City council approves 6 percent wage rise for workers
Washington city council met to set pay rates for the coming year approving an average increase of about six percent with some individual adjustments. Grand jurors for Washington County were drawn for 1971, listing 12 residents from Keota to Washington and Brighton. In Atlantic City, Mr Raymond's Bar reported slow business with theft totaling $195 from cash register, liquor shelves, and a missing TV.
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Georgina White
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Des Moines Board of Trade eyed as contract market
Iowa businessmen announce plans to form the Des Moines Board of Trade with 12 members and seek designation as a contract market by the U S Department of Agriculture. The group plans to trade live hogs cattle pork bellies corn oats soybeans and eggs noting central Iowa’s livestock and grain production. Kenneth Mitchell named president says interest from Iowa Feed and Grain Association members supports formal action.
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Iowa official urges hard bid on highway safety reform
Des Moines UPI reports Iowa Insurance Commissioner Worthington, new NAIC head, calls for a three pronged state action to curb rising auto insurance costs. He proposes strict driver and industry limits, annual vehicle inspections, reduced speed limits, habitual violator penalties, and no fault liability with comparative negligence to cut deaths, injuries, and property losses while stabilizing rates.
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Towa
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Iowa
National Post
Father Ordered to Pay Daughter Support Despite Hippie Lifestyle
New York family court judge Millard L. Midonick ordered a father to pay 5750 to his University of Louisville student daughter by noon Monday or face 30 days in jail for contempt. The ruling, stayed pending Appellate Division review, upheld the daughter's independence from a father who cut support after she moved out and earned better grades.
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Midonick
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Intercepted Memo Rate Father New York Storm Support
An intercepted memo from New York notes urgent requests for support during a storm. Focal figures include a father figure seeking aid and a request channel for relief measures. The document hints at coordinated assistance efforts amid adverse weather conditions.
Gamblers May Get Tax Break If Senate Delays Action
Washington based report notes Senate inaction could allow bookies and other illegal gamblers to escape a $1000 annual levy. The House passed the measure taxing all who collect illegal wagers and 10 percent on profits with penalties up to 10000 dollars and five years in prison. The bill restricts Treasury use of levy data in criminal cases.
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Weather forecast for Iowa with mixed cold to mild temps
United Press International reports Iowa will be fair and not as cold tonight with lows near zero in the northeast and around 20 in the southwest. Wednesday will be warmer with mostly cloudy skies. Winds from the south push highs from the upper 20s in the northeast to the upper 30s in the southwest.
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