Des Moines man turns jet plane into peace pin
Attorney Philip Riley converts 500 pounds of aluminum from a Korean War era jet into a three quarter inch lapel pin called Swords to Plowshares. The pin costs 5 dollars and funds go to the Des Moines Catholic Peace Ministry with proceeds benefiting peace groups.
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Des Moines
Philip Riley
Des Moines Technical High School
Catholic Peace Ministry
Riley
U.S. Naval Academy
Midwest Iron and Metal Co
Ray Chrenen
Chrenen
Diane Lewis
Mary
Brooklyn
N.Y
Tax limit ballot issue drew big money from Cedar Rapids backers
A 1980 campaign seeking constitutional tax limits raised 458 130 from May to December in support of Yes for Less Taxes. Cedar Rapids donors totaled 31 000 in 16 contributions and included CRST Inc and Meredith Corp among others.
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Gazette Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission
Iowans For Tax Relief
Muscatine
Yes For
Iowa Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
David
Jean Stanley
Stanley
Iowans
First National Bank of
Crst Inc
Armstrong-Race Realty Co
Bishop Buffets
Mutual Life of Cedar Rapids
Loomis Bros. Inc
R.W. Rinderknecht Co
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co
Liebke and Hoyt Inc
Kinderknecht Associates Inc
Vigortone Ag Products
Merchants National Bank
Cherry- Burrell
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Moramerica Financial Corp
Souvenir Inc
Peoples Bank and Trust
AID Insurance Corp
American Republic Insurance Co
Bandag Inc
Carrier's Insurance
Carver Enterprises
Miami
Fla
Farm Bureau Insurance
West Des Moines
Grain Processing Corp
HON Industries
Iowa Association of
Abductor of Des Moines Bishop Sent to Eldora School
Judge orders 17 year old Allen Killings to five months at Boys State Training School Eldora until his 18th birthday for the abduction of Bishop Maurice Dingman. Dingman urged probation but prosecutors recommended the training school. The other suspect, referred to as Tracy, remains in a Des Moines juvenile home awaiting hearings.
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DES Moines
Maurice Dingman
Eldora
Vincent Hanrahan
Allen Killings
Hanrahan
Dingman
Waterloo
Killings
Ray Blase
Tracy
FCC approves Dubuque TV station on UHF channel 16
The Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit for a new TV station on UHF channel 16 in Dubuque Iowa to Powell Broadcasting Co. The item also notes ages of Efrem Zimbalist Jr Richard Crenna and Dick Clark.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Dubuque
Iowa
Powell Broadcasting Co
Efrem Zimbalist Jr
Richard Crenna
Dick Clark
Lawmakers reject higher tax to fund outdoor recreation land
A legislative study committee voted 8-2 against doubling the real estate transfer tax to raise 2.2 million dollars for purchasing hunting and fishing land and for city matching grants. Backers say funding remains needed. opponents argue the tax is unfair and unlikely to pass.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Square One
William Sullivan
D-Contril
Sullivan
Joint
House
Senate Interim Committee On Recreation and Tourism
House Natural Resources Committee
Nashua woman dies as barn destroyed by fire
Shirley White 55 perished in a blaze at the farm near Nashua as the barn burned about 3 PM. Her husband Wayne survived. Firefighter Don Olson 55 from Charles City also died en route to the fire, found in his car with a suspected heart attack. Cause of the blaze under investigation.
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Nashua
Iowa
Shirley White
Wayne
Floyd County
L.L. Lane
Don Olson
Charles City
Olson
White Farm
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