Iowa Senate approves civil service test for deputies
The Iowa Senate voted 37 to 7 to require all current and future deputy sheriffs to pass civil service examinations and a uniform statewide test on law enforcement methods. The measure, returning to the House, aims to curb politics in policing but faced questions about deputies' ability to pass the test and includes a Lamborn amendment requiring current deputies to demonstrate updated training.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
House
Senate
Clifton Lamborn
Maquoketa
Lamborn
Gene Kennedy
D-Dubuque
Kennedy
Civil Service
Iowa House OKs One Voter Precinct Bill HF 745
Rep. Richard Drake says the measure gives county election officials power to merge small precincts and place a single voting booth for areas under 50 voters. It also allows redrawing precinct lines after annexation to fold voters into existing precincts. The bill awaits Senate action.
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Des Moines
Robins
Hiawatha
Iowa House
Richard Drake
Hiawatha Units Reject 1 380 Route Through City
The Hiawatha plan and zoning commission voted Tuesday to reject all alternative 1 380 routes through the city. The panel favored building the highway west of Hiawatha to avoid dividing the town and harming industry. The council will revisit the route at 8 p.m. Thursday in City Hall.
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Hiawatha Plan and Zoning Commission
State Highway Commission
Waterloo, Cedar Falls
Hiawatha City Council
Highway Commission
Hiawatha
Emmons Street
Blairs Ferry
Hiawatha Commission
Biederman
Bonn Finalizes New Ties with East Germany
President Gustav Heinemann signed Bonn’s normalization treaty with East Germany completing West German ratification. The pact will take effect after East German ratification and notes exchange, but a Bavarian legal challenge remains unresolved as the constitutional court weighs unity and reunification issues. The case opens July 31.
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Bonn, Germany
Gustav
Heinemann
Bonn
East Germany
Notice Filed of Conviction Appeal in Linn District Court
James H. Ware of 1124 Fifteenth Street SE appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court after a Linn district court jury found him guilty of resisting an officer during an arrest on January 19 at the Hamburg Inn 512 Center Point Road NE. The jury acquitted him on the disturbing the peace charge and he was fined 25 dollars plus costs on the resisting charge.
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Linn
James H. Ware
Fifteenth Street
Iowa Supreme Court
Ware
Hamburg Inn
Center Point Road
Cedar Valley Wins Bid for Mt Vernon Road Phase Two
Cedar Valley Corp. secured a 488 731 20 bid approved by the city council for the second phase from Memorial Drive to Nineteenth Street SE. The engineer's estimate was 434 629 68 with rival bid 499 731 50 from E and F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co. The project is partly funded by Federal Aid to Municipalities.
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Cedar Valley Corp
Mt. Vernon
Memorial Drive
Nineteenth Street SE
E and F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co., Inc
Jon Janda
City Receives Two Bid Sets for Park Sprinkler, Downtown Walks
Bids for Riverfront park sprinkler system and downtown sidewalks and alleys were sent to the city planning department. Modern Piping, Inc. led the sprinkler bid at 100,964 versus a 60,726 estimate, while Deaney Construction Co. and Bjorsen Investment Corp. bid 35,939.30 and 39,867.50 for the sidewalk work, near the 38,834 engineer estimate.
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Riverfront Park
City Planning Department
Modern Piping, Inc
Deaney Construction Co
Bjornsen Investment Corp
Moon Elected President of Iowa School PR Group
Elden Moon director of information services for Cedar Rapids Community Schools was elected president of the Iowa branch of the National School Public Relations Association. About 60 of Iowa’s larger school districts belong to the organization which promotes public understanding of school needs and objectives.
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Elden Moon
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
National School Public Relations Assn
Two Bound Over On Breakin Counts
Two men bound over to the grand jury on break ing and entering charges. David Lint of 2835 Johnson avenue NW and David Stickley of Suwannee Florida were accused of breaking into a Troy Mills service station on Feb 11 after a preliminary hearing held last week.
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David Lint
Johnson Avenue NW
David Stickley
Suwannee
Fla
Troy Mills
Audubon Unit Elects Swisher Woman
The Audubon Naturalist Society of Cedar Rapids elected new officers at the annual meeting Monday. Mrs. Robert Mellgren Swisher was elected president and Mrs. Charles Oppedahl 906 Suburban Street NE vice president Fred Nissen 2823 Henry Court NW secretary and Mrs. Berg Layton 1560 Linmar Drive NE treasurer were also chosen. Want ads are convenient, in expensive and get the job done for you. Dial 396-8234.
