Democrats to tighten scrutiny of Ray appointments in senate
In Des Moines the Democratic caucus vows a tougher stance on gubernatorial appointees. They condemn boards with Republican majorities such as the Soil Conservation Commission and Natural Resources Council and say confirmations may be blocked where GOP sway exceeds a simple majority.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
Robert D. Ray
George Kinley
Ray
Minnette Doderer
Iowa City
State Soil Conservation Commission
Natural Resources Council
Gene Glenn
D-Ottumwa
Soil Conservation Commission
Milo Merritt
D-Osage
Merritt
Kinley
Robert Carr
D-Dubuque
Free Concert By Highland High And Junior High Students
Highland and junior high students present a free concert at the school building Tuesday at 7 30 p m with performers from both levels including the high school jazz band. The public is invited to attend.
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Highland High School
Weather forecast for the week ahead
Mostly clear and warmer through Tuesday with lows in the low 30s tonight and highs in the low 60s on Tuesday. Winds from the southwest to west at 10 to 15 mph tonight.
Road workers seek funds to cover 1976 unemployment
Des Moines report says five highway construction unions, led by Bud Mahannah of 5-PACT, warn that without about 110 million dollars in road funding this year, half the state’s road workers could lose their jobs during the 1976 construction season. They met with lawmakers to press for more money and oppose diagonal highways.
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DES Moines
IDPA
E. A
Bud” Mahannah
5- Pact
Iowa
House Transportation Committee
5-PACT
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Wright
Franklin
Mahannan
Operating Engineers Union
Burdett Cochran
Iowa State Council of Carpenters
Carl Osterhouldt
Plaster’s and Cement Mason's International Association
Mel Smith
Iowa Conference Teamsters
Eugene Sullivan
Iowa Laborers District Council
Des Moines Area
Smith
Iowa City
ASCS reminds farmers of crop payment limit
The 1973 act imposes a 20000 dollar cap per person on wheat feed grain and upland cotton payments for 1974 to 1977. William Day of the Washington County ASCS office urged affected farmers to contact for details noting definition of person and few county farmers near the limit but possible disaster case interest.
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Agriculture and Consumers Protection Act
William Day
Washington County
ASCS
Secretary of Agriculture
Day
Supreme Court to rule on widowers benefits discrimination
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if Social Security rules favoring widows over widowers violate equal protection. HEW warns a ruling would cost $400 million yearly and strain the Social Security trust fund.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Brooklyn
N.Y
HEW
U.S. Court of Appeals
Ripon Society
Cleveland
NBC Television
First presidential primary in New Hampshire 1976 update
Democrats Bayh Carter Harris Udall and Shriver camp in Manchester Nashua for final pleas before the first 1976 presidential primary. Ford and Reagan campaign across states with public debate looming as voters head to polls. Republicans clash over policy and plans.
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Manchester
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Birch Bayh
Jimmy Carter
Fred Harris
Morris Udall
Manchester-Nashua
Sargent Shriver
Massachusetts
Boston
Ford
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Illinois
Reagan
Florida
Bayh
Harris
Shriver
Udall
Carter
Pork Banquet Set for March 6 in Washington
The Washington County Pork Producers Association will hold its annual pork banquet on Saturday March 6 at the K of C Hall in Washington. A buffet windsor pork chop supper will be served 5:30 to 7 p.m. Events include the County Pork Queen Contest, state pork convention reports, a district 9 state council message by Bob Gatton, and a featured address by Jerry Passer. Carcass results from the Winter Barrow Show will be announced. Music by Kenny Miller and the Nitehawks follows the banquet around 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and available from association directors.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington County Pork Producers Association
K of C Hall
Washington
Waterloo
Bob Gatton
Rose Hill
Jerry Passer
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Jim Witthoff
Kenny Miller
Nitehawks
Witthoft
Charles Twinam
Terry Greiner
Ed Whetstine
Orlin Reschly
Don Dickinson
John Schneider
John Skubal
Keith Hora
Ford proposes 2.5 billion annual block grant for aid to needy families
President Ford asks Congress for a 2.5 billion dollar annual block grant to states for social services. The plan removes matching fund requirements and reduces federal oversight while directing funds to those in poverty and on public assistance.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Midwest states receive funds from Ford plan total
White House released a list showing each midwestern state’s allocation from Ford’s $2.5 billion Community Services plan. Illinois 133.75 Indiana 63.25 Iowa 34.5 Kansas 27.25 Kentucky 39.75 Michigan 107.75 Minnesota 46.5 Missouri 56.75 Nebraska 18.25 North Dakota 7.5 Ohio 127.75 South Dakota 8.25 Wisconsin 54.5 in millions of dollars.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Ford
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Three Inmates Injured in Ft Madison Pen Disturbance
State agents and prison officials investigated a Sunday night disturbance at the State Penitentiary in Fort Madison Iowa that hospitalized three inmates. Earlier three inmates were hospitalized but labeled injuries as accidents, with about 50 inmates involved in the dining hall confrontation before officers dispersed the riot.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
UPI
State Penitentiary
Jim Hardin
Hardin
Senators named as receiving oil firm gifts
A UPI report notes a majority of senators who backed natural gas deregulation allegedly received contributions from Gulf Oil Phillips Association and Ashland Oil Cos. The list includes Pearson Bentsen Hatfield Byrd Randolph Hartke Nunn Weicker Beall McClellan Eastland Long Johnston Scott Griffin Brock Baker Taft McClure Hansen Fannin Stevens Tower Byrd I Fong Hruska Curtis Thurmond.
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Washington
UPI
American Public Gas Association
Edwin Rothschild
Gulf Oil
Phillips Association
Ashland Oil Cos
Internal Revenue Service
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate Ethics Committee
Rothschild
SEC
James Pearson
R-Kan
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Jennings Randolph
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Glenn Beall
R-Md
John McClellan
D-Ark
James Eastland
D-Miss
Russell Long
D-La
Bennett Johnston
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
William Brock
R-Tenn
Howard Baker
Robert Taft
Ohio
James McClure
Idaho
Clifford Hansen
Wyo
Paul Fannin
Ariz
Ted Stevens
Alaska
John Tower
R-Tex
Harry Byrd
I-Va
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
Roman Hruska
Carl Curtis
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Great Crawfordsville Republican Reunion Planned in Iowa
Iowa GOP plans the Great Crawfordsville Republican Reunion for August 7 to mark the party’s founding. State GOP Chairman Thomas Stoner calls it a significant national event and says Crawfordsville is the birthplace of the Republican Party, inviting all Iowans to join the heritage observance.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Republican Party
Crawfordsville
GOP
Thomas Stoner
Stoner
Crawford Township
Hearst Judge Orders Hearst to Answer About Missing Year
In San Francisco UPI reports the judge requires Patricia Hearst to testify on the so called missing year of her underground life. Hearst had invoked the Fifth Amendment 21 times last week over the period from September 1974 to September 1975 citing self incrimination.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Iowa Snowstorm Disrupts Travel and Schools
A weekend blizzard dumped up to 14 inches of snow across Iowa with winds to 40 mph, closing roads and many schools in west central Iowa. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids airports were shut. one 12 car I-80 pileup near Adair injured people. three deaths blamed on the storm. Weather warms to near 60 by afternoon easing conditions later week.
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United Press International
Jim Kaplan
National Weather Service
Des Moines
Iowa
West Union
Postville
Oelwein
Elkader
Interstate 80
Adair
Cedar Rapids
Greyhound
U.S. 65
Bondurant
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