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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1971
Page
5
State Auditor Lloyd Smith confirmed receipt of a request from a Delwein city councilman to audit the 1971 city budget. The councilman’s name was not released, and officials said no council action occurred. A letter from C W Ward of municipal audits indicated the state could audit the 1971 books in late January or early February 1972.
Teamsters President James R. Hoffa, writing from prison, says he will relinquish his 14 year grip on the union. He reportedly endorsed Frank E. Fitzsimmons to succeed him, with the timing unclear whether immediate or after the Miami Beach convention. Fitzsimmons has led the union since Hoffa’s 1967 imprisonment and is seen as Hoffa’s chosen successor.
The Iowa Senate approved a House unemployment compensation bill 45 to 2 and sent it back with amendments. It would extend benefits from 26 to 39 weeks and cover about 90,000 more workers and 26,000 employers. Amendments tighten qualification rules and limit benefits for quitters to times of high unemployment, with a tentative threshold near four to six percent. Weather notes predict partly cloudy, warmer conditions with possible Friday showers and upper 80s highs.
The Associated Press reports heat and humidity across Iowa with highs in the 80s on Friday and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. In other news, U.S. casualties total 48 in the latest weekly tally after May 21 shellings, while Penn Central proposes a $1.24 billion NYC real estate sale. South Vietnamese marines launch a northwest drive near the DMZ, with battalions numbering around 500 each involved.
In Santiago President Allende's government accelerates a move toward socialism by using 1920s laws to requisition private factories and offices. Officials take over operations over owners' protests for alleged production irregularities.
Iowa lawmakers cut 19 million from the Regents for 1971-73, telling the three universities they may have to turn away two year college graduates to meet the austerity plan. Critics warn enrollment growth and inflation raise cuts above humane levels while others defend the modest rise from current funding.
Iowa lawmakers push a compromise tax and school aid bill that would raise income tax rates, keep the three percent sales tax, and retroactively apply increases to January. The measure seeks a foundation program for schools and limits city aid, with partisan support and a potential veto over higher sales tax.
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