Texas and Wisconsin men convicted in Deere tax case
A federal jury convicted Gordon S. Buttorff from Duncanville Texas and Charles A. Dodge from Mosinee Wisconsin of aiding 15 John Deere employees in filing false withholding certificates. They advised employees at the Dubuque plant to claim excessively high allowances to prevent tax deductions.
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Wisconsin
John Deere
Charles A. Dodge
Mosinee
Wis
Gordon S. Buttorff
Duncanville
Tex
Little People’s Tax Advisory Committee
Schofield
Eureka Springs
Ark
Dubuque
Blind man saves by taking auto tune up course
Waterloo AP reports Jim Snowbarger, blind since age two, chose an auto tune-up course at Hawkeye Institute of Technology to save money. He is 24, an Iowa State University electrical engineering graduate, not a driver, with his wife handling driving. He works for the Iowa Commission for the Blind in rehabilitation.
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Waterloo
Jim Snowbarger
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Snowbarger
Iowa State University
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Des Moines
Madrid
Neal Smith
Iowa
Conrad Lawlor
Small Business Administration
SBA
Kansas City
Lawlor
Smith
House
Small Business Committee
Washington
White House
Des Moines YMCA janitor to be exhumed in Williams case
Polk County District Court approves exhumation of Albert Bowers, a former Des Moines YMCA janitor killed in a 1971 traffic crash and buried in Minneapolis, in connection with Anthony Erthel Williams murder case. Williams' lawyers say Bowers may be linked to 1968 abduction and murder of Pamela Powers of Urbandale. Williams was convicted, but the Supreme Court ordered a new trial this year.
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Polk County District Court
Des Moines Ymca
Anthony Erthel Williams
Albert Bowers
Minneapolis
Minn
Williams
Bowers
Pamela Powers
Urbandale
U.S. Supreme Court
Governor urges limit on special session to salaries
Governor Robert Ray pressed legislature to restrict the next special session to funding state employee salaries. He warned that widening the session would invite about 150 ideas for bills, comments made after a meeting with House Speaker Dale Cochran and Senate Majority Leader George Kinley.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Alimony row tests power of courts after death
Iowa high court is asked to reverse a Tama County ruling that Kouba must pay alimony of 100 dollars monthly until his wife dies, even if he dies first. Attorneys urge the court to limit posthumous alimony orders and protect surviving spouses from improper obligations.
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DES Moines
George Edward Kouba
Iowa Supreme Court
Tama County
Kouba
City Drops 1977 Ailing Program by City Council
The Delwein City Council voted to drop the 1977 street oiling program and shift to a voluntary, contract basis after residents opposed the plan at a public hearing. Mayor Hull and Council discussed funding options and examined street by street opposition while keeping several projects slated for oiling. Aversa led opposition, arguing for cement streets on the west side, and urged equal city attention to all neighborhoods.
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Delwein
George Whalen
Whalen
John Aversa
Louis G. Hull
Seventh Ave
Aversa
Wings Park
Hull
City Hall
Water Rates Hall
Qelwein Industrial Development
Oelwein expects water restored by Thursday after pump failure
City Hall reports improved water pressure as a replacement pump ships from West Virginia and crews begin 24 hour installation. Officials say refilling the two towers may take 12 to 24 hours once the pump is in place, with pressure rising from 23 to 44 psi as residents conserve water.
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Larry Murphy
Register
City Hall
Oelwein
Louis Hull
The
West Virginia
Hull
Hult
Oelwein School Board Accepts resignations, hires seven new teachers
The Oelwein Community School Board approved resignations of Mary Smith, Mike Maffin, and Jim Hallevig. It hired seven new teachers for 1977 78 including Kathy Hartman Sandi Zimmerman Charlene Stocker Gloria Strandberg Connie Mueller Betty Blunt and Larry Larson. New staff also included Marilyn Hoskyn as senior high secretary and Lynette Nelson as special education bus driver. The board approved a new hot lunch truck van and a Dodge trade in, plus auditor Richhalgh and Associates for next year. The June 27 meeting was moved to June 20. The district anticipates hosting the district baseball tournament July 21 23 and notes upcoming schedule progress and tennis court improvements.
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Rick Fromm
Oelwein Community School
Mary Smith
Mike Maffin
Jim Hallevig
Hatlevig
Minnesota
Kathy Hartman
Wings
Sandi Zimmerman
Hazleton
Charlene Stocker
Gloria Strandberg
Connie Mueller
Terry Schmitt
al Knief
Richhalgh and Associates
Don Robson
Larry Munksgaard
Oelwein
Hib Smith
Sedatives Linked to Possible Cancer Risk Warned by Doctors
Two physicians told a congressional subcommittee that many over the counter sleep aids may contain methapyrilene, a chemical that can react with stomach nitrites to form a potent cancer causing compound. They urged further safety testing of non prescription sedatives.
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Washington
Congressional
William Lisinsky
Lisinsky
Lawmakers Back Clinch River Nuclear Plan Amid Gas Deregulation Debate
The House Science and Technology Committee approved $150 million to begin Clinch River breeder reactor construction near Oak Ridge Tennessee, rejecting an admin proposal to end the project. Senate debates over removing price controls on newly drilled natural gas mirror the larger fight over Carter energy policy and potential price impacts on consumers.
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House
Carter
Capitol Hill
Senate
Clinch River
Oak Ridge
Tenn
House Science and Technology Committee
Congress
Thomas J. Downey
D-N.y
Howard Baker
White House
James R. Schlesinger
Senate Energy Committee
Energy and Power Subcommittee
House Commerce Committee
Schlesinger
Carter Administration
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
James B. Pearson
Rkan
Pearson
Bentsen
Bensten and
Weather forecast and stock market update
Partly cloudy and warmer through Wednesday with highs around 80s. Tuesday night lows near 50s to 60s with east to southeast winds. Extended forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms possible Thursday to Saturday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. In New York, the stock market rose on news of a prime rate cut, the Dow up 2.54 to 914.94 at noon.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
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