Neu Pushes Parimutuel Study In Iowa
Lt Gov Arthur Neu said he will ask the Iowa legislative council to authorize a study on legalizing parimutuel betting after the council rejected a study committee last week. Kinley argues 33 states have parimutuel betting and Iowa could gain millions. Senate leaders supported a study.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Arthur Neu
Iowa Legislative Council
Eugene Hill
D-Newton
Kinley
Legislative Council
Senate
Clifton Lamborn
Maquoketa
James Schaben
D-Dunlap
Organized Crime Ties to Meat Prices Hit Hearing
Iowa Representative Mezvinsky says the House anti trust subcommittee will hear key witnesses this week on alleged organized crime involvement in the meat industry. New York Investigator Nicholas Scoppette is slated to testify Thursday about kickbacks and price fixing driving consumer meat costs, with former Chicago Mercantile Exchange board member Harry Fortes set to speak Tuesday on soy bean price drivers and market manipulation.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Edward Mezvinsky
Antitrust Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee
New York
Nicholas Scoppette
Mervinksy
Scoppette
Organized Crime
Harry Fortes
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Mezvinksy
Fortes
Mezvinsky
Commodity Exchange Authority
Two-thirds of Iowa lobbyists failed to report June expenses
DES MOINES AP A secretary of the Iowa Senate spokesman said about two-thirds of registered lobbyists did not file June expenditures. Of 441 registered lobbyists, 150 filed reports, with 68 admitting spending totaling 12,884 dollars, including 2,428 dollars on senators before June 24. May spending was 16,931 dollars. No enforcement method exists now. action may come when the Senate reconvenes in January.
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DES Moines
Iowa Senate
Senate
Preliminary hearing set for Corum in Tama drunk driving case
A preliminary hearing is scheduled in a Toledo magistrate's court for George M. Corum, 18, of rural Tama. The hearing, set for July 27, concerns a drunk driving charge filed July 7 by a state trooper.
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Toledo
George M. Corum
Tama
Corum
Boards Down Clarence Schoolhouse Fund Levy
Lowden consolidates schools in a combined session by dropping the Clarence district 1.5 mill schoolhouse fund levy and forming the Clarence Lowden Community district with assets and liabilities. The board starts new accounts, approves contracts, hires art teacher Deborah Harms, and accepts resignations of two teachers as junior high and high school programs are planned with booster support.
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Lowden
Clarence Community School
Clarence- Lowden Community School
Clarence
Clarence Lowden
Clarence-Lowden Board
Joint County Board of Education
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Co-op
Clarence-Lowden
Deborah Harms
University of Northern Colorado
Miss Harms
Alden
Iowa
Mike Driscoll
Don Johnson
Driscoll
Johnson
Sigourney
Vandalism and Thefts Near Montour Probed
Tama county sheriff’s deputies investigate vandalism and theft at the Louis Tichy farm two miles east of Montour. About a stolen acetylene torch electric motor air compressor and hand tools were taken from a machine shed. Vandals spilled weed killer in mower gas tanks and damaged farm equipment. Four bushels of soybeans spilled from cut sacks and shed tables overturned.
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Toledo
Louis Tichy
Montour
Tichys
Tama County Sheriff's Department
Joe McBride
Gasoline shortage warns of longer crisis and changed driving
The article argues the United States faces an extended gasoline shortage of 18 months to three years or more. It calls for reduced demand, continued allocation, and shifts in behavior such as car pooling, public transit use, and careful trip planning to curb waste. It notes potential future scenarios including a 760 gallon annual fuel plan and warns of lasting rationing if refineries, crude oil supply, and distribution do not improve.
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Phillips Petroleum Company
America
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