Education budget bill starts early in Iowa legislature
The $264.9 million education appropriation faced revisions after a Democratic subcommittee raised the total to $266 million. Background shows intense lobbying from groups backing free textbooks and university funding, with lawmakers aiming to place the major budget bill on calendars early for debate.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Robert Ragg
Ray
Joint Education Budget Subcommittee
Sen
Bass van Gilst
D-Oskaloosa
Iowa considers free textbooks for private students in 1978 79
A Iowa budget subcommittee debates funding for free textbooks for private school students. Changes allow districts to supply or withhold texts. Ottumwa exemption expands eligibility. Conflicts over church state separation and public school access shape votes. Senate votes 3 to 1 to send to Budget Committee amid language tweaks.
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General Assembly
Senate
Hill
Senate Budget Committee
Ottumwa
Iowa
Hansen campaign fire stunt aims to draw attention
Des Moines reports say Senator Willard Hansen declares his bid for lieutenant governor is catching fire. While campaigning in Sioux County his van caught fire but was quickly put out. Opponents Branstad and Oakley seek the Republican nomination.
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Des Moines
Willard Hansen
Hansen Herald
Hansen
Sioux County
Cedar Falls
Iowa Legislators Salaries Show Nielsen Least Expensive
Correction notes that state Rep. Carl Nielsen beat Richard Byerly by 18.75 dollars for the lowest total expense in 1977, with Nielsen at 9,690 and Byerly at 9,708.75. The error involved naming Byerly as the least economical representative.
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Iowa
Richard Byerly
D-Ankeny
Byerly
Carl Nielsen
Altoona
Weekend crashes claim two women from Des Moines and Muscatine
Barbara Schoemaker 32 of Muscatine died in an Iowa City hospital after a crash on U S Highway 30 near Lowden. She drove a carload of youths home from a swimming meet when she pulled into the path of William Judd 37 of Chadwick Illinois and was struck broadside. Two teenagers were hospitalized and several were treated and released. Sheryll A Peddycoart 34 of Des Moines died at the Urbandale scene after colliding with a southbound car driven by Bernard Heckner 69. Peddycoart's daughter Lisa 9 and Heckner were treated and released. Heckner's wife Irene 66 was hospitalized in good condition.
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Des Moines
Muscatine
Barbara Schoemaker
Iowa City
U.S. Highway 30
Lowden
William Judd
Chadwick
Judd
Clinton
Sheryll A. Peddycoart
R.C. Wooters
Polk County
Peddycoart
Bernard Heckner
Peddycourt
Lisa
Heckner
Irene
Ring around the sausage Polish ring with kraut bake
A dated recipe for Polish ring sausage baked with kraut and spices. The dish combines Frank's Quality Kraut, basil, celery seed, brown sugar and hot water, with the sausage pushed into the kraut mixture and then baked at 350 for an hour or adapted to slow cookers.
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