Iowa Highway Crews Plan Platoon System to Battle Snow
Iowa State Highway Commission adopts a platoon style snow removal plan for its 9,870 mile primary highway network. A 1,434 member maintenance corps and 53 relief crews will rotate through storms, limiting operator hours and ensuring rest. Districts coordinate with state maintenance to keep routes open during severe winter weather.
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Three Vehicles Damaged Cameron Hurt in Mishap
Richard Cameron twenty of 1209 Dale street suffered head cuts and body injuries when a collision occurred on highway 61 east of Muscatine. A 1958 pickup collided with a car carrying Mr and Mrs Oscar Liedtke and then struck a west bound truck driven by Glenn Fagen. Cameron was taken to Muscatine General hospital in good condition with forehead and chin cuts. Liedtke received bruises and was shaken. her husband escaped injury. Deputy Sheriff Bob Miller reported the sequence as the pickup struck the left rear of the Liedtke car, then the side of the Fagen truck before final damage to the pickup. The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon near strildne van automobile on county roads east of Muscatine.
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