End of the Milwaukee Road line arrives in Hopkinton
The Milwaukee Road rail line through Hopkinton ends as a wrecking crew removes the final 41 miles of track and ties starting June 10. Gene Peel confirms rail weights from 75-pound to historical 60 and 65 to 1893 era rails. The Fayette cut on Highway 150 is noted as a major construction obstacle on the line.
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Hopkinton
Milwaukee Road
Donald W. Starr
Oelwein
Myman-Michaels Co
Arlington
Gene Peel
Peel
Perry
Fayette
Donnan Junction
Waucoma
Jackson Junction
Revive CIA drug probe hearings planned soon
Senate intelligence committee revives its CIA drug testing investigation after evidence of undisclosed experiments from 1953 to 1964. CIA Director Turner offered to testify, stating the newly found documents add detail but do not show the full scope. The committee chair, Sen. Inouye, signaled urgency while other members remained cautious.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Turner
Inouye
White House
Press
Power line halt as farmers protest condemnation
Farmers halt work on a 7.5 million Iowa Power and Light line from Lehigh to Des Moines after Petitions for rehearing on eminent domain. The 61 mile, 345000 volt line would feed Des Moines via a new coal plant in Sioux City amid drought water restrictions looming for Des Moines and suburbs. The case includes an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court in the Williams sex slayings and potential parole doubts for the 1988 conviction.
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Iowa Power and Light
Lehigh
Iowa Power
Iowa Commerce Commission
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Ames
Clemency for Cunha rejected. other crime notes
Gov Robert Ray will not consider clemency for Louis Cunha in a 1969 Algona robbery murder case, with Board of Parole recommending against clemency. Cunha's conviction was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. In California, Richard Manley pleaded guilty to first degree robbery tied to a $1.49 million bond theft, with sentencing set for Aug 22. McDonald’s suspends lead glass program after federal safety advisory. NYC area disaster aid expands with SBA loans up to $500,000 amid power blackout costs. Des Moines: Ray praises state troopers as Iowa traffic fatalities drop by 99 mid-July. Also, Republicans await a full House vote on ending federal price controls on natural gas as energy legislation advances toward Aug 5.
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Robert Ray
Algona
Robert Clinton
Iowa City
Louis Cunha
Ray
Wythe Willey
Iowa Board of Parole
Cunha
U.S. Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Iowa
Century City
Richard Eugene Manley
Dysart
Superior Court
Philip M. Newman
MuniCorp
California
New York
Federal
Small Business Administration
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Westchester County
SBA
Hugh Carey
Carter
Lowans
Washington
House
Thomas L. Ashley
Ohio
Ashley
North Korea frees surviving copilot and bodies of three crewmen
Panmunjom reports say North Korea released CWO Glenn S. Schwanke and three bodies after a CH47 Chinook was shot down last Thursday. The three dead were CWO Joseph A. Miles Sgt. Robert C. Haynes and Sgt. Ron Wells. President Carter welcomed the release but deplored the loss of life. The UN Command noted the handling was consistent with the armistice.
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Korea
North Korea
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Joseph A. Miles
Washington
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Schwanke
Carter
Camp David
U.S
Warren C. Hamm
U.N. Command
Koreas
Military Armistice Commission
Eldorado Route Approved by Fayette Supervisors
The Fayette County board chose alternate route three for a new east west road east of Eldorado to cross the Turkey river. The new bridge will sit about 150 feet downstream from the present span and be 300 feet long, constructed at right angles to the river to reduce structure length.
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Union
Fayette 7
William Moellering
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