City Officials Told How To Halt Federal Power
Iowa city officials heard Wayne F. Anderson of ACIR outline reasons for federal centralization and ways to strengthen district and state roles. He urged fuller local disclosure of finances, pension reform, total compensation, school funding, zero base budgeting, program evaluations, private contracting, and improved investment oversight to curb federal overreach.
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Iowa
Wayne F. Anderson
U.S. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
ACIR
League of Iowa Municipalities
Washington
Anderson
New York City
New York
IDOT Rail Classifications Decried as Unfair to Iowa
Iowa lawmakers told a Des Moines hearing that IDOT's railroad density method unfairly punishes lines with low past traffic. They urged considering potential future use and cited factors like car availability, track upkeep, and rates, as major reasons for low usage. They warned against basing federal aid on obsolete systems or past conditions.
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Secretary of Transportation
Iowa
Neal Smith
Congress
Midwest
Burlington Northern
Illinois Central Gulf
Milwaukee Road
North Western
Rock Ieland
Charles Grassiey
Sweden’s Falldin coalition faces slow decentralization push
In West Germany a hard election fight looms as Sweden’s Social Democratic loss boosts the center-right. France and Britain anticipate regional political shifts from the Swedish results, while Falldin frames a new coalition as a shift in direction toward greater personal choice and a freer market, with tax cuts modest and nuclear power debated.
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West Germany
Social Democratic Party
Helmut Schmidt
Rota
Christian Democrats
Falldin
Fiat
Sweden
Lars Tublassan
Conservative Party
Palmer
Linn Court Actions On Drunk Driving And Licenses
The Pirat avenue division of Linn district court fined Leonard Seng 1000 dollars and costs for drunk driving and suspended a six month jail sentence. Mark Clark was fined 500 dollars and costs for drunk driving and ordered to enroll in a driver training course. Steven Darling was fined 15 dollars and costs for criminal trespass. Patrick Gorman was fined 100 dollars and costs for operating a vehicle with a suspended license.
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Pirat Avenua Division
Linn District Court
Leonard J. Seng
B Avenue NE
Costa
Kirkwood Community College
Mark &. Clark
Jarice Drive
Steven R. Darling
Blakely Boulevard
Suit Threatened Over Voter List
Ling Auditor Merle Kopel said Monday he has been threatened with a lawsuit for failure to provide a free voter list to a group supporting Eugene McCarthy for president. The statute requires free lists for county chairmen of each political party and for state party central committees. Attorney David Vogel from Town City was said to indicate a suit would be filed due to the refusal. The telephone company reported no law office listing for that name and a Iowa City residence had 79 unanswered calls.
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Ling
Merle Kopel
Eugene McCarthy
Kopel
Ieal
Dave Vogel
Town City
Tere
Iewa City
David Vogel
Sought Gun Found Pipe In Quiet Cedar Rapids Incident
Cedar Rapids police detain Devin S. Kimerson after a store visit at 1430 First Avenue NE at 2 41 PM Sunday. Officers searched him fearing a weapon and found a plastic pipe and a quantity of marijuana. He is jailed in Linn County on $800 bond.
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Devin
Kimerson
Cedar Rapids
Emerson
First Avenue
Linn County
Thief Breaks Gate and Loots Flats in Linn County
A thief broke a gate and stole two vegetable flats valued at 175 dollars in route one at Mt. Vernon, while another report cites a 150 dollar gate smashed to take the flats. Tom Roppes reported a 203 dollar motorized miter box stolen from a house under construction for Pandy Shenny on route three, Marion. Cedar Rapids police charged two drivers with drunken driving over the weekend, arresting Michael F. Tschigetrie, 26, on Oakland Road NE, and Robert D. Dunek, 23, on First Avenue SE.
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Leater Bintk
Mt. Vernon
Linn
Tom Roppes
Marion
nMichhael F. Tschigetrie
Yellow Pine Drive
Oakland Road
Robert D- Dunek
B Avenue
First Avenue
Seven Youths Nabbed in Theft From Coin Box
Seven youths aged 7 to 17 faced charges after $14.61 was stolen Sunday night from a coin box at Family Car Wash on 3310 Mt Vernon Road SE. A 10-year-old boy was charged with larceny. two younger boys aged 9 and 7 were charged for complicity. Four others aged 12, 13, 14, and 17 were charged with receiving stolen property. Parts of the money were recovered from two cans behind a store on Mt Vernon Road SE. All were released to their parents.
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Vernon Road
Pales
Mt. Veruon
Road SE
Man Arrested On Resisting Charge in CR
Saldivar Tey Salvador of 367 Seventh Avenue SW faced a resisting execution of process charge after a disturbance in the Mercyhos Parking Lot. Police say he interfered as officers tried to subdue a female during a fight, then allegedly allowed the incident to develop. Bond set at 125 dollars.
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Tey Salvador
Saldivar
Seventh Avenue SW
Satuday
Mercyhos Pane
Weekend crashes in CA injure two persons including biker
Police report two weekend injuries in California. Michael J. Baker, 25, of 2245 Brockman avcous Marion, remained in good condition at St Luke's Hospital with a knee laceration after a motorcycle collision at Firat avenue and Eighteenth street west at 2 15 a.m. Sunday. The car driver Jones D. White, 37, of 632 Twenty fourth street NW, failed to yield at Stop and crossed First, colliding with Bakers bike. White was charged. Craig David Leonard, 18, of 223 Twentieth street NW, treated and released at St Luke's after his car struck a parked vehicle at 12 38 a.m. Sunday when he passed out behind the wheel on Ninth street SW. Leonard faces a charge of failing to have his vehicle under control.
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Michael J. “Baker
Brockman Avcous
Marion
Jones D. White
Twenty-fourth Street NW
Eighteenth Street
First Avenue
White
Baker
Craig David Leonard
Twentieth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Leonard
Ninth Street
Donald Vranish
Secident
Fire Damages Side Track Bar Interior in CR Town
A late Sunday fire damaged the interior of the Side Track bar at 324 Second Avenue SE. Firemen ruled the blaze caused by a cigarette in a wastebasket, with damage confined to the bar area. Fire crews were on scene around 52 minutes prior to extinguishing the flames.
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Second Avenue SE
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