Town helps rebuild only restaurant
Mechanicsville residents led by Doc Randolph rebuild Doc and Jo’s Teenie Bop Shoppe after a fire on October 27. Volunteers—mostly farmers and Mechanicsville Lions Club members—demolished, insulated, and rebuilt the kitchen, with free carpentry and wiring work while plans add a grill, salad bar, buffet, and new dining setup for Jeptha Randolph Jr. and the business’s younger crowd.
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Jonathan Reed
Jones-Cedar Bureau
Mechanicsville
Doc Randolph
Doc
Doc & Jo
Highway 30
Mechanicsville Lions Club
Calvin Robinson
Jeptha Randolph Jr
Joann
Iowa sees 6 to 15 percent rise in winter fuel bills
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Energy Policy Council says even with stable natural gas rates a normal or colder than normal heating season could lift bills 6 percent to 15 percent from last winter. January heating costs for natural gas users are forecast at 150.29 dollars, electric at 197.09, heating oil at 179.84, and propane at 186.29, with gas remaining Iowa’s cheapest option.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
The
EPC
Energy Policy Council
Louisa
Iowa
Iowa Democrats weigh earlier caucus date for 1984
Iowa Democrats plan to decide next week whether to back the national party and move the 1984 caucus from February 27 to February 20. The decision could affect Iowa delegates to the Democratic National Convention and the timing of the Iowa Republican caucuses. The rules committee of the national party refused Iowa’s requested exemption, with a vote by the Compliance Review Commission pending this weekend. Tim Dickson and Dave Nagle await word after a West Virginia meeting.
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Iowa
Tim Dickson
Iowa Democratic Party
Dave Nagle
West Virginia
National Party
Compliance Review Commission
Rules Committee
New Hampshire
San Francisco
Bedell backs Mondale in Democratic presidential race
Representative Berkley Bedell of Iowa endorses Walter Mondale praising his experience in agriculture economics and world affairs. The report covers campaign timing window rules and caucus scheduling debates impacting both parties ahead of the 1984 nominating contests.
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Washington
Berkley Bedell
Diowa
Walter Mondale
Northwest
Iowa
Mondale
Bedell
Reagan’s Yale Apartment Condemnation Threat Amid Renovation Pressure
Davenport’s community development committee orders the 110 year old Yale Apartment to be condemned and torn down unless owner Glenn Hancock of Colorado submits a renovation plan within about a month. Estimated remodel cost reaches up to 5 million dollars while the building sits vacant since 1982. Reagan once lived there when he worked at WOC Radio.
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Yale
Ronald Reagan
Glenn Hancock
Colorado
Phil Testa
Reagan
WOC Radio
Hollywood
International Law Forum on Sanctions in South Africa
The Old Brick Forum in Iowa City will discuss whether sanctions can bring racial harmony in South Africa. At 3 p.m. at Old Brick, Market and Clinton streets, Richard Lillich of Virginia and Paul Neuhauser of Iowa teach the free public lecture as part of a weekly series on Human Rights and National Survival.
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Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
South Africa
Old Brick Forum
Old Brick
First Presbyterian Church
Market and
Clinton Streets
Richard Lillich
University of Virginia
Paul Neuhauser
University of Iowa
Hultman Named National President of Federal Bar Association
Evan Hultman the U.S. District Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa and former Iowa attorney general has been named national president of the Federal Bar Association for fiscal year 1984. He previously served as Waterloo city attorney.
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U.S
Evan “Curly” Hultman
Federal Bar Association
Hultman
Iowa
Waterloo
Northern District of
Swartz Won't Seek Recount In Iowa Senate Race
In Marshalltown the official canvass shows John Sperholtz winning Senate District 36 6 525 to 6 492 over Tom Swartz. Swartz, a Democrat from Marshalltown, concedes the 33 vote defeat and plans to continue in the Iowa House.
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Tom Swartz
John Sperholtz
Iowa
Senate
Swartz
John Soorholtz
Marshall County
Soorholtz
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