Final Days Wrestling Over Senate Adjournment Amuses Iowa Leaders
DES MOINES Democrats and Republicans sparred over the end of the 68th General Assembly in Des Moines. Rep Don Avenson and Sen Roger Halvorson trade jabs about who fooled whom as both sides claimed strategic moves to influence the 1980 elections.
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Des Moines
68Th General Assembly
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
Iowa
GOP
Halvorson
Robert Ray
Avenson
Don
Truckers lift I-80 protest near Davenport
State troopers persuaded 15 truckers to move off I-80 east of Davenport to keep emergency vehicles clear. The convoy said it represented all Americans, not a single group, and drove into Illinois after police intervention. Meredith Willson received an honorary doctor of music degree at Wartburg College in Waverly. He choked up thanking the audience during the ceremony. ISU will grant about 2,280 degrees with W A Strauss delivering the spring commencement address.
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Avenson
Halvorson
Walcott
UPI
Davenport
Illinois
Waverly
Iowa
Meredith Willson
Wartburg College
Mason City
Willson
California
Broadway
Ames
Iowa State University
W.A. Strauss
Omaha
Neb
ISU
Northern Natural Gas Co
Northern
Strauss
Iowa State University Foundation
Inmate Hospitalized After Dining Hall Assault at Fort Madison
Joseph Flinspach 26 of Fairfield injured by rock in Iowa State Penitentiary dining hall. He says he does not know the assailant or motive. Flinspach, jailed for arson, is in the infirmary. Investigators from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation were sent to the prison.
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DES Moines
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Joseph Flinspach
Fairfield
Robert Holetz
Holetz
Flinspach
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Chamberlain workers threaten halt over depleted uranium risk
Waterloo union official Russ Woodrick said workers at Chamberlain Manufacturing will refuse to handle depleted uranium 238 until safety claims are independently verified. Chamberlain vice president Ed McElliott says the material carries about 10 percent of normal background radiation and is used in an anti tank round for the U S Army. 18 employees currently work with it with badges worn.
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Waterloo
Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp
Russ Woodrick
International Association of Machinists
Chamberlain
Ed McElliott
U.S
McElliott
The Man Who Refused to Pay His Taxes
A feature in Sundays PARADE recounts a man who defies tax demands, detailing his motives, courtroom friction, and social reactions. The piece situates the act within broader civic tensions and debates over taxation ethics.
Four Die On Iowa Roads In Weekend Crashes
Gazette wire reports four fatalities on Iowa highways this weekend. William Becker, 21, of Buffalo Center died Saturday night when his car hit a pickup on Highway 254. William Bailey, 21, of Manilla found dead in the Boyer River near Arion after his car went through a guardrail. Michael Graham, 22, of Davis City died from injuries after a one car crash near Leon. Doug Wede, of Linn Grove, died in a head-on collision with a semitrailer at Spencer.
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Iowa
Buffalo Center
William Becker
Highway 254
Crawford County
William L. Bailey
Manilla
Boyer River
Arion
Bailey
Michael Graham
Davis City
Iowa Methodist Medical Cen
Ter
Des Moines
Leon
Decatur County
Doug Wede
Linn Grove
Spencer
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Music Man
3Rd Ave
Rapids
Esroas
John Deere Insurance
Cedar Rapids
Gazette Wire
Bob Sample
Malloy Jewelers
Second Ave. SE
George Erwin
Hedges Realtors
Second Street
EPA
Ase
Ted
Concord
Pacer
Bruce McGrath
AMC
JEEP
Center Pt
Langhurst Motors, Inc
Seventh Ave
Marion
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