Mezvinsky outlines energy plan at Washington flag event
About ten people attended as Rep Ed Mezvinsky presented a U S flag flown over the Capitol to the Washington School District. He discussed the House energy package, urging auto mileage standards, home insulation credits, solar heating incentives, and limits on foreign oil, with emphasis on domestic energy development and alternative research.
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Jim Owen
Evening Journal
Ed Mezvinsky
Washington
U.S
U.S. Capitol
E. K. Schlapkohl
Mezvinsky
Iowa
Harold Johnson
Congress
House
Ford endorses Rockefeller for 1976 VP ticket
President Ford urged Nelson Rockefeller to stay as his running mate on the 1976 Republican ticket. White House aide Ron Nessen released Ford’s statement praising Rockefeller for judgment experience and ability as a strong partner. The outcome at the GOP convention remains to be decided by delegates.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
White House
Ron Nelson
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson
Rockefeller
Barry M. Goldwater
Nessen
Scheldrup to Attend National Student Councils Conference
Chris J. Scheldrup president of the Southeast Iowa District Student Council will join about 1500 council leaders at the 39th National Conference of the National Associations of Student Councils and Student Activity Advisers June 22 26 in Decatur Georgia He is Washington High School senior and Iowa delegation chairman delegates will visit Stone Mountain Confederate memorial and Six Flags over Georgia with entertainers Up With People as a featured act.
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Chris J. Scheldrup
Iowa
National Associations of Student Councils
Decatur
Chris
John Scheldrup
Washington
Washington High School
Stone Mountain
Georgia
Farmers weigh farming vs nonfarm careers in survey findings
About 1 000 readers of an International Harvester magazine survey say two thirds see better money prospects off the farm for youth while a strong majority still prefer rural life and family farming. Younger farmers show more optimism and willingness to push children toward farming.
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Bernard Brenner
UPI
Washington
International Harvester
America
Breath of Life names local chairman for 1975 campaign
Betty Beenblossom of Washington was chosen to lead the Breath of Life Campaign in September to fund cystic fibrosis research and care. Raymond Palis of the Iowa CF Foundation announced the effort to support children with CF and related lung diseases and raise awareness during Cystic Fibrosis Month.
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Betty Beenblossom
S. 4Th
Washington
Raymond A. Palis
Iowa
U.S
Car Crash on South Iowa Avenue Damages Two Vehicles
At 7:51 a.m. a vehicle driven by Donald Hinkle of Wayland drifted over a slight incline and struck a parked car owned by Marilyn Darbyshire on South Iowa Avenue. Hinkle said he fell asleep. Damage totaled about 2,800 dollars split as 1,000 on the driver’s car and 1,800 on the parked car.
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Iowa Avenue
Donald Hinkle
Wayland
Marilyn Darbyshire
Hinkle
Darbyshire
Marine Corps League Iowa Convention Held in Washington
Detachments from Des Moines Boone Cedar Rapids Dubuque Davenport and Fort Madison travel to Washington for the Department of Iowa convention hosted by the Harry B Barker Detachment. Activities include an open house at Herb Hammen home and a Captain's Table session with officer elections followed by a banquet.
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Marine Corps League
Iowa
Washington
Department of Iowa
Harry B. Barker
Des Moines
Boone
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Davenport
Fort Madison
Herb Hammen
East Adams
Weekend theft wave hits town with gas cash and canvas
Washington police investigated multiple weekend thefts including twenty gallons of gasoline from a Gulf Oil bulk station and another 25 gallons from a Bill Helscher tank near Steele Oil. A break in at Town & Country Plymouth occurred between 10:15 and 10:45 p.m. Saturday with $40 cash missing and a large canvas stolen from S Ray Blair’s fence on South Avenue B.
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Washington
Town & Country
Plymouth
Gulf Oil
Bill Helscher
Steele Oil Co
S. Ray Blair
South Avenue B
Iowa lawmakers doubtful on tax reform in final session week
In Des Moines officials expressed pessimism about reaching a tax reform agreement as the 1975 Iowa Legislature nears adjournment. Senate leaders fear a plan may fail without concessions, while the House and Senate conflict over a flat 20 percent tax against increases to the standard deduction and top brackets.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Ways and Means
Norman Rodgers
Adel
Cochairman
Conference Committee On
House
Rodgers
George Kinley
Kinley
Rodgers and Kinley
Robert D. Ray
Jerome Fitzgerald
William Huff
Gerald Barr
Jerry Addy
Iowa Governor Rejects House Tax Plan As Unacceptable
Gov. Robert D. Ray reiterated that the Iowa House income tax reform proposal to set state tax at 20 percent of the federal is unacceptable. He favors his own reform, similar to the Senate plan, raising the standard deduction and upper-income rates, and warned the House plan could not be easily compromised.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa House
Ray
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy with Showers Likely
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. High this afternoon around 80. Low tonight in the lower 80s. High Tuesday in the lower 80s with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph.
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