Vetter Tracks Veto and Budget Watch in Legislature
Iowa lawmaker reports on SF 1 highway access veto by Governor Hughes and its impact on taxpayers. He discusses HF 49 Fair Employment Practices Act concerns and HF 550 property tax replacement, noting amendments, votes, and upcoming sessions with invited visitors.
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Hughes
House
Iowa
Highway Commission
SF 1
Floyd Millen
Industrial and Human Relations Committee
Commission On Human Rights
Lines Drawn For Battle On Liquor In Iowa Senate Front
Iowa legislators prepare for a liquor by the drink fight shaping in both chambers. The Senate backs a home rule liquor bill led by Sen. Jack Schroeder with strict controls and possible rival amendments. In the House a dry liquor bill drafted by Rep. Raymond Fisher offers an alternative path and potential crossovers if the Senate bill falters.
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Senate
House
Judiciary II Committee
Jack Schroeder
R-Davenport
Schroeder
Joseph Flatt
R - Winterset
House Safety and Law Enforcement Committee
Raymond Fisher
Grand Junction
British TV Star Hughie Green Flees West Berlin
Hughie Green flew his small private plane from West Berlin despite Soviet interference. He entered Berlin Tuesday. two Soviet jets harassed him, trying to force a landing in East Germany. He then left Berlin on a commercial airliner after the Russians blocked his plan to fly back out.
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Berlin
UPI
Hughie Green
West Berlin
East Germany
Green
London
Bill Smart Observes 25th Year in Business
William Smart, veteran Washington businessman, celebrates 25 years in business on April 7. He opened an implement business in 1938, started Smart Distributing Co. in 1956 on highway 92, and has served as mayor and councilman. Current staff includes Smart, Bob Coon, Joe Richards, and C R McCutchen III.
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Bill Smart
William Smart
Washington
Smart
Smart Distributing Co
Highway 92
Mr. Smart
Smart Distributing
Mr Smart
Bob Coon
Joe Richards
C. R. McCutchen III
Protest Planned Over Rail Crossing Flagman Removal
About 40 residents gathered at the ISL building to oppose removing the flagman at the Milwaukee and Rock Island crossing on North Fourth Avenue. A public hearing is set for April 16 at the Washington County Courthouse, with witnesses planned to testify.
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Milwaukee and
Rock Island
North Fourth Avenue
ISL
Washington County Court House
State Commerce Commission
Loren Garrett
Stewart School
PTA
Stanley Wallace
Cecil Long
Vernon Feuerhelm
Jr High Students Elect Next Year's Student Council
Washington Junior High held a full school election run by students with judges clerks and party labels. 215 of about 260 students voted from 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. electing Phil McConnell president Terry Allison vice president Barbara Bennett secretary and Doug Hayes treasurer.
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Washington Junior High
Jesse Linch Jr
Phil McConnell
The
People’s Choice Party
Terry Allison
Barbara Bennett
Doug Hayes
Progressive Party
Speech Therapists From Southeastern Iowa Meet In Court House
Fifteen speech therapists from twelve southeastern Iowa counties gathered Friday afternoon in the county courthouse for a 1:30 to 3:30 workshop led by Mrs. Sharon Cox of Iowa City, who oversees public school speech services in Washington County. The group, meeting monthly, discussed problems and methods for working with youngsters, with plans for tours of facilities as needed.
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Iowa
Court House
Sharon Cox
Iowa City
Washington County
Cox
Coin Club Meeting Set for Monday in Washington
The Washington Coin Club will hold its monthly meeting Monday at 7 30 p m at the Fair grounds in Washington. Members should bring a personal display for the tables. Two films The Federal Reserve Bank and You Your Money's Worth will be shown. An intermission with refreshments follows. A sale or trading session for coins will be available. All interested persons are invited to attend.
