Ford asks Congress to pass $349 billion budget plan
President Ford outlined a $349.4 billion federal budget for fiscal 1976 with a $52 billion deficit, urging Congress to accept $17 billion in reductions to avoid a near $70 billion shortfall and to restore economic health while pursuing energy conservation and inflation control.
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Ford
Congress
Washington
UPI
State Department
Atlanta
White House
Ron Nelsen
Harold Wilson
Oval Office
Seid Ford
Fire Devastates Linn Grove Rendering Co Building
Damage was estimated at 100000 to 200000 dollars after a Friday fire at Linn Grove Rendering Co in Buena Vista County. The firm owned by Lawrence Baltzer lost most new equipment. the building was nearly a total loss. No employees were injured. Fire may have started from an electrical problem. investigation would continue.
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Linn Grove
Iowa
UPI
Linn Grove Rendering Co
Buena Vista County
Lawrence Baltzer
Baltzer
Des Moines Iowa Farm Crops Value Climbs 8 Percent
The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service reports 1974 farm crops including fruits seeds and vegetables rose eight percent from 1973 to 5.295 million dollars. Corn and soybeans dropped, offset by higher prices for other crops. corn still accounted for about 63 percent of value. Iowa ranks second nationally, behind California, with Illinois, California and Iowa together supplying about one quarter of U.S. crop values.
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DES Moines
UPI
Towa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
California
Illinois
Mayors seek 15 billion in federal aid to save cities
UPI reports big city mayors at the national conference urged Congress to provide 15 billion dollars in federal aid to combat inflation and recession. They called for 5 billion to offset energy costs, 1 billion more for EDA public works, 3 billion to repair facilities, 5 billion for 500000 public service jobs, and 850 million for youth programs, plus tax reform and welfare changes.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Congress
Enry Maier
Milwaukee
Economic Development Administration
Cit
Annual funding debate sparks chaos in Iowa legislature
In Des Moines UPI reports Senate Republican Leader Clifton Lamborn calls the move toward annual appropriations chaotic as committees struggle with budgeting. House Democrats defend control, studying cost of living adjustments for 1976 and awaiting tax receipt projections.
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DES Moines
UPI
Senate
Clifton Lamborn
Lamborn
House
Robert D. Ray
Jerome Fitzgerald
D - Fort Dodge
Ray
Fitzgerald
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Cloyd Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Sen
Willard Hansen
Hansen
Crawfordsville teen to compete for Iowa Park Queen title
Lorna Sue McCoy of Crawfordsville will travel to Sioux City next week to vie for the Iowa Park Queen crown. She is Washington County Park Queen and a William Penn College liberal arts major. At Waco High School she participated in band chorus National Honor Society and pep clubs and was a twirler and cheerleader.
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Lorna Sue McCoy
Crawfordsville
Sioux City
Flu deaths hit epidemic level for third straight week
ATLANTA reports flu deaths reached 745 for the week ending January 25, with widespread spread in the Southeast and Midwest. Outbreaks rose in the West North Central and West South Central regions while some Oregon counties reported activity. Kansas schools saw absenteeism up to fifty percent.
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Atlanta
UPI
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
Southeast
Midwest
West North Central
West South Central
Kansas
Pacific
Oregon
New England
mid-Atlantic
Buffalo
Albany
New York State
Iowa income tax equity plan faces possible delay
Des Moines lawmakers warned continued disagreement over how to make Iowa's income tax more equitable could prevent action this session. The Ray proposal would raise the standard deduction to 750 and exempt minimum income to 5000, but Democrats object to several features.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
Ways and Means
Norman Rodgers
D-Adel
Rodgers
Arthur Neu
Robert D. Ray
Ray
House
Sikely
Nell
Weekend Weather Mix Brings Warmer Temperatures
Mostly cloudy today with little temperature change then partly cloudy tonight and a bit warmer Sunday. Highs around 30 today, lows in the low 20s, Sunday highs near 35. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph today, southeast around 10 mph tonight.
Iowa Teachers Could See Averages Near Twelve Thousand
Des Moines reports from the Iowa Association of School Boards indicate 75 districts have reached early contracts, with average teacher salaries at about 12,001 dollars and a 9.7 percent rise from the prior year. Base salaries in these districts mostly range 7,800 to 8,000 dollars, with statewide figures from 6,800 to 8,354 dollars.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Towa Assocation of
IASB
Wayne Lueders
Lueders
Towa
Private airliner crashes near Huston in storm
UPI reports a private twin engine DC3 with about 19 or 20 aboard crashed two miles short of Intercontinental Airport after slicing two power lines. Six killed, crew included the pilot, many injured. Waterwood Land Development Corp., of Liwton, Oklahoma, owned the aircraft.
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Houston
UPI
Intercontinental
Waterwood Land Development Corp
Liwton
Okla
Lawton
Texas of Public Safety
Harris County
Terry Rhodes
Sezis
Escapee tied to Iowa double murder spurs wider search
Ronald Brewer 35 of Council Bluffs, an escapee from Anamosa Men’s Reformatory, is wanted for questioning in the Anamosa couple slayings. Autopsies show Clarence Edwards 52 died by one gunshot, Patricia Edwards 47 by two. State officials ban outside inmate programs for 30 days while reviews proceed.
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Anamosa, Iowa
UPI
Ronald Brewer
Council Bluffs
Anamosa
Clarence Edwards
Patricia
Edwards
Brewer
Greg Holumb
Anamosa High School
Herbert Pennock
Pennock
Dubuque
Regis Weland
Nolan Ellandson
State Division of Correctional Institutions
Reformatory
Towa
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Craig Beck
Brewser
Kieler
Wis
Kiefer
East Dubuque
Beck
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