Culver Amendment Approved Long Range Diego Garcia Debate
The Senate approved 51 to 44 Sen. John C. Culver's amendment to delay funding for Diego Garcia base expansion until July 1 1976. Culver framed the move as pushing diplomacy first and warned that rushing military buildup could trigger a costly three ocean naval confrontation, urging restraint and negotiations with the Soviet Union. The measure now heads to conference. Culver cited prior waivers of surcharges tied to Polaris as part of the contentious Diego Garcia arrangements.
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Senate
John C. Culver
U.S
Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
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Congress
Armed Services Committee
Soviet Union
Iowa
America
United Kingdom
Britain
Norpel blasts 55 mph limit after second speeding ticket
Des Moines Iowa Sen Richard Norpel says the 55 mph limit is ridiculous after a June arrest for 73 mph near Dyersville and a Kansas ticket for 78 mph. He plans to pay fines totaling about 36 dollars to regain his motor club membership. He had previously claimed immunity but forfeited a 35 dollar bond after an attorney general opinion. He argues federal push for car purchases clashes with highway speeds.
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UPI
Richard Norpel
Dbellevue
Norpel
Dyersville
Kansas
Motor Club
Iowa
Iowa Opinion Says State Could Regulate Gas Prices
Iowa Attorney General says the state can regulate pump gas prices if federal control ends. Atty. Gen. Turner notes the Federal Energy Administration currently regulates pricing until June 30, 1976, and underscores state power only when public interest is at stake, citing Supreme Court decisions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
James Gallagher
Jesup
Senate Energy Committee
Richard Turner
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Turner
Supreme Court
No Decision on Home Inspection
A Des Moines AP report says a legislative committee studying wasteful duplication considered whether Iowa health and social services should have separate nursing home inspectors. The panel met midweek and did not reach a decision. Chair Sen. Richard Norpel urged consolidating inspections while Health Commissioner Norman Pawlewski warned that transferring social services inspectors would require moving 40 inspectors with no budget savings.
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DES Moines
State Departments of Health and Social Services
Iowa
Richard Norpel
Dbellevue
Norman Pawlewski
Health Department
Plan Viet Aid Shipments Despite Federal Denial
Des Moines reports that AFSC plans to ship economic aid to South Vietnam despite a federal license denial. The group aims for a Nov. 10 national vigil, with supporters presented to the White House. AFSC reapplies for licenses while arguing the aid serves reconstruction.
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Des Moines
UPS
American Friends Service Committee
South Vietnam
AFSC
Iowa
White House
U.S. Treasury Department
Service Committee
Dan Clark
Warren Witte
North Central
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Witte
Vietnam
Clark
Federal
Ames
Grinnell
Decorah
Washington
Philadelphia
Senate
Richard Clark
D-Iown
Okays Study of Manawa Dredging
Senator John Culver announced the Senate Public Works Committee approved a resolution for a Corps of Engineers study on dredging and shoreline stabilization at Lake Manawa and nearby Missouri River oxbow lakes. The action follows testimony from a Council Bluffs hearing noting lake deterioration and lack of prior federal study on siltation.
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UPI
John Culver
Iowa
Senate Public Works Committee
Corps of Engineers
Lake Manawa
Culver
Council Bluffs
Water Resources Subcommittee
Corps
Lake Mana
Missouri River
GOP Legislature Control Difficult in 1976
Lt. Gov. Arthur Neu told Third district Republicans in Hampton that regaining GOP control of the Iowa legislature will be harder in 1976 than in 1966. He cited past Democrat tax hikes and missteps as factors in a difficult comeback.
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