Iowa Officials May Skip 1975 76 Pay Hikes
Iowa lawmakers near adjournment as pay raises for department heads and elected officials hang in the balance. Varley pushes for an 8 percent boost for legislators while Griffee seeks to strike officials from the bill. Without a meeting yet called, no raises appear likely, and a second tax-law conference moves to finish amid election-year budget questions.
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Des Moines
State Department
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Andrew Varley
William Griffee
Nashua
Griffee
Varley
Keith Darton
Thornbury
Robert Rey
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Move to abolish the House intelligence committee
Senior House members seek to abolish the House Intelligence Committee amid claims it is dominated by hostile CIA links. Reps Richard Bolling and Samuel Stratton say a resolution may be offered as Nedzi resigns as chair. The Senate panel questions former CIA chief Helms over assassination plots but finds no direct presidential involvement.
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Washington
House
House Intelligence Committee
U.S
Richard Bolling
D-Ma
Samuel Stratton
D-N.y
Lucien Nedzi
Nedzi
Rolling
Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
Richard Helms
Frank Chirch
D-Wdaho
Church
Helms
Eisenhower
Johnson
Fidel Castro
Talks With Rabin Spur Talk Of New Shuttle
Washington AP says momentum builds for Henry Kissinger shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East. Kissinger plans to meet Rabin in New York to resume peace talks, with both sides stressing principles over specifics. Israel seeks security through Sinai settlement terms and nonbelligerency pledges, while Egypt faces pressure over 1967 war territory. The Arab League warns interim accords must precede Israeli withdrawal.
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Rabin
Kissinger
Washington
Henry Kitsinger
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
New York
Blair House
Witte House
Liely
Israel
Egypt
Sions
Sinai
Gidi
Mitla
Cairo
Desert
Arab League
Charis Makeoud
Tornado Breeding Storms Sweep Midwest Causing Injuries and Damage
Severe weather swept the Midwest with tornadic storms from the southern Plains to the Great Lakes. Stillwater Oklahoma suffered major damage to Oklahoma State University and downtown areas, with twenty mobile homes destroyed and power outages across the city. Seven firefighters injured in Lisle Illinois from a lightning related incident. Madison Wisconsin reported 83 mph winds. Milwaukee planes damaged. about 10,000 customers briefly lost power in southeastern Wisconsin.
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Midwest
Plains
Great Lakes
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State University
Strick
Invis
Fulton County
Chicago
Lisle
Wisconsin
Madison
Milwaukee
Mitchell Field
Minnesota
Judge Blocks Welfare Roll Cuts in Federal Guidelines
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking new federal guidelines to tighten welfare eligibility. The stay lasts at least until a June 26 hearing, as states warned the plan would be costly and chaotic. The dispute centers on property reserves and asset limits for Aid to Families with Dependent Children recipients, affecting about 3.2 million families and potentially many more if enacted.
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Washington
Ew Department of Health, Education and Welfare
George Hart
Anu
Hart
Allotneys
ILEW
Canoe Capsizes Drowns Cedar Rapids Man at Lake
Dobbin, 24, of Cedar Rapids, drowned Friday when his canoe capsized on Robbins Lake. Firemen pulled his body from the water. he died at St Luke's hospital at 5 40 p.m. The Rev Dan Pulliam witnessed the mishap and notified authorities. Dobbin, a 1973 Upper Iowa Univ graduate, married to Mary Dean Love, had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1973 and worked at Rapids Inc. He leaves a wife, son Don Jr., parents Norris and Mrs Dolshin, a brother Dirk, a sister Lori, and grandfather Ben in Gary, Ind. Services 1 30 p m Monday at Turn's Chapel cast by Rev George Jodre.
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Ton Cornell Bobbin
Cluck Road
Robbins Lake
Dobbin
St. Luke's Hospital
Art Suma
Blairs Perry and
Darrell Plummbler
Coggan
Dan Pulliam
Forty-second Street
Gary
Ind
Mary Dean Love
Cedar Rapids
Rapids, Inc
Upper Iowa University
van Buren Baptist Church
Don, Jr
Norris Dolshin
Dirk
Lori
Ben
Turns
George Jodre
Honduran Army Retires 25 Officers in Shakeup
The Honduran army in Tegucigalpa retires 25 officers in a broad reorganization amid reports that younger leaders demanded anti corruption reforms and an end to graft within the service.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Speed Limit Law Sent to Gov. Ray
DES MOINES Iowa senate passed a bill 35 to 12 to permanently set town highway speed limit at 55 mph and sent it to Gov Robert Ray. The measure would end the current 53 mph cap due to expire July 1 and aims to avoid losing 11 million dollars in federal funds. The house approved the bill earlier, and Lt Gov Neu rejected two attempts to add fines or suspension rules. Norpel proposed removing license suspensions for speeding under 20 mph over the limit and limiting fines, while Andersen warned the plan could cost a million in annual fines.
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Des Moines
Senate
Robert Ray
House
Arthur Neu
Norpet
Jenathan
Leonard Andersen
Sioux City
Norpel
James Gallagher
Jesup
National Guard tents removed from Seminole Valley encampment
Indian protesters and Cedar Rapids police faced a tense standoff after five National Guard tents were removed from Seminole Valley park. Major General Joseph May ordered the remaining three tents taken down near midnight after negotiations with AIM supporters and local authorities. About 30 Indians remained, largely women and children, planning to host future demonstrators from Wisconsin and other reserves.
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Joseph May
Buddy Young
Lato
National Guard
Seminole Valley Park
Cedar Rapids
Lone National Guard
Seminole Valley
Kenneth Andresen
Iowa City
May
Michael Big Water
Wisconsin Rapida
Wis
Devar Rapids
South Dakota
AIM
Andresen
the Gazette
Lim Courty
Craig Harmen
Cadar Rapids
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Brezhnev Urges Ban on New Mass Destruction Arms
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev proposes an international pact to halt development of future weapons more terrible than nuclear arms. He warns of a serious danger from advancing science and technology and calls for a barrier to the creation of new mass destruction weapons.
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Brezhnev
Future
Moscow
T#onid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Remembering Uncovered Bosoms in National Geographic
A reflective note recalls when only the National Geographic published uncensored female bosoms, contrasting past magazines with modern media norms and audiences. The column hints at changing standards and cultural memory through a single provocative line.
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Wari
Iowa
Ay Frank Nye
Stratton
James Stanton
Ohio
Committee
Bolling
C.R. Man
Pulliam
Honduran Army
Ray
Richard Norpel
Bellevue
Kiel
Mumiay
Communist Party
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