Iowa property tax relief package faces Senate vote
A two year property tax relief plan approved by a joint house senate conference committee awaits Senate debate amid GOP opposition. Gov. Ray criticizes the task force setup and timing while Senate leaders push to bring the measure to the floor next week.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Senate
Lowell Norland
Kensett
Iowa
Roger Shaff
Calvin Hultman
Norland
Robert Ray
House-Senate
Ray
George Kinley
Clifton Lamborn
R-Maquoketa
GOP
Kinley
Conference Committee
House Rejects Kreamer Move To License Firearms in Home
Iowa House defeated Rep. Kreamer’s amendment to require a permit for guns kept in homes or businesses. Debate centered on whether permits curb gun ownership or aid identification. opponents framed it as gun control and favoritism toward regulation. The chamber also passed a trespass retrieval clause and a bribery crackdown with stiffer penalties for public officials.
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Kreamer
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert Kreamer
Senate
Don Spencer
D-Ruthven
Horace Daggett
R-Kent
Norman Jesse
House
Roger Halvorson
R-Monona
Van Horne Firemen quit in protest over ordinance
Eighteen Van Horne volunteer firefighters turned in their keys after the city council approved amendments to the fire department ordinance. Kerkman and Streitner led the walkout citing disputes over chief selection input, liquor prohibitions at the station, and council control of a $600 annual firefighting fund. Volunteers vowed to answer calls while new arrangements are sought.
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van Horne
Laverne Kerkman
Dean Streitner
Kerkman
Council
Streitner
William Burrell
U.S. imports more oil than it produces for first time
Several brief items cover U S oil imports exceeding domestic production for the first time amid changing demand post embargo. Other notes include Princess Margaret divorce status and crime concerns in U S schools.
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Washington
United States
Church Enters Ninth Democratic Presidential Field
Idaho Senator Frank Church joined the Democratic race as the eighth candidate, arguing for federal reform and a focus on core choices. He spoke from Boise County Courthouse steps praising foreign policy experience and criticized government overreach and political harassment.
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Idaho City
Idaho
Frank Church
Church
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Boise County
Chase Clark
Edmund Brown, Jr
California
Arizona
Morris Udall
Udall
Hearst Prosecutor Attacks Hearst Story in Bank Robbery Trial
UPI reports prosecutor James Browning urged jurors to doubt Patricia Hearst claim of coercion. He argued she willingly participated in the Hibernia bank robbery on April 15, 1974 and that brainwashing explanation was implausible. Deliberations set to begin Friday.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patty Hearst
Mel
U.S
James Browning
Browning
Miss Hearst
Hibernia Bank
Hearst
SLA
Nancy Ling Perry
Angela Atwood
Patricia Hearst
Peaceful A Blast Deal Near Washington
High ranking administration officials said Soviet and American negotiators near completion of a treaty limiting peaceful nuclear explosions. Key issues remain on duration, explosion size, and inspector numbers with March 31 as a target for a related weapons test treaty. Officials noted optimism mixed with skepticism about Soviet deadlines amid detente concerns and cooling U.S. policy.
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Washington
United States
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Administration
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
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