Amish gain extension on schools in Iowa vote
The Iowa State Board of Public Instruction extended exemptions for 10 Amish schools from certified education requirements after a 5-3 vote, breaking a prior lift of exemptions for Kalona Hazelton and Milton amid pressure from Gov. Ray. A next-year review checks for concrete educational improvements.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Board of Public Instruction
Richard Cole
Decorah
Kalona
Hazelton
Milton
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Cole
Earl Sievers
Avoca
Iowa
U.S. Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Robert Beecher
Ceston
Stanley Barber
Wellman
DPI
Toby Miller
Miller
Schwengel declines Ames rally invitation to promote peace
Rep. Fred Schwengel says he cannot appear at the Register for Peace rally at Iowa State University Ames after being assured the event would not attack the President. He supports peace but opposes using the President as a target, stressing involvement to influence him constructively.
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Davenport
UPI
Iowa
Register For Peace
Iowa State University
Ames
Fred Schwengel
Paul McCloskey
Calif
Andrew Hummel
Iowa City Register For Peace
Schwengel
Japan Accepts Floating Yen Amid Nixon Realignment Push
Japan announced Saturday the yen would float to its own level, a move seen as an upward revaluation and a victory for Nixon’s economic program. The decision sent shock waves through markets, with Tokyo stocks plunging and the Bank of Japan buying dollars to defend the 360 to 1 parity.
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UPI
Japan
Nixon
U.S. Treasury Department
Washington
United States
U.S
Mikio Mizuta
Bank of Japan
America
Eisaku Sato
Peking
Nauvoo dedicates new Visitors Center Sept 4
Nauvoo Illinois to dedicate a 24000 square foot Visitors Center on Saturday Sept 4 as part of a multi year effort by Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated a nonprofit founded in 1962 to rebuild the historic frontier city. The two story center cost over a million dollars and joins restored red brick homes shops and buildings all furnished in authentic 1840 fashion open to the public free of charge.
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Nauvoo
Ill
Illinois
American West
Ex-Ross workers receive job aid notices in Iowa
Washington County women who lost jobs when Advance Ross Electronics closed its plant received letters from the Iowa Employment Commission about eligibility for Readjustment Allowances. Mrs Armour Carlin was told she qualifies for 52 weeks at 65 percent of the average weekly wage, with a seven day appeal window. Ruth Dunbar awaits notification as the commission determines eligibility. The article also notes Nauvoo visitor attractions and a separate federal grant for Iowa manpower training totaling 199,963 to fund 63 disadvantaged Iowans with various local programs.
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Washington County
Advance Ross Electronics Company
Washington
Iowa Employment Commission
Armour Carlin Washington
Commission
Carlin
Ruth Dunbar
Ross
Kansas City
UPI
Iowa Manpower Administration
William S. Harrison
Iowa State Employment Service
Des Moines
Harrison
G and K TV
Chef
Quik Co
Kalona
Discrepancies Mark Iowa Fair Death Probe
A Bureau of Labor investigator found a defective air conditioner on a midway trailer near where 8-year-old Roger Ingram of Elkhart died at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The autopsy suggested electrocution as a possibility contrary to a medical examiner’s broken neck finding. Governor Ray ordered a state probe with involvement from the Iowa Labor Commission and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation to determine what happened and any negligence potential.
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Des Moines
UPI
Bureau of Labor
Harold Holmgaard
Roger Ingram
Elkhart
Holmgaard
Polk County
Robert Connair
Robert D. Ray
Harry Cannon
Gary Ingram
Ray
Elmer Vermeer
Red Cross
Fairgrounds
Vermeer
Ingram
Iowa Labor Commision
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
BCI
Weather sketch for Iowa cool nights and sunny weekend
The forecast calls for clear and cool conditions tonight with lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s from northeast to southwest. Saturday brings mostly sunny skies with highs ranging from the low 80s in the east to the lower 90s in the west.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowa Officials Spar Over Property Valuations Delay
Gov. Robert D. Ray says he asked Iowa Revenue Director Donald Briggs to explore delaying new property valuations in many counties. Briggs defends the reevaluations as lawful and aimed at equalizing taxes across commercial industrial and residential classes. A half million dollar reappraisal study in Des Moines targets commercial property with a projected 14 percent valuation increase, while officials consider using private findings to adjust assessments statewide.
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UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa Revenue
Donald Briggs
Briggs
State Revenue Department
Ray
Attorney General's Office
Don Briggs
State Department
Iowa
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