Height rule debate splits Cedar Rapids police board
Police retirement board in Cedar Rapids debated a five foot nine inch minimum height for officers. Supporters cited safety needs while opponents argued the rule discriminates against women and minorities.
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Police Retirement Board
William Cotton
Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission
Donald Hollister
Mullinex
Public Health Service
Cedar Rapids
Cotton
Des Ses Police
Miami
Peoria
Kenneth
Vanous
Woodward
Decorah Plans 670000 Bond Issue for Camcar Facility
Decorah city council moves to issue 670000 industrial development bonds to finance acquisition and development of facilities to be occupied by Camcar Screw and Manufacturing Co. The action follows their Tuesday vote to publish intent.
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Decorah
Camcar Screw and Manufacturing Co
Fred Carlson Co. of
Vern Iverson
Charles M. Anderson
Winneshiek Co-op
East Water Street
A $175,000 Corn Dryer. According To Councilmen, the Co-op
Lowell Erdman
Co-op
American Association of University Women
LaCrosse
Wis
Women’s Association
Connally switches to Republican Party amid 1976 bid
John Connally announces he will join the Republican Party and contribute to its efforts. Leaders including Spiro Agnew and Senator Percy praise the move as broadening the party. The note comes as Connally, once Treasury Secretary and Kennedy assassin survivor, weighs a possible 1976 presidential bid.
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Connally
Nixon
Texas
G.O.P
Democratic
Kennedy
Dallas
Spiro T. Agnew
John Connally
Percy
Ill
Senate
Scott
Iowa City faces bids to build three ramps amid protest
Urban renewal plans in Iowa City propose three new ramps, drawing citizen opposition already targeting a $2 million parking ramp in court. Previous council efforts to fund the ramp with general obligation bonds failed 2 to 1 in a vote, and revenue bond plans are stalled by a district court ruling now appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court amid activism by People Against the Ramp and Citizens for Environ.
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Wells
Joe
Iowa Supreme Court
People Against the
Citizens For Environ
Power Sentenced in Stolen Goods Case at Municipal Court
Donald Power of Springville pled guilty in municipal court to receiving stolen property. He received a 30 day suspended jail sentence for possession of two tires, the property of Dennis Howe, on February 22.
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Donald Power
Springville
Dennis Howe
Environmental Hearing on Palo Plant Starts Thursday
A three member Atomic Safety and Licensing board will open a hearing at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Roosevelt hotel to review the environmental impact of the Duane Arnold nuclear plant near Palo. Panel head is Elizabeth Bowers with Lester Kornblith and William Martin.
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Duane Arnold
Palo
Roosevelt Hotel
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Elizabeth Bowers
Washington
Lester Kornblith
William Martin
Battelle Columbus Laboratories
Ohio
AEC
Oldest Chicory Mentioned in Ancient Egyptian Text
The record notes chicory as one of the world’s oldest plants, first cited in an Egyptian papyrus around 4000 B.C. The finding places chicory among early documented crops and highlights its ancient cultivation.
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Eldon Olerich
R. T. Olson
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Charles Mullinex
Lester Woodward
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Jean Roberts
National Center For Health Statistics
Decorah Eyes
Carlson
Republican Party
White House
Defense Report
Ray Wells
Pugh
Iowa City
Power
Ternoon
Iowa Electric
Charles Sandford
Happy
Guardian
Hudson
Black & Decker
Atkins
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Sale
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