State license plate deadline and minor bus mishap in brief
The weekly brief notes a February 1 deadline for 1969 license plates with a 5 percent penalty after that date for county residents. A kindergarten bus rollover occurred on poor roads but there were no injuries. Other items include Iowa voting age proposal, Sunday liquor and beer sales bills, marijuana labeled as a noxious weed, Tricia Nixon taking a unpaid job duties, and a Muscatine Senate seat special election result with Richard Drake defeating Herschel Flater 1452 to 530.
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Muscatine, Iowa
UPI
Richard Drake
Muscatine
Herschel Frater
Wilton Junction
Iowa
Senate
Clarence Schmarje
Drake
Flater
Ruling on St James School Closure Proposed
The Davenport Diocese Board of Education recommends closing grades seven and eight at St James while keeping grades one through six. A strengthened religious education plan for grades seven to twelve would be added in Sunday School. Nine seventh graders and fourteen eighth graders affected.
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St. James
Davenport
Board of Education
Ray seeks $1 billion Iowa budget to run state government
Gov. Robert D. Ray asked the Iowa Legislature to approve a common sense two year budget of 1.026 billion dollars, funded by repealing sales tax credits, lifting liquor prices about 5 percent, and relying on natural revenue growth. He slashed agency requests by a third and pledged no new taxes while repealing parts of the 3 percent service tax. The proposal would be the first Iowa two year budget to top a billion, but only modestly above the prior 998.4 million. Ray warned of a bare financial cupboard and urged immediate repeal of the sales tax credit program, arguing it mostly aided unintended recipients. He suggested tax exemptions tied to federal liability to temper the repeal and pressed setting state income tax rates to match federal obligations. Prices at liquor stores would rise about 5 percent to bolster the general fund by roughly 2.5 million annually, with cities gaining about 250 thousand. He emphasized balancing cuts with new revenues, with an expected page six continuation.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Ray
Hell
Price rise hits 1968 as inflation broadens across goods
Washington UPI reports Labor Department data showing consumer prices up 4.2 percent in 1968 from 1967, the sharpest annual rise since the Korean War. December index stood at 123.7, with notable gains in food and housing. Wholesale prices hint at further rises in 1969, while grocery and restaurant costs climb and medical expenses surge. New and used car prices fall in December.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arnold Chase
Lyndon B. Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Probate of will and executor appointment for Brenneman estate
Public notice states Bernardine Brenneman's will Probate as filed and the appointment of the executor. The notice lists the court and filing details for public record and invites creditor claims within the statutory period.
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Bernardine Brenneman
Will Open Friday Coffee House Itch at Y Center
The YMCA Teen Center Board plans a Friday January 31 opening after the home basketball game. The 9:30 PM to midnight event at the Y will offer pool and games plus pizza and pop 12 inch pizzas priced at 1.50. An Oskaloosa band III Soul will perform in the community room with admission 75 cents.
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Matt Ross
Scott Turnipseed
Washington
Journal
YMCA
Oskaloosa
III Soul
Syrian diplomat shot in Baghdad as spy trials begin
A Syrian diplomat Abdel Karim Sabbagh, political attache at the Damascus embassy, was shot in Baghdad by an Iraqi intelligence agent. The incident coincides with new spy trials in Baghdad and heightens Arab Baathist Party tensions amid broader Middle East crises.
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United Press International
Baghdad
Damascus
Middle East
Iraq
Foreign Ministry
Abdel Karim Sabbagh
Cairo
Ahmed Hassan Al-Bakr
Faisal II
Baath Party
Princeton Chamber Orchestra Plays Washington Engagement
The Princeton Chamber Orchestra directed by Nicholas Harsanyi, a 21 piece ensemble praised by Eugene Ormandy, will perform February 8 at 8 p.m. in the Jr High School auditorium in Washington. Soprano Janice Harsanyi joins as an added attraction. Their Decca Records catalog and a balanced program spanning classical to contemporary are planned.
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Princeton Chamber Orchestra
Washington
Jr. High School
Washington Concert Association
Stanley Plumber
Princeton Orchestra
Nicholas Harsanyi
Eugene Ormandy
Harold C. Schonberg
The
New York Times
Janice Harsanyi
Lyndon John
White House
Decca Records
Wellman farmers top Iowa soybean yield contest honors
Washington County growers honored at Ames recognition dinner for the 1968 Master Soybean Growers Association yield contests. Olin Bishop of Wellman won the southern Iowa yield with 58.59 bushels per acre and a $100 award. Bohr Brothers placed fourth with 56.77 bushels and a $25 prize. Riverside and Crawfordsville entries earned certificates. Graber Jr. of Crawfordsville led in his region with 56.60 bushels. Bishop planted Corsey beans, field in corn in 1967, no fertilizer, weed control by Treflon.
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Washington County
Ames
Master Soybean Growers Association
Olin Bishop
Wellman
Iowa
Bohr Brothers of
Wellman Lions Club
Ed Chabal
Ed Knotek
Riverside
Washington County Extension Service
Peter Graber Jr
Crawfordsville
The
Lions Club
Graber
Bishop
Dorsey
Frank Patterson
Bohr Brothers
John Leise
Liscomb
Intercepted Memo Governer Ray Des Moines Common Sense
Des Moines reports an intercepted memo from Governor Ray urging that common sense is worth every dollar of the billion. The note, signed WEJ, emphasizes prudent spending and practical governance.
Weather watch and snow outlook across regions
Heavy snow watch expands west and north tonight and east portion Thursday. Occasional snow this afternoon with accumulations two to four inches in the west and north, colder air spreading to south central and extreme east Thursday. Low tonight from 5 to the 20s, depending on location. High Thursday 15 to 25.
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Dubuque
Andrew Frommelt
John Walsh
Frommelt
Walsh
API
Tricia Washington
Tricia Nixon
Nixon
Fred Schwengel
Finch College
United States Capitol
St. James School
Congress
Wellman Farmers
Wej
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