World signs move toward uniformity with picture symbols
The Federal Highway Administration will publish a Uniform Traffic Control Devices Manual introducing pictorial signs to replace text. Iowa officials expect adoption nationwide within a year with cows crossing, slippery when wet, no right turn, and no U turn icons replacing worded warnings.
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Ames
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA
U. S
Sahara
United States
Harold Schiel
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa adopts new sign rules for traffic control
Schiel outlines that Iowa must approve a state sign manual before local changes. By late 1972 some symbols appear on state highways with full sign changes by December 1974. Pavement markings switch to dash yellow center lines. no passing lines stay solid yellow.
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Iowa
Schiel
FHWA
New symbol to warn of school Crossings planned by highway officials
A new traffic sign showing a red yellow and green light will replace Signal Ahead to warn of school crossings. Adoption hinges on highway commission approval of a new manual, with state law requiring signs follow the state manual. Federal officials cite cost but no current aid. Des Moines plans one of the first changes.
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The
Highway Commission
Schiel
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Mrs Bowker Named Unit Six Campaign Chair
UCS campaign chairman Harold A. Wendorf appointed Mrs James Bowker to lead unit six a geographic outreach group. Bowker will recruit about 60 women to contact retirees widows salesmen and professionals not reached at work premises. She and husband Tom Bowker of Linn county reside at 315 Thirtieth street SE with their two sons and a daughter.
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Harold A. Wendorf
UCS
James Bowker
Wendorf
Unit Six
Bowker
Prison Has Waiting List In Iceland
Reykjavik hosts a prison with 40 cells alongside Akneyri's facility of the same capacity. Two prisons serve Iceland, usually full, creating a bail and recognizance waiting list. Many inmates arrive for drunkenness or petty robbery, with murder rare and no capital punishment.
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Reykjavik
UPI
Iceland
Akneyri
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