Iowa considers credit card payment for traffic violations
Iowa public safety officials study allowing motorists to pay speeding fines with Master Charge cards. Deputy Commissioner Robert Holetz says Wisconsin has an experimental program, and Iowa weighs benefits like reduced magistrate appearances and less highway time for officers, while noting risks and costs to secure credit forms and credit card handling.
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Norwin Merens
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
State Highway Patrol
Iowa Department of Pubt Safety
State Safety
Robert Holetz
Iowa
Wisconsin
Holetz
Hearst testifies of abduction and threats by SLA
Patricia Hearst tearfully described her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army in a Berkeley apartment and a hot closet, saying DeFreeze threatened her with death and violence if she protested. She testified about early days in captivity, tapes, and demands tied to freeing SLA members. The jury prepares to visit locations tied to her captivity as the trial resumes.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation ‘Army
SLA
Donald DeFreeze
Miss Hearst
Visi
F. Lee Bailey
United States
Oakland
Marcus Foster
Bailey
Berkeley
Steven Weed
DeFreeze
Cinque
Joseph Remiro
Russell Little
Foster
Bana
Hearst Company
Fortune
The
Hearst
Ford campaigns in Florida warns on Reagan welfare cuts
President Ford barnstorms retirement havens in Florida urging senior voters to beware Ronald Reagan’s proposed cuts to federal welfare programs. He criticizes transferring six major programs to states and questions Social Security and Medicare changes, arguing Reagan is too conservative to win nationally. Ford plans stops in St. Petersburg, Fort Myers, and Miami before returning to Washington.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
UPI
Florida
Ford
Ronald Reagan
St. Petersburg
Reagan
Fort Meyers
Miami
Washington
California
Williams Park
Orlando
Ft Lauderdale
Bicentennial Chorus Program Set by Highland Schools
The Highland Junior High Chorus and Highland High School Festival Chorus join for a bicentennial program on Thursday February 19 at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. The originally planned February 17 date was moved due to conflicts. The junior high chorus performs Let George Do It by Wilson and McCartney while the Festival Chorus sings The Gettysburg Address set to music by William Walker with Robert Curley narrating. Mrs Irene Trotter directs. admission is free and the public is invited.
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Highland Junior High Chorus
Highland High School Festival Chorus
George
Wilson
McCartney
William Walker
Robert Curley
Irene Trotter
Highland
Washington Industrial Corporation Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of the Washington Industrial Corporation will be held Wednesday March 3 at 7 30 p m in the basement rooms of the Iowa Southern Utilities building on the south side of the square in Washington. Members have been notified and proxy vote notices are being mailed. Candidates for the board of directors are Bill Perdock Rex Lee and Richard Weeks.
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Washington Industrial Corporation
Iowa Southern Utilities
Washington
Bill Perdock
Rex Lee
Richard Weeks
Iowa House to Review Senate Local Budget Limit Bill
Iowa Senate approved a local budget growth limit of seven percent after five days of debate. The bill caps growth on portions of local budgets to curb property taxes but faces House action where amendments could reshape it. Senate leaders warned the final shape remains uncertain as House members may adjust provisions and riders.
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Iowa
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Steve Severn
Cedar Rapids
House
Ways and Means
Lowell Norland
Senate
Gerald Bair
Jerome Fitzgerald
D-Fort Dodge
Senate Ways and
Norman Rodgers
D-Adel
Rodgers
William Plymar
Urbandale
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Concert Association plans member drive and kickoff
The Washington Concert Association announces a member enrollment drive beginning February 24 for the 1976 77 season with a kickoff at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Chairwoman Virginia Tschantz reports 62 workers will assist. Ralph Ledin of Allied Concerts will speak at the kickoff. hostesses are Dwain Tschantz and Bill Helscher.
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Washington Concert Association
Washington
Taylor String Quartet
Virginia Tschantz
Katherine Stewart
Dwain Tschantz
North Marion
Bill Helscher
South Th
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Ralph Ledin
Allied Concerts
Minneapolis
Om Cal Wolf
Ainsworth
W. A. Trotter
Louis Koehler
Crawfordsville
Richard Dare
Brighton
Marion Dunbar
West Chester
Keota
Calvin Wolf
Columbus Junction
Hope Dunn
Lee Bucholz
J Wetherell
R. J. Crandall
Art instructor Bump seeks alumni for big Washington show
Washington High School art teacher Carlton Bump plans an April 2 exhibition in the gym featuring hundreds of student works collected from 1961 to present. He aims to contact about 400 former students, soliciting addresses and notes, with help from class reunion organizers and the Art Guild to fill gaps for a monumental alumni art display.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington County
Carlton Bump
Washington High School
Washington
Bump
Thas
C.B
WHS
Art Service Club
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