Mission to Asia trip may be in trouble
President Ford's Indochina fact finding mission faced setbacks as two new GOP senators Jake Garn and Paul Laxalt said they would not join the 20-member delegation to Saigon. Delays in dates and composition, plus votes looming in the Senate, threaten the trip and the $300 million emergency aid request. Diplomatic sources noted the Saigon visit was postponed indefinitely.
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Washington
Saigon
Congressional
Senate
Garn
Laxalt
Ford
Congress
South Vietnam
Veto showdown looms over imported oil fee suspension
Congress votes to suspend Ford's import oil fee, but Ford vows a veto. House backed 309 to 114 to delay 90 days, Senate 66 to 28 edges to override expected only if a New Hampshire seat is unsettled. Ford's $1 per barrel, rising to $3 by April, aimed to curb oil imports.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Ford
Jackson
White House
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Congress
Alabama Residents Flee Flood Waters
United Press International reports hundreds of Alabamans fled rising flood waters as the Pea River neared a crest of 38 feet eight feet above flood stage, with National Guardsmen helping sandbag dikes and evacuations. The governor's spokesman said belongings may be saved even if homes are lost and some residents delayed departure to last minute. An Elba deputy sheriff noted people hanging on to the last minute despite the danger.
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United Press International
Alabama
Elba
Ala
National
Iowa Senate panel backs ban on studded snow tires
Des Moines reports the Senate Transportation Committee narrowly approved a bill 6 to 4 to ban studded snow tires, allowing them only for emergency vehicles. The Department of Transportation backs the measure which would end the November 1 to April 1 road allowance. A similar bill stalled last session.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate Transportation Committee
Department of Transportation
Senate
Senate weighs death penalty again in Iowa debate
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate considered reinstating capital punishment with an electric chair option amid a 34 16 vote against a Griffin amendment that would restore hanging for most first degree murders. The chamber also defeated a marijuana penalty easing proposal and heard a marriage age bill proposing a uniform 18 for both sexes.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
James Griffin
Council Bluffs
Griffin
Iowa
Richard Turner
Richard Ramsey
Rosceola
Ramsey
Senate
Phillip Hill
R-Des Moines
Forest Schwengels
R-Fairfield
Clifton Lamborn
Senate Judiciary Committee
Gene Glenn
Ottumwa
Glenn
George Kinley
Bergman
Briles
Burroughs
Hultman
E. Miller
Nystrom
Babedeaux
Taylor
Tieden
Winkleman
Coleman
Nolting
Norpel
Rodgers
Anderson
Curtis
DeKoster
Hansen
Kelly
Lamborn
Schwengels
Shaff
Heying
Hill
Jenkins
Presbe
Scott
Minette Doderer
Iowa City
Washington teachers set ground rules for salary talks
Washington Community School District teachers and administrators laid ground rules for upcoming negotiations on the 1975-76 salary and benefits package. The meeting established team roles, private caucuses, time limits, and the plan to avoid binding settlements until board approval and WEA ratification.
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Washington Community
Washington Education Association
WEA
Mary Fish
Maria Haberer
al Fritz
del Soper
T. J. Berdo
Russ Bannister
Pete Weller
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Henry Soucek
Richard Gipple
John Sproule
Richard Wiley
Jim Lloyd
Board of Education
Farm Bureau seeks funds for Iowa secondary roads
Doyle Jarrard of the Washington County Farm Bureau warns of a growing financial crisis in Iowa’s secondary road system driven by declining gas tax revenue and bridge problems. He cites an $800 million need to address bridges and urges the state general fund to increase support while maintaining current shares of road use tax funds and opposing bonding due to rural property tax burdens.
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Iowa
Doyle Jarrard
Washington County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
City Council Cuts Budget Requests for 1975 76
City finance officials trimmed about 48000 from department asks in a bid to keep the Washington budget within taxing limits for 1975 76. Police library parks and sewers saw reductions though the overall proposal rises to around 1112000 a about 10 percent increase. Committee members Mayor and city officials led the paring to keep the levy under the 30 mill limit with total city levy near 44 mills. The plan allows a 7 percent rise in salaries while cuts in parks and library funds were driven by bequest notes.
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Washington
John Walker
Harry Levy
Harold Johnson
Lloyd Robertson
Robertson
City budget plan sees park funding cut and new tennis court
Weather forecast notes a sunny warmer afternoon with highs near 40 and increasing clouds tonight. The city budget proposes a $17 000 Park Board increase including $7 000 for a Northside Park tennis court and playgrounds funded by federal grants. committees suggest using $43 000 in unencumbered funds instead. Library and police requests face cuts, sewer revenue funds are trimmed, and the council must approve a budget and hold a public hearing by March 15 for certification.
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Park Board
Northside Park
Library Board
Police Department
Postal Service Eyes 13 Cent First Class Stamp
Postal officials told the House Post Office Committee that a 13 cent first class stamp may occur this year with 15 cents possible by 1979. Postmaster Bailor cited need for faster rate setting and economic-aligned increases to fund services amid rising costs.
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Washington
UPI
Postal Service
Benjamin F. Bailor
House Post Office Committee
Jesse T. Ellington Jr
Ellington
Bailor
E. T. Klassen
Debate over 21.3 billion tax cut hits oil depletion delay
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 21.3 billion tax cut bill 29 6 on a plan combining a 200 dollar 1974 tax rebate and 1975 withholding reductions with business breaks. A Republican substitute offering a larger one time 1974 rebate faced rejection, and debate over repealing the oil depletion allowance could delay floor action. If pushed to caucus, passage may slip into March.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means
House Rules Committee
Barber Conable
R-N.y
Ford
Ways and Means Committee
William Green
D-Pa
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
House Democratic Caucus
House Democrats
Rules Committee
Iowa producers call for safeguards after meat packer collapse
At a legislative hearing in Des Moines Iowa beef and pork producers urged bonding and licensing of all slaughterhouses and local bank accounts for packers to protect livestockmen after American Beef Packers inc filed for bankruptcy. They demanded faster livestock payments and a federal insurance program funded by producers packers and retailers. Families damaged by unpaid cattle losses shared their stories. Rep Horace Daggett urged unemployment funds and federal relief. The session also rejected stricter lobbyist meal and drink disclosure rules.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Alvin Miller
Ventura
American Beef Packers, Inc
Omaha
Neb
Department of Agriculture
Ralph Howe
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Howe
Jerry Corey
Lytton
American Beef
Joe Fahn
Portsmouth
Harlan
Horace Daggett
R-Kent
House
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Lipsky
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