Washington Community Schools cancel classes and band concert
Washington schools suspend all classes Wednesday February 24 for a teacher professional day. The Washington High School concert band directed by Larry Green will perform at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The Skunk River flood crest is forecast between 18 and 20 feet at Burlington by Monday with flood stage at 13 feet. A river surge may push water onto adjacent lowlands as rains and snowmelt move downstream. DES MOINES API A bill proposes annual inspections of air pollution control devices on post 1968 cars, filed in the Iowa House as an amendment to motor vehicle inspection legislation, sponsored by Rep Bart Schwieger and Rep Larry Larson.
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Washington High School
Larry Green
Skunk
Brighton
Des Moines
API
Iowa
Bart Schwieger
R - Witerloo
Larry Larson
D‘ames
Cost of living up only a tenth in January
The government reported a 0.1 percent rise in January the smallest monthly increase in four years The index stood at 119 2 meaning the average consumer paid 11 92 for items that cost 10 in 1967 The Labor Department noted boosts in workers take home pay due to reduced income tax withholding rates and credits the rise to policy effects.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Weather warning for Iowa from IPI halt to west and central
United Press International reports a travel warning for extreme west Iowa this afternoon and tonight as rain changes to freezing rain and snow. Strong northerly winds 35 to 55 mph bring near blizzard conditions, with much colder temperatures tonight and lows near 10 to 20s. Saturday brings cloudy skies with occasional snow or squalls and highs in the 20s.
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Iowa
Debate over Vietnam policy splits Senate on POW release
Senators McGovern and Dole pressed Nixon to link withdrawals to POW releases. McGovern urged a definite withdrawal date for all U S forces, while Dole called for suspending air and support unit withdrawals until North Vietnam frees prisoners. Both sides framed the POW issue as central to Vietnamization as Nixon kept a small force to pressure Hanoi.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Vietnam
George S. McGovern
Dl.d
Robert Dole
R-Kan
North Vietnam
Dole
White House
McGovern
Northietnam
South Vietnam
Heavy air losses mark Laos siege amid Vietnam drive
UPI reports heavy toll as South Vietnamese forces push into Laos against the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Eight more helicopters were shot down or damaged, bringing official losses to 18 with higher unofficial tallies. a CH53 Sea Stallion vanished on a resupply mission. At least 34 Americans killed, 85 wounded, 13 missing overall, with 20 dead and 22 wounded in air support in Laos. Recon teams penetrated to Sepone, 27 miles inside the border, as Saigon rumors swirled of a North Vietnam invasion. Cambodian fighting also intensified with shelling along Highway 4 toward Kompong Som.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
U.S
Sepone
North Vietnam
Nguyen Vang Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Highway 4
Kompong Som
APE
Robert E. Sullivan
Khe
Shapp Trades Shirt And Verse With Disgruntled Taxpayer
Governor Milton Shapp and Bob Vertacnik exchange shirts and poems over a proposed 5 percent income tax in Pennsylvania. Vertacnik, earning $6,800, mailed his shirt and a 22 line verse. Shapp returned the shirt with his own and a verse, claiming exemptions would cut Vertacniks tax by $48 yearly.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Milton Shapp
Bob Vertacnik
West Newton
Shapp
Vertacnik
Iowa Dems let 18 year olds join precinct caucuses
Legislation prepared by 36 of 37 Iowa House Democrats would allow anyone over 18 who meets voting qualifications and resides in the precinct to participate in precinct caucuses. Rep. W R Monroe said the bill aims to implement the 18 year old vote and boost participation in party affairs with a vote set for March 19 off-year caucuses. Rep. Richard Radl is not listed as a sponsor.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
W.R. Monroe
D - Burington
Monroe
House
Intercepted Memo Sparks Debate on Poetic Justice
An intercepted memo titled Yours Wes prompts discussion on poetic justice and its implications. The fragment hints at personal or professional rebuke, inviting scrutiny of motive and ethics amid unanswered questions.
Flood threats rise across Iowa as rivers breach banks
Heavy rains and mild weather push streams and creeks over banks in northwestern and north central Iowa. Cherokee sees the Little River three feet above flood stage, threatening homes while flood control efforts proceed. Floyd River floods near LeMars and a Boyer River bridge near Deloit washes away. Skunk and other rivers edge toward flood levels with jams worsening. Decorah exhibits hall wall collapse damages seven cars in Winneshiek County fairgrounds.
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Iowa
Cherokee
Little River
Flood Control Committee
Crawford County
Deloit
Ireton
Gene Terhorst
U.S. 15
LeMars
Afton
Sigourney
Brighton
Augusta
Decorah
Winneshiek County Fair
Approve promotion spending by cities
DES MOINES UPI The House Town Development Committee unanimously backed a bill permitting municipalities to contract with private and public agencies such as chambers of commerce for economic development promotion. The bill would allow use of funds from sources other than real or property taxes, though Rep George Knoke voiced concern about tax use given fiscal conditions, ultimately supporting enabling legislation.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Chambers of Commerce
George Knoke
Council Bluffs
Hhe
Knoke
Prune record attempt at Fort Madison High School
Kevin Fickel, 15, ate 135 prunes at Fort Madison Community High School cafe after a bet to beat the world prune eating record. He said Englishman Edward Baxter previously held 130 prunes and noted Baxter used pitted fruit while Fickel faced unpitted prunes and pits.
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Fort Madison, Iowa
UPI
Kevin Fickel
Kevin
Chums
Fort Madison Community High School
Fickel
Edward Baxter
Baxter
Burns signals inflation risk as recovery nears
Federal Reserve chairman Dr. Arthur F. Burns told the House-Senate Joint Economic Committee that the United States is moving toward a rapid recovery from the slump. He warned that the stimulus from the deficit and monetary expansion to revive growth could unleash fresh inflation if costs and prices are not curbed, even as administration planners push for a 6 to 7 percent money supply growth to hit a $1,065 billion GDP and lower unemployment.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve System
FEC
White House of Congress
Nixon
House-Senate Joint Economic Committee
Burns
Federal Reserve
Iowa Senate Committee approves four year term amendment
A Senate Committee approved a proposed Iowa Constitution amendment to set four year terms for governor, lieutenant governor, state treasurer, state auditor, secretary of state, and attorney general. If ratified, the measure becomes effective in 1974 with voter consideration possible in 1972 if the Senate agrees this year.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Earl
House
Nixon official endorses federal regulation of health insurers
Washington based Health policy official said federal regulation of private health insurers will be essential in Nixon's national health care plan. Veneman noted the proposal would largely rely on private firms and would shift regulation from states to federal later. Kennedy criticized the plan as wasteful and ineffective, calling it poor house medicine.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon Administration
Nixon
John G. Veneman
Veneman
Congress
Nbc-Tv
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Des Moines Lake City Revenue Rise For Towns In 1971
State Treasurer Maurice Baringer reported towns received about 1 million more from road use tax and liquor profits in January and February 1971 than year before. Total distributions near 8.9 to 9.9 million. Road funds accounted for 6.1 million and liquor profits 3.8 million.
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Des Moines
UPD
Maurice Baringer
Wer
Baringer
Baring
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