Iowa House approves 33.4 million for state capital upgrades
The Iowa House Appropriations Committee voted 42 to send a 33.4 million capital improvements package to the floor. Funds cover university building projects and repairs, a Lake Rathbun resort plan, a new agriculture building, and state office space. Also adds 12 million for municipal aid and 4 million for county government assistance for 1975-76.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
Robert D. Ray
State Board of Regents
Lake Rathbun
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Regents
Iowa State University
Attorney General Department of Beer and Liquor Control
Capitol Planning Commission
Comptroller
General Services Department
Iowa State Historical Department
Iowa House approves higher unemployment benefits plan
The Iowa House passed a measure to raise weekly unemployment payments from 80 to about 107 and extend eligibility to 39 weeks starting July. The bill, opposed by some over costs and work incentives, also covers city county and school employees and pregnant women laid off.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Richard Drake
R-Muscatine
Drake
Keith Baker
D-Linn Grove
Baker
Terry Branstad
R-Lake Mills
Admitted and Dismissed Patients Noted in Washington
Yesterday admitted Mrs James Muscatine and Mrs Oscar Cuddy for medical care in Washington. Today dismissals include Kenwood Sanders and Mrs Marjorie Keeler, both in Washington.
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James Muscatine
Oscar Cuddy
Washington
Kenwood Sanders
Marjorie Keeler
Olds Plans Bicentennial Band Concert
Olds hosts a July 4 Bicentennial Celebration with a community band joined by Waco High School players. Contact Robert Putman to join the rehearsals in June and for instrument needs.
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Olds
Crawfordsville
Wayland
Robert Putman
Wao
Waco High School
Putman
Mr. Putman
Waco
Olds High School
Markets one grain close in Chicago report
Chicago market wires show grain trading with a narrow range and a low close as buyers and sellers weigh supply and demand signals. UPI notes modest shifts across wheat corn and oats as futures drift near session lows.
Sadat Opens Suez Canal Aims for Peace but Seeks Israeli Exit
President Anwar Sadat reopened the Suez Canal aboard the destroyer October 6 and declared the waterway under Egyptian control with a four minute speech. He called the move a contribution to peace while pledging to oust Israel from all occupied Arab territory. The ceremony at 10:30 am featured Sadat in naval uniform on a quayside rostrum shaped like a pharaonic vessel. In the same dispatch livestock and cattle market notes from Joliet and Des Moines are reported with fluctuating prices and estimated receipts for the day.
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Port Said
Egypt
UPS
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
Middle East
Sadat
Israel
Hohls team leads early in Washington Ladies Golf League
Gary Hohl's team led after the first round with 103 points at Washington Country Club as Cathy Lloyd's squad was second with 95. Mrs Lloyd posted the day’s low 39 while Hohl, Doak, Nemmers and Lloyd posted other strong scores. 45 women are entered with golf following a 12 15 luncheon each Wednesday.
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Gary Hohl
Washington Country Club
Cathy Lloyd
H. Doak
M. Nemmers
N. Lloyd
M. Hohl
M Hildebrand
R. Hayes
B Haberman
C. Levy
B. Hillman
New categories added to 1975 Iowa State Fair
The Iowa State Fair reveals 12 new categories across food, plants, textiles, arts, crafts, hobbies, animals, antiques, 4 H and FFA competitions. New events include cat and household pet show tropical fish mini mules seven new tractor pull classes and a Sew and Show contest. Fair runs August 15 through 24 with deadlines in July. Kenneth R. Falk notes the added categories aim to broaden participation and self expression. Entries to be directed to the Entry Department Des Moines Iowa 50319.
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Kenneth R. Falk
Falk
Iowa
State House
Des Moines
Roy Boshart family visitors in Wayland during weekend
Local notice summarizes weekend visitors to Wayland including Roy Boshart and family from Wilmar Minnesota for Clair Boshart s household goods sale. Also notes Cal von Clark Lansing? corrected: Calvin Clark from Country Club Hills Illinois attended, plus relocations and graduations of several local families and a medical emergency.
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Roy Boshart
Wayland
Waynita Magdefray
Shiloh
Ware Shoals
South Carolina
Leslie Wagner
Lori
Sheila
Iowa
Wagner
Jerry Owen
Bob Jones University
Greenville
Open Door Baptist High School
Kansas City
Chris Wenger
Seattle
Washington
Allen Wenger
Keith Sommer
Heidi
Pandora
Ohio
Warren Schlatter
Marshalltown
Ruth Allen
Moline
Illinois
Geraldine Richenberger
Waco High School
Richenberger
Duran
Ora Keiser
Kalona
Mike
Stan Richenberger
Donald Meyer
Pamida Reports Record First Quarter Sales
Pamida Inc announces that net sales for the quarter ended April 30, 1975 reached 43.348 million dollars, up 18 percent from the prior year. Net earnings were 987 thousand dollars, 9 percent higher than the year-ago quarter. The period added 31,100 square feet of selling space with two new stores in Iowa Falls Town and Marshall Minnesota and a relocated store in Ely Minnesota. The company plans about 400,000 more selling space and 50,000 warehouse space this year, with 12 new communities and 16 relocations planned.
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Amida, Inc
Iowa Falls
Town
Marshall
Minnesota
Ely
Five Cedar Rapids youths tied to hospital drug theft
In Des Moines an investigation linked Bryant Knox 19 hospital employee and four others Patrick Cannon 18 Gregory Harger 18 Lonnie Sigler 18 and Robert Manke 22 to the theft of 700 dollars worth of drugs from St. Luke's Methodist Hospital. They were held on 15000 dollar bonds. The drugs were non narcotic and could be fatal if misused.
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Edar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
Bryant Knox
Knox
Patrick Cannon
Gregory Harger
Lonnie Sigler
Robert Manke
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Area of Natural Resources
Conservation Commission
Energy Policy Council
Sewage Work
Fair Board
Department of Soil Conservation
Departments of Public Safety, Transportation and Public Defense
Public Safety Department
Ray
Plu
Chicago
Joliet, Ill
Pctire
Aand
Hohl
Nat Winga
North Side Square
Heinold Commodities, Inc
Fairfield
Haupert Livestock
Blake Phelp
Scott Ross Jodie Phelps
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Daniel Unternahrer
Shipshewanna
Indiana
Westview High School
Debbie Unternahrer
Meyer
Wyse
Archbold
Louis Schrader
Buddy
Marcia Schrader
Dayton
Jack Schrader
Tempe
Arizona
Jack
Arizona State University
Phoenix Suns
Arthur Allen
Henry County Memorial
Emma Stalder
St. James Catholic Church
Allen Smith
Donald Bain
Glendale
Russell Bain
Mike Furlong
Davenport
Mary Jo
Linda Bain
East Moline
Gary Bain
Sigourney
Gary Snyder
Pam
Pell
Carl Zieglowsky
Zieglowsky
Pamida Inc
DeVille Bill
William Yunk
Concordia Seminary
Springfield
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Futuro
Russel Stover
Keer Drug Store
Washington, Iowa
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