Culver Amendment Approved Hails Diego Garcia Victory
Senate approved 81 44 Culver amendment to delay funding for Diego Garcia base expansion until July 1 1978. He argued diplomacy before war and warned of a broader three ocean navy costly military competition with the Soviet Union. The provision faces conference review as concerns about relations in the Indian Ocean persist.
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Norpel Criticizes 55 MPH Limit After Second Ticket
DES MOINES UPI Sen Richard Norpel of Bellevue blasts the 55 mile per hour limit as ridiculous after a second speeding ticket in six months. He says Iowa laws curb mobility while federal push fuels car sales and highway speeds. Norpel faces a $36 fine and costs to regain a motor club card after a Kansas ticket for 78 mph.
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Dyersville
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Iowa Opines State Can Regulate Gas Prices
Iowa Attorney General says the state can regulate pump gas prices if federal control ends. The opinion, requested by Sen. James Gallagher, notes federal authority expires June 30 1976. It cites Supreme Court rulings allowing state power when the public interest is at stake and warns on unknown post termination scenarios.
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Iowa
James Gallagher
Jesup
Senate Energy Committee
Richard Turner
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Turner
Supreme Court
No Decsion on Home Inspection
A Des Moines AP report says a legislative committee studying wasteful duplication could not decide if health and social services should keep separate inspectors for Iowa housing. The panel met midweek and chairman Sen. Richard Norpel urged consolidation to save time, but Health Commissioner Nathan Pawlewski noted transferring inspections would require moving 40 inspectors with no budget savings.
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Dbellevue
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Health Department
Plan Viet Aid Shipments Despite Federal Denial
DES MOINES Iowa AFSC plans to begin shipping economic aid to South Vietnam despite a Treasury license denial. Officials say shipments may become criminal while awaiting a possible reversal or new legislation. AFSC reapplied for licenses and plans a Nov 10 vigil at the Federal Building with activities in Ames Grinnell Decorah and in Washington and Philadelphia.
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D-Iown
Dredging Lake Manawa Study Approved by Senate Panel
Washington Sen. John Culver said the Senate Public Works Committee approved a resolution to authorize a corps of engineers study on the justification and feasibility of dredging Lake Manawa and stabilizing its shoreline along with other Missouri River oxbow lakes. The move follows testimony at a Council Bluffs hearing by the Water Resources Subcommittee noting the lake’s deterioration and lack of federal study on siltation origins.
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