Stone City man builds orange caboose home retreat
Gary Holzinger and his family restored a 40 000 pound Milwaukee Road caboose in Stone City. The caboose, found in Savanna Illinois, sits on 85 feet of old Milwaukee track and will serve as a guest house. The project completed by the Holzingers includes brass and bronze hardware and a full interior with kitchen and bed.
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Stone City
Gary
Loretta Holzinger
Holzinger
Milwaukee Road
Savanna
Milwaukee Track
Square D
Cedar Rapids
Mike
Kim
Julie
G Holzi
Duane Crockary
Utilities bill Iowa ads shown by Commerce Commission
Iowa utilities spent 3.7 million dollars on advertising and promotional costs in 1982 per a report by the Iowa Commerce Commission. About 449,915 of the 3.78 million was below-the-line and funded from stockholders’ profits while the rest came from operating expenses.
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Harrison Weber
Iowa
Associau
Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Nuclear worry over planned Iowa nuclear waste shipments
Residents along Burlington Northern mainline in Iowa fear trains may carry spent nuclear fuel from Cooper Station Nebraska to General Electric storage near Morris Illinois. The route passes towns like Red Oak Creston Osceola Ottumwa Fairfield Mount Pleasant and Burlington amid past derailments and safety questions.
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Dave Rasdal
Iowa
Nebraska Public Power District
Burlington Northern
Cooper Nuclear Station
Brownville
Neb
General Electric Corp
Morris, Ill
Omaha
Morris
Joliet
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois
High Court
Amtrak
San Francisco
Gary Telfer
Chicago
Alcohol awareness activities at University of Iowa campus
University of Iowa students face a week of Alcohol Awareness activities starting today as part of National Alcohol Awareness Week. Programs include films, a DRink challenge, a breath tester exhibit, a Test Your Limit video game, seminars on responsible bartending, a photos and drama program, and a non alcoholic dance to curb abusive drinking.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
Palermo
Cheryl Hetherington
Iowa Memorial Union
Burge
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Burlington
O'Neill
Pacific Junction
Fairfield
Jeannine Wiegert
Citizens For Education On
Jefferson County
Ville
Corning
Albiz
U of
Jefri Palermo
U of I’s
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