Iowa Senate approves welfare bill expanding aid to more families
The measure would fund state welfare for Iowa's blind, elderly and disabled and add ADC eligibility for families with fathers at home. It appropriates 108 million dollars to the Department of Social Services for 1973-75 and faces House battles amid debate over rising rolls and abuses. The bill would place about 1,500 more families on ADC next year, with 23,000 current recipients?and 82,000 people benefiting now.
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Iowa
Robert D. Ray
Iowa Senate
ADC
Washington Municipal Band Concert at Central Park
The Washington Municipal Band opens a concert on Wednesday June 20 at 8 p.m. in Central Park featuring God Bless America Washington Post March Pageantry Overture By The Time I Get To Phoenix and more. Summer arts playground shifts to 2 45 p.m. at Central Park fountain for Ridiculous Day parade. regular 1 p.m. Tuesday Wednesday meetings resume next week.
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Washington Municipal Band
Central Park
God Bless America
Washington Post
Phoenix
Clancy Lowered
Finian
Sunset Park
Fingerling bass stocked for ponds by county landowners
Fourteen Washington County Soil Conservation District landowners received fingerling largemouth bass for ponds built mainly within the past year. Ponds range from ½ to 2 acres, stocked at 200 bass per acre, with spawning expected in two years. This was the last delivery by Interior hatchery staff from Fairport. Iowa Conservation Commission to operate the hatchery after July 1. Channel catfish delivery planned for September 1.
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Washington County Soil Conservation District
G. W. Rosenkild
Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Department of Interior
Fairport
Iowa Conservation Commission
Capitol Stonework Crumbles. Granite Slab Dents Car
State General Services Director Stanley McCausland reports decorative stonework peeling from the Capitol has fragmented. A chunk of granite-like material fell onto a car near the northwest corner, denting a Fender. several other small pieces detached from the same area.
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Des Moines
UPI
State General Services
Stanley McCausland
State Capitol
McCausland
Iowa Governor Opposes Full Personal Property Tax Phase Out
Gov. Robert D. Ray said he disagrees with a planned 10 year phase out of the personal property tax, warning it could strain the state budget without replacement revenue. He urged a concrete plan to avoid future tax increases and suggested delaying full elimination to 1974 for study. Local livestock tax removal is praised as progress.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Senate
House
Ray
Marvin Selden
Selden
Weather forecast: partly cloudy midweek with 70s highs
Partly cloudy this afternoon through Wednesday with highs in the 70s. Tonight: lows in the mid 50s. Westerly winds 10 to 20 mph this afternoon and 8 to 12 mph tonight.
Two men die in Key West submarine mishap
Two men trapped in a Smithsonian 21 foot minisub off Key West were declared dead after 31 hours entangled in debris. Archibald Menzies and Dr. Robert Meek survived, while Al Stover and Clayton Link perished as others on board were rescued. Senator Hollings called for a full Coast Guard safety report on sub procedures.
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Fla
UPI
al Stover
Juno Beach
Clayton Link
Binghamton
N. Y
Archibald “Jock” Menzies
Vero Beach
Robert Meek
Santa Barbara
Calif
Smithsonian Institution
Menzies
Meek
Navy
Edwin A. Link
Link
J.H. Maurer
Adm
Maurer
William R. Smith
Ernest F. Hollings
Senate Subcommittee On Oceans
Coast Guard
Hollings
Wide Midwest storm belt spawns tornadoes and deaths
A stationary low over North Dakota fed a line of violent weather across the Midwest Monday night. Tornadoes touched ground in Oklahoma, Texas, and near Piney Arkansas, killing two and injuring nine. Hail battered Iowa Park and Abilene, while winds up to 80 mph lashed Springfield Illinois.
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Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma
Texas
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Ark
Moville
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Oklo
Missouri
Illinois
Haldeman adviser disputes Magruder Watergate claims
Attorney John J Wilson said Haldeman received no Watergate reports in early 1973 and did not discuss Magruder’s claims with him until March. Wilson noted Haldeman’s logs show no January meeting with Magruder and that Magruder told aides in March or April the testimony would not harm Haldeman.
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Washington
UPI
Jeb Stuart Magruder
White House
H.R
Bob” Haldeman
Haldeman
John J. Wilson
Magruder
Senate
Gordon Strachan
Nixon
Strachan
Wilson
U.S. District Court
John J Sirica
John Wesley Dean III
James F. Neal
Archibald Cox
Sirica
Dean
Bob
Larry Higbee
Higbee
Cox
House votes to raise Iowa state salaries for 75-77
The Iowa House approved pay increases averaging 17 percent for 76 state officials and department heads for the 1973-75 period, trimming about 162000 from Senate hikes. The measure passed 72-24 and moves back to the Senate with House changes cutting roughly 2000 from each proposed salary.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
Senate
Iowa
House
Charles Grassley
New
Gov Ray criticizes 15 percent cap on alcoholism funds
Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray assailed Senate restraint on a $1 million alcoholism appropriation, warning the 15 percent cap could hurt major programs including Des Moines Harrison Center and Oakdale facility near Iowa City. he may seek to veto the provision and restore funds for key centers.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert D. Ray
Senate
Harrion Center
Ray
Harrison Center
Oakdale
Lowa City
U S and Soviet sign cultural and research pacts at Nixon Brezhnev meeting
The United States and the Soviet Union signed five year pacts to increase artist and scholar exchange and joint research in oceans farming and transportation during a State Department ceremony attended by Nixon and Brezhnev. The agreements create annual U S Soviet committees and aim to broaden trade and reduce nuclear tensions while a separate demonstration protested Soviet job competition.
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UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
William P. Rogers
Andrei Gromyko
State Department
Brezhnev
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