All Iowa fair features a busy schedule and King Family show
The Cedar Rapids fair opens with clear skies for Iowa events, including the All-Iowa sale and multiple performances in the Special Events tent. Highlights include the King Family Show, Daktari animal acts, and Children’s Day crowds with 16,080 attendance so far.
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Iowa
Ovation
Yorkshire
Chester
Celar Rapids Sweet Adelines Chorus
Celar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Prince of Wales Crowned by Queen at Caernarvon
Charles of Windsor was crowned Prince of Wales by Queen Elizabeth II in Caernarvon castle amid cheers and distant blasts. The ceremony saw him receive the coronet mantle ring rod sword and letters patent as he swore allegiance to the crown he will one day wear.
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Byonal Thomson
London
Caernarvon
Tricia Nixon
Bangor
Swansea
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Charles
Elizabeth II
Charles
Prince of Wales
Caernarvon Castle
Wales
Callaghan
First Strike Since 1935 at Iowa Manufacturing Co
Machinist Local 431 workers at Iowa Manufacturing Co went on strike after a two year contract expired Monday midnight. Union members rejected the proposed deal by a large margin with wages cited as the main issue. Negotiations continue with related bargaining at Iowa Steel and Iron Works as three other unions join in.
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Cedar
Iowa, Steel and Iron Works
Towa Steel
Teamsters
Inna
Hundreds of Seoul students clash with police in protest
About 6,000 students from five universities battled police around Seoul in a violent crackdown on protests against a constitutional amendment. Tear gas, clubs, and rocks were used. authorities dispersed the crowd near Yonsei and Korea University. Dozens were injured and hundreds arrested amid the unrest.
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Seoul
Aistrael National University
Chungithem
Tee Park
Yonsei University
Korea University
Kyunghee
University
Anjstecet
Democrats Challenge Iowas Remap In Supreme Court
Democrats filed suit in Iowa Supreme Court challenging the 1969 legislature’s reapportionment plan as unconstitutional. They claim population equality is lacking and districts are gerrymandered to favor Republicans, potentially depriving voters in one district of a senator vote. The filing marks the first use of a new swift-review provision allowing direct Supreme Court consideration of reapportionment plans.
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Supreme Court
Clark Rasmussen
Linn Officials Get Double Amount of Intended Raises
Linn County officials faced salaries boosted by a wording error in state law. The intended $2,000 annual increase for county treasurers clerks recorders and auditors doubled to $4,000 in Linn, due to a rule tying pay to property valuation and population. The auditor said the miswording added $216,568,659 to valuation, pushing Linn officials into higher pay brackets and altering deputy shares. The $13,350 total includes a $900 motor vehicle fees add on for the treasurer, and deputies’ shares shift with the new percentage rules. The error may affect other counties as well.
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Seday Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Walter Gran
Linn
Charles Werner
the Gazette
He County
Werner
Citizen Reimagines Policy Demands and Tax Debate
A citizen asserts needs for better roads bigger schools a new post office and lower taxes in a concise regional discussion highlighting public service priorities and fiscal balance.
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Gover
Cedar River flood nears crest in Cedar Rapids
City officials prepare as Cedar River overflows its banks in Cedar Rapids with a potential crest near six feet. Public Improvements Commissioner Donald Canney says crews work around the clock and no immediate danger is seen despite varying forecasts and a slight rain chance.
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Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Rver
Donald Canney
Ohio Faces Money Crisis Amid Budget Standstill
In Columbus the Ohio legislature battles over spending rules and has not enacted Gov. Rhodes's 4.1 billion appropriations bill, leaving the state without budget authority after marathon sessions to approve by midnight Monday.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Rhodes
Congressmen Try Eating on Welfare Budget
A group of six to eight lawmakers in Washington live on an average 18 cent daily meal budget for six days to study welfare aid limits. Rep Abner Mikva and Sen Walter Mondale participate along with Eagleton Church McGovern Goodell Bingham Hart and others. They report hunger bloating and reliance on peanut butter oats and grits while noting the gap between official welfare levels and real family needs.
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Washington
SAP
House
Senate
Rep
Abner Mikva
National Welfare Rights Organization
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
John McCloskey
Paul McCluskey
California
Mrs. McCloskey
Mikva
Homes
Eagleton
Missouri
Frank Church
Idaho
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Charles Goodell
R-N.y
George McGovern
D-5.d
Jonathan Bingham
D-N
Metrovern
Goodell
Bingham
Philip Hart
Mart
Bones the Diet
House Extends Surtax Victory At White House
Washington reports note the House approved a one year extension of the income surtax by a 210 to 205 vote. Republican leader Gerald Tard hailed the move as a victory for the people against inflation after a Nixon Capitol Hill meeting with GOP leaders.
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Washington
House
White House
Gerald Tard
Nixon
Capitol
J. G.O.P
Wapsie Flood Crest and Rising Tide Threaten Homes
Flooding across northeast Iowa counties persisted as the Wapsipinicon at Independence surged to 14.8 feet Monday then fluctuated and rose again toward 2 a.m. Tuesday, threatening 40 to 50 homes near the town. Cedar River at Vinton climbed past flood stage with another crest expected Wednesday, while Elkader and Garber reported rising levels and submerged fields. Officials warned of more evacuations if crests continue, with Waterloo bridges closed and Estherville noting crests near 19 feet on the Des Moines river. Local residents described knee deep water and utility disruptions from the high water.
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Daktavns
Jimmy Nelson
Danny
O'Day
Judy
Clarence
Candy Candido
Lly
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Waterloo
Canney
Cale
Trae Hewowa
Wapsipinicon
Independence
Vinton
AL Elkader
Nurkey
Cedar River
Cedar Malls
Black Hawk County
Estherville
Esthervill
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Elkader
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