Des Moines Bill Endorsed to Allow Wire Tapping
The Iowa House Law Enforcement Committee recommended passage of a bill permitting wire tapping and bugging devices by law enforcement with county attorney or state attorney general authorization. Debate over voting procedures and an amendment to remove bugging provisions followed. Nielsen stated the bill was voted on and endorsed 23 to 8, while Kennedy criticized the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
House
Law Enforcement Committee
Alfred Nielsen
Defiance
Gene Kennedy
D - Dubuque
Poore Sentenced to Twenty Years for Embezzlement
Ward Poore former Taylor County treasurer was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined over 150000 on two counts of embezzlement. He resigned after a 150000 shortfall in public funds was found in October. The judge ordered 10 years on each count to run consecutively with 60 days to appeal and a 25000 bond. The crime was the largest embezzlement of public funds in Iowa history.
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Bedford
Iowa
UPI
Taylor
Ward Poore
Poore
U.S
Thomas Bown
Fort Madison
Intercepted Memo Questions Democrats Capitol Hill Values
An intercepted memo raises questions about Democratic stance on national symbols and traditional values. It cites flag and motherhood as framed ideals and appears to target Capitol Hill discussions. The document’s authenticity and intent remain under scrutiny by aides and analysts.
Demos balk at voting age bill in Iowa clash
In Des Moines lawmakers debate a constitutional amendment to drop the voting age to 19. Rep Maurice Van Nostrand backs including all legal rights such as drinking and contracting. Democrats fear tying issues will doom the measure. Party leaders clash as amendments are debated and ruled out of order.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Iowa
Maurice van Nostrand
R - Avoca
Senate
van Nostrand
William Gannon
Mingo
Ralph McCartney
Charles City
Gannon
William Harbor
R - Henderson
Harbor
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Mezvinsky
Michael Blouin
Dubuque
Blouin
Ray Fisher
Grand Junction
Fisher
Democrats frame Nixon State of the Union as tied to their programs
Democratic leaders in Washington say Nixon’s State of the Union proposals borrow from Democratic plans and laws. They question inflation claims, note funding gaps, and plan a fast paced televised summary to push their agenda while pressing for cooperation and cost cuts. Carl Albert hails Nixon’s outreach while Democrats warn of GOP rhetoric masking prior programs.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
House
Carl Albert
Congress
Senate
Albert
Governor vows action after violence tied to beef strike
Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray says violence linked to the Iowa Beef Packers strike cannot be tolerated and the state will help curb it. He spoke after meeting eight northwest Iowa legislators who pressed for local solutions amid disruptions at Dakota City Nebraska and several Iowa plants.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Beef Packers, Inc
Iowa
Nebraska
Robert D. Ray
Iowa Beef
Dakota City
Neb
Ray
Sen
Alden Erskine
Sioux City
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmens Union
Fort Dodge
Denison
Mason City
LeMars
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Eco
Local Industry Faces Job Loss as Plant Curtailed
Iowa Employment Commission workers visited Advance Ross Electronics Co in Washington to inventory personnel records and list qualifications of workers set to lose jobs when operations end. Iowa Development Commission and Iowa Southern Utilities plan to use the data and build a brochure to attract new manufacturing tenants for the large building. Washington Industrial Development Commission aided efforts to boost the local industrial picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Employment Commission
Washington
Advance Ross Electronics Co
Iowa Development Commission
Development Department of
Iowa Southern Utilities
Iowa Southern
Advance - Ross
Washington Industrial Development Commission
Iowa lowers cash outlay to boost food stamp aid
Iowa officials announce new rules to make food stamps more affordable for low income families. Commissioner James Gillman says a typical four person household would get $106 in monthly food assistance while paying only $10 in coupons, expanding reach from about 45,500 to 75 to 80 percent of eligible residents.
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Des Moines
UPI
James Gillman
Iowa
Gillman
U.S. Agriculture Department
Nixon aid nears Nigeria with field hospital and jeeps
A UPI report says a mercy relief flight from Boston carrying a 200-bed portable hospital, X-ray gear, surgical facilities, 25 jeeps, and 40 000 tons of monthly food aid heads to Lagos to aid starving populations in the former Biafra region. Dr. Price aboard will assist Nigerian authorities.
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Lagos
Upi
Nixon
Nigeria
Biafra
Boston
Logan International
White House
Robert L. Price
U.S. Public Health Service
Yakubu Gowon
United States
Iceland
U.S
Biafran
Montreal
Canadian Red Cross Society
Price
Iowa City man killed in bridge rollover crash
An Iowa City man, Joseph H. McNamara, 47, died when his car flipped off an Iowa 1 bridge onto Interstate 80. Police said the vehicle struck a guard rail on the bridge and rolled onto I 80, with McNamara alone in the car.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
Iowa City
Joseph H. McNamara
Iowa Highway Patrol
McNamara
Weather forecast for Iowa by United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures on Saturday. Low temperatures range from zero to 5 below in the northeast to the teens in the southwest. Highs Saturday from the 20s in the northeast to the 30s in the southwest.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Jay” Rockefeller IV
Lewis McManus
Rockefeller
Albert Sommerville
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Demos
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Anna Anderson Manahan
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