries for superintendent and principals to be decided at a May 16 special meeting Building plans will be on the agenda as well.
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Center Point
Erskins
Cedar Rapids
Dan Rosendahal
Coe College
Senate approves budget bill to cushion declining enrollment
DES MOINES The Senate approved a school budget bill to aid districts facing enrollment declines and to double the self help tax levy. The measure funds the School Budget Review Committee with 2.5 million for next year and expands the phantom student formula for 1979 80. It allows districts to ignore up to 2.5 percent of losses and half of greater losses, increasing phantom students by about 8,000 in two years, at an estimated state cost of 9.35 million and local property tax rise of 3.8 million, while permitting voter approval for up to 10 percent of the total budget in special taxes.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Autopsy Pending in Grand Mound Body Found Case
The Clinton County medical examiner is expected to release an autopsy on 20 year old Galen Eugene Bender whose body was found in a farm field near Grand Mound by farmer Joe Lindeman. Lindeman said the body had been in the field about two months and authorities are discounting foul play.
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UPI
Clinton County
Grand Mound
Joe Lindeman
Galen Eugene Bender
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