Lashes Inaction on Appropriations
Rep. Joan Lipsky of Cedar Rapids chastised the House for delaying action on the social services budget within the human resources appropriations subcommittee. On the legislature’s 123rd day she questioned the process, fearing a secret budget or railroaded bill as time ran short. She urged open discussion among subcommittee members before adjournment.
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Des Moines
House
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Appropriations
Lipsky
Social Services Department
State Department
Rep
Appropriations Committee
Keith Dunton
Thornburg
Human Resources Subcommittee
Gregory Cusack
Davenport
Iowa City Eyes Tornado Emergency Warning System
Iowa City officials including the public safety director and the Johnson County civil defense director plan a Thursday afternoon briefing for the city council on a proposed tornado emergency warning system. A May memo cites recent tornado sightings and outlines siren placements and costs totaling about 54 thousand dollars plus installation.
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Iowa City Public Safety
Johnson County
Iowa City Council
Neil Berlin
Berlin
Nebraska
J. James Exon
Omaha
Exon
Dave Epstein
Public Safety
David Epstein
Epstein
West High School
Central Elementary School
Coralville
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Iowa City Air
Westlawn Wing In Violation Of Fire Codes
Iowa City fire marshal cites Westlawn dormitory doctors wing for fire code breaches on the third floor with no fire escape and a dead end corridor. He notes basement sprinkler needs and a warning system update, with university comment expected later. Regional officials discuss amid reported tornado sightings in the Iowa City Coralville area.
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Doctors’ Commons
Westlawn
University Hospitals
Daniel Foreman
Foreman
University Hospital
Coralville
Restrictions on Emergency Vehicle Drivers Approved
Iowa house votes to limit emergency vehicle drivers from breaking traffic laws during calls. The bill restricts speed, wrong-way driving, and ignores on- and off-duty violations for marked and unmarked patrol units, with Senate action pending after earlier amendments.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Iowa bills move through legislature with various changes
Bills digest outlines acts: HF623 requires Iowa DOT to approve local ordinances over railway speeds. HF825 repeals current securities law for the Uniform Securities Act. HF801 makes corrections to special education service delivery by area education agencies. SF496 tightens gambling laws. HF558 changes to the school foundation plan. HF625 requires bonding of packers. SF524 modifies the Iowa business corporation act. SF525 licenses health care facilities. SF626 changes city code procedures.
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Johnson Board Awards Contract For Oiled Roads
Iowa City, The Johnson county board of supervisors voted 2 1 to award a 146,750 contract to L L Pelling Co for maintenance of the county oiled road system. A proposed 144,500 project to reconstruct 18.7 miles was not acted on. Bartel opposed bids, urging in house work. he charged bidding specs favor locals.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Lorada Cilek
Robert Burns
Richard Bartel
Bartel
L. L. Pelling Co
Iowa Highway Commission
Sigourney High School to Host Informal Pops Concert
Sigourney high school announces an informal pops concert featuring the girls glee club mixed chorus concert band and jazz band on Monday in the high school gym. Tables will be arranged randomly to foster a relaxed atmosphere and refreshments will be served.
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Sigourney
Sigourney High School Girls Glee Club
Iowa officials dispute New York crime report on organized crime
Des Moines officials and Gov. Ray questioned a Salerno study claiming Mafia type activity in Iowa. They said no documented evidence supports a substantial rise. Ray noted the report reflects officials’ views, not proven facts, and urged precise definitions of organized crime. The hearing also touched fraud conspiracies as a growing concern. On this date in 1970, Jackson State College closed after police gunfire killed two students and wounded nine.
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New York
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ralph Salerno
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
George Kinley
Ray
Mississippi
Jackson State College
Gazette Subscription Rates and Delivery Policy
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists carrier and mail subscription rates for Night Edition, Afternoon Editions, and Sundays, with 4 and 52 week terms. It notes no mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas and credits the Associated Press for republication of local and AP dispatch news.
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Five Injured in One Car Crash Near Oxford
Sylvia Padzensky a Cedar Rapids resident 56 suffered injuries in a one car crash on Interstate 80 two miles east of the Oxford interchange along with her 62 year old husband Edward their daughter in law Linda 32 and her three year old grandson Daniel all treated at University Hospitals Iowa City and released State troopers say the elder driver dozed off then her husband steered into the south ditch where the car overturned once
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Sylvia Padzenky
Thompson Drive
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
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Interstate 80
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Linda
Sylvan Jane SE
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