Iowa Farmer Defends Bargains Against Price Controls
Iowa cattle and hog producer Frank Buryanek told a U S price commission hearing that price controls would harm small family farms and thatConsumers are getting a good bargain for their dollar at the grocery store He urged free supply and demand saying farmers are efficient and feeding more Americans than a quarter century ago with no extra gains for producers He was joined by Hawarden Mayor Harlan Hummel and farm neighbors as the hearing sought reasons for rising supermarket prices.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Frank Buryanek
Hawarden
Price Commission
Buryanek
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Harlan Hummel
Washington Community School board acts on resignations
The Washington Community School Board accepted nine resignations from district staff including Mary Booth and Barbara Fleenor. Henry Soucek named school board secretary starting May 1. The board also approved summer school plans, a junior high to high school girls basketball program, drafting room equipment, auditorium seating, bleacher refurbishing, and reviewed bids for a 60 passenger school bus. The meeting recessed until April 26.
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Washington Community School Board
Switzerland
Mary Booth
Barbara Fleenor
Suzanne Toussaint
Pauline McClintic
Christine Boos
Dennis Coon
Jerry Mason
Carolyn Bollman
Flossie Janecek
Henry Soucek
Joint County School System
al Kinzler
Mainstream Project
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Washington
Case Field
Washington Night Parking Ban and City Cleaning Plan
Motorists in Washington are urged to avoid parking in the business district Fridays this summer while street crews commence weekly washing. Vehicles must be off the square and surrounding block from midnight to 6 a.m. for the operation. Tickets for a Republican dinner honoring Senator Jack Miller are available. The event at K C Hall Washington begins Saturday at 6 30 p m with reservations due by noon Thursday priced at 5 dollars and obtainable from county central committee members party workers or by phone to Mrs Nate Young Kent Dallmeyer or Jerry Bryan.
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Washington
U.S
Jack Miller
K.C. Hall
County Central Committee
Nate Young
Kent Dallmeyer
Jerry Bryan
Plan for Consumer Business Week promotion at Chamber
Local businessmen meet at the Chamber of Commerce to plan a statewide October Consumer Business Week. The event seeks better consumer business communication, highlights shoplifting issues, and shows how merchants can improve service. Iowa State University materials will be used. orders for materials due May 1. next briefing April 18.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jane Passmore
Johnson and Washington
Jim Frier
Iowa State University
Chamber
Frontier plane hijacked en route to Phoenix
Police and FBI agents surrounded a Frontier Airlines aircraft at Sky Harbor Airport after two men hijacked it. It was unclear where the flight originated and authorities indicated the plane might continue to Los Angeles. Frontier serves inland western states.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Price watchers slam price controls at UPI hearings
AFL-CIO members touring the nation presented a list of grocery price hikes to the Price Commission, saying controls are a farce. Violet Waggoner showed items with bigger costs, while others blamed policy and law on rising food prices. Harvards Houthakker urged boosting supply and lifting meat import quotas.
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Washington
UPI
The
Price Commission
Afl-Cio
Internal Revenue Service
Violet Waggoner
Denver
Charles E. Johnson
United Steel Workers Union
Tacoma
Wash
Johnson
Robert Lanzilotti
Hendrik
Houthakker
Council of Economic Advisers
Nixon
Harvard
Regents face lawmakers in clash over funding and priorities
Iowa lawmakers and Regents clash in Council Bluffs over higher education funding. Senator Francis Messerly warns funding will no longer be lump sums and that money will be designated to each school. Rep. Richard Radl and Rep. Willard Hansen press concerns about cuts, public image, and policy direction as budget figures are debated.
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Messerly
Regents
Richard Radl
Lisbon
Radl
H. Rand Petersen
Harlan
Council Bluffs
Rad
Stanley Redeker
Boone
Redeker
Willard Hansen
Cedar Falls
Hansen
House
Higher Education Committee
North Vietnamese Attack On An Loc Heats Up
North Vietnamese troops backed by tanks and artillery launched a second major assault on An Loc, 60 miles north of Saigon, aiming to capture the town and establish a Viet Cong provisional capital. US B52s and fighter-bombers supported South Vietnamese defenders and night airpower. Casualties were heavy on both sides, with field reports noting up to 300 North Vietnamese and 100 South Vietnamese killed.
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Saigon
APS
An Loc
U.S
National Liberation Front
NLF
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Mme Nguyen van Binh
Paris
Vietnam
Cambodia
Nguyen van Thieu
Highway 13
Nguyen van Minh
Truong Huu Duc
North Vietnam
Hanoi Radio
Than Hoa
Hanoi
Parents Guilty in School Bus Desegregation Case
Carl and Cari Merchant were found guilty of child neglect for keeping their 13 year old at home to avoid cross town busing under a court desegregation order. The judge ordered Cari to attend school elsewhere in the county while living with a relative.
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Pontiac, Mich
UPI
Carl Merchant
Crosstown
Oakland County
Norman Barnard
Cari
Cain
Pontiac
U.S
Damon Keith
Detroit
Barnard
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Assail
Harold Drumm
Chicago
Central Community Hospital
Board of Regents
Legislative Group
North Viets
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