ERA support strong in Iowa despite GOP backing
The Iowa ERA Coalition released May poll results showing 59 percent of 602 registered voters favor the state Equal Rights Amendment, with 29 percent opposed and 12 percent undecided. Democrats show 66 percent support, Republicans 50 percent, and independents 62 percent. Urban and rural areas both show 64 percent backing.
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Iowa
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Iowa Era Coalition
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Virginia
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Iowa Republican Party
National Party
Marengo Boy Killed in Tractor Crash Near Parnell
Nine year old Darin Lee Schlabach of Marengo died when a tractor on a gravel Iowa County road veered into a ditch near Parnell and flipped. Cousin Jeff Schlabach thirteen drove the tractor. another passenger Eric Schlabach six was treated for burns.
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Inmate Convicted of Attempted Murder Over gambling debt
An Iowa Men's Reformatory inmate, Stanley Craig Kile, 19, Yale, Iowa, was found guilty by a 12 jurors including nine women and three men of stabbing fellow inmate Rodney McCarty, 19, Des Moines, three times in the back with a screwdriver during a dispute over a $6 gambling debt. Judge William Eads ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for August 29 with bond at $25,000.
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Rodney McCarty
Des Moines
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William Eads
Waucoma man dies in one car crash on Iowa 193
Robert Ganske, 44, of New Hampton, died after his car left the roadway near Waucoma in Fayette County. The Iowa State Patrol said the vehicle rolled twice and came to rest on its top about 8:30 p.m. He was dead on arrival at Palmer Memorial Hospital in West Union.
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New Hampton
Iowa Highway 193
Fayette County
Iowa State Patrol
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Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
Dubuque Packing to Move Beef Slaughter to Illinois Plant
Dubuque Packing Co. will shift beef slaughter to an Joslin Illinois plant after purchasing an Illini Beef Packers facility for 11 million dollars. About 500 Dubuque workers will lose their jobs. none will transfer to Joslin. The move follows a dispute with the union over production standards and a decision that the Joslin site is more efficient. The company will keep hog slaughter in Dubuque and plans to double the Joslin operation.
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Dubuque Packing Co
Joslin, Il
Dubuque
Mel Maas
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Dubuque Pack
Joslin
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