Iowa Army Ammunition Plant News

It's entirely possible you wouldn't notice Jim Allen on the street. And if you did, you might think, "there goes another old feller," and maybe honk your horn at him to move out of your way.

Laura Hopkins has experienced the despair of waiting to get compensation for her husband, Jim, until one day her request was approved.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Paul Peters of Wapello, a former Line 1 inspector who worked in the 1950s at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, waits for a screening while attending the Cold War Patriots National Day of Remembrance Thursday at the Machinist Hall in Middletown.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7:45 a.m. WASHINGTON DC - Congressman Dave LoebsackA honored America's former nuclear workers and uranium miners, millers, and haulers, supporting a House Resolution that recognized the newly designated Cold War Patriots National Day of Remembrance.

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved Oct. 30 as the Cold War Patriots National Day of Remembrance to recognize former nuclear weapons workers who served their country by building and maintaining nuclear forces during World War II and the Cold War.

Steven Walter Burger, 55, of Middletown was released under pretrial supervision after an initial complaint charged him with one count of indecent contact with a child.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye John Rowe, a former Iowa Army Ammunition Plant employee from 1949 to 1953, with paperwork related to his medical records in his Burlington apartment.

They go months without a response from the Department of Labor that oversees the program, and yet are expected to get their replies sent back in record time.

Former IAAP worker applied for compensation two years ago; case is tied up in bureaucracy.

Former IAAP worker says MS caused by munitions work in Vietnam era. By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com During the Vietnam War, the hell that was soldiers' daily lives sometimes was complicated by their exposure to plastic explosives and their neurotoxic effects.

At Monday's work session, the five-member city council reviewed a laundry list of improvements made necessary by more stringent federal and state environmental requirements.

Brereton was reading a historical magazine when he came across a sentence that mentioned the plant was the sole location for nuclear weapon assembly from 1948 to 1954.

Brereton was reading a historical magazine when he came across a sentence that mentioned the plant was the sole location for nuclear weapon assembly from 1948 to 1954.

Slowly but surely, project will be complete. By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com With 19,000 acres to cover and countless chemicals and munitions to weave through, the cleanup process at the Middletown Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is slow going.

Four men stood at attention, their gazes fixed forward, hands held steady at their brows as the national anthem played.

The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant will conduct an assumption of command ceremony this morning.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health's BAECP-FWP is hosting its second luncheon today in honor of former Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Line 1 workers.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Vivian Weber, Montrose, looks at a wall display Friday at the Machinists Hall in Middletown honoring former Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Line 1 workers.

In a ceremony Tuesday, James D. Nelson assumed responsibility of the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, the first civilian to assume command in the plant's history.

The House Armed Services Committee mark up of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010 includes more than $25 million for a new readiness and maintenance facility in Middletown.