Regents approve funds for UNI dome and more
The Iowa Board of Regents approved an 6,075,000 budget for the UNI Dome project and 280,000 for an Iowa State coal research facility. An additional 130,000 was set for UNI remodeling, with a 2%-year ISU Ames solid waste contract. Also approved were road relocations for University Hospital Iowa City, a revised tuition payment plan, and the 1976 77 U of I academic calendar.
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Ames, Iowa
UPI
State Board of Regents
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa State University
Regents
UNI
Iowa Coach
Energy and Mineral Resources Research Institute
Coach
Iowa
Robert Hansen
Institute
ISU
Ames
University Hospital
Iowa City
Roy J. Carver
University of Iowa
U of I
Multiple Vehicle Crashes Reported Near Washington and Springville
A driver sustained head cuts in a one car wreck at the north edge of Brighton after a southbound car crossed Highway 78 and struck a utility pole. Damage was about 700 dollars and the driver faced a charge for failure to have control. Another collision on Highway 1 near Washington involved Dale Helfrich rear ending Everett Wheaton as Wheaton slowed for a railroad crossing. damage about 750 dollars and Helfrich charged with failure to have control. In Springville Iowa an 11 year old boy was shot in the face when a shotgun discharged while another boy showed the gun. he was in very critical condition at University Hospitals in Town City. In Ottumwa 15 contestants vie for Iowa Junior Miss 1975 with a 1600 dollar scholarship and a chance at the national pageant in Mobile, Alabama.
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Kay Dean Sells
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Brighton
Highway No. 1
Highway 78
Benton Street
Dale Howard Helfrich
Everett Dale Wheaton
Pulaski
Wheaton
Helfrich
Springville
Towa
UPI
Richard Law
Charles Law
Town City
Richard
Steven Ludley
Ludley
Law
Ottumwa, Iowa
Iowa
Ottumwa
Mobile
Ala
Linda Resnick
Davenport
Farmers Home approves $315,000 loan for Hampton housing
The Farmers Home Administration announced a $315,000 loan to Hampton Community Housing Corp to build a rural rental project of 12 one bedroom and seven two bedroom units. Rep. Charles Grassley said the loan is repayable in 50 years at 9 percent interest.
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Hampton
Iowa
UPI
Farmers Home Administration
Hampton Community Housing Corp
Charles Grassley
R-New Hartford
Chou Enlai Re elected Premier At China Congress
Hong Kong based UPI reports Premier Chou Enlai, 76, re elected by China’s National People’s Congress at its first meeting in a decade. The congress also named Teng Hsiao ping as vice premier and Yeh Chien ying to succeed Lin Piao, with plans for a revised constitution and leadership shifts in Beijing.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Chou Enlai
National People’s Congress of China
New China News ‘Agency
Teng Hsiao-ping
Teng
Chinese Communist Party
Chou
Congress
Yeh Chien-ying
Defense
Lin Piao
Mao
Lin
Yeh
China
Mongolia
Peking
National People’s Congress
Communist Party
Lao Tse-tung
NCNA
Iowa Legislature Accepts State Legislative Improvement Award
Lt. Gov. Arthur Nell announced Iowa's Legislative Improvement Award in Washington. House Speaker Dale Cochran and Senate leaders accepted for the legislature along with former leaders. The award, given by the Citizens Conference on State Legislatures and presented by President Ford, cited six years of reforms including annual sessions and smaller size. Nell urged openness and efficiency, warning Iowa could move toward a fulltime legislature amid complex state government.
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Des Moines
UPI
Arthur Nel Friday
Iowa
Washington
Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
Ford
White House
House
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Senate
Minette Doderer
Iowa City
Andrew Varley
Roger Shaff
General Assembly
Neu
Iowa Senate
Nell
Carroll
Iowa City Teachers Honor Mrs Piercy
The Iowa City Educators Association and allied groups honor Mrs Harold R Piercy, 1975 Iowa Teacher of the Year, at an open house February 2 from 2 to 4 30 p m at West High School Iowa City. Presentations at 2 00 p m in the West High Little Theater. Mrs Piercy, a Columbus Junction graduate, holds a BA from Iowa Wesleyan and an MS in Education from Western Illinois. She leads Project RISE and serves as state president of Delta Kappa Gamma and chairs for the International Reading Association.
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Iowa City Educators Association
Area Council of Ptas
Community Board of Education
The
Chamber of Commerce
Harold R. Piercy
Iowa
West High School
Melrose Avenue
Iowa City
West High Little Theater
Piercy
Columbus High School
Columbus
RISE
Town Congress of Parents and Teachers
Man Threatens Suit After City Seizes His Trash Heap
In Atlanta Willie J. Hill, 64, whose duplex housed years of collected garbage, plans to sue the city to recover the discarded waste removed by four garbage trucks in response to neighbors' complaints. His sister and neighbors described unsafe conditions and foul odors from the wall to wall trash.
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Atlanta
UPI
Willie J. Hill
Hill
State Health Department
Willie
Evelyn Marin
Rosa Wright
Foley Expected to Head House Agriculture Committee
A Democratic farm bloc predicts Rep. Thomas Foley of Washington will win the chairmanship of the House Agriculture Committee without controversy next week. Foley, the panel’s second ranking Democrat, would succeed veteran Rep. W R Poage after a caucus vote ousted Poage. The move is seen as broadening representation and boosting consumer voices while keeping farm policy pragmatism.
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Washington
UPI
House
Democratic Caucus
Thomas Foley
Wash
House Agriculture Committee
Bob Bergland
D-Minn
Foley
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Poage
Community Center drawing plans advance in Washington
At a meeting, Arthur Lundgren of Lundgren Taylor Architects presented final plans for a Washington Community Center on a Fair Grounds site. Drawings and specs should be ready by February 15 with approval on February 19. Bids are expected by February 20, with contract possible by March. Parking for nearly 200 cars and auditorium seating for 548 plus 82 fold-down seats are planned, with minor site changes to improve auto access and slope use.
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Arthur Lundgren
Lundgren - Taylor
Washington Community Center
City of Washington
Lundgren
Bob Huber
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Raymond Laseks
Ainsworth
Honolulu
Hawaii
World Wide Farm Forums
Laseks
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel
Kauai
Island of
Mrs. Lasek
UNI Dome
Washington Vs Evening Journal
Ngton
PricelSc
House Agriculture Group
Whusn Early
Bergland
Agriculture Committee
Minnesota
Kalona
Sth Street
D Avenue
Yoder Construction of
C. C. Shimon
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