Hughes backs Amish school plan as better option
Gov Harold Hughes praised his special committee for a proposed solution to the Amish school issue near Hazleton and said he would push the plan to the legislature. He noted the old budget proposal for 50,000 a year for emergency Amish schooling is dead and expressed hope for court consideration. The plan would exempt the old order Amish and similar groups from state school laws, with the state superintendent testing basic skills of exempted students. The two Amish schools are currently taught by certified teachers paid by the Danforth Foundation.
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Frank Nye
Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Hazleton
Robert Fulton
Maurice Baringer
Oelwein
Danforth Foundation of
St. Louis
Elthon Dies, Former Iowa Governor at 68
Mason City reports the death of Leo Elthon of Fertile age 68 after a heart attack. A Republican, he served as Iowa governor for 52 days in 1954 following Beardsley’s death and held multiple state offices including senator, lieutenant governor, and Fertile mayor. He was born June 9, 1898, in Fertile and lifelong Worth County resident. He taught at Clear Lake and Fertile high schools and managed a quarry business.
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Leo Elthon
Fertile
Iowa
William S. Beardsley
Worth County
Elthon
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House
G.O.P
Iowa Senate
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Augsburg Seminary
Minneapolis
Town State Teachers College
Hamilton College
Clear Lake
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Lynneva Hjelmeland
David
Allen
Ed Davis
Milwaukee
Lee Nelson
Wendell Mahoney
Mondamin
James Lemon
Geneva
Jil
Fertile Lutheran Church
Brush Point Cemetery
Three Catholic Schools in Shelby County Are Closed
AP reports three Shelby County Catholic high schools St Marys Panama St Pauls Defiance and St Josephs Earling will close effective immediately leaving five parishes Earling Panama Portsmouth Westphalia and Defiance to absorb affected students. Elementary schools grades 1-8 remain open. Tax-exempt status loss and a planned high school proposal contributed to the decision amid space and tax concerns for the district.
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Shelby County
Harlan
St. Mary’s
Panama
St. Paul’s
Defiance
St. Joseph’s
Earling
Portsmouth
Westphalia
George
Des Moines
Father Deere
Hearing Set on Proposed Rail Postal Service Cut
Washington reports a Thursday hearing on a decision to discontinue railway postal service in Iowa and Illinois. Assistant Postmaster General Harregan leads officials from Washington and Chicago at Rock Island Illinois. The Iowa commerce commission says the cut would curb passenger trains and seeks rationale for the $1.75 million annual saving and 140 lost jobs. Trains affected include six Burlington trains Chicago to Omaha through Burlington Iowa, two Illinois Central trains Chicago to Sioux City through Fort Dodge, two Milwaukee Road trains Marion to central Iowa, and seven Rock Island trains Chicago to Omaha across central Iowa. Congressman Schwengel and Iowa officials warn of job losses and demand worker protections.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Iowa-Illinois
Federal
Rock Island
Ill
William Harregan
Post Office
Chicago
Lawrence F. O’brien
Iowa Commerce Commission
Towa
Burlington Road
Omaha
Burlington
Illinois Cental
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Milwaukee Road
Marion
Iowa
Iowa Commission
Man Hit by Tree in Critical Condition Near Iowa City
Clair Dean Johnson, 29, of Nichols, was in critical condition at University Hospitals after a large branch struck him in the forehead while clearing trees with a bulldozer on land six miles south of Iowa City Saturday.
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Iowa City
Clair Dean Johnson
Nichols
University Hospitals
Johnson
Route 151 Hearing Approved for Cedar Rapids Dubuque Expressway
U S Bureau of Public Roads and Iowa Highway Commission announced approval of a public hearing for Route 151 improvements in Linn Jones and Dubuque counties. The 38 mile project begins at Routes 151 and 13 and runs northeast to east of Cascade with construction planned to start in 1968 and a cost of about 1.441 million dollars. Right of way will be bought to allow for two future lanes. Some land will be purchased this year.
