Study Need for Studies Legisators Talk About Per Diem Pay
DES MOINES AP The Town legislative council created by the 1969 legislature weighs interim studies and costs to avoid duplication. Serge Garrison reports 41 subcommittees plus six special study panels. Lt Gov Roger Jepsen urges an inventory before authorizing more. Members acknowledge value but worry about per diem pay and bureau strain. House Speaker Harbor notes potential long term savings if studies shorten future sessions.
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Des Moines
Serge Garrison
Legislative Service Bureau
Council
General Assembly
Iowa City Firm Low Bidder on Reservoir Job
Rock Island district of the corps of engineers names L L Pell ing Co Inc of Iowa City as apparent low bidder with 21 987 for resurfacing roads parking areas and boat ramps at Coralville reservoir on the Iowa River north of Iowa City The government estimate was 23 146 30 Work will use double bituminous surface treatment with a start within 15 days of notice and a completion date of October 15.
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Rock Island
L. L. Pelling Co., Inc
Iowa City
Rock Island District
Corps of Engineers
Coralville Reservoir
Iowa River
Waterloo man drowns while fishing in Cedar River
WAVERLY UPI Claude Kimbrough 26 of Waterloo drowned Wednesday in the Cedar river while fishing with two companions. Authorities say he went under while attempting to swim to shore from a fishing boat.
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Waverly
UPI
Claude Kimbrough
Waterloo
Cedar River
Kimbrough
Culver Denounces South African Visa Move as Insult
Rep. John C. Culver condemned South Africa for denying visas to two U.S. lawmakers, calling it an insult and a devastating attack on freedom and mutual understanding. He led a bipartisan protest with 22 lawmakers, noting the unprecedented conditional visa practice and its potential to push Pretoria toward isolation.
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Washington
John C. Culver
U.S. House of Representatives
Diggs
House Foreign Affairs Committee
South Africa
Culver
Congress
Parents Charge Negligence in Keokuk Drownings
Keokuk officials said a damage suit will be filed by Mr and Mrs Charles Warsdow Jr over two children who drowned in a city park storm sewer on July 7. Victims Steven age 8 and Sherri age 7. They seek 75000 dollars for each death.
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Keokuk
Charles Warsdow
Steven
Sherri
Wardlows
Noel Pagitt
Pagitt
Randy
Steve
Dutch Elm Problems Increase in Decorah
Special to The Gazette Decorah reports more than 160 Dutch elm disease samples tested at Luther College lab under Kenneth Reeves. Seventeen samples identified and owners notified. infected trees felled and burned after a waiting period. Chemical soil treatment used where elms cluster to curb root spread. This marks the greatest elm losses in four years, per Weigle urging removal of dead limbs and trees.
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Decorah
Luther College Laboratory
Kenneth Reeves
E. J. Weigle
Weigle
Auto death in DeWitt leads to $250000 suit
TIPTON MARY JEAN DALTON executor of Larry W Dalton's estate and Accent Homes Inc of DeWitt sue Eldon Dietz of Tipton and United Telephone Co of Iowa Newton for 250000 in a fatal June 25 1968 accident. A jury trial is demanded. Dalton age 25 died leaving a wife and three children. The suit accuses Dietz of negligent failure to yield the correct lane and to keep an appropriate lookout and control on a curved roadway as the Accent Homes truck swerved and overturned fatally injuring Dalton.
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Tipton
Mary Jean Dalton
DeWitt
Larry W. Dalton
Accent Homes, Inc
Eldon Charles Dietz
United Telephone Co
Iowa
Newton
Dalton
Dietz
United Telephone
Accent Homes
1 400 Tons of Coal Sinks on Mississippi River
A barge carrying 1,400 tons of coal sank Wednesday in the Mississippi river near Davenport. Authorities said it struck rocks in about 15 feet of water. The coal will be transferred to another barge.
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Davenport
UPS
Mississippi River
Here
Alter Co
Nevada Brothers Die In Car Cycle Crash
Two rural Nevada boys were killed when their motorcycle struck a car at a rural intersection. The victims were Terry Lynn McVey, 14, and his 10-year-old brother David Wayne. The cycle was driven by the older boy and collided with Rob Black’s car about one mile north of town.
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Nevada
Story County Sheriff's Office
Terry Lynn McVey
David Wayne
Rob Black
Vehicle Rolls Near Tama Injury to Driver in Bus Crash
Kathy L. O'Neal a 17 year old Evansville Indiana girl driving a small panel type bus rolled over and landed upside down in a ditch near the Sac and Fox day school on the Indian settlement at 10 a m. She suffered a severely bruised arm and was treated at Marshalltown hospital before release. The American Friends Service Committee of Des Moines owned the bus and sponsored the youth project. three other youths Margaret Bullitt Edward Witten and Larry Carter were en route home after the group’s summer assignment. Highway Patrolman David Edgar investigated the crash.
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Tama
Kathy L. O'Neal
Evansville
Ind
Sac and Fox Day School
Miss O'Neal
David Edgar
Vinton
American Friends Service Committee of
Des Moines
Margaret Bullitt
Cambridge
Mass
Edward Witten
Cincinnati
Ohio
Larry Carter
Drew
Miss
Marshalltown
Johnson Fines Totaled 62 481 in 1968 Audit
State audit of Johnson county courts shows 1968 fines totaling 62 481 38 from 2 994 cases. The fines fund reached 105 629 41 with 86 994 75 apportioned to 12 county school districts led by Iowa City schools at 62 344 46. Mayor Clarence Amelon paid 230 in fines.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Justices of the Peace
Coralville
Clarence Amelon
Tle. Lyon
Marion Neeley
Schwengel to Speak at First District NFC Convention
Congressman Fred Schwengel will address attendees at the First district NFC convention in Washington Iowa this Saturday at the Knights of Columbus hall. He is expected to speak on party goals and district concerns, with local leaders in attendance.
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Washington, D.C
Fred Schwengel
Knights of Columbus
Washington
Iowa
Hughes Signs Statement on War Prisoners
Washington Senator Harold E. Hughes joined 39 other senators in a statement protesting North Vietnamese treatment of U S war prisoners. They urged the administration to forward the protest to Hanoi's Paris negotiators and noted cross party support. The release of three prisoners was welcomed, but 1 365 American families await word on others as Hanoi withholds prisoner lists.
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Washington
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Hanoi
Paris
Alan Cranston
D Calif
Charles &. Goodell
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Congress
Clarence Budget Set No Objectors at Hearing
Clarence townspeople heard the proposed 1970 budget of 70521 with expenditures budgeted at 78136. Taxation needed is 23221, up from 20036 last year. Mayor Paul Busehing appointed Forrest Woode as full time town policeman at 400 dollars monthly, starting Friday, with a furnished car.
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Clarence
Paul Busehing
Forrest Woode
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Charles City
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Cedar Rapids
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Sue Keokuk
Bill Burke
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