One Man Post Office Keeps Small Town Pulse Alive
In Spring Hill Iowa Steve Onstot, 24, runs a four hour daily one man post office from a closed general store. The aging setup includes brass boxes and a carved clock as locals value the personal touch. Officials note many rural posts have closed but the Norwalk post office partnership supports the town.
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Spring Hill
Steve Onstot
Onstot
Norwalk
Des Moines
Iowa
Ron Grant
Onstor
Grant
Iown
Former Iowa Liquor Chief Adcock Sentenced to Three Years
Homer Adcock former Iowa liquor control commission chairman was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 20000 after federal jury conviction on extortion and income tax evasion charges. He appealed while free on bond. The judge called the appeal frivolous.
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DES Moines
Homer Adcock
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
U.S
William C. Hanson
Adcock
Hanson
Gary Gill
Homer
George Perry
Liquor Control Commission
Iowa officials seek amicable space plan for capitol
Key leaders from Iowa's three branches ended a long meeting with rare accord on freeing offices in the capitol. They would move executive offices except the governor to new space, hire a consultant to guide use of freed areas, and let courts and legislature decide how to use the excess space with safeguards to keep power in check.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Capitol
Statehouse
George Kinley
Senate
General Assembly
C. Edwin Moore
Iowa Supreme Court
Kinley
Appeals Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Moore
Capitol
Wallace Agriculture
Hoover General Purposes
Hoover
Wallace
West Union Council Approves TeKippe Hiring for Plant Aid
The West Union city council in a brief session approved hiring George TeKippe of Bert B Hanson and Associates to spend one hour daily at the sewage disposal plant. TeKippe will assist city employees in operating the plant.
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West Union
West Union City Council
George TeKippe
Bert B. Hanson and Associates
TeKippe
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Local Claims and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates: carrier 1.05 per week. mail Afternoon Edition plus Sat Sun nine issues 4294 weeks 46.00 per 52 weeks. Other states 70.00 per 52 weeks. No Mail Subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Territories
Bankers Trust Sues Five For 1.156 Million Over Lincoln Dev Loan
Des Moines firm Bankers Trust Co. sues six defendants in Tama County District Court seeking 1,156,606.95 in damages linked to a joint 230,000 loan to Lincoln Development Corp. of Iowa. Five defendants face 223,163.39 each. one faces 40,790. The suit targets alleged forgery fraud and negligence surrounding a 1974 loan renewal and subsequent default.
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Toledo
Des Moines
Tama County
Bankers Trust Co
Fidelity Brenton Bank and Trust Co
Marshalltown
Bankers Trust
Farmers Savings Bank
Lincoln Development
Pamela Reiss
Reiss
Lincoln
Lois Bickley
Garwin Bank
Fidelity
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Clair Fishell
Fishell
Perelli-Minetti
Ludwig Erhard
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
15Th Street
SAAB
Sweden
Muna
8Th St. S.E
Chrysle
Eugene Hill
D Newton
Secretary of State
Agriculture
Melvin Synhorst
Hill
Synhorst
Richard Turner
Turner
Lloyd Smith
Maurice Baringer
West Union Council
Associated Press
Armstrong
Garwin
Lincoln Development Corp. of
A. C
State of Iowa
Department of General Services
7Th Street
East 7Th
Court
Walnut Streets
Plymouth
Dodge
Chrysler
Newport
American
International
Sanders
Thompson
Dean Thompson
Nevada
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