Record state revenues soar past expectations in Iowa
Des Moines reports a fiscal surge with a 225 million unencumbered balance and 298 million revenue for the year ending June 30 1974. Individual income tax up 266 percent and sales tax up 16.6 percent fuel gains alongside 26.3 million investment interest. Rankin notes inflation as a key factor while warning farmers face income pressures and hints at potential refunds and school funding impacts.
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Weather Outlook for Zones 9 and 13
Continued warm and partly cloudy through Thursday. Lows tonight 70 to 75. A few showers or thundershowers possible tonight and early Thursday. Winds tonight 5 to 10 mph from the south. Highs Thursday in the mid 80s. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and 20 percent Thursday.
Midwest Heat Wave Sweeps From Texas to Dakotas
The Midwest endures a heat wave with Chicago posting a record 98 degrees. Demand for electricity rises while livestock and fire warnings go up across Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas. Rain storms and high waves affect Michigan Ohio and New England.
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Coralville firm begins oil search near Grant
A Coralville company has started drilling near Grant after a two year study suggested the area may hold oil and natural gas. Sewell said the project stems from that exploration, with officials confident the effort will pay off.
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Indictment of Cedar Rapids police amid probe
A Linn County grand jury indicted six Cedar Rapids officers and officials, including Public Safety Commissioner James Steinbeck, on multiple charges. Police Chief Wallace Peters suspended five officers indefinitely, with Steinbeck rule pending city council action. Bench warrants were issued and officers released on recognizance after a six month investigation into alleged irregularities in the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
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Iowa
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William Eads
Eads
William Faches
Faches
FBI
Earl Warren dies at 83 in Washington
Former Chief Justice Earl Warren died Tuesday at Georgetown Hospital at age 83 after a heart ailment. He had been in fair condition earlier, then suffered cardiac arrest with his wife and two daughters at his bedside. funeral plans were not set. The court's landmark rulings included school desegregation in 1954 and the one man one vote decision of 1962.
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Judiciary committee releases new tape version
The House Judiciary Committee released eight of 31 taped Nixon conversations with aides. The new transcripts show more complete material with expletives and sections missing from White House records. They note differences over the cover up plan and statements to the Senate Watergate committee.
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