East Iowa County election results overview
County results show numerous races with multiple candidates and many unopposed posts. Notable tallies include Kenneth Popenhagen 7 092 for Sheriff with no opponent listed and Florence Hetzler 9 253 in Keokuk County races, while tax question on Henry Sabin School failed 15 008 to 14 830.
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Iowa
County Board of Supervisors
Henry Sabin
Iowa City
Johnson County
Bush
Anderson Lacey
Culver
Charlies Grassley
Swearingen holds 88th District in Iowa House race
Statehouse race results show Swearingen, 57, defeating Democrat Steve Burnett 5 702 to 4 564 to retain the 88th District seat. Swearingen cites focusing on state finances and budget scrutiny while opposing a tax increase for now. Van Maanen wins 91st District race defeating Nicholas Novotny 7 946 to 3 182 and plans to push inheritance tax and coal use bills.
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R-Sigourney
Steve Burnett
Iowa
House of Representatives
Swearingen
Burnett
The
Gazette
van Maanen
Mahaska County
Nicholas Novotny
Oskaloosa
Novotny Keokuk
Lucas
Mahaska
Marion
Monroe
Poweshiek
Harold van Maanen
Roskaloosa
Fire guts 4 units of Tama building
A fire gutted four apartments in the Fifth Street Apartment Building in Tama on Tuesday night. Residents were away. two floors suffered only minor damage elsewhere. Firefighters from Tama and mutual aid departments fought the blaze for five hours, aided by onlookers and local responders.
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TAMA
Fifth Street
Paul Hopper
Toledo
Toledo, Traer and
Vining
Tama Hatchery
Charles Culler
Linda
Mark Curtis
Roseann
Gladys Thomas
Ted Roth
Thomas
Ruth Sjostrom
Sjostrom
Robert Baier
Baier
Sadaharu Oh retires as Yomiuri Giants star and coach
Sadaharu Oh ends a 21 year career with the Yomiuri Giants and moves into a coaching role. The left handed slugger belted 868 home runs, including the 756th which surpassed Hank Aaron. Oh’s retirement dominated Japanese front pages even as US voters headed to the polls.
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UPI
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Japan
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Asahi
Yomiuri
Ronald Reagan
Carter
United States
Jackson says he's open to Reagan cabinet offers
Senator Henry Jackson of Washington says he has not agreed to join Ronald Reagan's transition team. He offers to help the president regardless of party and notes no direct talks about a secretary of state or defense post. He cites mixed media reports and questions the likelihood of a cabinet role given Reagan's landslide and a new Senate majority.
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UPI
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D-Wash
Ronald Reagan
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CBS
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Washington
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Congress
OPEC
Johnson clerk ousted by woman she fired
Mary Conklin, a Republican, defeated incumbent Clerk Susan Flaherty to reclaim the Johnson County clerk of court post. Conklin won 21,476 votes to Flaherty's 15,488 after being dismissed by Flaherty in July for insubordination. Flaherty filed a civil complaint alleging political dismissal. no hearing date set.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Mary Conklin
Conklin
Susan Flaherty
Flaherty
U.S. District Court
Johnson
Gary Hughes
William Kidwell
Hughes
Kidwell
Tom Slockett
Cathrine Finley
Slockett
Betty Ockenfels
County Board of Supervisors
Lorada Cilek
Donald Lehr
Ockenfels
Bob Vevera
Cilek
Lehr
Vevera
Spank Broders
Audrey Jordahl
James Barfuss
Cynthia Bergquist
Keith Lamont
Wayne Hays Career Ends After Defeat in Ohio House Race
Wayne Hays 69, long a congressman, loses re election bid to Robert W. Ney, a Bellaire safety director and former embassy officer, amid scandal fallout. Ney ran on action for Ohio's coal and steel communities, criticizing Hays for losing touch with voters.
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Ohio
UPI
Wayne Hays
Ohio House
U.S
Iran
Robert W. Ney
Bellaire
Hays
Congress
Ney
James A. Rhodes
U.S. House
Elizabeth Ray
Achiraz
Recording star Johnny Horton dies in Texas crash
Twenty years ago the popular country music singer Johnny Horton was killed when his car collided with another vehicle on a railroad overpass in Milano Texas. The tragedy cut short a rising career and stunned fans across the region.
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Johnny Horton
Milano
Texas
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Max Allen
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Kenneth Richman
Harry Kilmer
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Alvin Ohrt
Dorothy Jones
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Dennis Purdy
James Black
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C. Donald Dunham
Washington County
R — Curtis Mineart
Carol Giardino
Yale H. Jarvis
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Robert L. Pearson
Larry A. Kientz
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Margaret L. Kruchek
Kenneth R. Nesset
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