Senate approves education bill extending aid to non public schools
Iowa Senate voted 46 to 1 to extend public school services to private and church related schools via area education agencies. The measure also says $7.8 million of a $12 million surplus will return to the state treasury while $4.2 million goes to school districts to offset property tax levies.
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Bertrode warns Van Nostrand against Senate bid
Indianola lawyer Joe Bertroche urges Maurice Van Nostrand to avoid running for U.S. Senate while head of the Iowa Commerce Commission. Bertroche says dual roles would embarrass the party and the Ray administration and questions fund raising implications. Van Nostrand has not announced but is expected to consider a run and says he will not accept utility firm contributions if he seeks the seat.
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U.S
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Iowa
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Joe Bertroche
Dick Clark
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Bertrode
Senate
Regulatory Commission
van Nostrand
Commission
Bills in the Legislature Iowa session list many measures
A Des Moines AP roundup enumerates dozens of Senate and House bills and joint resolutions. Items include SF2124 on post March 15 binding arbitration in local bargaining, SF2039 lien notice, SF2008 shorthand reporter pay, SF2043 partial special assessments, SF2151 city finance committee changes, SF2157 Bankhead Jones Act shift, HF463 education agency procedures, and various tax, pension, and public safety proposals with vote tallies noted. FIRST!
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City Finance Committee
Social Services Department
Agriculture Department
Civil War ironclads featured sloped armor for ricochet defense
Historical note on ironclads such as the Monitor and Cairo using angled sides to deflect bullets. The text cites 800 establishments involved in scrap material handling and notes the 1972 auto wreck processing figure of 4.6 million units from the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association.
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Cairo
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association
Salary hike shapes Iowa legislative renomination battles
In Des Moines 11 incumbents face opposed renomination this year as salary jumps from 8000 to 12000 in 1979. Incumbent senators and representatives clash in Republican and Democratic primaries including John Jensen vs Cliff Burroughs and Joe Brown vs Eugene Hill plus severalenm Democratic mirrors. The change amid a crowded field tests party strength and candidate recruitment.
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Plainfield
Cliff Burroughs
Greene
Henry Hoeffaher
Inwood
Lucas DeKoster
Hull
Joe Brown
Montezuma
Eugene Hill
Newton
Barry Pratt
Adel
Norman Rodgers
Des Moines AP All Points Bulletin Seeks Rayford Medlan
Des Moines police issued an all points bulletin for Rayford Medlan a 49 year old migrant worker questioned in the deaths of three teens and a book store clerk on February 19. Medlan was in downtown Des Moines the day of the killings driving a 1960s pickup with a homemade camper and Montana plates.
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Medlan
Montana
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