IDOT seeks large transit funding boost in Iowa
Iowa IDOT seeks 6.9 million dollars for public transit aid in 1983 84 to support 33 systems while reporting a 3 million reduction in the annual operations budget due to staff cuts. The plan includes 3 million for rail assistance and new capital projects across maintenance garages and labs, with vehicle replacements trimmed to 2 million.
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Gaz
Ames
Idot Commission
Iowa
Public Transit Division
Frank Sherkow
the Gazette
Sherkow
Senate
Des Moines
IDOT
Jon McCoy
McCoy
Cedar Rapids
Tama
Blairstown
Belle Plaine
ISU Fund Drive to Seek 50 Million for Programs
Iowa State University plans a five year Excellence in the Eighties campaign to raise 50 million dollars for academic programs. The drive expands a 1980 effort to 15 million and aims to offset fluctuating public support. Elizabeth Hoyt Bequest funds aid for needy foreign students, aiding three Africans at ISU.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Hilton Coliseum
State Board of Regents
ISU
Elizabeth E. Hoyt
Iowa State
Hoyt
Africa
Iowa native on Kellogg's cereal box in promotion
Sioux City native Mike Reilly, an American League umpire since 1978, will appear on Kellogg's Corn Flakes Banana Frosted Flakes and Sugar Frosted Flakes boxes this spring. The promotion includes a biographical side panel and runs two months. Reilly traveled to Los Angeles for a three hour photo session for the box.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg’s
Mike Reilly
Reilly
Sioux City
Iowa
Fernando Valenzuela
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Chicken
Leo Burnett
Chicago
Los Angeles
Did You Know Publick Occurrences First American Newspaper
Publick Occurr ences, the first American printed newspaper, began in Boston in 1690 but was suppressed immediately after Benjamin Harris issued the edition. The event marks an early press milestone in colonial America.
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Publick Occurrences
Benjamin Harris
Boston
Sears sale ad promotes 1140 4 inch electric drill
Sears sale tab dated September 29 1982 advertises the 1140 4 inch electric drill with a note that it is available while quantities last. The copy emphasizes limited stock and a time specific offer.
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Sears
Elberon teen appointed to Iowa drunk driving task force
Gov. Robert Ray named 16 year old Chad Hennings of Benton Community High School and Kellie Hartog of West Des Moines to the 18 member task force on drunk driving. Hennings, nephew of chair Carole Harder, is active in the school Peers group and counsels peers on drug and alcohol abuse.
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Elberon
Robert Ray
Chad Hennings
Benton Community High School
van Horne
West Des Moines
Kellie Hartog
Hennings
Carole Harder
Cedar Rapids
Ray
Iowa
the Gazette
Benton
Marijuana and guns seized at Ottumwa farm raid
Iowa officials say twelve officers seized a large quantity of high grade marijuana and several automatic weapons at the Lloyd Kenneth Boer farm in western Wapello County. Boer, 30, was in custody and not arraigned as of Tuesday afternoon. The raid began around 8:30 a.m.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Lloyd
Kenneth Boer
Wapello
Gerald Shanahan
Boer
Shanahan
School wins fight bars 3 rowdy fans
A permanent injunction blocks three former Janesville High School students from all school events and property after a fight and obscene language following the first home football game. The Bremer County District Court granted the order, stacking on a previously issued temporary injunction.
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Waverly
Iowa
Janesville
Ken Anton
David Marley
Todd
Terry Juhl
Bremer County
J.W. Frye
Dodge Street bridge repair starts in Iowa City
Repairs begin today on the Dodge Street bridge over the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific tracks on the southeast side. One lane each way stays open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Weather permitting, work should finish Friday.
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Iowa City
Dodge Street
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
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Adella Malloy
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