Rock Island Lines to Skip Iowa Property Taxes this Year
Washington County faces a 12757 dollar loss as Rock Island Lines, in federal bankruptcy, vows to suspend 64 county tax payments across Iowa and three other states. The railroad seeks a trustee-led salvage plan after filing for bankruptcy March 17.
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Chicago
IDPA
Iowa
Rock Island Lines Railroad
Rock Island
Washington County
Louisa County
Keokuk County
Johnson County
Samuel J. LaRocca
Washington
Bob Schultz
United State Railway Association
Evacuation of Americans from Phnom Penh by Eagle Pull mission
U S helicopters airlifted 269 people including 82 Americans from the embassy compound in Phnom Penh to the carrier Okinawa in the Gulf of Siam. The operation, guarded by Marines and warplanes, followed rebel shelling as Phnom Penh faced imminent fall and Pochentong airport shutdown cutting a key supply route.
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United Press International
U.S
Cambodia
Gulf of Siam
Phnom Penh
Okinawa
Sau Kham Khoy
Khmer Rouge
Radio
John Gunther Dean
U Tapao
Bangkok
Dean
Air Force
John J. Barnes
Thailand
Pochentong
Ford
UNI Faculty Seeks Higher Pay, Wades for Legislature
UNI faculty representatives pressed the Board of Regents to raise salaries to parity with ISU and U of Iowa but failed to win action. They plan to seek a $1,435,000 increase via the Iowa Legislature, with sponsors Willard Hansen and Mary O Halloran backing the move.
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DES Moines
UPI
University of Northern Iowa
State Board of Regents
UNI
Iowa Legislature
Iowa State University
University of Iowa
Joseph Hohlfeld
Iowa Higher Education Association
Hohlifeld
Jim Sutton
IHEA
Robert D. Ray
ISU
Sutton
Cedar Falls
Willard Hansen
Mary O’halloran
U of I
Iowa State
H. Rand Petersen
Harlan
Midwest
U of
Ray
Hohlfeld and Sutton
David Crownfield
American Association of University Professors
David Morgan
UNI Federation of Teachers
Floods devastate Alabama and Florida towns as river rises
Floods driven by 17 inch rains flood southern Alabama and northwest Florida killing at least one person and submerging homes and crops. In Geneva Alabama the Choctawhatchee River threatens a 45 foot levee while residents fear 1929 flood levels and mass evacuations proceed.
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United Press International
Willie Morris
Morris
Geneva
Ala
Alabama
Florida
Continental Divide
Howell
Max Howell
Ray Osborne
Max
Janice
Choctawhatchee
Hugh Herring
W. A. Hornsbry
Works Progress Administration
Major Saigon test threatens Xuan Loc defense line
Communists moved to seize positions north of Xuan Loc as tanks backed attacks spread to the town’s edges. Saigon calls Xuan Loc a key test of South Vietnamese fighting power while Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces overran a militia base 65 miles southwest and cut Highway 4 to the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
UPI
Xuan Loc
Mekong
Josephine Baker Dies in Paris After Collapse
Paris icon Josephine Baker dies of a cerebral hemorrhage after collapsing Thursday before a planned comeback performance. She slipped into a coma Friday afternoon and did not regain consciousness. Singer Line Renaud and actor Jean Claude Brialy were at her bedside.
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Paris
UPI
Josephine Baker
Miss Baker
Line Renaud
Jean Claude Brialy
Des Moines Officials Warn of Organized Crime Threat
Des Moines police chief Wendell Nichols warns at a joint meeting that the city risks being overtaken by organized crime, blaming socialized gambling law. Polk County Sheriff Richard Clemens cautions county risks worse conditions but says he has no evidence of organized crime activity.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Wendell Nichols
Polk County
Nichols
General Assembly
Richard Clemens
Energy council vote backs nuclear power
The Iowa Energy Policy Council unanimously opposed a nuclear power moratorium and urged legislation to bar a moratorium yet empower the Iowa Commerce Commission to approve major new electric facilities. The vote followed hours of testimony and a dispute between Rep. Brice Oakley and council chair Maurice Van Nostrand.
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Brice Oakley
R-Clinton
Council
Maurice van Nostrand
Iowa Commerce Commission
Oakley
van Nostrand
EPC
John Millhone
Weekend Warmth Boosts Weekend Forecast
Weather generally fair and warmer through Sunday with highs in the mid 50s today and lower 60s Sunday. Lows tonight in the mid 30s. Winds northwest to westerly under 15 mph today and light and variable tonight.
Dunton OKs Iowa Land Use Bill Amid Mixed Feelings
Iowa House approves land use policy with state and county planning commissions to study land use rather than zone it. Rep. Keith Dunton notes cost concerns estimating 175000 for year one and 3.4 million over two years while voicing support for local control and study framework. He also backs adoption law revision passed 92 0 to protect natural and adoptive parents.
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The
Evening Journal
Keith Dunton
Iowa House
Dunton
House
Senate
Thornburg Democrat
Iowa
Iowa House approves land use bill creating state agency
The Iowa House passed a 58 to 34 land use measure to form a state agency and a 13 member policy commission to regulate land use, with counties cities and districts to draw comprehensive plans. Critics warn of higher costs and reduced local control while backers say the bill protects prime farmland from sprawl and industrial development.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
Iowa
Department of Soil Conservation and Land Use
State
Mary O'Halloran
Cedar Falls
State Commission
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Better Newspaper
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the Journal
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Burlington Hawk Eye
Cherokee Daily Times
Sattahip
ICB Workshop
Iowa Community Betterment
ICB
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
ICE
Montana
National Guard
D. M
Energy Council
Glen Bartell
R-St. Charles
Frank Crabb
R-Denison
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