Campaign ends as Iowa voters near turnout decision
Republicans and Democrats wrap up final campaigning in Iowa with Get Out The Vote drives planned for Tuesday. Carter aides claim a margin while Ford supporters cite momentum and a slim statewide lead, as turnout concerns loom over the low turnout election.
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Iowa
John Devereaux
Carter
Ford
Ames
Boone
Marvin Pomerantz
Joan Mondale
Walter Mondale
Des Moines
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Great Pumpkin Roll At Western Iowa Tech Draws 50 Teams
Nancy Stover 18 of Sergeant Bluff delivers a strong kick as 50 teams of four compete to move a pumpkin a quarter mile at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City. The event ends with a pumpkin pie feast.
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Western Iowa Tech Community College
Sioux City
Nancy Stover
Sergeant Bluff
Iowa Great Lakes firms face fire exit charges
Dickinson County Attorney James Ledegaard will file magistrate court charges against 22 Iowa Great Lakes area businesses for lacking proper fire exits. Violations stem from July inspections of taverns lounges clubs and restaurants in Arnolds Park Spirit Lake Okoboji Wahpeton and Milford. Fines range from 25 to 100 per day until compliance, with follow up by state fire inspectors.
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Des Moines
UPI
Dickinson County
James C. Ledegaard
Iowa Great Lakes Area
Harold Schurtz
Mason City
Dennis Harmening
Ledegaard
Arnolds Park
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Wahpeton
Milford
Harmening
Iawa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Settlement to Divvy 40 000 Among 130 Iowa Families
About 130 Iowa families will share a 40 000 out of court settlement paid by Mills Bank and two individuals tied to a chinchilla raising scheme. The payout is pro rata based on each family’s payments. the banks and Hillis Akin and Barbara McLuen Ploeger settled, with others still potentially liable.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mills County State Bank of
Glenwood
Central Chinchilla Group, Inc
Dawn Mist Chinchilla Group, Inc
Hillis Akin
Edna Akin
John Milligan
Barbara McLuen Plaeger
Bank
Barbara McLuen Ploeger
Pioneer Aviator Clarence Chamberlin Dies at 82
Clarence D. Chamberlin of Shelton Connecticut who was born in Denison Iowa died after a long illness at 82. He became the first American to fly a passenger across the Atlantic two weeks after Lindbergh's Paris flight guiding the Miss Columbia from Long Island to Europe before an engine shortage forced a landing in Eisleben Germany. He served as a lieutenant in World War I and was inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame last year.
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Shelton, Conn
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Shelton
Berlin
Eisleben
Germany
Chamberlin
Denison
Iowa
Army Air Service
Aviation Hall of Fame
Iowa per capita income ranked 17th nationwide in 1975
Des Moines reports from U S Commerce Department show Iowa’s 1975 average income reached 6077 dollars per person, ranking 17th in the nation. Iowa’s figure rose 9 3 percent from 1974, above the national average of 5902 dollars and outpacing inflation at about 8 percent. Alaska led with 9448 dollars while Mississippi posted 4052 dollars.
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Des Moines
UPI
U.S. Commerce Department
Iowa
Hawkeye
Alaska
Mississippi
Debate over mid decade census for reapportionment
Des Moines report discusses Ford signed law mandating mid decade censuses starting 1985 and the potential impact on reapportionment of the legislature and Congress every five years. Analysts note practical problems and constitutional questions. Burks warns of timing misalignments with terms.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Gerald Ford
Ford
Congress
Philip E. Burks
Legislative Service Bureau
U.S
House of Representatives
Iowa
General Assembly
Burks
Ford Predicted To Win Iowa In Local Poll
A North Fayette Community High School class surveyed voters in Fayette County using 760 returned ballots from about 1,000 distributed. Gerald Ford led with 428 votes versus 303 for Jimmy Carter and 27 for Eugene McCarthy, suggesting a rural Iowa edge and potential statewide GOP victory.
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West Union
North Fayette Community High School
Gerald Ford
Iowa
Gay Bowden
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Eugene McCarthy
Bowden
Fayette County
Free Coffee Donuts For Pheasant Hunters Opens Sat
Center Point hosts a day long pheasant season opening event at the Chevrolet Garage on Highway 150 offering free coffee and donuts from 5 a.m. sponsored by the Eastern Iowa Patriots CB Club of Center Point.
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Center Point
Chevrolet
Highway 150
Eastern Iowa Patriots CB Club
LaGrange to Speak at Iowa Food Technologists Meeting
Dr. W S LaGrange extension food technologist from Iowa State University will headline the Iowa regional section Institute of Food Technologists gathering on November 18 at 4 30 p m at Daniels Restaurant in New Hampton. He will discuss recent work in Brazil on food preservation processing packaging and marketing.
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New Hampton
W.S. LaGrange
Iowa State University
Iowa Regional Section
Institute of Food Technologists
Daniel
LaGrange
Brazil
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Linn County
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