Des Moines Firm Lands First Loan Under New Small Biz Program
Color Converting Industries Co. received the first $125,000 loan under Iowa Housing Finance Authority’s small business program. The scheme, aimed at firms with under 20 workers, plans to create 160 jobs and enables equipment purchases, land or building needs. The rate starts at 9 percent with semiannual adjustments.
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Des Moines
Color Converting Industries Co
Iowa Housing Finance Authority
William McNarney
Robert Ray
Iowa
Banker's Trust
Ron Barry
Color Converting
Barry
McNarney
Civil liberties group opposes anti-Klan crackdown in Des Moines
The Iowa Civil Liberties Union denounces a city plan to curb Ku Klux Klan activities as unconstitutional, arguing rights to free speech and assembly protect Klan members. Des Moines officials and the city Human Rights Commission urge monitoring and a mask ban amid rising tensions after a summer shooting.
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Des Moines
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
KKK
Julie Golden
IGLU
Norma Jackson
Des Moines Human Rights Commission
Jackson
ICLU
Golden
Ku Klux Klan
Skokie
Ill
Governor and patrol chief clash on Iowa speed limit raise
Gov. Robert Ray dismisses Col. Frank Metzger idea to raise the interstate limit from 55 to 62 mph. Metzger argues higher speeds on interstates save time and reflect safety, citing Canada. Ray says no change, fears loss of federal funds and notes most drivers already stay near 55.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Iowa State Patrol
Frank Metzger
Canada
Ray
Two charged in Burlington woman's shooting death
First degree murder charges were filed against George Segler and Jackie Wales in the death of Cynthia May Maclaren. Maclaren, 23, was missing three days before her body was found in a Sperry area wooded site in Des Moines County. Segler, 26, and Wales, 21, are jailed with bonds set at 150000 and 100000 respectively. motive remains undetermined.
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Gazette Wire Services
Burlington
Cynthia May Maclaren
Sperry
Des Moines County
George Russell Segler
Jackie Kay Wales
Des Moines
Segler
Wales
Maclaren
Iowa
Davis County farm worker electrocuted
A grain auger struck by a high voltage line on a rural Davis County farm killed 30 year old David Brown of Queen City Missouri and left 26 year old Cole Anderson of Lancaster Missouri in fair condition at a Kirksville hospital. Deputies said the men were moving the auger by hand near grain bins when the accident caused a temporary power outage.
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Bloomfield
Iowa
Davis County
Missouri
Queen City
Cole Anderson
Lancaster
Kirksville
Abducted Eilers' wife gives birth to first child
Sandy Eilers 23, who renounced the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ after an alleged abduction deprogramming attempt, has a baby boy born last week in Fairmont Minnesota. Her husband Bill 24 remains a sect member and separated from her in October amid ongoing civil rights suit and custody issues.
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Sandy Eilers
Bill
Sandy
Fairmont
Minn
Greg Kuderer
Eilers
Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ
Shawano
Wis
District Court
Titers
Minneapolis
Winona County
Iowa City
Solar heat to cut prison expenses in Iowa plan
Iowa state agencies join ISI UNI and the Men's Reformatory at Anamosa to test solar panels for heating cost savings. Prototypes cover campus testing and a plan to mass produce panels for other agencies if funding allows. Project aims at 40 50 percent energy recovery with potential annual savings of about 250000.
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Kekoa Paulsen Vrawne Une
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Des Moines
Iowa State Industries
Anamosa
University of Northern Iowa
ISI
Department of Social Services
Stelzer
UNI
Reformatory
Richard Kurtz
Ron Bro
Bro
Fourteen charged in northwest Iowa drug sweep
Authorities in Fort Dodge say 14 people from Humboldt Webster and Hamilton counties were charged with possession or sale of illegal drugs after a morning raid. Drugs including hashish amphetamines cocaine and LSD were seized as a multi-agency operation spanned Webster County. Bail was set between 5000 and 10000 with further arrests anticipated.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County
Monty Fisher
Humboldt
Webster
Hamilton
Reagan veto halts stopgap funding. Congress approves extension
President Reagan vetoed the stopgap funding measure, labeling it budget busting. Congress then backed an extension of the current funding level to keep the government operating.
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Reagan
Congress
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Gazette Moines Bureau
Town Housing Finance Authority
Civil Liberties Group
David Brown
Sheriff's
Israel
Fisher
Maid-Rite
First Avenue
Schranck
Semranck
sMaw Oi
Schranck and Shew Co
Chicago
Weekend College
Business Administration
Liberal Arts
Kirkwood Community College
U.S
Kirkwood
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