HUD Unsensitive To Elderly Needs
Harold T. Trapp of Waterloo, Iowa, testifying before the House Select Committee on Aging accused HUD of ignoring older Americans. He cited barriers to housing program improvements, noting the 1971 aging conference called for 200,000 new units annually, but the nation remains hundreds of thousands short.
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Waterloo
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Iowa
Harold T. Trapp
The
American Assn. of
Federal
U.S
House of Representatives’ Select Committee On Aging
Trapp
HUD
Congress
White House
Fulk says no fair trouble over social gambling ruling
Iowa State Fair Secretary Kenneth Fulk said no crackdown is planned on casual betting at the Iowa State Fair despite Attorney General Richard Turner declaring social gambling illegal where an admission fee is charged. Turner noted licensed carnival games and raffles remain legal.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Kenneth Fulk
Richard Turner
Turner
Fulk
Falk
ICLU Files Suit Over Ottumwa Police Height Rules
The Iowa Civil Liberties Union sues Ottumwa Public Safety Commissioner, police chief, and civil service commissioners in district court claiming height and weight requirements exclude applicants. Plaintiffs Lawrence Smith, Rod Stevens, and Sharon Simmer allege no job performance link. Several full time Ottumwa officers also do not meet the rules.
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Public Safety
Robert Ehmke
Charles Sheridan
Ralph Annes
ICLU
Ottumwa
Commission
Brooklyn System Class Times for 1975-76 School Year
Brooklyn Guernsey Malcom school system schedules begin August 25 at 8 40 a m Registration for all students runs August 14-19 at the high school and elementary centers in Brooklyn and at the Malcom center on August 15 and 18 Book rent lunch tickets and insurance may be paid then Changes to the high school faculty include Duane Ficken LeRoy Larsen Mary Sand Jeff Schlee Randy Siebels and Holly White New staff members are Vickie Duhrkopf Robert Hutchcroft and John Sherer plus a second kindergarten class with Miriam Little as instructor
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom
Booklyn
Malcom
Duane Ficken
Storm Lake
LeRoy Larsen
Swea City
Mary Sand
Lake Mills
Jeff Schlee
Postville
Randy Siebels
Anamosa
Holly White
Pella
Vickie Duhrkopf
Sumner
Robert Hutchcroft
Mediapolis
Tripoli Officer Suspended After Rape Charge
Waterloo area news reports a Tripoli police officer, 27 year old David Damm, suspended after a Cedar Rapids woman accuses him of rape on a county road near Waterloo. Both parties planned polygraph testing. no formal charges were filed as he was released.
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Waterloo
Tripoli
Cedar Rapids
David Damm
Damm
Camm
Grinnell Man Pleads Innocent in Tama Car Larceny Case
Charles F. Rice pled innocent to larceny of a motor vehicle. He is accused of taking a car owned by Robert Smith, South Tama High School basketball coach, from Smith's Tama residence. Trial set for September 15.
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Toledo
Charles F. Rice
Grinnell
Robert Smith
South Tama
Smith
Tama
Gondoliers charm Anamosa students for benefit show
Anamosa high school alumni and students stage The Gondoliers in the junior high auditorium for two evenings at 8 p.m. The 25 member cast, drawn from 30 local high school and college students, performs as a benefit for auditorium repairs with tickets at $1. The group previously staged The Pirates of Penzance raising over $400 for Camp Courage.
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Merry Gondoliers
Anamosa Junior High School
Jerry Sleep
Dan Ricklefs
Wade Winchip
Anamosa
Anamosa High School
Venice
Camp Courage
Monticello
Iowa official says rural air pollution likely but not rural controls
Des Moines top environmental official Dr Edward Stanek says Iowa could face rural air pollution like the EPA study of Ohio Pennsylvania and Maryland. He disputes EPA ideas of rural controls, citing urban sources and ongoing progress in industrial emissions reduced by over one million tons since 1971.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Edward Stanek
EPA
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Stanek
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Wisconsin
Minnesota
East Coast
St. Louis
Edgewood Colesburg bond vote disputed by poll access claims
Edgewood and Colesburg residents allege they were denied voting in a 720000 school bond election, with 28 protesting at canvass. County records show no registrations for those individuals, while the bond carried 573 yes to 334 no. Supervisors said one spoiled ballot. a 28-person challenge would not have altered the result.
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Edgewood
Colesburg
Board of Supervisors
Janet Smith
Two Charged With Amerson Murder Des Moines
Des Moines police held three people in connection with the slaying of 45 year old Clarence Amerson. Randy Thiel 20 and Dale Romick 26 both of Des Moines were charged with murder. An unnamed third person had not been charged by Tuesday night. Amerson was found nude Sunday near Four Mile Creek by two frog hunting boys. Romick pled not guilty before Judge Thomas Renda with a $100000 bond. Thiel has not been arraigned and no bond set.
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DES Moines
Clarence Amerson
Randy D. Thiel
Dale Romick
Amerson
Four-Mile Creek
Romick
Thomas Renda
Thiel
Exchange Board For Service To Add Housing
IOWA CITY Officials start a rent-for-services program at the University of Iowa to ease housing shortages. Students trade household labor for lodging with area families and may assist with childcare, maintenance, cleaning, gardening, or schooling. Families can deduct up to $400 from income tax. matches are arranged by the university business office. Call 353-3607 for details.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
U. of I. Business Office
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