Washington YMCA Annual Meeting Tickets On Sale
Tickets are on sale for the Washington YMCA annual meeting set for Tuesday May 10 in the community room. A 6:30 p.m. dinner precedes programs by the junior high jazz band awards and a speech by Dick Kautz of Muscatine, president of NAM. Tickets cost 4 dollars and are available at the YMCA office or from board members.
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Evening Journal
Washington Ymca
Dick Kautz
Muscatine
National Association of Manufacturers
YMCA
Mushrooms Reported By Larry Thrapp Near Wellman
Larry Thrapp of Wellman reports good mushroom hunting south of the Skunk River. He found 48 mushrooms there Sunday and 120 Thursday, noting they are fairly large for this time of year.
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Larry Thrapp
Wellman
Skunk
Dubuque Art Auction Sparks Protest Over Display
Dubuque supporters urge Loras College to delay a May 22 to 24 sale of 500 artworks stored for 30 years. Wayne Norman seeks postponement to keep art in Dubuque and seed a community arts center, while college officials insist on the binding sale and up to 100000 dollars raised.
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Dubuque, Iowa
UPI
Loras College
Dubuque
Wayne Norman
Norman
Loras
Center For Arts
Storm Lake woman admits abduction hoax ends search
A two state search for an alleged kidnapper ended when Buena Vista County deputies learned Storm Lake resident Patricia Van Eck 24 had fabricated the abduction story. After failing a polygraph, she said the tale was false and she had not been forced to Randolph Nebraska by a hitchhiker.
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Storm Lake, Iowa
UPI
Buena Vista County
Storm Lake
Patricia van Eck
Iowa
Nebraska
Des Moines officer shot during confrontation in police struggle
Des Moines patrolman Brian Melton, 25, was killed after a gunfight with suspect David L. Welton, 22, who was charged with murder. Welton faced arraignment in Polk County District Court and is held on a $500,000 bond with a May 13 preliminary hearing planned. Melton died after being rushed to a local hospital.
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Des Moines
UPI
Brian Melton
Runnels
David L. Welton
Polk County
Melton
Local man arrested in theft of vehicle
Washington County Public Safety Center officials say Joe A. Williams of Washington will be returned from Fairfield to face a larceny of a motor vehicle charge filed in Crawfordsville after a truck theft Thursday night. Williams, on parole from Anamosa Men’s Reformatory for breaking and entering, is suspected in a related Crawfordsville break-in at Prescription Feeds Inc. Police seek a possible link to Ted J. TeBockhorst, held in Muscatine on stolen property and drug charges, who may be connected to the case.
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Washington
Fairfield
Crawfordsville
Washington County Public Safety Center
Joe A. Williams
Williams
Anamosa
Prescription Feeds Inc
Ted J. TeBockhorst
Muscatine
TeBockhorst
Iowa nursing home owner charged with defrauding state funds
Stanley G. Boyle, owner of Boyle Corp., was arraigned in Woodbury County District Court on a charge of fraudulently obtaining two thousand four hundred dollars in state funds tied to a nursing home operated in Rock Rapids. He received until May 9 to enter a plea. The company runs seven Iowa nursing homes.
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Sioux City, Iowa
UPI
Iowa
Stanley G. Boyle
Boyle Corp
Woodbury County
Rock Rapids
Farmers urge 100 percent productivity farm tax shift
A Linn and Jones county farmer delegation led by Harvey Fascher pressed lawmakers at the Statehouse to pass Rep Myron Oxley’s 100 percent productivity plan to slow farm land assessment growth. They argued current rates boost taxes as land values rise, though urban lawmakers warn of shifted residential costs.
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Wayne Svoboda
Des Moines
IDPA
Statehouse
Harvey Fascher
Coggan
Linn County Farm Bureau
Fascher
Linn
Jones
Iowa
Ag-Land
Esther Strother
Mt. Vernon
Dale
County Farm Bureau
House
Senate
Myron Oxley
D-Marion
Robert Ray
Ray
Strother
Oxley
Partly cloudy forecast for tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy conditions expected tonight and Saturday with a low in the mid 40s and a high near 70. Winds shift from northeast around 10 mph tonight to light northeast breezes through Saturday.
Carter touts energy plan and gas tax fight
President Carter vowed to push Congress for authority to raise gasoline taxes as part of a broad energy package. He argued the levy would curb wasteful driving and be offset by income tax credits, with potential refunds to taxpayers and specifics on timing tied to consumption. He warned the tax could reach 50 cents a gallon by 1988 and defended the plan as essential for U S leadership in energy.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
United States
Congress
Iowa
Nolting
Battered women hearing cites self esteem as key to recovery
Waterloo Iowa hearing on abuse of women heard ten professionals and two victims urge boosting victims self esteem to reclaim control. Witnesses cited self confidence as crucial to leaving abusive relationships and regaining hope, while calls for temporary shelters and crisis housing dominated discussion.
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Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
Black Hawk County
Iowa Commission On the Status of Women
Phyllis Howlett
Commission
FBI Crime Index
Bonnie Thompson Kennett
Jesup
Ms. Kennett
George McGee
McGee
Marjorie Patin
Black Hawk District Court
YWCA
Ms. Paton
Iowa Senate approves employer tax hike for unemployment fund
The Iowa Senate voted 31 16 to raise employer taxes to bolster the unemployment compensation trust fund and rejected a larger 60 million increase. The plan shifts to a tax table based on fund solvency, replacing the prior across the board levy. Projections suggest 121 to 136 million next year, with end of year fund balance at risk without action.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
Iowa
Ohio
Fred Nolting
Waterloo
Nolting
Department of Job Service
Senate blocks Iowa official pay raise package vote
The Iowa Senate deadlocked 25-25 and then 20-30 after emotional debate over a $2.3 million pay package for legislators top officials and judges. Sen. Earl Willits defended the raises while Gov. Ray and staff lobbied behind scenes for the measure, which failed to open to amendments.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
Earl Willits
D-Des Moines
Willits
John Murray
R-Ames
Philip Hill
Robert D. Ray
Ray
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