Delayed Disaster Declaration Sparks Local Criticism
Red Cross officials and effected residents question why Linn County took five weeks to be declared a disaster area after August floods. SBA loans were offered as the Small Business Administration named Linn and Marshall counties disaster areas, with a field rep at the Red Cross office to assist. Loss estimates reach 130000 to 150000 as surveys determined damage and needed aid.
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Linn County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Calvin Nash
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
George Chitty
The
Small Business Administration
Linn
Marshall Counties
SBA
Forty-second Street
Exotic pets draw Eastern Iowans to snakes
Snakes attract local buyers seeking exotic pets though buyers are urged to select healthy specimens. The piece notes snakes require minimal care but emphasizes careful choice for first purchases according to snake lovers. It also references Consumer Answer Line guidance about handling a store billing for unpurchased items.
Oil firms fined for gas price fixing in Mid-Atlantic
A federal court fined five oil companies up to 50 000 each for conspiring to fix gas prices in seven Mid-Atlantic states over seven years. The Society for Independent Gas Marketers of America was fined 25 000 with Robert Cavin of Vienna Va placed on three years probation. The firms include Kayo Oil Ashland Amerada Hess Petroleum Marketing Meadville and others marketing Red Head BiLo Payless Hy-Fy Rotary Merit and Safeway Market brands.
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Baltimore
UPI
U.S
C. Stanley Blair
Society For Independent Gas Marketers of America
SIGMA
Robert Cavin
Vienna
Kayo Oil
Continental Oil
Ashland
Red Head
Rotary
Amerada Hess
Petroleum Marketing
Commonwealth Oil
Meadville
Merit
Safeway
Hess
Weather outlook with mild temps and late storm risk
Partly cloudy with a rising chance of thunderstorms late today and tonight. Highs in the upper 70s and lows in the lower 60s. Sunday brings a chance of thunderstorms with highs in the 70s. A note mentions a neighbor washing windows while a husband paints the house and a quoted remark about vacation time.
Iowa Truckers drop twin trailers push for weight increase
DES MOINES Iowa Motor Truck Assn says it will not lobby for 65 foot twin trailers next year citing Gov Ray veto risk. Spokesman Tom Thoren says the priority is raising the maximum weight from 73280 to 80000 pounds to save diesel, reduce trips and accidents. He notes eight states allow 80000 pound trucks with seven Midwest states among them. Transportation dept estimates higher trucks could add 7 million dollars in road damage annually. Thoren says no truck tax hike is planned despite another tax push.
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Des Moines
Iowa Motor Truck Assn
Iowa
Ray
Iowa Supreme Court
Department of Transportation
Thoren
IMTA
Midwest
Mascots Meet Ahead of Iowa Iowa State Clash at Kinnick
Herky the Hawk and Cy the Cyclone posed Friday near the Old Capitol in Iowa City as their teams, University of Iowa and Iowa State University, prepared to meet on the Kinnick Stadium field today for the first time in 43 years. A pre game story and photo appear on Page 1B.
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Herky the Hawk
Cy the Cyclone
Capitol
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
Kinnick Stadium
Reynolds Conlin Named U S Attorneys for Iowa Posts
President Carter nominated Dubuque trial lawyer James Reynolds to lead the northern district and Roxanne Conlin, former Iowa assistant attorney general, to head the southern district. The picks end Iowa political feuding and await Senate confirmation. Reynolds emphasizes a smooth transition with outgoing U.S. Attorney Evan Hultman, who will remain to handle key cases.
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Carter Friday
Dubuque
James Reynolds
Iowa
Roxanne Conlin
U.S
Senate
Carter
Reynolds
Evan Hultman
Hultman
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Lance Looks in Control at Senate Hearings
Bert Lance, budget director for the Carter administration, presented a calm defense before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. He challenged questions about withholding information prior to his January confirmation and asserted the key issue was full disclosure to the panel.
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Washington
Bert Lance
Senate
Lance
Sen
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Percy
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Carter Administration
Office of Management and Budget
Lance and Attorney Study Airplane Notes in Senate Inquiry
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee voted privately to let Bert Lance’s attorney Clark Clifford examine notes from Justice Department files about Lance’s use of a corporate airplane. The notes stem from aircraft data reviewed at the request of the office of the comptroller of currency as Lance faces possible tax and banking-related scrutiny.
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Washington
Senate
Bert Lance
Justice Department
Lance
Office of the Comptroller of Currency
Clark Clifford
Clifford
National Bank of Georgia
Atlanta
Execution Is Stayed
John Spenkelink, set to be executed for murder, received an indefinite stay from a federal judge. U.S. District Judge William Stafford halted the death sentence pending a hearing on a claim that Florida's death penalty is racially biased and irrational. The date for the hearing was not set.
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Tallahassee
Fla
John Spenkelink
U.S
William Stafford
Florida
Robert Shevin
Phone Workers Ratify 3.3B Bell Contract in 3 Years
The Communications Workers of America announced that 700000 Bell Telephone System workers approved a $3.3 billion, three year pact by more than 3 to 1. Of 278,209 ballots, 209,322 favored, 66,874 opposed, with 2013 disqualified. The wage boost totals 31 percent over the period.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
Communications Workers of America
Rank and File
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Garzette
Steven Hartwigs
Seventeenth Street
Hartwig
Nash
Office
Tom Aller
State Office of Disaster Services
Aller
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State Office
Don Hinman
Office of Disaster Services
Bill Bjornson
Bjornson
Hinman
Associated Press
NEW York Times
Marion
Tom Thoren
Robert Ray
Gazette
Tom Merryman
United Press International
Jo Ann
By Donald Rothberg
Committee
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Sam Ervin
Senate Watergate Committee
Ribicoff
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