Congress Votes Split on Budget Rule and Bank Aid
In the week of April 27 Congress divisions surfaced as the House approved a special budget rule by 328 to 76 to guide the first concurrent budget resolution. The Senate backed a $3.24 billion IDA funding package and $360 million for ADB membership, with Reagan backing multilateral aid amid foreign policy aims.
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Bees Halt Marshalltown Girls Track Meet
A queen bee leading hundreds of insects swarmed Marshalltown Franklin Field forcing the girls to abandon the track. The bees remained overnight until a beekeeper arrived to remove them, and the meet was to resume later with the distance medley relay.
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Senate backs partial workfare plan with rent subsidies
The Iowa Senate approved an amendment to the social services funding bill providing 840000 dollars in rent subsidies for six months to families with unemployed parents and aid-to-dependent-children eligibility. The body rejected a 2000000 dollar statewide workfare program and a 3500000 dollar continuation of the unemployed parents program.
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Thought for Today by H L Mencken
A compact quotation notes Mencken's claim that men value privileges over rights, reflecting a journalist's wit on ethics and social privilege.
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House OKs bill funding law enforcement and transportation
Iowa House approves about 73.4 million from the general fund for transportation and law enforcement over two years, rejecting shifting patrol costs to the road use tax fund and backing soil erosion control funding. The measure, 85-10, also includes highway equipment funds and notes possible federal aid withdrawal.
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