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Audubon Naturalist Society of
Cedar Rapids
Robert Mellgren
Swisher
Charles Oppedahl
Suburban Street
Fred Nissen
Henry Court
Berg Layton
Linmar Drive
Laird Signals Next Steps in Anti-Inflation Plan
Melvin Laird, Nixon's new domestic policy chief, said the president will act soon to strengthen anti inflation programs and defend the dollar. At a White House briefing he noted upcoming meetings with Democratic and Republican lawmakers and cabinet members before a major policy announcement.
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Washington
Melvin Laird
Nixon
White House
Laird
Congress
United States
Officials Capture Marauding Black Bear Near Portland
A wild black bear raiding Northwest Portland garbage cans for two days was tranquilized and captured Tuesday night. Residents chased it up a tree before police and Oregon Game Commission responders tranquilized, loaded it into a truck, and drove it to the Coast Range woods.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Game Commission
Coast Range
Youth Arrested for Navy A.W.O.L. Charge Filed
Robert J. Mersh aged 18 of 539 Sixth Street SE was arrested Tuesday and charged with being absent without leave from the U S navy. He was held in Linn County jail as military authorities were notified.
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Robert J. Mersh
Sixth Street
A.w.o.l
U.S. Navy
Linn County
Annexation by Hiawatha Wins Voter Approval
Involuntary annexation west of Hiawatha passed 84 to 17 after light turnout. The area lies along Blairs Ferry road to Buffalo road and Carpenter road to Highway 150. Hiawatha will seek Linn district court confirmation, with residents free to object before ruling.
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Hiawatha
Blairs Ferry Road
Buffalo Road
Buffalo
Carpenter Road
Carpenter
Highway 150
Robins
Linn District Court
Famous Names on Lockheed Payroll
In a humorous feature from Burbank California UPI reports that famous figures such as William Shakespeare, Jesse James, Christopher Columbus, Robert E. Lee, John Hancock, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and Cecil Rhodes are listed as workers for Lockheed Aircraft Corp. The piece also mentions an engineer named James Kilroy who joked about not serving in World War II while his brother did.
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Burbank, Calif
UPI
William Shakespeare
Jesse James
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Christopher Columbus
Robert E. Lee
John Hancock
John Calhoun
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Cecil Rhodes
Bill Bailey
Kilroy
James Kilroy
Tuition Grants For Voc Tech Students Approved
Iowa House votes to create a 1974 75 vocational technical tuition grant program with up to 400 per student and 10 000 for admin. Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids named as beneficiary. Program under state higher education facilities commission. HF 682 funding bill status described.
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Des Moines
Lowa House
Lowa
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
House
State Higher Education Facilities Commission
Senate
Robert Ray
Open Spaces Budgeted Funds Blocked by House Panel
DES MOINES The house appropriations committee approved an amendment prohibiting the state conservation commission from using 2 million Open Spaces funds to buy abandoned railroad right of way land. Rep Russell Wyckoff proposed the change to a Senate bill reallocating the money for Open Spaces land purchases.
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Des Moines
House Appropriations Committee
State Conservation Commission
Russell Wyckoff
Clinton
Senate
Commission
FTC Pressing Major Firms For Data on Gas Reserves
The Justice Department moved in U S district court to enforce subpoenas by the FTC seeking confidential data on gas reserves from 11 oil companies. Gulf Oil and Union Oil claim full compliance, while others including Exxon Mobil Pennzoil United Shell and Texaco are noted as noncompliant.
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Washington
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Department
U.S. District Court
FTC
Louisiana
Gulf Oil
Union Oil
Bureau of Competition
The
Power Commission
American Gas Ass
Shultz Sees No Threat to Dollar Amid Energy Crisis
Paris UPI George Shultz the U S Treasury secretary said the dollar is in a fair sustainable alignment and does not expect the energy crisis to weaken the U S currency He noted devaluations have not harmed the dollar and urged action while warning against a feared spillover of oil dollars into monetary instability at the exchange markets.
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Paris
UPI
U.S. Treasury
George Shultz
Europe
Japan
U.S
Shultz
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