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The
Washington Coin Club
Fairgrounds
Washington
Federal Reserve Bank
Kalona Farmer Hurt In Accident Friday
Kalona's Carl Kos, a retired farmer, was injured Friday evening on his son Kenneth's farm while grinding feed. He sustained a fractured hip and underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
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Kalona
Carl Kos
Kos
Kenneth
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Science Day At Washington High Draws Regional Teachers
Washington High School hosts the second annual Southeast Six Science Day with about 180 students and 40 teachers and administrators from Southeast Six and at least nine other schools attending. Leaders include Dr Paul O Connor Prof Paul OConnor Herman Kirkpatrick and William Housery guiding chemistry physics and biology curriculum discussions.
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Washington High School
Floyd Woods
Southeastern Iowa
Waco
Mid-Prairie
Columbus Junction
Pekin
L and M
Toledo
Williamsburg
Wapello
Mediapolis
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Fort Madison
Centerville
Bloomfield
Paul O’conner
Washinton
Vaughn Rinner
Judy Roland
Rich Vosika
Linda Chorpening
Paul Minear
Paul O'Connor
Minnesota University
Herman Kirkpatrick
Des Moines
William Housery
Lunik 4 Misses Moon and Enters Earth Orbit
Tass announced the Soviet Lunik 4 space probe failed to reach the moon and now orbits the Earth. The agency said the craft will be drawn into a sun and moon gravity path and become an artificial satellite of the sun.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Russia
United States
Winds Fuel Wide Eastern Fires And Toll Climbs
Widespread winds and rising heat sparked thousands of acres burned across states from Virginia to Georgia and the Carolinas. Nine deaths were reported over two days as more than 100 forest fires scorched timberland, homes, and quays while lone ships and smaller craft faced gale conditions along the coast.
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Gulf Coast
Plains
Tennessee
Frank Clement
National Park
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park
New Jersey
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
West Virginia
San Antonio
Austin
Texas
Houston
Alabama
Jacob Kauffman Dies In Home at Kalona
Jacob L. Kauffman 95 died Friday evening at the home of his son-in-law and daughter Orlo and his wife near Kalona where he had lived for more than 25 years Funeral services are pending with Yoder Funeral Home Kalona in charge He was born May 29 1867 in Johnson County to David J and Barbara Kauffman He married Mary A Hochstedler December 18 1892 who died in 1929 Survivors include four sons Enos Kalona David Los Angeles John Reno Nev and Madolon Gardenia Calif three daughters Fisher Kalona Mrs Frank D Yoder Kalona and Mrs Anna Kauffman Hemet Calif nine grandchildren twelve great grandchildren one brother Jonas Hutchinson Kan two sisters Mrs Lizzie Muller Albany Ore and Mrs Lydia Nissley Arthur and others
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Kalona
Jacob L. Kauffman
Orlo Fisher
Yoder Funeral Home
Johnson County
David J
Barbara Kauffman
Mary A
YMCA World Service Carnival Sails Tonight
Washingtons annual YMCA World Service Carnival runs 6 to 9 p m in the Y building. Proceeds support the local Y quota in World Service Work with carnival booths tickets at 10 cents each and several door prizes. A lost and found auction adds interest to the event.
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Washingon
YMCA
Weather Outlook Iowa into Sunday and Monday
Iowa forecast shows generally fair weather through Sunday with warmer conditions on Sunday. Overnight low 35 to 40, Sunday highs 65 to 70 east and into the middle 70s in the west. Monday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures.
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Iowa
Equal Educational Opportunities group blasts Iowa lawmakers
Willie McWilliam of the Equal Educational Opportunities Association of Iowa accuses the legislature of shifting school responsibilities to the Department of Public Instruction. He urges county rural districting and updated financing to cut property taxes, while opposing the penalty clause in the omnibus tax bill and favoring reform for efficient, compact districts.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Willie McWilliam
Paton
Equal Educational Opportunities Association of
Senate
McWilliam
Department of Public Instruction
Iowa House
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