IPERS Bill Survives Senate Tests Amid Partisan Splits
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate signals support for house IPERS improvements. Republicans push to keep the bill financially sound while Democrats condemn current provisions as niggardly. Amendments to raise employee and employer contributions fail along party lines. Senate shifts on advisory board member designations also pass with minimal changes.
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Des Moines
State Senate
House
Iowa
IPERS
Senate
Eugene, Glenn
D-Ottumwa
Sen
Leonard Andersen
Sioux City
Andersen
Anderson
Kevin Kelly
Eugene Hill
Newton
Earl Willits
Willits
City Briefs and Local Advertisements Spark Weekend Activity
City briefs list events at the Embassy club for a Walcott foundation slide show and note new barbering at Rigby’s Hair Styles. Local ads promote Lebanese Bread at Red Balloon and Friday fish specials at Stickney’s, plus Nelson’s Market wiener sale and weekend flower specials at Peck’s. Community notices cover salon openings, guitar nights, barbecued dinners, printing group meetups, antique shows, an J&D remodeling closure, Salvation Army meetings, and civic updates from Cedar Rapids area businesses.
Gregory urges youth to reform United States mindset at Kennedy
Comedian Dick Gregory spoke to hundreds at Kennedy High during Issues Week. He urged students to foster nonviolence and question media. He criticized U S aid to North Vietnam, urged veteran care, and warned youth to resist bigotry while stressing people over governments.
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Dick Gregory
Kennedy High School
America
Gregory
Kennedy
Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation
South Dakota
Washington, D.C
Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Deadline April 1 On Studded Tires
Iowa motorists must remove studded snow tires by Sunday April 1 per the Iowa department of public safety. Studded tires are allowed November 1 to April 1 each year. School buses and fire emergency vehicles may use them year round.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Commission Recommends Castration for Sex Offenders
A study panel led by a judge and including psychiatrists psychologists and sociologists urged the government to consider castration for men convicted of sex crimes.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Let want ads help you buy sell or trade
A terse classified note invites readers to use want ads for buying selling or trading items and provides a contact phone number 398-8234 for inquiries or listings.
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Call
Iowa House Delays Vote on HMO Bill In Senate Clash
Iowa House delayed final approval of a bill to create HMOs with prepaid health care. Disputed points include consumer representation on the governing board and taxation of premiums after five years. The Senate opposes consumer seats and would tax premiums at 2 percent. the House seeks no tax and at least one third enrollment representatives.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
House
Senate
Do Firms Hoard Own Stocks for Value
AP Business analysis examines repurchase trends as Gulf Oil United Aircraft Bethlehem Steel and Sperry & Hutchinson buy back millions of their own shares while arguing the motive is bargain value. The piece notes low price earnings ratios weak investor enthusiasm and projected profit growth for 1973 and 1974 amid a mood of cautious market optimism.
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Gulf Oil
United Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Sperry & Hutchinson
Mutual
Pension Funds
Youth Council To Study Role In Job Market
The mayor's youth council decided to study how it might promote student job openings this summer. It will examine potential barriers to young people finding work and coordinate with job seekers to identify possible council assistance.
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Youth Council
Bad Wiring Blamed In Fire Losses
In New York UPI reports faulty wiring and electrical equipment have become the top fire hazard in the United States replacing smoking or heating. Fires from cigarettes or matches fell to 12.9 percent of all accidental blazes.
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New York
UPI
United States
Police Agency Elects Ammeter President of Cedar Rapids unit
Detective Darwin Ammeter was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Police Protective Assn on Wednesday night. Other officers chosen include SSgt Larry Ralston as vice president Capt Donald Hollister as treasurer Detective Mark Corrigan as financial secretary and Sgt Howard Gardner as recording secretary. Policewoman Mary Ambrecht was elected sergeant at arms. The group aims to air police grievances and assist dependents of deceased officers.
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Darwin Ammeter
Cedar Rapids
Want ads promise quick, satisfying results
Local note advertises easy to use want ads with a phone number 398 8234 for fast outcomes. The terse message emphasizes simplicity and quick results for readers seeking room, product, or service notices.
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Dial
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1St Ave
Stickney
Nelson
Nelson’s
Peck’s Flower Shop
Center Point Rd
Peck’s
Sue Ley
Marcia Reid
Suzanne
Skip Dyer
Legion Town Club
Legionnaires
First Ave
Blue Moon
Bishops Downtown
Kirkwood Community College
J.C
Hal Walter
Adv
Memorial Coliseum
J&d Steakhouse
16Th Ave
Salvation Army
Bishops
Johnny’s Parkway
Ellis and
Mackin Diamond Vogel Paint Center
Mt. Vernon Rd
Women’s Caucus
Clyde J.markham
Americana Nursing Center
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Mt. Vernon Rest Home
Berger Furrier
Marion
Mohawk
Town Road
Lindale Plaza
Young
The
By Ann Conner
Canada
New York City
Kennebec
Norland
Chies
Northrup King
N.K
Center Point Road
Malloy Jewelers
Bill Malloy
3Rd Avenue
John Cunniff
Wall Street
Green Stamp Company
Argus Research Corp
George Clark
Alicia DeLore
Sing Lee
Bohemian Savings & Loan
Bohemian Savings & Loan Loan
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Third Street S.E
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