Water permit hearings set for Fayette County irrigation
Public hearing scheduled for June 29 at Fayette County Courthouse in West Union on 10 water withdrawal permit applications for irrigation. Hearings start 8:30 a.m. with testimony from applicants and opponents, followed by NRC review in Des Moines. Also noted are backlogs, past injunctions, and details on the seven wells and river sources involved.
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Larry Murphy
West Union
Fayette County
Iowa Natural Resources Council
NRC
Water Commissioner’s Office
Des Moines
Iowa
Chickasaw County
County Board of Supervisors
Turkey River
Turkey
Volga
Iowa Geological Survey
Weather Outlook With Thunderstorms Friday Night
A weather note mentions possible thunderstorms Friday night with a fifty percent rain chance and low temperatures in the mid forties. Saturday looks partly cloudy with highs in the upper seventies and light northwest winds. Sunset Friday, sunrise Saturday, and sunset Saturday times appear in the record.
Water towers filled again after new pump installed
Delwein council says pressure has returned to 64 psi as two wells feed three towers each holding 500000 gallons. A fourth well remains down after a lightning strike damaged its pump, with insurance questions delaying verdict. City pumping about 60 percent capacity, no underground water study planned. Citizens praised for cooperation during the outage.
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Ken Schmith
Delwein
Peter Gardner
Gardner
Four arrested in death of Lansing policeman
Four persons were arrested after an attempted bank robbery that resulted in the killing of Lansing Police Officer Mac J. Donnelly Jr. He died after confronting a fleeing gunman with hostages. One hostage injured. Suspects Gregory Allen Lawrence and Robert Eric Schraw charged with kidnapping and armed robbery. Melanie Rae Lawrence Godbey charged with conspiracy. Arraignments on murder charges pending.
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Lansing
Mich
Mac J. Donnelly Jr
Donnelly
Gregory Allen Lawrence
Ocala
Fla
Robert Eric Schraw
Kokomo
Ind
Jim Wallace
Wallace
Melanie Rae Lawrence Godbey
Lawrence
James Spoelma
Michigan National Bank
Spoelma
Small Iowa bank robbed in Aplington. $300 taken
Four masked men held up the Aplington State Savings Bank office in Aveston area Thursday. Bank clerk Betty Harkin said the robbers ordered her to the floor as they fled with an unknown amount of cash. Brian Gelmann and Lloyd Eckhoff chased in a pickup and radioed police, following the green and black getaway car for miles before losing it on Iowa 3 near Hampton. No injuries reported.
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Austinville
Aplington State Savings Bank
Betty Harkin
Butler County Sheriff's
Brian Gelmann
Lloyd Eckhoff
Iowa 3
Hampton
Rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun dies of cancer
U S rocket expert Lt. Wernher von Braun, who helped advance the nation’s space program, died at 65 in Alexandria Hospital after a long cancer battle. He joined Fairchild in 1972, previously led space projects at NASA related to Jupiter C Saturn programs, and contributed to U S efforts to reach the moon. He arrived in the United States in 1945 after surrendering with 129 German rocket specialists.
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Washington
Wernher von Braun
United States
von Braun
Alexandria Hospital
Virginia
Fairchild Industries
Fairchild
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Adolf Hitler
U.S. Army
Russsia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sputnik
Eisenhower
Vanguard
America
U.S
U.S Army
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Germany
Iowa town imposes first water rationing amid drought
Corning Iowa residents face a tight water limit as Mayor Lee Elliott implements rationing to stretch supplies. Households must cut from 45 to 30 gallons daily, with heavy penalties for excess use. Lake Binder and a nearby reservoir supply dwindling, and farmers fear crop and livestock losses if rain does not arrive soon. Continued on page 8.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Corning
Lee Eliott
Elliott
Lake Binder
Eliott
Leonard Adams
Mike
Shildberg
Adams
Space shuttle test postponed 24 hours
A computer failure at Edwards Air Force Base forced a 24-hour postponement of the first manned test flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. The shuttle, designed to be the workhorse of the American space program for the rest of the century, faced the delay during preparations at the California facility.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Cal
Warrant sealed in Iowa girl’s stabbing death
Estherville magistrate sealed a search warrant related to the stabbing death of a 17 year old girl found on her front lawn. Emmet County attorney William Ridout cited risk to fair trial rights if sensitive details were released before charges. The case centers on a homicide investigation with a defendant in custody.
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Estherville
Harmon Weldey
William Ridout
Emmet
Mrs
Deryl Johnson
Des Moines Air Pollution Advisory Is Lifted
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids ended a pollution advisory as ozone levels dropped to acceptable levels by Thursday thanks to favorable weather and reduced driving. Governor Ray walked three miles to work and rode public transit home, while officials credited media and public cooperation.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Department of Environmental Quality
Robert Ray
DEQ
Ray
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Grayline
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New Hampton
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Houston
Skokie
Sol Goldstein
Supreme Court
Goldstein
National Socialist Party of America
Chicago
Pentagon
Donn A. Starry
Watergate
Democratic National Committee
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Institute of Medicine
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Iowa City
State Board of Regents
Regents
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Ooard
Spirit Lake
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Henkins
Debra Laubenthal
Bancroft
Rick Kilan
Emmetsburg
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Miss Laubenthal
Nile
Norma Smith
Smiths
Iowa State University Extension
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Dick Clark
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Clark
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