Caution Advised for Holiday Weekend Drivers
Iowa motorists planning Labor Day trips should be careful of traffic laws. Six planes will scan highways from sunrise to sunset and troopers focus on busy roads. Officials note heavier travel, potential for drinking drivers, and past fatal crashes. Gas prices expected higher by two cents with regional variations up to 15 cents.
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Des Moines
UPI
Lowa
Bob Holetz
Iowa Department of Public Safety
AAA Motor Club of Iowa
Iowa
Missourian Accused of Bilking 2 Wives
Des Moines police report Kansas City man Wayne Farmer charged with two counts of obtaining money under false pretenses for bilking two Des Moines widows out of more than 31000 after marrying both this summer. He allegedly talked at least five women in three states out of thousands, while posing as a lonely suitor. Authorities say he uses multiple identities and faces bigamy questions.
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DES Moines
Kansas City
Polk County Attorney’s Office
Wayne Farmer
Ray Fenton
Fenton
Vinton Awards Contract For Industrial Park
The Vinton city council accepted the low bid for a sanitary sewer extension to the industrial park from Dave Schmitt Construction Co. for wh 71 195. The project total runs about 94 000 with the city paying 20 000 and property owners covering the rest. A ten inch line to the Vinton Seed Co. will be done by Oct 15, with remaining work due by Nov 1 as the plant construction proceeds to meet OSHA standards.
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Vinton
Dave Schmitt
OSHA
Iowa Fire Hazard Increases With Dry Conditions
Des Moines AP reports Iowa officials warn fire danger is rising as two million acres of timberland dry. Assistant State Forester Bill Ferris cites lack of leaves and potential restrictions on campfires in state woodlands. He urges extra caution for Labor Day weekend campers.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa State
Bill Ferris
Ferris
the Conservation Commission
Housing Protest At ISU Fizzles At Ames
A small ISU protest drew nine students to a march from campus to the city hall demanding more low-cost housing and rent controls. Despite a housing crunch, officials report about 50 students still without housing and 1,300 on dormitory waiting lists.
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ISU
Ames
UPI
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Publisher of Troop Assn. Magazine Fined
A Massachusetts firm that publishes a magazine for the Iowa State Troopers Association was fined 1500 dollars after being found in contempt of court. Organizational Services Corp. of Boston violated an injunction by implying solicitors were state troopers and by misrepresenting revenue shares. The contempt action aimed at the firm. no action against the troopers association.
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DES Moines
Massachusetts
Iowa State Troopers Assn
Polk County
Anthony Critelli
Organizational Services Corp
Boston
Asst. Atty
Julian Garrett
Troopers Association
Critelli
Lowans Oppose Combining Alcoholism and Drug Treatment
Des Moines area officials clash over a National Council on Alcoholism study opposing merging drug and alcoholism programs. The National Council paper questions policy. local task force members say data are lacking, while others dismiss it as not significant to ongoing plans.
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Des Moines
UPI
Des Moines-area
Alcoholism Treatment Agency
Iowa
Quentin Hunter
Central Iowa Alcoholism Center
National Council On Alcoholism
Hunter
Polke County Board of Supervisors
Tapscott
NCA
Mary Gay
Polk County Alcoholism Service Center
Phil Sasich
Polk County Administrative Operations Department
Iowa challenges UI law professors in Triplett case conflict
Iowa Attorney General seeks to block the University of Iowa law professors Robert Bartels and John Thompson from representing Ernest Triplett in a $1 million state damage suit. The state argues hiring the professors would create a conflict of interest since they are state employees. Triplett, 71, from Iowa City, was allegedly involved in the 1950s death case and was released in 1972 after a judge ruled his confession was drug influenced.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Johnson County
University of Iowa
Attorney General’s
Ernest J. Triplett
Triplett
Monday
Robert Bartels
John Thompson
Attorney General
State of
Towa
Mt Vernon Man Bryant Dies. Fmr Fertilizer Dealer
Lyall Bryant 81 died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids nursing home. Born April 21 1895 in Jackson County he moved to Mt Vernon as a boy. He married Amy Ross March 4 1954 after Fern Stinger’s 1951 death. Survived by wife Robert son five grandchildren four stepgrandchildren one great grandchild. Services Saturday at 10 at Morgan's. Memorial fund set.
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MT. Vernon
Lyall Bryant
Cedar Rapids
Jackson County
Amy Ross
Fern Stinger
Robert
Westport
Morgan’s. A
Social Security Plan Wins Blouin Backing in Congress
Rep. Michael Blouin endorses Fraser proposed change to extend wage earner Social Security coverage to spouses including housewives and house husbands. The plan would allow a spouse in covered work to build and maintain a personal Social Security account for themselves and their children in later years. Blouin aims to push the idea for early next year through the Aging Subcommittee and House retirement committee.
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Washington
Michael Blouin
Iowa
Donald M. Fraser
D-Minn
Blouin
House
Aging Committee
Fraser
The
Iowan
Church Break-In Damages Organ In Iowa City
Thieves pried open the church safe at First Christian in Iowa City causing extensive organ damage and stealing a small sum. A church board member encountered two intruders leaving the basement after 9 p.m. Authorities reported the break-in and damage details.
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Iowa City
First Christian Church
Ray Names Eight To State Panels
DES MOINES Eight Iowans have been appointed to the state board of dental examiners commission on uniform state laws and Iowa commission on alcoholism Gov Robert Ray announced Judith E Glasgow 29 Iowa City dental hygienist was named to the dental examiners panel for a three year term expiring June 30 1979 subject to senate confirmation Reappointed to the uniform state laws commission were Allan D Vestal 55 Iowa City University of Iowa law professor Richard F Dole 40 Iowa City UI law professor and registered Republican and William C Ball Waterloo attorney all for four year terms ending June 30 1980
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Des Moines
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Richard F. Dole
William C. Ball
Waterloo
Two Killed In Crash on Benton Road
Two Benton county men died early Friday when their car overturned on a curve eight miles south of Vinton. Driver David Eckhart 21 survived with head injuries. passenger Michael Cohrt 21 in Cedar Rapids ICU with serious injuries. Victims Brad Dunker 21 and Ted Hanneman 22 were from Van Horne and Vinton. Services scheduled for Dunker Sunday. Hanneman's services Monday.
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Vinton
Benton County
Highway Patrol
Brad A. Dunker
van Horne
Ted Steward Hanneman
David A. Eckhart
Eighteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Vinton Hospital
Michael R. Cohrt
St. Luke’s Hospital
Eckhart
Cohrt
Iowa City campus adjusts schedule for Labor Day weekend
University of Iowa students get Labor Day weekend break and return to classes at 7 30 a m Tuesday. Museum of Art Old Capitol offices close Monday in observance. Iowa Memorial Union opens 7 a m to midnight Saturday and 7 a m to 11 p m Sunday and Monday. IMU business areas closed except Meal Mart. Quadrangle cafeteria keeps usual hours during holiday.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Museum of Art
Old Capitol
Iowa Memorial Union
IMU
Meal Mart
Quadrangle
Cedar Supervisors Approve Pioneer Seed Rezoning
Cedar county supervisors rezoned 40 acres north of Durant from agricultural to industrial to permit a Pioneer Hybrid Seed Corn plant expansion. Landowner Hertha Schiele. half the site for buildings, half for seed corn plots. Construction not before a year. rezoning passed without objection. ON THIS DATE in 1966, LBJ pledged federal aid to rural Americans.
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Tipton
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Durant
Pioneer
Hertha Schiele
Lyndon B. Johnson
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