Revenue Sharing Clark Proposes Local Focus Not Statewide
Iowa U S Senator Dick Clark urges renewing federal revenue sharing at current levels but funnelling funds to local governments rather than state governments. Governor Robert Ray supports continuation and warns against tightening oversight while Clark endorses local input and civil rights spending safeguards.
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Des Moines
U.S
Dick Clark
D-Iown
Congress
Ray
Iowa
Washington
Congressional
Clark
Iowa Community College Tuition Averages Reported
The Iowa Department of Public Instruction says resident tuition at area colleges averages 401 per semester and 411.69 per quarter. Nonresident rates are about 50 percent higher, with Area VII XI and XII charging double out-of-state rates. DES MOINES AP State leaders will probe coercion and shakedown claims tied to ads in police magazines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Lowa
Iowa Legislative Council
Iowa State Trooper
Grundy County Farmers Plan Confetti to Stop Grain Thieves
Grundy county farmers will sprinkle confetti with code numbers into shelled corn and beans to deter and trace grain thieves, Sheriff Bill Marten said. He estimates at least 1 000 bushels have been stolen in his five years as sheriff, though the true loss may be far higher.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Bill Marten
Marten
Des Moines Mansion Bid Lacks Competition
Only one bidder offered to purchase the present Iowa governor’s mansion, Donald A. Anderson of Des Moines, at 121 160 dollars. Appraised value runs 130 000 to 138 000 dollars. The executive council will decide next week whether to accept the offer as proceeds fund Terrace Hill restoration for a governor’s residence.
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Des Moines
Donald A. Anderson
Terrace Hill
Penn Central Reports $270 Million Loss in Eight Months
The Penn Central Transportation Co., operator of the bankrupt railroad, reports a loss of 269.8 million dollars in the first eight months of this year, more than double the amount lost during the same period in 1974.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central Transportation Co
Penn Central Railroad
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates Notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 announces subscription rates for carrier and mail in various editions. Prices shown include weekly and annual options with different editions and geographic scopes. The notice states no mail subscriptions in carrier areas and affirms AP republication rights.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Fisher Claims Self-Defense in Miller Death
Dennis Fisher, 30, testifies in Dubuque county court that he killed Howard Miller, 25, in self-defense during a dispute over Miller's wife Myra, 20. Fisher says Miller fired first, denies sexual relation with Mrs. Miller, and after the shooting buried the body in a calf shed and remained on the farm for two months before arrest with Mrs. Miller in Missouri.
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Dubuque
Dennis Fisher
Dubuque County
Masonville
Howard Miller
Fisher
Miller
Myra
Kandy Kane Karnival Slated at Manchester
The third annual Kandy Kane Karnival sponsored by Delaware County Memorial Hospital will be held Saturday in the basement of St. Mary's School Manchester from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m. Proceeds go to the hospital and the event features baked goods needlework arts and crafts.
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Manchester
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
St. Mary's School
Revised Budget Pleas to Regents
Iowa City budget notes call for 2.7 million in state appropriations to cover 3,000 additional students across the three state universities for the 1975-76 school year. Regents plan a final revised request next month after adjusting for a one year funding cycle and a two year budget proposal from the previous year.
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Iowa City
State Board of Regents
Wayne Richey
Regents
Richey
Robert Ray
Ray
State GOP To Set Delegation Size Friday
DES MOINES The Republican state central committee will decide how many delegates Iowa will allocate to the 1976 presidential and statutory conventions at its Friday meeting. The presidential convention is set for June 18–19 and the statutory convention for July a, with counties receiving their share of delegates.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Tom Stoner
Iowa
Kansas City
Old Creamery to Stage Children's Bicentennial Play
The Old Creamery Theatre Company premiers its Bicentennial children’s theater production “A Dandy Yankee Doodly-Doo” in Garrison with 7:30 p.m. shows Friday and Saturday and an 8:30 p.m. show October 22 directed by Thomas P. Johnson. An art show of pottery, jewelry, metal sculpture and painting runs in the gallery during performances. Garrison residents are invited as guests for the October 22 performance.
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Old Creamery Theatre Company
Children's Theater
Ry-Theater Entertainment
Thomas P. Johnson
Garrison
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