Iowa Gov Ray touts progress on hiring women and minorities
Des Moines Gov Robert Ray defended state efforts to hire women and minorities after a comptroller report showed white males dominate state jobs and top salaries. He urged continued improvement while opponents argued for stronger equality measures. The payroll data, based on August records, indicate most workers earn 6000 to 12000 dollars annually with women typically in lower brackets.
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Iowa Observances Set For Human Rights Day
Iowa marks the 25th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a planetary citizenship drive led by the UNA of Iowa and Gov. Ray's committee. Since Oct. 25, more than a thousand Iowans have signed pledges affirming global human rights duties and loyalty to family and community.
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Robert Ray
Universal Rights Action
University of Iowa Historian Receives NEH Senior Fellowship
Ralph E. Giesey, professor of European history at the University of Iowa, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities senior fellowship. The award includes a maximum stipend of 18000 dollars and supports six to twelve months of uninterrupted study and research.
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University of Iowa
National Endowment For the Humanities
Iowa council to pay $45 hourly to defend Gov Ray
The Iowa executive council unanimously approved paying Des Moines lawyers Dickinson Throckmorton Parker Mannheimer and Raife $45 an hour to defend Gov. Robert Ray in a Polk County district court suit filed by 27 state legislators over his item veto power. The attorney general advised a $1,500 cap, though no maximum was set. The suit challenges Ray’s use of the item veto on several provisions from the 1973 legislature’s appropriations bills.
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Iowa Executive Council
Robert Ray
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Richard Turner
Polk County District Court
Cedar Rapids Emergency Numbers List Snapshot
Emergency numbers listed for Cedar Rapids include 366-7654 402/348-1210 398-5343 364-5171 363-5629 and 398-5353 398-3521. Medical Society contact 365-2527, and Foundation crisis help 362-2174 from 4 PM to midnight. Clip and carry in billfold.
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Close to Truth Marijuana Link in Slayings Sparks Sheriff Comment
Lyon County Sheriff Craig Vinson said reports linking four youths shotgunned to death in Gitchie Manitou state park to a marijuana feud are close to the truth though he offered no specifics. Three Fryer brothers face murder charges. two arraigned in Iowa, one held on a separate sentence.
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State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
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Sioux Falls
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Allen Fryer
David Fryer
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James
Minnehaha
Fryer
Stewart Baade
Dana
Michael Hadreth
Roger Essen
Fryers
Iowa Bci
Des Moines to Host Sixth Annual State Chess Tournament
DES MOINES Des Moines will host the sixth annual state high school chess championship at the YMCA over Saturday and Sunday. Any junior or senior high school student may participate and each school may enter multiple players. Trophies will be awarded.
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YMCA
Mount Camino Captured by Allied Forces 30 Years Ago
American and British troops wrested Mount Camino from the Germans, marking a major breakthrough on the road to Rome. The capture signaled a pivotal moment in the campaign as Allied forces closed in on the central front.
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