Iowa budget bills push through subcommittees
Iowa appropriations subcommittees approved preliminary round budget bills for fiscal 1977 covering agencies including the commerce commission and national guard. Leaders press for quick floor action, with plans for full committee review later this week. A proposed overseas trade office was rejected, and debates over attorney general allocations continued amid prior litigation references.
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UPI
Appropriations
Iowa
House-Senate
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa National Guard
Richard Norpel
Dbellevue
Commerce Commission
National Guard
Norpel
Joint
State Department
Horn proposes picture licenses and helmet rules in Iowa
Rep Wallace Horn of Cedar Rapids pushes for plastic licenses with photo for adults and profile for youths and aims to curb underage drinking. The measure also cites helmet requirements spurred by federal pressure and notes California’s stance on helmet laws.
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Wallace Horn
Cedar Rapids
General Assembly
Federal
Department of Transportation
Horn
Congress
California
Des Moines
Arthur Small
Lown City
Iowas Legislature Advances Broad Range Of Bills
An Iowa legislative digest lists HF1002 seeking helmet repeal for riders, HF1003 extending farm land purchase moratorium, HF1004 allowing hospital groups to form mutual liability insurers, and SJR1001 honoring veteran legislators. SF1013 1018 cover vehicle data privacy, bike registration, insurer contracts, and plate requirements. SF1019 sets higher liability insurance. Tuesday bills include SF1008 to ease usury limits on loans and SF1010 to fund a capitol heating plant. A note on proposed plastic licenses with security features is discussed. SIGOURNEY Jazz festival edition to feature five area bands at Sigourney HS gym Saturday at 7 p.m.
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Husak
Evans
Court Orders Injunction in Omaha Lottery Case
Douglas county District Judge James Buckley ruled that Omaha's City Betterment Corp operation of the city lottery, the Big Green and Big Gold, is a nuisance and enjoined further lottery activity under 1969 law. The injunction and stay request proceed to the Nebraska supreme court after Buckley holds a Friday meeting to decide the order’s effect.
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Omaha
Big Green
Big Gold
Douglas County
James Buckley
City Betterment Corp
Nebraska
Paul Douglas
Donald Knowles
City Betterment
Buckley
Nebraska Supreme Court
High Court
Benefits Hazards Cited In Plutonium Experiments
Plutonium may extend uranium supplies by recycling into the fuel cycle but its wide use is not approved. Three nuclear plants are testing plutonium fuel on a limited basis amid concerns from critics and officials about potential catastrophic consequences.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Jan Strasma
NRC
Nuclear plants use uranium fuel in the United States
The NRC notes that facilities such as Cordova Illinois Quad Cities Dresden and Big Rock Point in Michigan use uranium fuel for nuclear power. Quad Cities and Dresden are owned by Commonwealth Edison of Chicago. During normal operation uranium undergoes fission, producing plutonium as a by product.
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Quad-Cities
Big Rock Point
Michigan
Dresden
Chicago
NRC
Quad- Cities
Commonwealth Edison Co. of
United States
Plutonium Fuel Sparks Security and Policy Debate
Officials discuss widening controls on plutonium handling as Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co. weighs reprocessing spent uranium oxide to extract plutonium for use in light water reactors. Critics warn the plutonium threat remains grave, with views from Daniel Ford of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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Strasma
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Quad-Cities
Daniel Ford
The
Union of Concerned Scientists
Cambridge
Mass
Promotingest Page Organizes Iowa Senate Alumni Group
Frank Nye reports Sean Strub of Iowa City has formed the Iowa Senate Page Assn for past and present pages. He organized the Pages Ball, lobbied nationally for pages, and issued membership certificates. Strub, not a past page, hosts plans from 205 Blacksprings Circle Iowa City 52240.
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Iowa Senate
Sean Strub
Iowa City
Sean
Shawn
Senate
University of Iowa
Blacksprings Circle
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