Mixed ruling orders HEW to enforce desegregation in 46 districts
Washington (UPI) mixed reactions greet Judge John Sirica's order requiring HEW to begin enforcement actions against 32 districts including Chicago and Los Angeles for desegregation violations under Title VI and the 1964 Civil Rights Act. He set a 60 day deadline for investigations in 14 other Northern and Western districts, noting delays up to eight years. Civil rights attorney Rauh welcomed the decision while HEW officials defended prior efforts. The districts span 17 states outside the South, with New York City among those under extended review.
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Los Angeles
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New York City
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Office For Civil Rights
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New York
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Mid-Prairie board to elect two vacancies in September
Two seats on the Mid-Prairie Community School District Board of Education will be up for election on September 14. Terms of Robert Houseal and Warren Schaefer expire this year. Both indicate uncertainty about running again. Nomination papers may be filed July 12 to August 5 from board secretary John McDowell.
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Mid-Prairie Community School District
Mid-Prairie
Richmond-Kalona
Wellman
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Mid-Prairie Announces 2026-25 School Dates
Mid-Prairie School officials release dates for the new term. Registration in all schools is set for August 17. The first day of school is August 25. There will be no school on Labor Day, September 6.
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Mid-Prairie
University presidents gain pay raises across three state universities
In Des Moines the three state university presidents receive $3,500 increases effective July 1. Willard L. Boyd of Iowa, W. Robert Parks of Iowa State, and John J. Kamerick of Northern Iowa now earn $53,000, $53,000 and $49,500 respectively, up from prior salaries of $49,500 and $46,000.
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IDPA
Willard L. Boyd
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
W. Robert Parks
Iowa State University
Ames
John J. Kamerick
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Board of Regents
Red Cross first aid class completes at YMCA
A Red Cross multimedia first aid course was held at the Washington YMCA with the summer CETA program. Participants completing the course include Don Rabenold Ainsworth Russell Darby Jim Conrad Dorothy Woodson Crawfordsville Scott Butterbaugh Kalona Darrell Hesseltine Steve Gingerich Tony Sotelo Doug Hesseltine Tom Schmitz Tim Sotelo Marsha Darby Helen Svatos Nancy Chance Annette Wozenilek Patti Dawson Carol Jones Brenda Embree Candie Lennie Washington Diane Perrin Luann Marie Hudson Deanna Dann Wellman David Sojka Frank Blakely Becky Blakely Riverside Nancy Mineart Brighton. Instructors were Rose Peiffer and Jeffrey Busbee assisted by Craig Swift and Ralph Miller.
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Washington Ymca
Don Rabenold
Ainsworth
Russell Darby
Jim Conrad
Dorothy Woodson
Crawfordsville
Scott Butterbaugh
Kalona
Darrell Hesseltine
Steve Gingerich
Tony Sotelo
Doug Hesseltine
Tom Schmitz
Tim Sotelo
Marsha Darby
Helen Svatos
Nancy Chance
Annette Wozenilek
Patti Dawson
Carol Jones
Brenda Embre
Iowa Warns on False Cancer Cure Laetrile Pills
Commissioner Norman L. Pawlewski urged Iowans to beware of out-of-state promoters selling Laetrile Amygdalin or Vitamin B 17 in pill form. He called it quackery that wastes money and can be harmful by delaying proven cancer treatments, risking disease progression and death.
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Norman L. Pawlewski
Pawlewski
Iowa State Department of Health
American Cancer Society
Federal Food and Drug Administration
River System Feeds Vast Colorado Drainage
River system analysis shows about fifty tributaries of the Colorado River drain nearly one twelfth of the United States and extend into part of Mexico. The data underscores the extensive geographic reach and importance of Colorado basin watersheds for regional water supply and ecology.
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United States
Mexico
Two Die In Head On Crash Near Fort Madison
John Theodore Kilburn 28, of Muscatine died at the scene in a two car head on collision on Highway 61 north of Fort Madison at about 6 15 Thursday morning. Elson Jarvis 22 of Weaver also died at the scene. Kilburn was northbound in the wrong lane. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ralph Wittich Funeral Home Muscatine.
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John Theodore Kilburn
Fort Madison
Highway 61
Kilburn
Muscatine
Janet Galloway
Washington
Elson Jarvis
Weaver
Jarvis
Dunton to Attend Seminars Amid County Fair Absence
State Representative Keith Dunton, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, spoke in Washington Wednesday about missing Washington County Fair activities next week. He will travel to Palm Beach Florida from July 25 to 29 for seminars hosted by the National Legislative Council.
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Keith Dunton
Washington
Washington County
House Appropriations Committee
Dunton
Palm Beach
Fla
National Legislative Council
Livestock market report from Des Moines and Joliet
UPI dispatch reports slow trade yet solid demand in Des Moines with range gains across weight classes. No 1-3 hogs 200-230 lb bring 45 to 46.50, 230-250 lb 44.50 to 46.50, with sows mostly steady and some declines. Joliet cattle sales weak while hogs rise 50-1.00. No 1-2 200-230 lb 48.00-48.25, 240-260 lb 46.50-47.50. Receipts: Des Moines about 50,000. Joliet hogs around 1,200.
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Des Moines
UPI
Kraft to direct development work in Iowa overseas office
DES MOINES IDPA The Iowa Development Commission hires A Ronald Kraft of Red Oak as director of its overseas office in Frankfurt West Germany planned for late September Kraft 39 to earn 20200 annually previously general manager of the Red Oak Industrial Foundation and Chamber of Commerce Van Horn IDC director says the move aims to boost international inquiries and Iowa’s competitiveness with 20 other states with foreign offices Budget constraints may prompt a 1977 supplemental appropriation as officials study the office’s early performance and potential.
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IDPA
Iowa Development Commission
Ronald Kraft
Red Oak
del van Horn
IDC
Frankfurt
West Germany
Kraft
Industrial Foundation
Chamber of Commerce
van Horn
United States
Iowa
Development Commission
Wisconsin
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