C&NW opposes Iowa Rock Island lines purchase plan
C&NW president J R Wolfe pledged to use all power to defeat Iowa's plan to buy the Rock Island lines to fund bonds with a rail diesel tax. He warned state action could curb C&NW operations and threaten Iowa grain shipping next fall, while opposing state bonds and taxes for rail purchases.
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Des Moines
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Rock Island Lines
C&nw
Iowa
J.R. Wolfe
Wolfe
Rock Island
Iowa Transportation
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
Ray Kassel
Iowa Department of Transportation
Missouri Pacific
Western Pacific
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Kansas City
Chicago
Omaha
Wyoming
Ray to call special session on June twenty four
Gov Robert Ray plans a proclamation to convene the Iowa Legislature on June 24 to address redistricting and added items including railroad bond financing and motor fuel tax increases. House Speaker Delwyn Stromer says the call should have been in the Senate adjournment resolution. On this date in 1759 William Pitt was born.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Delwyn Stromer
Senate
Ray
Man and mule trek crosses vast west with simple living
Benish and McGuire travel by wagon across many states sounding notes of frugal life. They travel with a dog a hen a rooster and quail adding eggs to their meals. Benish recalls a heart attack cut smoking and a new slower pace with a milestone return home planned.
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McGuire
Keokuk
Washington
Davenport
Highland
Kilroy
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Iowa road funding clash slows 1982 projects plan
Iowa Transportation Commission chair Robert Rigler attacked lawmakers for not boosting road funds as the panel approved a 1982 repair plan smaller than this year. The group said at least 140 million dollars annually is needed, with a special session possible to reconsider a three cent gas tax rise, while project totals for 1982 were set at 162 million dollars, eight percent below prior expectations.
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Iowa Transportation Commission
Iowa
Commission
Robert Rigler
Iowa Department of Transportation
Rigler
IDOT
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
House
Donald Avenson
Oelwein
Avenson
Robert Ray
Shirley Robinson
Iowa Senate
Gus Anderson
Anderson
Clinton County
Camanche
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