Local stamps and door to door fund drive listed
Eight cent stamps available from the Washington post office lobby vending machine after adjustments. Jaycees ride streets selling Coupons for Cash to fund the Mrs Washington County pageant, with 150 visitors at the Dublin Store and Museum. Five related deaths reported in Sheboygan as police investigate a possible linked case. Washington Municipal Band set for July 21 in Central Park with a full concert program.
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Washington
Washington Jaycees
Washington County
Larry Griggs
Washington Municipal Band
Central Park
God Bless America
Gus Kahn
Bell seeks 124 percent rate hike for Iowa Bell
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co requests a 124 percent rate increase from the Iowa Commerce Commission affecting about 600 000 Iowans. Letters to customers explain higher charges for long distance calls local service and equipment with a projected annual increase of about 15 million dollars and a 12 to 13 percent rise in average residential bills.
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Des Moines
UPI
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Commerce Commission
Jack A. MacAllister
Iowa Bell
MacAllister
Macalister
Bell
Iowa
Iowa Public Telephone Co
Knoxville
Sudanese officers seize control in bloodless coup
Pro Communist officers establish a seven member ruling council in Khartoum banning many parties and newspapers. Some members previously ousted by Maj Gen Gaffar al Numeiry for Communist ties. Numeiry reportedly under arrest. Council pledges self rule for southern Christians and pagans if peace returns.
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Beirut
UPS
Sudan
Fom
Gaffar al Numeiry
al Numeiry
Iraq
Baghdad Radio
Numeiry
Khartoum
Babakr al Nour
Counsal
Mohammed Mahjoub Osman
Muawayan Abdel Hai
Therid North
Ray vetoes two 1971 Iowa bills as session closes
Gov Robert Ray used item vetoes on the last two bills of the 1971 Iowa Legislature striking parts in the social services appropriation and the BFCC related to real estate and transfers. He argued the alcohol treatment referral section would hinder care and that extra BFCC oversight would create delays and confict with executive authority, warning of reduced state efficiency.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert D. Ray
Iowa Department of Social Services
Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Ray
Alcoholics Anonymous
Bower
Department of Social Services
State Board of Regents
Iowa Executive Council
BFCC
Legislative Watchdog
Weather forecast for Iowa shows warm trend
United Press International reports fair skies across Iowa with a warming trend through Wednesday. Tonight's low near 55 in the extreme northeast to the low 50s in the southwest. Wednesday's high expected in the middle to upper 80s in the northeast and near 90 in the southwest with hail possible in the far southwest.
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United Press International
Iowa
Labor pacts signed to cover 125 million workers
Ten tentative contracts totaling about 5 billion in wages and benefits reach to cover 125 million workers across Bell Telephone and Postal unions. Postal workers gain job security and a 1.1 billion package for 750,000 mailmen while Bell employees secure a 4 billion three year deal. Beirne orders return to work as unions await ratification.
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Washington
UPI
Bell Telephone System
U.S. Postal Service
Communications Workers of America
Joseph A. Beirne
Crisis at Iowa State Penitentiary grows with staff cuts
Warden Lou V. Brewer warned the Budget and Financial Control Committee that prison security and inmate management are strained as staff levels shrink from 289 to 255 due to a $600000 cut in the biennial budget. Inmate numbers fell from 1300 to 820, boosting militia activity and racial tension. officials fear a day to day survival battle unless staffing and programs are preserved.
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Fort Madison
UPI
Iowa State Penitentiary
Lou V. Brewer
Brewer
Nolan Ellandson
Bureau of Adult Corrections
Iowa
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Lcott McKinstry
Richard Fisher
Sheboygan
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The
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API
Consumer Fraud Act
Richard Turner
Litchfield Firm
Robert Ray
Sioux City Municipal
Lorraine McCoy
LABOR
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Britain
London
United Transportation Union
Southern Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
UTA
Steel
United Steel Workers Union
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