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UPI
Pirates Bureau
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Philippines
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Misantis Oriental Island
Reed receives annual youth image award in Waterloo
UPI reports Representative Cecil Reed a Republican from Cedar Rapids was honored Sunday with the Waterloo Youth Achievement League’s annual youth image award.
Iowa Bill Aims to Invest Idle State Funds in Banks
A House commerce panel nears action on a bill drafted by Rep. Rudy Van Dree to require idle state funds be invested in Iowa banks rather than federal securities. It would end the 4 percent ceiling on interest paid on time deposits, set within one percent of state fund rates for local units, and make idle-fund investments mandatory. Around 270 million idle dollars now sit in federal securities as state laws limit tax-exempt-interest. The bill consolidates four measures and seeks full committee approval this week.
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Des Moines
UPI
Towa
House Commerce Committee
Iowa
Rudy van Dree
R-Ames
Paul Franzenburg
U.S. Treasury
Catholic High School
Robert Schromer
Panama
Harlan
Missioner
Hughes Stands Put No New Taxes for Iowa 1967 69
Governor Har old Hughes said Iowa will not raise new taxes for 1967 69 despite Nebraska adopting a 26 percent sales tax and income tax. He noted Nebraska changes do not affect Iowa tax needs while critics argue higher taxes could ease property tax pressure via school aid. Some lawmakers suggested Nebraska actions may shift Iowa views on tax rates and daylight saving policy. Nebraska’s lack of sales tax has pressured Missouri river merchants and Iowa shoppers to cross state lines.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Nebraska
Iowa Press Assn
Missouri River
Car Collides Off 60-Foot Bank. 2 Hurt Near Tama
Two men were injured when a 1960-model car left old highway 30 three miles west of Tama and plunged down a 60 foot embankment. Driver Dean Whitebreast of Waterloo and passenger Reuben Morgan of Marshalltown faced intoxication and speed related charges, each fined $100 and jailed when unable to pay.
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Gazett
Whitebreast
E B. C. Carnal
Tarna County
Traffic Toll Climbs to 5 On Weekend
A weekend traffic toll rose to five in Iowa with a Tama County crash killing Hershel Carmichael 70 of Oskaloosa and injuring four others. Olin Bidwell 51 of rural Tama and his wife and son were hospitalized along with four other injured in the two car crash at highway 63 and Haven Road. Additional weekend fatalities included Cristal Hingst 8 of Burlington Jeffrey Case 9 of Hawarden Leonard Arp 21 of Mason City and Steven Peters 17 of rural Clutter in separate accidents across the state.
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Oskaloosa
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TAMA
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Iowa
Cristal Hingst
Paul Hingst
Burlington
Jeffrey Case
Frank Case
Hawarden
Leonard G. Arp
Mason City
Bremer County
Tripoli
Steven Peters
Dysart
Trucking Firms In Chicago Eye Backlog Of Goods
Chicago area trucking firms face a backlog of goods after a five day stoppage. About ten percent of the region's 50,000 commercial trucks operated over the weekend to move freight. Officials expect most deliveries to resume by Wednesday. Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz urged negotiators for 4,700 firms and 56,000 dock and warehouse workers to meet in Washington to resolve the contract dispute. Union drivers seek a 9 cent hourly wage increase, about 20 cents higher than terms in the national pact. Chicago firms cite affordability concerns and local constraints, complicating the national Teamsters agreement.
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Chicago
Willard Wirtz
Washington
Teamsters
N National
W. Eugene McCarron
Assn
Witnesses fear to testify at urban crime hearing
Sen. George Smathers said witnesses from Washington will only testify anonymously at a senate hearing on urban crime and its effects on small businesses, citing fear of reprisals. He described the witnesses as haunted by fear.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
George Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Weight Inspectors Move From Town to State Agency
A bill prepared for House committee would shift highway weight inspectors from the Town highway commission to the state department of public safety. Rep. William Gannon and Rep. James Gallagher, both Democrats, prepared the measure on Monday.
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Des Moines
UPI
Town Highway Commission
State Department of Public Safety
House
William Gannon
Mingo
James Gallagher
Waterloe
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