Webster to resign as state GOP chief
DES MOINES (UPI) Ben nett Webster the Republican state chairman for 1% years said Friday he will resign the job because of personal and business pressures. He will submit his resignation today to the State Central Committee in Des Moines and it will take effect when the committee elects a new chairman probably in one month. Webster said his personal situation and business do not allow the time the job requires. He noted a $220 000 debt nearly retired and preparations for the fall elections. He named potential successors and said the central committee will have time to act before the general election. Webster 59 has long been active in GOP affairs in Iowa.
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Bennett Webster
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Muscatine
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Indianola
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Monticello
Steve Roberts
Polk County
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Iowa
Waukon high school senior dies in 1 vehicle crash
A senior at Waukon High School, 18-year-old Jackie L. Welch, died after a one vehicle crash seven miles northeast of Waukon on Allamakee County Road X-20 at 7 36 p m. A passenger, Jeffrey Moose, 18, was listed in satisfactory condition at Veterans Memorial Hospital. A moment of silence will honor Welch and Kevin Ward, a ninth grade classmate killed in a past motorcycle accident.
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Welch
Allamakee
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Water Restored in Richland After Pipe Obstruction
Richland, a Keokuk County town, regained water Thursday afternoon ending a week of pressure loss. Council member Chalmers Hoskins said about 350 feet of well pipe were obstructed by a magnesium deposit, prompting a shutdown and use of hauled water during repairs.
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Richland
Keokuk County
Chalmers Hoskins
Auditor probes $71,937 in questionable Merit Dept expenditures
Iowa State Auditor Richard Johnson disclosed a special review of the Merit Employment Department found 71,937 in questionable expenditures from a separate fund. The probe, for July 1, 1979 to April 30, 1982, is referred to the Polk County attorney and Attorney General. Betty Hicks, the department's accountant, was suspended without pay as the audit traced 57 warrants totaling 71,937, with funds deposited to her personal account.
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Gazette Wire Services
Des Moines
Richard Johnson
Merit Employment Department
Johnson
Iowa
Hicks
Barbara Stennes
Bill Mann
Jane Sanders
Mary Riche
Merit
Clint Davis
Comptroller’s Office
Funeral pre-need protection signed by Iowa governor
Governor Robert Ray signed a bill to shield funeral buyers who pay in advance by tightening enforcement of the 80 percent trust rule for pre-need sales. The measure allows a bond alternative, though concerns remain about bonding viability. The law also replaces the Iowa Crime Commission with a criminal justice planning agency and raises penalties for deer and turkey poaching.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ray
Senate
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Criminal Justice Planning Agency
Governor's Office
Ray vetoes easing housing inspection law
Governor Robert Ray vetoed a bill that would have made rental housing inspections voluntary for cities. He argued regular inspections keep rental stock safe and sanitary, reduce landlord tenant tensions, especially in low income areas, and that cities would lose enforcement flexibility under the measure. The 1982 bill would have ended regular inspections and required exams only after complaints.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert Ray
Ray
Mary Jane Odell
Nebraska man awarded over 3 million in pool accident case
Jerry Beech of Eagle Nebraska wins a 3.1 million verdict plus interest for injuries from a 1972 Davenport pool slide similar to Aquaslide products. Judge Richard Strickler ordered Aquaslide n Dive Corp to pay Beech after an unusual trial with the Texas firm defending a competitor. Beech, 39, paralyzed, wheelchair bound, was at a Harper Meats sales meeting when a slide ended in four feet of water.
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Nebraska
Polk County District Court
Richard Strickler
Jerry Beech
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Texas
Aquaslide
N’ Dive Corp
Strickler
Beech
Davenport
Beeck
John McClintock
Iowa
Harper Meats
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