Negotiators work to avert ISU walkout after strike vote
Negotiators for Evening Journal Union and Iowa Southern Utilities resumed talks with a federal mediator to prevent a walkout by Local 735 IBEW members. The two year contract expired at midnight but extended to 5 p.m. Saturday to avert a work stoppage while negotiations continue. Local 735 covers about half of ISU's 525 workers and roughly 33 of 50 in the northeast district serving Washington Wellman and Columbus Junction. ISU provides electrical or natural gas service to 98 communities in south central and southeast Iowa.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Iowa Southern
ISU
Washington, Wellman
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Weather Brief Showers Likely Tonight Through Friday
Occasional showers and thunderstorms likely tonight and Friday with a 60 percent rain chance tonight and 50 percent Friday. Tonight lows upper 50s to low 60s. Friday highs low to mid 70s. Winds southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Senator decries 218 road as a disgrace in Washington County
State Senator Forrest Schwengels calls U.S. Highway 218 a disgrace and warns of court action if the Iowa DOT fails to repair the 13.5 mile stretch from highway 92 to 22. He plans to press at the Sept. 6 DOT meeting in Ames after district engineer recommendations for resurfacing.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington County
Forrest Schwengels
R-Fairfield
Iowa Department of Transportation
DOT
Schwengels
DOT Commission
Ames
Highway 92
Highway 22
Washington
Jefferson
Bob Percival
Fairfield
G. W. Anderson
Commission
Johnson County
Highland School District
Washington Post Labor Day Office Closures Observed
The Washington post office will close on Labor Day, September 5, with no city or rural mail, lobby hours limited to 2 to 4 p.m., and a single 4 15 p.m. dispatch. Most local government offices will close. Evening Journal offices also shut with noon publication. In Corning Iowa water rationing ends after heavy rains refill supply. city water chief Dick Cook says usage returns to normal and the lake nearly full.
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Washington Post
Evening Journal
Journal
Corning, Iowa
UPI
Corning
Dick Cook
Cook
Iowa City
Iowa officials back bottle deposit in litter fight
Des Moines reports Larry Crane of the Department of Environmental Quality and Elliott Hibbs of the Department of Revenue urged a mandatory container deposit before a Senate energy subcommittee. They argued deposits like Oregon’s work, supporting a 10 cent minimum deposit on beer and soft drink containers and a litter producing materials tax, with liquor bottles redeemable.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Larry Crane
Department of Environmental Quality
Oregon
Elliott Hibbs
Iowa Senate Energy
House
Whitney to announce bid for Iowa governor
Former Iowa Democratic State Chairman Tom Whitney plans to announce his gubernatorial candidacy at a news conference next Thursday after a summer of campaigning as an unofficial candidate. A $10-per-person fundraiser at the Iowa Fairgrounds two days earlier will kick off a likely lengthy campaign, while Gov Robert D Ray remains the central figure and undecided.
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Des Moines
UPI
Tom Whitney
Whitney
Iowa Fairgrounds
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Dick Clark
Lowa
Injured Iowa farmer trapped in hay crimper near Hudson
Richard Green 43 of rural Hudson remained in serious condition at University Hospitals after being caught in the gears of a hay crimper around 2 30 p m Tuesday. He was unable to free himself and was found by his wife at 6 p m after trying to call for help from a television repairman who was on a neighbor’s roof.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
Richard Green
Hudson
Green
Ainsworth Council Sees Vacancies In 1977 Election
City Clerk Max Meeks reports mayor John Hazelett and all five council members will not seek re election. Nomination papers are available from Meeks and must be filed by Sept 29 to qualify for the 1977 municipal election. Terms run two years.
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Ainsworth
Max Meeks
John Hazelett
Meeks
Telethon Appearance by Timm Lease on WMT-TV Cedar Rapids
Crawfordsville’s Timm Lease son of Mr and Mrs Richard Lease will join Debbie Boileau of Washington to present muscular dystrophy fund money on the Jerry Lewis Telethon. Their TV slot is 2 15 p.m. September 5 during Labor Day telecast from Cedar Rapids.
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Timm Lease
Crawfordsville
Richard Lease
Jerry Lewis
Wmt-Tv
Cedar Rapids
Timm
Debbie Boileau
Washington
Marie Boileau
Washington County
Coastal residents flee as Anita nears Texas coast
Hurricane Anita, packing 105 mph winds, advances toward the Rio Grande mouth about 175 miles from Brownsville. Evacuations spread from South Padre Island and Port Isabel to Galveston Bay as tides rise five to eight feet and waves reach 12 feet, with shelters and warnings in effect across the Upper Texas coast.
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Brownsville
Tex
Padre Island
Weather Bureau
Marvin Bartz
National Weather Service
Mexico
Anita
NWS
Bartz
Matagorda Bay
Corpus Christi
Texas
Lake Charles
South Padre Island
Port Isabel
Bay Shore
Coast Guard
Galveston Bay
Fletcher Hickerson
Civil Defense
Baytown
YMCA fall program set in Washington schedule
The YMCA unveils its fall activities for all ages in Washington. Programs include Grade School Youth lobby time, flag football, open gym and swim, Jr high and Sr high teen centers, adult swim and gym slots, health club access, and family gym. Staff listed and building hours noted.
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YMCA
Washington
Jr. High
High School Jr. High
Sr. High
Kirk Helmstead
Kirkwood Community Education offers new evening classes
Enrollment by toll free number 1-800-332-8833 for Kirkwood Community College Washington programs this month. Courses include Beginning Macrame, Beginning Sewing, Individual Painting, Basic Math and Metrics, Comprehensive Reading, Corn and Soybean variety selection, Soil origins, Alternative tillage, Grain handling systems, Management seminar, Grain grading, Right to Read tutor training, Pants fit, Small engine repair, Textiles, Private pilot ground school, Microwave cooking, Clothing selection and design, Washington County and Iowa history, and How to enjoy retirement. Most eight week courses cost about $12 with some $5 to $15 fees. enrollment depends on minimum participants.
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The
Evening Journal
Kirkwood
Washington
Kirkwood Community College
Suzanne Williams
Shanna Cellman
Washington Junior High School
Tom Marsh
Sue Golden
Brighton Music Room
Madison and
South Avenue
Dick Lins
Karen Wagner
Sue Walter
Washington County
Lowa
Mike Zachs
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