Wild mustangs migrate to Iowa in large adoption drive
Strawberry Point led by attorney Linzy Martin arranged the shipment of 70 wild mustangs from near Reno to eastern Iowa, in what organizers call one of the nation’s largest adopt a horse efforts. The 45 hour journey faced fuel and equipment glitches but all horses arrived healthy with owners in Iowa and Minnesota forming the Eastern Iowa Wild Mustang Association to keep in touch.
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Iowa Receives 3.4 Billion Federal Funds in 1976
The Office for Planning and Programming reports Iowa received 3.4 billion in federal funds in 1976. HEW led disbursements with nearly 1.6 billion, most for retirement and disability, while Defense spent about 340 million. Social Services and the Regents system also received large sums from federal programs.
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Cornell Plans $3.55 Million Drive for Phase II
Cornell College trustees approve Phase II of the 10 year 10.8 million Advance capital campaign begun in 1975. Three major gifts totaling 289000 toward the 3.55 million goal include 100000 from Ralph C. McCague 85000 from Bess Medary and land valued at 104000 from the Youngker family. Phase II launches May 19 with College Hall reopening. Phase I已 surpassed 3.5 million goal.
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Crashes Kill Four Iowans Over Weekend
Over the weekend four Iowans died in separate crashes. Ralph E. Porter 42 of Dubuque was killed when his motorcycle struck a car on U S 20 near Farley. Two Lansing youths Jeffrey Guider 10 and Eric Stiber 18 died in separate wagon and rollover accidents. Dwight J. Van Brocklin 18 of NewAlbia survived, and Roger Pitz 23 of Cresco died in a county road ditch crash five miles west of Cresco.
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Ralph E. Porter
Dubuque
Porter
U.S. 20
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Gerald Hughes
Waterloo
Lansing
Jeffrey Guider
Eric Stiber
Dwight J. van Brocklin
New Albia
Waukon
Roger Pitz
Cresco
Ray backs public funds for abortions
Iowa Governor Robert Ray supports using public money to help poor persons obtain abortions. He calls abortion a legal right under Supreme Court rulings and says funding is needed to prevent unsafe, unassisted procedures. He backs appealing a Johnson County court ruling on DSS funding.
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Robert Ray
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Johnson County
Iowa
Des Moines G-Strings Return Under New Criminal Code
The new code, effective Jan. 1, bans nude dancing in taverns and four forms of pornography. Managers predict a shift to G strings and pasties, while lawmakers defend a morality driven change amid debate over the premises clause and enforcement.
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Des Moines
Iowa Moves to Ban Certain Smut Under New Law
Iowa advances a pornography bill banning depictions of sex acts involving sadism masochism excretory functions or bestiality with enforcement by county or state prosecutors. The measure also restricts where porn dealers may locate and clarifies that theaters remain excluded from the ban while printed material could reach minors.
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Carol Ann Nix
New Jersey
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Roehrick
Iowa
Robert Kraemer
R-Des Moines
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Des Moines
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Senate
Debussy Birth Year Noted for Historical Trivia
The message states that composer Claude Debussy was born in 1862, highlighting a milestone often referenced in music history trivia.
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Composer Claude Debussy
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