ERA Fight Discussion Sparks Iowa Debate
Gazette columns editor Frank Nye defends the Equal Rights Amendment and criticizes ERA opponents while reacting to reports that Louise Moon of the League of Women Voters of Iowa viewed a postponed Senate hearing on rescinding the 1972 ERA ratification as a victory. He criticizes AP portrayal and notes the delay stirs more hostility. He urges pro ERA supporters to confront anti ERA forces and admires Phyllis Schlafly for concentrating attention on the issue.
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Des Moines
Louise Moon
League of Women Voters of Iowa
Associated Press
Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee
Iowa
Phyllis
Barry Goldwater
Iowa House to Tackle Property Tax Relief Talks
Iowa lawmakers enter a final week to resolve a wide tax package. The Senate's farmland valuation reform and a 7.5 percent cap on the increases dominate debate as Norland pushes alternative plans to balance statewide growth, with adjournment hinges on education funding and unemployment coffers.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
House
Senate
Lowell Norland
Ckensett
Norland
Ray
Kensett Democrat
Citizens Task Force
Board of Regents
Gregory Cusack
D Davenport
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Iowa Legislature Faces Short Session and Possible Special Session
Cusack questions Republican support for the bill while Cochran pushes a proposal to create a pension plan for lawmakers. Adjournment looks brief, with Gov. Ray expected to call a mid or late June special session to address state employee pay rises and a potential fix to Iowa’s corporate tax law if the Supreme Court voids it.
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Cusack
Cochran
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Supreme Court
State Plans 5 Percent Raises Across Next Biennium
State officials project roughly 68 million dollars for a 5 percent cost of living raise each year plus merit and fringe benefits for about 40,000 state workers. The plan, to be negotiated under a new collective bargaining framework, awaits Gov. Ray's call for a special session to finalize contracts.
Legislature Eyes Non Union Pay Deal With Arbitration
The Michigan legislature may approve funds for a salary package or set a level and wait for negotiations to resume in January. Arbitration between the state and blue collar workers has begun after failed talks. Wayne State professor E J Forsyth serves as arbitrator with a May 23 deadline for a binding ruling.
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E.J. Forsyth
Wayne State University
Michigan
Forsyth
Two Escapees Still at Large From Iowa Prison Farm
Two convicts who walked away from a Montrose area prison farm were recaptured Sunday afternoon. Two other weekend escapees, both convicted murderers, remained at large Monday. authorities reported a rope and hook found at the wall and a nationwide bulletin issued for Loney and Kelly.
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Fort Madison
Montrose
William Monger
Thomas Auerbach
Argyle
Lee County
Monger
Polk County
Auerback
Harrison County
Robert Loney
Warner Kelly
Iowa
Loney
Scott County
Kelly
Black Hawk
Lee Counties
Burlington
Kenneth Ray Sheffey
Davenport
John Kyle
Waterloo
Sheffey
Noah
Feminists Fault Strategy in ERA Ratification Push
Des Moines reports that the National Womens Political Caucus urged supporters to organize over the summer and pool resources to win ERA ratification in three more states. Audrey Colom said a central strategy is missing, as 50 steering committee members met to plan activity and fund pro ERA state campaigns. A rally at the Iowa Capitol followed by a Stop ERA counter rally featured Phyllis Schlafly and Roxanne Conlin in debate.
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Des Moines
National
Womens’ Political Caucus
Audrey Colom
Colom
Washington, D.C
Peg Anderson
Cedar Falls
Iowa Women’s Political Caucus
Iowa
Capitol
ERA
Stop Era Forces
Phyllis Schlafly
Alton
Schlafly
Roxanne Conlin
Ugandan student fears return as Nebraska welcomes him
Byakagaba George from Iowa Western Community College fears safety if he goes back to Uganda under Idi Amin. He is accepted by the University of Nebraska Omaha. Omaha families offer room and board, a country music benefit raised 3300 dollars locally, 750 elsewhere, and he seeks summer work permission from immigration.
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Council Bluffs
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Byakagaba George
Iowa Western Community College
Idi Amin
Martin Wolfe
Iowa Western
Omaha
George
Wolfe
U.S. Immigration Service
Decorah Girl to Oslo as goodwill ambassador
Eleven year old Amy Fitzgerald of Decorah travels to Oslo Norway to celebrate Norwegian Independence Day as a goodwill ambassador. She will distribute over 800 gifts from Winneshiek county children to Norwegian students and met Amy Carter at Stevens School in Washington before leaving.
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Norway
UPI
Amy Fitzgerald
Decorah
Iowa
Winneshiek County
Decorah Sons of Norway Lodge
Amy
United States
Stevens School
Washington
Amy Carter
Plains
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