Mount Vernon growth debate colors candidates night
Mount Vernon candidates clash over future growth and housing in a City Hall forum. Nick Berry pushes controlled growth along Highway 30 while Roy Bowman and Atherton favor expansion. Dumbaugh warns water capacity limits. Voter turnout discussed commuting issues as 51 percent travel to Cedar Rapids or Iowa City. League of Women Voters sponsors the event as a primary narrows the council field.
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Mount Vernon
City Hall
Nick Berry
Janet Dumbaugh
Roy Bowman
Atherton
Rusty Kuehl
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Cecil Dam
Linda Jordan
Robert Kupfer
al Atherton
Karen Yarborough
League of Women Voters
Berry
Dumbaugh
Jordan
Kuehl
Kupfer
Dale Sargent
Yarborough
John Thompson
Dan
Joanne Neff
Dick Peters
Inland waterway user tax OK'd
The House and Senate agreed to a first time 4 cent per gallon tax on barge operators starting Oct 1 1979 rising to 6 cents Oct 1 1981 to fund federal river navigation projects including Locks and Dam 26 replacement on the Mississippi. President Carter warned of a veto without user fees.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Mississippi River
Carter
Franklin Roosevelt
Alton
Michael Blouin
Iowa
Tractor accident pins Winthrop man in field
A rural Winthrop man, Jerry Nabor, 22, was pinned under a tractor that flipped backward about 12:30 a.m. in the Winthrop area. He was reported in satisfactory condition at People's Memorial Hospital. Buchanan County deputies investigated the accident.
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Independence
Winthrop
People’s Memorial Hospital
Jerry Nabor
Buchanan County
Winthrop Area
Iowa ruling bars road funds for Mississippi ferry service
The Iowa attorney general’s office says it would be unconstitutional to use motor vehicle registration and fuel tax money for establishing and operating an auto ferry between Guttenberg and Cassville. The ruling notes bridges are part of highways, but ferries are not without specific statutory designation. Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mississippi River
Iowa Attorney General
Cassville
Wis
Guttenberg
Department of Transportation Board
Dubuque
Lansing
Commission
Robert Rigler
Attorney General’s
Rob
Ert
Tangeman
Coralville Child Struck by Car In Front of Home
Heather Tech five daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Tech of Coralville was in serious condition at University Hospitals after being struck by a car Thursday afternoon in front of her home. The driver was Cheryl Gerard nineteen of Iowa City.
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Coralville
Heather Tech
Philip Tech
University Hospitals
Heather
Cheryl Gerard
Iowaity
Route change studied for Northern pipeline
Koch Industries plans rerouting of a crude oil pipeline from Wood River Illinois to the Minneapolis St Paul area to ease landowner objections and protect groundwater. Minnesota officials will push for a route around sensitive areas while engineers study options and report next week.
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Minneapolis
Wichita, Kan
Minnesota
Iowa
Koch Industries
Minnesota Energy and Natural Resources
Koch
Pine Bend
Minn
Northern Pipeline Co
Wood River
Ill
Minneapolis-St. Paul
John Dee Roper
Minnesota Energy Agency
John Millhone
Millhone
Iowa Commerce Commission
Roper
Roger Williams
Turner joins new Panama treaty suit
The Panama Canal treaty dispute broadens with states seeking Supreme Court review claiming Congress alone can dispose of U S property. A Torrijos White House meeting and Kissinger Rusk Capitol Hill appearances shape the three front in Washington.
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Turner
Panama
Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Dean Rusk
Capitol Hill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House International Relations Committee
Congress
Iowa
Richard
Robert Dole
Kan
Senate
Carter
Torrijos
Pay resumes for Iowa Job Service staff after funding vote
Iowa Department of Job Service director Colleen Shearer and about 1,000 state employees funded by federal grants regain pay as Congress passes a continuing resolution to fund Labor and HEW departments through month’s end. With funds delayed since Oct 1, staff prepared to cut costs and withhold rent, awaiting federal money to resume operations.
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Des Moines
UPI
Colleen Shearer
Iowa
Department of Job Service
Shearer
Congress
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Gulf of Mexico
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R-Ill
Mississippi
Ray Roberts
D-Texas
Otis Pike
D-N.y
Chesapeake Bay
L'il Abner
Daisy Mae
Marengo Cobblestone Company
Iowa Valley High School
Marengo
Dave Schafbach
Abner
Alice Glosser
Daisy
Linda Buswell
Rapids Gazette
Northern Pipeline
Smulekoffs
FOR Safety Commissioner
Police Department
McClurg
Sapa
Shine
Peres
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