Victor town shaken as ex-officer resigns amid threats
Victor's lone policeman Lonny White quits after a night of vandalism and threats to his family. He recalls 20 to 30 youths armed with beer, a club and concrete, and firing on the home. The council considers hiring two new officers and tightening a curfew while residents face taxation to fund the effort.
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Victor
Lonny White
White
Ruth Gwin
Sue Pidima
Jack and Jill Grocery
Sue
Pidima
Gwin
Iowa governor urges stronger land use plan to protect farms
Gov. Robert D. Ray urged Iowa to adopt a more aggressive land use plan to shield farmland amid erosion losses and urban expansion. He highlighted state efforts and a 1977 final Land Preservation Policy Committee report, linking local control with a state perspective at Drake University.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Ray
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Drake University
Ilona
America
Maurice Dingman
NFU threatens suit over grain export limits to USSR
National Farmers Union leader Tony Dechant says the Carter administration’s export ceilings on corn and soybeans to the Soviet Union amount to a suspension of exports. The USDA has allowed five million tons of corn to be bought by the USSR beginning Oct. 1, down from 11 million last year, raising estimates of a potential $1.00 per bushel rise in corn value and $1.40 for soybeans if the suit succeeds.
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Clive
National Farmers Union
Carter
Soviet Union
Tony Dechant
Denver
NFU
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
U.S
Dechant
State Farmers Union
Bob Bergland
the Gazette
Draft Kennedy leader fronts Iowa draft movement efforts
Clive delegate Matt Wanning of Council Bluffs led Draft Kennedy in Iowa at the state Farmer's Union convention. He cited Kennedy's approval to run for president and noted initial staff growth, fundraising, and plans to secure delegates for January caucuses. Wanning has past ties to Senator Culver's 1974 bid.
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Clive
State Farmer's Union
Iowa
Matt Wanning
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Wanning
Sen
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
Draft-Kennedy
Kennedy
John Culver
Farmer's Union
Lindenhill Horse Trials Set for Sept 15 16
The third Lindenhill Horse Trials will run September 15 and 16 at Lindenhill horse ring on Rosedale Road SE. The combined training event mirrors the Olympic three day format with dressage cross country and stadium jumping. Admission is free and organizers are Mrs. Peter Stamats and Melissa Randall. A separate KCCK FM event at Kirkwood Community College offers free activities for children 5 to 10 with storytelling games tours and a Marionette performance.
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Lindenhill
Lindenhill Horse Ring
Rosedale Road
Peter Stamats
Cedar Rapids
Melissa Randall
Elmhurst Drive
Kcck-Fm
Kirkwood Community College
Linn Hall
Recreation trails on rail rights of way gain support
State Senator Arthur Small presses to convert abandoned railroad rights of way into recreation trails or preserve them. A Friday hearing drew over 100 supporters including Ann Karras of the Des Moines Bicycle Club and Lucas County officials. Citizens cited routes from Toledo to Cedar Rapids and Amana to Sigourney as preservation candidates. Some opponents raised enforcement and farmland access concerns.
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Des Moines
Arthur Small
Ann Karras
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Amana
Sigourney
Iowa
Small
Lucas County
Jack Jennings
Lucas County Conservation Board
Burlington Northern Railroad
Lucas Trail
Jennings
Iowa Department of Transportation
Bob Leonard
Leonard
Iowa Conservation Commission
Robert Ray
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Bergland
Iowa News
Bucknell Marionettes
Shrine Clowns
Wisconsin Recreational Trail System
Hiltbrunner’s
2Nd St
WATS
Westdale Mall
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