Iowa rivers and streams near record low levels
Iowa faces a drought with many streams and rivers at or near 1955 1956 lows. State officials note protective flow levels control consumptive use while U S Geological Survey gauges monitor flows. Northwest north central and central Iowa report the heaviest impact with fish losses noted and officials seek rain in October.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Paul Waite
National Weather Service
Jim Wiegand
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Wiegand
Waite
Louis Gieske
Kent Lewis
Natural Resources Council
U.S. Geological Survey
Northwest
North Central
West Central
Ken Kakac
Fish and Game Conservation Officers
Iowa Conservation Commission
Kakac
No action on intra city busing for local pupils
Washington Board of Education on Wednesday night rejected an oral petition from about a dozen parents seeking intra city bus transportation. Directors offered no formal action after nearly an hour of discussion. The district maintains a policy that city residents must live two miles from their schools to qualify for busing, while rural students need one mile. The junior high sits in the southwest corner, prompting concerns from several families about travel distance. Supt. Schlapkohl cited budget limits and the need for more buses and drivers as the main barrier to any change.
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Marty Chebuhar
Evening Journal
Washington Board of Education
Washington
Ron Armstrong
E. Main St
E.K Schlapkohl
Schlapkohl
Don Zwicki
Zwicki
Stewart Elementary
Stewart
Justine Hotle
Ralph Reisener
S. 15Th Ave
Richard Wiley
James Lloyd
Armstrong
T.J. Berdo
Connie Podey
James Gorham
James Hotchkiss
Marla Smith
Linda Cutler
Sharon Timm
Gary Collins
Barbara Gronstal
Olive Walker
Grant Wood
John Prochaska
Iowa State University
Dennis Stout
Highland School
Stout
Highland
Highland Board
Small turnout in Highland walkout over Walling controversy
Only about 15 percent of Highland Junior-Senior High School students walked out at 8:45 a.m. in a peaceful protest linked to former superintendent James Walling's resignation. Most demonstrators returned to class by mid-morning, with DPI involvement planned for district investigation.
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The
Evening Journal
Highland
James Walling
Walling
Washington County Sheriff's
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Kirk Kaalberg
Robert Duncan
Public Meeting on Highway 518 Restudy in Washington County
Iowa Department of Transportation representatives will host a 7:30 p.m. information meeting at Riverside Elementary to discuss a restudy of Highway 518 between Iowa 92 and Iowa 22. Attendees will review project concepts and provide citizen comments after the formal presentation.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Riverside
Iowa 92
Iowa 22
Washington County
DOT
Autumn frost chills Midwest and Southeast
United Press International reports a killing freeze shriveled flowers across the upper Midwest and frost spread from the northern Plains to the Pennsylvania mountains on the first full day of autumn. Temperatures dropped to 21 in Roseau Minnesota and 27 in Hazelhurst Wisconsin as frost whitened the upper Mississippi Valley and northern Great Lakes region.
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United Press International
Upper Midwest
Plains
Pennsylvania Mountains
Roseau
Minn
Hazelhurst
Wis
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
Appalachians
Mid-Prairie to Vote on $2.25 Million School Bonds
Residents in the Mid-Prairie Community School District likely will vote December 14 on a 2,250,000 bond issue for district improvements. If approved, funds would build and equip a new Wellman elementary school, add to Kalona elementary, and repair the West Chester, high school, and Washington Township elementary centers, plus buy two acres for Wellman.
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Mid-Prairie Community
Mid-Prairie Board of Education
Wellman
Kalona
West Chester
Washington Township
Clear and Colder Tonight With Warmer Friday
Weather forecast notes clear and colder conditions tonight with lows near 40. Friday will be clear to partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the low 70s. Light and variable winds tonight.
Debates Set as Ford and Carter Meet in Historic First
Ford and Carter clash in the first presidential campaign debate airing tonight on television. The 90 minute session at Walnut Theater centers on domestic issues with three reporters asking questions, followed by two more debates on foreign policy and broader topics.
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United Press International
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Richard Nixon
Walnut Theater
Iowa lawmakers split on grain inspection reform bill
UPI reports that Senator Dick Clark led a mixed rebuke to the House Senate conference report while Republican Charles Grassley and Democrat Berkley Bedell voiced cautious approval. The measure would place federal inspectors at export points and keep interior market inspections largely intact, with Clark noting concerns over conflicts of interest and urging a stronger effort in January.
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Des Moines
UPI
Dick Clark
Iowa
House
Senate
Charles Grassley
Berkley Bedell
Conference Committee
Clark
Boards of Trade and Grain Exchanges
Boards of Trade
Grassley
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John Mathew
Drake University
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Conger House
al Baldridge
Kay Statler
Mabel Robison
Journal
Washington, Iowa
Mid-Prairie
Congress
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