Iowa highway funds face cuts without new revenue
Iowa officials warn the highway commission must curtail future road funding by 15 to 20 million if additional revenues are not found. Deputy director Coupal cites 31 million in deferred federal apportionments as relief for 18 to 24 months and explains the impact of federal obligation authority on state road projects and reimbursements.
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Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Ass'n Ames
IDPA
Iowa Highway Commission
Joseph R. Coupal Jr
Iowa
Coupas
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nixon
Supreme Court
Bul Coupal
Robert Ray
Congress
State of Iowa
Coupa
Coupal
Commission
Richard Johnson
Schoolboys urge Privy Council to build new privy
London UPI reports that 10 year old Paul Gregory and classmates from Cheshire wrote to No 10 Downing Street asking the Privy Council to supply a new toilet for their school. A council spokesman said the request would go to the agency responsible for privies in government.
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Extra Task
London
UPI
Privy Council
Paul Gregory
Cheshire
Council
No. 10
Downing St
Privy
John Benell Celebrates 90th Birthday at Pleasantview Home
Kalona April 16 John A. Benell a Pleasantview Home resident was feted Sunday for his 90th birthday with a party in the home recreation room. His granddaughter baked the cake served with ice cream toppings punch and coffee. Attending were relatives from Lone Tree Cedar Rapids Riverside Hedrick and Des Moines along with Kalona Rebekah Lodge members. Also noted were district convention reports sick calls and a social committee named for April 20.
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Eugene Way Kalona
John A. Benell
Pleasantview Home
Benell
Richard Watkinson
Raymond Benell
Lone Tree
Watkinson
Cedar Rapids
Paul Bailey
Tom Bailey
Riverside
Kirk Bailey
Donald Benell
Dixie Stober
Larry Deutschle
Hedrick
Paul Benell Jr
Des Moines
Kalona Rebekah Lodge
Wellman Rebekahs
Kay
Velma Spicher
Swartzendruber
Rose Sleichter
CR. Beckley
L.J. Strickler
Alma Michel
Donald Dickel
Fay W. Boone
Jack Suengerich
Kalona Lodge
Columbus Junction
Charles Smith
Joye Reece
Boone
Paul Baumert
George V. Fry
Harold Chapman
Gasoline shortages close independents across regions
Independent dealers face supply cuts as major oil companies hoard gasoline resources. In Anniston Hubbard Oil Co. shutters six of twenty stations, expecting remaining outlets to run dry within a week without new sourcing. Distributors and municipal fleets also feel pressure as rationing bites across Detroit Glen Ellyn and Los Angeles areas.
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Anniston
Alan A. P. Hubbard
Hubbard Oil Co
Hubbard
Crown Central Petroleum Corp
Roy Pollard
Save-X
Virginia
Pollard
Detroit
Standard, Gulf and Boron
Arthur Cope
Robert Atkins
Bargeway Oil Co
Glen Ellyn
Chicago
Texaco
Los Angeles
Author Segal Runs Boston Marathon With Heavy Back Pack
Author Eric Segal finished his 17th Boston Marathon despite pain from a four pound battery attached to a microphone. Television commentator Howard Cosell persuaded Segal to wear the gear for an upcoming show. Segal placed 626th among 1,398 runners, admitting he achieved only half his goal of finishing without pain.
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Boston
UPI
Eric Segal
Segal
Howard Cosell
Tax relief plan for elderly moves ahead
Des Moines officials report Gov. Robert D. Ray's plan to aid 150000 elderly homeowners and renters clears a key hurdle. The measure offers up to 475 annual tax relief and 19 percent rent reimbursement, with a sliding income net-worth test and a 6,000 ceiling, but excludes those with assets above 60,000 or income limits.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Solid State
Ross Motor Service
John Benell
Washington Evening Journal
Margaret Birney
Ruth Blattner
Joye DeLong
Lee A. Holland
John Winga
Quaniranering
Janet Fisher
Nela Gonterman
Linda Groff
Patricia Havel
Janet Kiesey
Janice Roth
Merritt E. McDaniel
Frank L. Kos
Kern Lora
Milo M. Orris
Jerry Bryan
Karen Seaton
Carol Wilson
Mildred Wilson
Edmund D. Morrison, Jr
Larry L. Wells
Logan Hellman
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