Iowa Senate calls for end to transportation strikes
Des Moines Iowa senate Monty adopts a resolution urging Congress to pass legislation to end transportation strikes harming public welfare and grain prices. The measure, sent to the House, would apply to all transport disruptions but offers no timing or compulsory arbitration details. Proponents say strikes depress farm prices. opponents warn of weakening labor bargaining.
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NBC to Air Bonanza Twice Weekly as Ponderosa Title
NBC TV will rebroadcast Bonanza on Sundays and Tuesdays starting May 1, under the new title Ponderosa. The plan seeks to bolster a weak Tuesday lineup with reruns, while most other shows prepare spring and summer repeats. Bonanza draws huge audiences and remains NBC’s strongest program.
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Television Listings From J-KCRG to AO-KDUE
Listing snippets show TV stations J KCRG TV Cavar Rapley 2 WITTY Rapidh and others including Waterloo KWWLI KETN TV Ottumwa KTVO WHIR TV Rock Inland WOC TV Davenport WKBT La Creuse Home KROC TV Rechaster H WHO TV Das Moines AO KDUE Dubuque Tuesday Night 608. The readable text is fragmentary and blends station IDs with stray letters.
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Witty
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la Creuse
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Nixon nominees approved for key economic posts
The Senate confirmed President Nixon's picks for three major economic posts. C Jackson Grayson 10, chair of the price commission, George Boldt, pay board chair, and John Sheehan, a Federal Reserve governor, were approved with limited opposition. Senator William Proxmire criticized Boldt and Sheehan as unqualified and incompetent.
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Rankin Remap Fight Cost State 26000
Des Moines UPI reports Legislative Fiscal Director Gerry Rankin says the state paid 28000 to wage an unsuccessful legal challenge to the 1971 reapportionment plan. He notes 26200 for the Supreme Court action plus small sums for the executive council and attorney general offices and the legislative service bureau. Kennedy calls the total wasteful and accuses lawmakers of prioritizing political control over state needs.
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Office Supervision Course at Kirkwood
A ten week course in office supervision starts Wednesday at Jefferson High achant. The class meets Wednesdays from 6 30 to 9 30 pm for those with office management duties. Sponsored by Kirkwood Community College community education division. Tuition is 20 dollars per person. Registration will be this Wednesday.
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Former Commerce Secy Sinclair Weeks Dies at 78
Former U S secretary of commerce Sinclair Weeks dies at 78 in Concord Massachusetts after a long illness. Eisenhower era official and early GOP fundraiser who helped raise more than six million dollars for the first Eisenhower campaign. Survived by wife three sons and four daughters with memorial services planned at Harvard Memorial Church in Cambridge and a Congregational church in Lancaster New Hampshire.
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Riley push to fund Sesame Street on commercial TV in Iowa
Senator Tom Riley urges state payment to air Sesame Street on commercial stations in areas beyond the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network. He says four stations could reach 35 percent of the state for about 200 dollars weekly, benefiting all Iowa children until statewide educational TV expands. He cites support from Senators Gilley and Shawver and plans to press the measure with eastern, southwest and northwest colleagues.
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Joke and 1 0 Vote Elect Assessor
Harrisburg AP report describes Camp Hillbor ough population 10000 where H C Erickson won a 1-0 election for tax assessor through a prank by a friend. Neither major party had a candidate. incumbent D H Steiner did not stand and Democrats thought Steiner sought re election. Erickson vows to take the job seriously at two dollars an hour.
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Iowa laborer awards $200 to best waitress
Mason City AP William Simmons says waitresses work hard but aren’t appreciated by the public. He took a California vacation to research waitresses and awarded Jewel Bradshaw of Three Rivers a $200 money order as first place in his Best Waitress Contest out of about 37 waitresses in nine states. Simmons called it the spirit of sincere appreciation. He plans to repeat the gesture next summer, though travel plans remain unspecified.
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False Alarm Cure Sell Alarm Boxes in Holland
Holland fire department sold all of its four fire alarm boxes at 25 dollars each. Fire Chief Richard Brandt Bald said the boxes went to several fire departments in nearby cities. The city council approved the sale to dispose of the devices after last year's hoaxes tied to 25 alarms.
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Andes Peak Crash Kills 19 on Colombian Plane
Aviation officials report all 19 aboard a twin engine turbo jet died when the Bogota Valledupar flight crashed into an 8000 foot Andes mountain near the Venezuelan border. Wreckage found on the mountainside after disappearance Saturday. The jet was en route from Bogota to Valledupar.
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