Fire destroys two downtown Iowa Falls businesses
Firemen from Iowa Falls and nearby departments battled a blaze that ruined Stereo Town and the Iowa Falls Elks Club, plus Betts Painting and Decorating Co. A wall collapse damaged Park and Eat Cafe while 100 people were evacuated from the Met Theater. No serious injuries were reported. cause unknown. The fire damaged neighboring Nissly firms but did not reach Met Theater, a historic venue built in 1898.
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Iowa
UPI
Stereo Town
Iowa Falls Elks Club
Betts Painting and Decorating Co
Nissly and Nissly Realty Co
Park and Eat
Met Theater
Panda proves excellent as detector of quakes
In 1969 at Tientsin Zoo a panda screeched and swans left the water signaling an imminent quake. The earthquake hit in the Po Hai Gulf with no damage. Chinese detection methods evolved using high precision instruments but still heed peasant signs. Changes in water taste and level and mysterious ground light are cited.
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UPI
Tientsin Zoo
Tientsin Radio
Earthquake Bureau
Tientsin
Po Hai Gulf
Truck rolls into shed near city pool in Washington
A Goodwin House Movers truck rolled down a slight incline behind the Washington Municipal Pool and destroyed a storage shed late Thursday afternoon. No injuries occurred and nearby pool pumping equipment was undamaged. The 1961 flatbed International, parked at 1004 W Madison, slipped from gear around 4 45 p.m. after being left in place. The truck barreled through the lot, jumped a telephone barrier, struck a elm tree, and crashed into the shed. The driver, Rick Goodwin 20, was reportedly in a house basement when notified. The vehicle sustained minor damage.
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Evening Journal
Washington Municipal Pool
Goodwin House Movers of
Washington
Rick Goodwin
International
W. Madison
Goodwin
Kalona man found guilty of letting dog run at large
A six member Magistrate Court jury found Kalona resident Charles W. Dayton guilty of allowing a dog to run at large after a 10 am trial. Dayton pleaded not guilty on June 23 and requested a jury trial. He was fined $25 plus $43 in court costs.
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Evening Journal
Charles W. Dayton
Dayton
Wayland Man Injured In One Car Crash
A rural Wayland man Roy D. Miller 40 was taken to Washington County Hospital with possible internal injuries after a single vehicle crash one mile south of Washington on County Road G 55 at 7 35 p m Thursday. His car ran off the shoulder, slid across the road into the opposite ditch and rolled once covering about 300 feet. The vehicle sustained 1200 damage and no charges were filed.
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The
Evening Journal
Roy D. Miller
Washington County Hospital
Washington City
Miller
Iowa DOT maps sell fast amid uproar over deleted towns
Iowa Department of Transportation officials report 1.5 million copies of the 1976 road map are nearing exhaustion. The map’s third printing will be followed by a revised version next winter to restore many towns cut from the 1976 edition, per DOT Director Victor Preisser.
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Iowa
UPI
Iowa Department of Transportation
DOT
DOT Commission
Victor Preisser
Blair House Players Bring Comedy to Mt Pleasant This Weekend
Blair House Players present an old tent show comedy in Mt. Pleasant Friday through Sunday. A diverse group ages 17 to 76 perform for money to fund the restoration of Blair House, Washington. The troupe, mostly amateurs, began with a 1890s Literary Society skit and have since staged many shows in various towns.
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Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Blair House
Red Cross
Washington County Fair closes with beef topping $733.65
The Washington County Fair ends four days of mud and fun as 221 head of market beef sold with Darrell Steele's 1095 lb Grand Champion beef steer bringing $67 per cwt for a total of $733.65. Reserve Grand Champion beef sold for $542.40 on 1130 lbs, while Joe Hahn's 115 lb Grand Champion lamb brought $81.50 total. Overall receipts reached $104,465.51 with 236,000 lbs sold, plus pig derby and tug of war finals, amid shifting midway plans and a re staged tractor pull scheduled for Tuesday night.
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Evening Journal
Washington County Fair
Darrell Steele
Curtis Stutzman
Wellman
Joe Hahn
Keota
Horning Farm
Washington
Marlin Owens
Columbus Junction
Fraud concerns in prepaid health plans raised in Senate probe
Washington UPI reports Sen. Sam Nunn chairman of the Senate investigations subcommittee described fraud cases in California prepaid health plans. A woman believed the Bible would be read weekly and another thought a petition to impeach Ronald Reagan was required. Investigators found organized crime involvement in enrolling people at high fees.
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Nunn
Senate
California
Ronald Reagan
Weather Zones 10 and 13 Forecast Update
Thunder storms are likely tonight with lows in the upper 60s. Saturday will be partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the low 80s.
Tremor fears as Chinese capital orders evacuations
In Peking sirens wake residents amid warnings of new quakes in northeast China. Thousands evacuate homes and offices as Hopeh Province relief efforts surge with military convoys delivering field hospitals and kitchens. Rail lines and roads damaged hinder relief. Unofficial reports cite casualties in Tangshan and Peking.
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UPI
Peking
China
Hopeh
Tangshan
ANSA
Ames Wins Ruling On 9 Percent Property Tax Ceiling
Story County District Court Judge M D Seiser overruled the State Appeals Board allowing Ames to spend 188000 more from property tax collections than previously permitted. Gov Ray urged appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court to settle the 9 per cent spending cap questions for taxpayers and local governments.
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Iowa
UPI
Story County District Court
M.D. Seiser
Seiser
State Appeals Board
Ames
Leiser
Black Hawk County
Karl Kenline
Kenline
Waterloo
Robert D. Ray
Des Moines
Story County
Iowa Supreme Court
Ray
Supreme Court
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