Iowa Open Housing Bill Narrowly Passes House Amid Amendments
Gov Harold Hughes is expected to sign SF 496 as the House backed keeping a $500 surety bond in the open housing measure after Rep Harry Gittins sent a note to Rep Floyd Millen guiding reconsideration. Key sponsors Rep Cecil Reed and Rep John Camp argued over returning the bill to the Senate, while lobbyists from the Realtors association pressed for the bond. In emotional floor remarks, several representatives framed open housing as a civil rights issue and stressed individual rights, with the final repeal vote on the bond section failing. A related item notes Manchester plans higher pool rates for the season after last year’s debt.
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Cedar Rapids
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Hoover Library Hours Set at West Branch Expositions
West Branch opens Hoover library grounds to public daily from 9 am to 4 38 pm with Sunday hours 10 am to 5 pm starting April 28. The facility includes the library reading room, museum exhibits on Hoover and wife Lou Henry Hoover, and a 180 seat auditorium.
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Senate Debates Funds For Iowa Area Schools Tuesday
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Senate plans a full session next Tuesday to discuss financing for new area schools and whether to remove them from debt. A $4.5 million appropriation was advanced as a discussion framework, with debates on raising funds for mental health care and broader state aid. The panel also advanced a mines and minerals demonstration project and a measure to seize adulterated products, with court appeals allowed.
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New Director for BCDJ Agency Independence Plant Struck by Lightning
Independence fire crews battled a roof and attic fire blamed on a lightning strike at the Corn Blossom canning plant. Minor damage reported to insulation and ceiling. city lights out for hours but no residential outages noted. Mullen named new director of BCDJ Economic Opportunity Agency succeeding William E. Foy. agency serves Buchanan, Clayton, Delaware and Jones counties with offices in Monticello.
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North Towa Community Action Organization
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Allamakee Vandalism Investigations Continue
Allamakee county sheriff probes three similar acts of vandalism across the county. Overnight shots fired at parked cars using pistols with .30 caliber bullets, targeting widely separated locations over recent weeks.
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Allamakee County
Meeting Set special 16 The Gazette
POSTVILLE The Allama rce county Historical Society will meet at the REC building were Monday at 3 p.m.
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Hailstorm Damages Homes and Greenhouses in Multiple Towns
A severe hailstorm struck around 10 minutes after 15 a.m. damaging roofs and siding. Auge Flor al Co. reports about 8 percent of glass broken in five greenhouses. Windows smashed at Jefferson grade school and junior high. Vehicle thefts and other incidents linked to the storm were noted in center Point and Independence as authorities investigate.
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Unique Change For Control Of Catholic Board
OTTUMWA, Iowa, UPI The Catholic parochial school system in Ottumwa shifts to a lay majority board. Nine lay members and five church representatives will run Sacred Heart St Patrick's St Marys elementary schools and Walsh High School. A faculty rep remains to be chosen. John Moreland elected president. First act: convert one elementary school to a full junior high for grades seven and eight.
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Sacred Heart
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St. Mary’s
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Friendly Town program sets two week vacation help
AMES AP The Friendly Town program returns this summer with Iowa State students and the Chicago City Missionary Society organizing two week vacations for city children. About 1,000 Chicago and Des Moines youths ages 6 to 11 will be placed in Iowa homes from July 15 to 29. Train transport for Chicago children is arranged and host families pay $10 per guest.
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Iowa State
Chicago City Missionary Society
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