Campbell to Attend State Air Quality Meetings in Iowa
Herb Campbell from near Washington attends state Environmental Quality committee meetings in Gladbrook today and Thursday. He then meets with the Air Quality Commission in Des Moines on Friday. Campbell, a former state legislator, was named to the commission by Gov Ray in December. The air panel is one of five commissions in the Iowa Department of Environmental Quality.
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Herb Campbell
Near Washington
Gladbrook
Air Quality Commission
Des Moines
Campbell
Ray
Air Commission
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Parsons College must pay former professor back wages
The Iowa Supreme Court ordered Parsons College of Fairfield to pay Ben Collins more than 50 000 in back wages and interest after the school reduced his salary and stripped tenure in 1968, overturning a lower court ruling. Collins now teaches at the University of North Dakota.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Supreme Court Today
Parsons College of Fairfield
Ben Collins
University of North Dakota
Jefferson County
Collins
Iowa Senate Rejects Smoking Ban in Upper Chamber
The Iowa Senate sent back a proposed rule blocking all smoking in the upper chamber after a 28 to 20 vote. Sen. Tom Riley of Cedar Rapids had argued the current smokers were asphyxiating others, but lawmakers deemed the rule too restrictive.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
UN Security Council eyeing Panama City meeting in March
The United Nations Security Council tentatively agrees to a March meeting in Panama City despite U S concerns over possible Panama Canal disputes. Outgoing U S ambassador George Bush opposed the plan on his last day as delegation head ahead of his Senate chair bid. The council will report on costs with Panama pledging about 100000 dollars.
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UPI
UN Security Council
Panama City
United States
Panama Canal
U.S
George Bush
Panama
Bush
Republican National Committee
New York
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Security Council
Council
Military advisers pulled back in Viet Nam fighting areas
U.S. command ordered American advisers to pull back from ground combat zones if attacked to avoid needless casualties while fighting is set to continue after a cease-fire. Air operations remain active as B52s and fighter bombers conduct heavy raids in South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
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Saigon
Vietnam
ARVN
Guam
Thailand
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
North
Hanoi
Supreme Court denies workers comp for injured inmates
In a unanimous ruling the Iowa Supreme Court held prisoners injured while working in prison industries do not qualify for workmen comp. Justices urged the Legislature to provide compensation protection, backing a lower court ruling in Theodore Frederick’s 1969 injury at Anamosa’s Men’s Reformatory.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Jones County
Harold Vietor
Sioux City
Theodore Frederick
Frederick
Iowa Men's Reformatory
Anamosa
Iowa Industrial
Robert Landess
Landess
Landers
Vietor
Mark McCormick
Fort Dodge
McCormick
Peace in Vietnam Still Seen Unlikely Before Inauguration
Rumors of a near cease-fire persist in world capitals as Paris Saigon and Washington hold talks. U.S. officials say Nixon will not announce a cease-fire at his inauguration and Haig briefs Thieu while Kissinger Tho plan further private discussions.
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Vietnam
Paris
Saigon
Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Alexander Haig
Thieu
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Haig-Thieu
Haig
U.s.-Hanoi
Florida White House
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Don Webster
Richard Wagner
Washington-Hanoi
Webster
Ziegler
White House
Kissinger-Tho
Weather outlook mild with showers through Thursday
Mostly cloudy and mild this afternoon with highs in the lower 50s. Tonight and Thursday bring a chance of showers or thundershowers. Southerly winds 15 to 20 mph this afternoon, southeast winds 10 to 15 mph tonight and Thursday, with lows in the mid 40s and highs Thursday in the 45 to 50 range. Measurable precipitation probabilities: 5 percent this afternoon, 30 percent tonight, 40 percent Thursday.
Joint county city effort under study
A tentative step toward a joint Washington County and Washington city law enforcement group was taken at a Tuesday meeting led by County Attorney Tracy Anderson. Attended by the city council, Mayor Ralph Martin, Sheriff Don Robertson, and the county board of supervisors, the session talked through a study proposal to combine agencies and centralize fingerprints, photos, and records. A grand jury recommendation from October urged exploring the plan and forming a study committee to evaluate implementation, possibly including jail use. the city council is expected to consider the resolution at its next meeting.
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Washington County
Tracy Anderson
Washington City
Sheriff's Office
Washington County Grand Jury
Don Robertson
Ralph Martin
Police Department
Board of Supervisors
Washington shows 1972 as year of broad civic gains
The county's 1972 year in review notes lower private construction total at 904000 yet more housing units and higher average home value. It highlights downtown refurbishing under R Town, a half million dollar street and utility program, a new 500000 gallon water tower, plus reductions in police calls and traffic cases and increases in marriages and divorces.
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Washington
United Presbyterian Church
James Bush
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Isaac Kidd
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Senate
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Rule
Liberia
Kidd
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