Mt Vernon caps 1976 in town history video project
Mt. Vernon high school students, officials and residents filmed three weeks of town life at Millie’s cafe to seal a 1976 time capsule. The project, part of Artists in the Schools, includes seniors Diane Dolezal and Dave Wislsel and will be opened in 2001 with more memorabilia, community partners, and plans for future student video work.
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MT. Vernon
Millie’s
Mt. Vernon High School
Millie
Diane Dolezal
Dave Wislsel
Iowa Arts Council
National Endowment For the Arts
Bud Lee
Lee
Hugh Roberts
Roberts
Mr. Vernon
Iowa City
Kent Streed
Mark Nichols
King Chapel
Cornell College
Gladys Rife
Mt. Vernon High
City Hall
Millie Durgin
Nichols
Dave Wisliie
Bills Digest Des Moines Iowa State Legislation Highlights
Iowa lawmakers sent measures to the House and Senate including HF863 to update workers compensation with a 32-18 vote. SF1069 would limit subjects of legislation in even years. SF1071 would allow 16 year olds to marry with parental consent without judge approval. numerous appropriations totaling about 15.8 million for Medicaid, state agencies, and commissions were advanced. The actions involve Shaw, Priebe, Shaft, Taylor, Cusack and others across the legislative session.
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Lowa
General Assembly
Fire damages Independence dwelling owned by Archie Thomas
A Thursday night fire of undetermined origin caused extensive damage to the finished basement and contents of Archie Thomas's one story home on First Street East in Independence. The Independence fire department arrived at 11 56 p m and remained at the scene for about two hours with investigations continuing into the cause. No injuries were reported.
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Independence
Archie Thomas
First Street East
Independence Fire Department
Davis Hair Samples Ordered by Court
Iowa City student George E. Davis of the University of Iowa was ordered by a Johnson County district court to furnish handwriting and hair samples to the county attorney. The order followed a Thursday hearing before Judge Robert Osmundson, with detectives saying samples are to compare with items found at the victim’s apartment. On this date in 1948 Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi.
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Iowa City
George E. Davis
University of Iowa
Johnson County
Robert Osmundson
Increase Benefits to Workers Compensation Law Passes
DES MOINES AP Iowa's workmen's compensation bill clearing the senate 32-18 would raise benefits, with critics noting higher employers' premiums. The measure, returning to the house, would lift severe injury payments from 120 to 140 weeks, extend coverage to most earners, and add administrative changes while farmers may be exempt for immediate family and neighbors.
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Iowa
Senate
Calvin Hultman
Red Oak
Sen
Cloyd Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee
Richard Ramsey
R-Osceola
Eugene Hill
D-Newton
Robinson
Motion To Reconsider Self-Taxing Bill In Iowa Senate
Iowa Senate failed to pass a self taxing bill by one vote. Sen. Cloyd Robinson led a reconsideration motion after opposition from James Redmond and other lawmakers. The proposal would let self help taxing districts fund local improvements including Cedar Rapids downtown pedestrian skyways.
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Des Moines
Cloyd Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Senate
Senate
Robinson
James Redmond
Dcedar Rapids
Steve Severn
Marion
James Gallagher
Diesup
Linn County
Forrest Schwengels
Fairfield
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Redmond
the Gazette
Iowa House Approves 2 State Budget Bills in $2.8 Million Funding Push
The Iowa House passed two appropriations totaling 2.8 million to fund state boards and commissions and rejected Rep. Hargrave’s mandate that agencies justify existence. The bills allocate funds for the development commission and several entities, with a separate $218,900 to the legislative fiscal bureau and other services, while amendments to repeal agencies over ten years failed.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa House
Senate
William Hargrave
Iowa City
Chamber
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa State Fair Board
Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation
Iowa American Revolution _ Bicentennial commission
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Development Commission
Iowa
Hoover Birthplace Foundation
Bicentennial Commission
Dairy Industry Fund
Hargrave
Iawa
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Legislative Service Bureau
Iowa Citizen's Aide
Commission On Uniform
House Commerce Committee
Legislative Notes Proposal Changed for Tiny Towns
Des Moines reports the house ways and means committee amended a bill on local budget growth to allow second hearings by smaller towns. The revised rule lets five residents in towns under 100, ten in towns 100 to 500, and 25 in towns over 500 trigger a second hearing, protecting Donnan and Plainview along with other communities.
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Des Moines
House
Ways-Means Committee
John Clark
Keokuk
Donnan
Fayette County
Plainview
Scott County
Where's the Key in Iowa First Lady Search
First Lady Billie Ray rummaged through the state house reception room with a tennis racket seeking the family car keys for daughter LuAnn a 17 year old Iowa senate page reporters noted during Governor Robert Rays news conference last Monday morning.
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Iowa
Billie Ray
Statehouse
Robert Ray
LuAnn
Iowa Senate
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Priebe
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State Fair Board
Mississippi River Parkway Commission
Midwest Nuclear Compact
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Commission On Uniform State Laws
Office of
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U.S.A
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Davis
Mohandas Gandhi
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Carr
Coleman
Culver
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Gluba
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E. Hill
Jenkins
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Kinley
Merritt
C. Miller
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Norpel
Orr
Palmer
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Scott
Shaw
Severn
van Gilst
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Burroughs
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