Demos Face Key Budget Decisions in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports Democratic leaders push a one year budget, aiming to cut $30 million to $40 million from Gov Ray's $1.141 billion plan for 1975 76. Education funding dominates as talks on revenue and regents budgets tighten the fiscal outlook.
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House Appropriations Committee
Keith Dunton
Thornburg
Robert Ray
Dunton
Appropriations Committee
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Senate
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Cedar Rapids
Rally for Jobs Now blocked by crowd at RFK Stadium
In Washington hundreds of union members disrupted an AFL-CIO rally at RFK Stadium to demand action on unemployment. Speakers were drowned out as protesters chanted We want to work and moved onto the field, ending the program after about 90 minutes.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Barbara Jordan
Texas
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
John McNamara
Fireman’s and Oilers Union
Bella Abzug
Congress
Afl-Cio
Industrial Union Department
U.S. Capitol
White House
Halt Rail Branch Closings Urged By ICC Unit
The ICC Rail Services Planning Office proposes a two year moratorium on abandoning Northeast and Midwest branch lines citing faulty data from the USRA. It urges a $12 billion federal matching grant to revitalize railroads funded by a two cent per gallon fuel tax, with local subsidies optional. A final plan is due July 26 with Congress having power to reject.
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UPI
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northeast
Midwest
ICC
Rail Services Planning Office
U.S. Railway Assn
Railway Association
The
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George Chandler
Careless the Railway Association
Planning Office
USRA
Toelp
Saigon Faces New Viet Cong Assault as Talks Loom
Viet Cong rockets struck downtown Saigon before dawn as North Vietnamese tanks advanced within 20 miles of the city. Four 122mm shells killed six and wounded 22, burning over 200 homes. President Huong met aides amid reports he may resign. retired General Minh looms as possible successor to pursue negotiations.
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Tran van Huong
National Assembly
Duong van
Minh
Long Thanh
Ba Ria
Long Binh
Tay Ninh City
Huong
Nguyen van Thieu
Moderates Win Big in Portugal Free Election
In Portugal's first free vote in 50 years moderates victory seen by Western diplomats as softening leftist military policies. Socialists lead with about 38 percent, Popular Democrats around 26, Communists about 14 percent. assembly with limited power to draft a constitution. Mario Soares signals cautious policy shift and alliance with the Armed Forces Movement.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Popular Democrats
Mario Soares
Soares
Armed Forces Movement
Iowa banks push automated payments exchange system
Iowa banks advance the APEX automated payments exchange project designed to replace paychecks with bank balance updates. The statewide fund transfer network has been studied for over a year with 96 percent of the state's 668 banks funding the initial effort and most agreeing to participate. Fifteen meetings were held nationwide to discuss implementation.
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Iowa
APEX
Automated Payments Exchange
M.M. McMichael, Jr
Iowa Automated Clearing House Assn., Inc
Checkless Era debuts at Cedar Rapids bankers meeting
A Cedar Rapids conference drew over 100 representatives from about 80 banks within 60 miles to back the APEX automated payments exchange. Joe Phernetton of Banks of Iowa says most banks support the system, set to operate by Oct 1 with a pilot in Des Moines in September. The scheme uses employer payroll tapes to credit employee accounts on payday, reducing trips to banks and paperwork.
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Cedar Rapids
Joe Phernetton
Banks of Iowa Computer Services
IACHA
Phernetton
Des Moines
Federal Reserve
United States
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