Task Force to Hold Des Moines Meeting on Draft Registration
The Task Force Against Conscription schedules a 7:30 p.m. town meeting at Willkie House Des Moines to discuss draft registration requirements alternatives and minority views featuring Walter Gormley a 65 year old mount vernon journalist who spent three years in a Minnesota federal prison for refusing to register during World War II. A UP I report notes another item from Dayton Ohio Edwin C Boulton a Des Moines clergyman was elected United Methodist bishop at the North Central Jurisdictional Conference after 13 ballots and is among 3 bishops chosen.
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Des Moines
UPI
Walter Gormley
Mount Vernon
Minnesota
Willkie House
Dayton
Ohio
United Methodist Church
Edwin C. Boulton
Boulton
Iowa
Dubuque
United Methodist
Edwin Voigt
Simpson College
Indianola
Women hold few director posts at Iowa community colleges
In Des Moines 11.3 percent of board directors at Iowa public community colleges are women, with five colleges lacking female directors. ISEA President Ken Pfile notes progress since 1975 but says women remain underrepresented. The report shows 43.5 percent professionals and 3.2 percent blue collar employees among board members.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Ken Pfile
Pfile
Legislature Should Cut Spending Not The Governor
Iowa lawmakers should decide on budget cuts if needed, says House Minority Leader Donald Avenson. He urges a special session before any across the board cuts, while Gov. Ray waits for tax data. the constitution gives Legislature purse strings. The attorney general's office reports $75,534 recovered in June, $404,122 this year, 859 complaints closed, 4,910 pending, with travel, mail order, autos and advertising among top issues.
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Des Moines
House
Donald Avenson
Avenson
Oelwein
Robert Ray
General Assembly
Ronald Mosher
Ray
Iowa
Heat wave claims third Iowa life in two-week span
Ottumwa resident Clyde Serber, 73, died after suffering a fever above 107 degrees during a heat wave. He lacked air conditioning and died Wednesday night after a Tuesday transport to a local hospital. An autopsy was planned as officials confirm two earlier heat deaths in Des Moines and Davenport. Two Eastern Iowans died in separate motorcycle crashes in Dubuque and Cedar counties, including 22-year-old Mark Vorwald.
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Holy Cross
Dubuque
Vorwald
David Anthony Bounce
Wilton
Cedar County Road
Y-14
Bonice
Ottumwa
UPI
Iowa
Clyde Serber
Serber
Des Moines
Davenport
Cedar
Iowa State Patrol
Mark Vorwald
Controller blamed for near miss over Iowa City
Federal investigators flag erratic behavior by an air traffic controller as a possible cause of two near collisions above Iowa City involving a TUG-93, a TWA 727, and a Flying Tiger DC-8. A second controller replaced the first after a mental blank. other factors include navigational beam loss and radio contact issues.
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Chicago
UPI
Iowa City
Ken Patterson
Great Lakes Region
Federal Aviation Administration
Aurora
Patterson
FAA
TWA
Omaha
Neb
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Denver
Los Angeles
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Pedro Aramburo
Bruce
Robert Boyson
Third Avenue
S.E
Killian
Duplex
U.S
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Western
Red Cedar
Blairs Ferry
Cimarron
Sutherland Garage
Cherokee
Blairs Ferry RD
N.E
Cedar Rapids
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