City council approves road use tax and traffic signs
Washington city council adopted the road use tax proposal presented by city clerk Lloyd Robertson at Monday night’s meeting. They also approved yield signs for east west traffic at Second and Jackson and stop signs at Fourth and Jackson, plus renewal of the VFW Club liquor license. The Cedar Rapids school board adopted a starting salary of 7300 for the 1971 72 year, up 280 from the current term. Two killed and one injured in a one car crash on U S 59 near Larrabee. Peregrine falcons near extinction in California due to pesticides. Johnny Carson’s wife seeks temporary alimony as divorce action proceeds. couple separated about six months.
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Washington City
Lloyd Robertson
Second and
Jackson
Fourth and
VFW Club
Cedar Rapids
UPI
Iowa
Iowa lawmakers join Puerto Rico leaders conference trip
Eleven Iowa House and Senate members plus Secretary of the Senate Carroll Lane spent five days in Puerto Rico for a national legislative leaders conference sanctioned by the Council of State Governments. Costs estimated at 500 to 600 dollars per person, hotel rooms at 28 dollars a day, with leaders Harbor and Jepsen selecting attendees amid mixed reactions.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Carroll Lane
Puerto Rico
Council of State Governments
William Harbor
R - Henderson
Roger Jepsen
Harbor
Jepsen
House
Andrew Varley
R - Stuart
GOP
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
June Franklin
Rudy van Drie
R - Ames
van Drie
Richard Drake
R - Muscatine
Robert Kreamer
Clifton Lamborn
Maquoketa
Cans
James Potgeter
R-Steamboat Rock
Lane
Potgeter
General Assembly
Senate panel backs health, welfare and tax overhaul plan
The Senate Finance Committee approved a broad measure to reform trade welfare Social Security and health insurance. It would finance $9 billion in extra benefits including an 80 percent hospital and doctor coverage for major medical costs, funded by higher Social Security taxes. The plan would affect about 95 percent of Americans under 65 and require tax-base or rate increases. the bill heads to the Senate for debate as Congress plans year-end adjournment.
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Washington
UPL
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Committee works on proposals for high school agriculture
Washington High School educators and the Agriculture Study Committee are revising the agriculture curriculum to align with today’s needs. Led by Burge Hammond and Al Kinzler, the group plans flexible tracks for ninth graders and older students, ensuring adherence to state standards while broadening options beyond farming careers.
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Washington High School
Burge Hammond
al Kinzler
Bruce Campbell
Walter Pacha
Bill Hennigan
Bob Ruppert
Jim
Tom Cope
Richard Gipple
Ambush hits Jordanian patrol as guerrillas step up shelling
A Jordanian army patrol was ambushed by Arab guerrillas at a road fork near Jerash, 24 miles north of Amman. The preplanned attack used machineguns, mortars, and rockets, destroying one vehicle with no army casualties. The incident threatened a cease-fire after five days of fighting as King Hussein met in New York. The wider conflict included Gaza incidents and ongoing talks in Washington with Israeli and Egyptian officials.
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United Press International
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Amman
Jerash
Cairo
Hussein
New York
Washington
Nixon
Moshe Dayan
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Egypt
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Beirut
Irbid
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Ky Returns Home From United States to South Vietnam
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky arrived in Saigon from Hawaii aboard a commercial jetliner to a greeting by Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem and U S officials. He said the United States would pursue a hands off policy in South Vietnam's 1971 presidential election and that any political solution would be purely South Vietnamese. Ky, in a news conference, thanked the American people for aid in the Indochina War and declined to discuss his own political future.
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Mai
Ao Dai
Hawaii
Tran Thien Khiem
U S
Ellsworth C. Bunker
Air Force
U.S
Intercepted Memo Warns on Women’s Lib and Husbandry
An intercepted memo from a government study group in Washington cautions that liberal reforms are advancing but warns against permitting women’s liberation efforts to abolish animal husbandry practices. The note reflects era concerns over social change and policy safeguards.
Strikes Hit Britain Shut Markets and Docks in Unrest
Britain faced widespread industrial disruption as strikes cut power and halted daily life. About 125,000 electricity workers backed a 30 percent pay demand while a one day protest strike shut London's Smithfield Meat Market and Covent Garden Market. Docks in London, Glasgow, Bristol and other ports were paralyzed as print workers also joined the walkouts. Prime Minister Heath convened a cabinet meeting as unrest spread.
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London
UPI
Britain
Edward Heath
Northern
Ireland
Smithfield
Covent Garden
Glasgow
Bristol
Iowan backs plan for food stamps
Iowa congressman joins bipartisan House group pushing a three year $7.5 billion food stamp program. Reps Neal Smith Thomas Foley Albert Quie and William Steiger back a substitute to win House approval. The plan would fund low income families who trade stamps for groceries, with a work test debated in the Senate and House.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
House
Neal Smith
Thomas Foley
D Wash
Albert Quie
R - Minn
William Steiger
Wis
Agriculture Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Weather IOWA: Partly cloudy and warmer tonight
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with lows in the 30s northeast to the low 40s southeast. Increasing cloudiness on Wednesday with highs from the middle to upper 40s in the north and the low 40s in the south.
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United Press International
Iowa
Not Too Far Apart Trucker Wage Talks Continue
Negotiators for 5 000 Teamsters gasoline and fuel oil tank truck drivers in 13 Midwest states including Iowa are not far apart as a strike seeks higher wages. Detroit Local 283 chief Stephen Shultz said talks with carriers and federal mediator Sam P. Mazza in Chicago aim to avert shortages. drivers seek 1.65 per hour over three years, with 0.65 this year, 0.50 next two years, current wage 4.07.
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Chicago
UPI
Iowa
Stephen Shultz
Detroit Teamsters Local 283
Teamsters Central Division
Automotive and Petroleum Department
Michigan
Ohio
Detroit
Shultz
Labor Petroleum Advisers Association
Sam P. Mazza
Midwest
Teamsters
Ilinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
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