Busing orders stir turmoil as school term opens nationwide
Across the United States the new school term proceeded with busing to speed integration though incidents of violence and arson surfaced. In Pontiac Michigan attackers destroyed nine buses while others were damaged, and Lumbee Indian parents blocked a Maxton North Carolina school. NAACP seeks to overturn a Norfolk Virginia stay on the desegregation plan, while protests erupt in Fort Lauderdale Florida as districts prepare for integration.
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Norfolk
Save Our Neighborhood Schools
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Pompano Beach
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Robert F. Jackson
U.S
Damon Keith
Keith
NAACP
Donald Davis Jr
Dem senator alleges local harassment to block welfare aid
Des Moines Democrat Sen. John Tapscott told a legislative interim committee that county supervisors pressure potential welfare recipients to stay off aid programs due to embarrassment and cost sharing. He favors state funding of the grants and removal of county involvement.
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Ottumwa embezzler placed on probation
Alma Jeanne Coffin, 41, former Union Bank teller in Ottumwa, pleads guilty to three counts of embezzlement and is placed on three years probation with restitution of 15000. Federal Judge William C. Hanson suspends a five year prison term, all probation terms run concurrently.
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UPI
Ottumwa
Alma Jeanne Coffin
Union Bank and Trust Co
William C. Hanson
Coffin
Iowa Weather Ahead Scattered Storms Mostly North Tonight
The forecast calls for scattered thundershowers mainly in the northern counties tonight with overnight lows in the 60s to around 70. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and warm with highs in the mid to upper 80s.
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United Press International
Iowa
Iowa Auditor alleges special orders blocked Old Capitol bottles
State Auditor Lloyd Smith charged that Iowa Liquor Control Commission Chairman Kenneth Anderson ordered 1326 Old Capitol replica bottles withheld from public sale for 14 individuals before the August 16 release. The audit cites 10 stores across eight communities withholding bottles, with 19 sold ahead of the public sale.
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Iowa Liquor Control Commission
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Robert D. Ray
Iowa City
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Ottumwa
Alimony, coal prices slip through 90 day freeze rulings
Government rulings on the wage price rent freeze permit alimony and child support payments to rise, and allow coal firms to charge pre freeze levels with limits. Importers may be stuck on price changes from currency values, and new import taxes may pass through. Office of Emergency Preparedness denies wage hikes, catalog price rises, and raises in some city salaries. European fears grow over new import restrictions tied to the administration’s plan.
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UPI
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Office of Emergency Preparedness
Ree Toy
OEP
Ixon
Farm Bureau policy supper discusses taxes and youth votes
Iowa First District Farm Bureau policy committee members from 13 counties met at the Willows Supper Club for a get acquainted supper with Congressman Frea Schwengel. Topics ranged from weeds and crops to President Nixon’s economic program, wage and price controls, and 18 to 21 year old voters impact on legislation.
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Frea Schwengel
Vietnam
Farm Bureau
Iowa
the Willows
Fred Holsteen
Holsteen
Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
Herb Campbell
Ashington County
Dale Nelson
James Mohs
Schwengel
Nixon Confers With Richardson on School Busing Aid
President Nixon meets with Health and Welfare Secretary Elliot Richardson in San Clemente to discuss explosive issues including school busing and aid to parochial schools.
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San Clemente, Calif
UPI
Nixon
Health and Welfare
Elliot Richardson
City crews install brighter mercury vapor street lamps
Mayor Ralph Martin announced replacement of old lights around the square and nearby streets with mercury vapor lamps. Thirteen new poles will host 1000 watt lamps replacing 400 watt units. The project cost has not yet been determined.
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Ralph Martin
Drought Prunes Washington County Corn Prospects
Rainfall in August fell well short of normal in Washington County 1.10 inches vs 3.5 normal. Extension director Jim Frier says drought reduces crop prospects and could cut yields by about ten percent though some fields show blight containment where moisture is lacking. The Iowa crop report notes a drop in corn condition from 53 to 13 percent excellent and slower progress than last year with growing ear infection damage in affected fields.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Frier
Washington
Iowa
Inflationary farm costs may ease by Sept statement
Washington reports that rising farm costs could turn down in the month ending September 15, per USDA economist Don Paarlberg. While not predicting, he noted costs may retreat from an all-time high as farm prices held steady in August and commodity prices fluctuated. Farmers faced unchanged revenues while costs rose over the year, keeping parity at about 70 percent of traditional earning power.
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UPI
Don Paarlberg
Agriculture Department
Paarlberg
Crop - Reporting Board
Jepsen denounces Ripon Society over Ray race
Lt. Gov. Roger Jepsen dismisses a Ripon Society report claiming a clash with Gov. Robert D. Ray could derail Sen. Jack Miller’s reelection. He calls the report a political tactic and says he will pursue the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
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Ripon Society
Robert D. Ray
Jack Miller
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