Iowa House approves ADC bill keeping fathers in the home
The Iowa House approved an 82 to 12 measure allowing unemployed fathers to be counted as family members for ADC grants. The bill, part of a 104.4 million dollar welfare package for 1973-75, heads back to the Senate with amendments. A later amendment tightens eligibility, potentially denying aid if the father refuses job training or is on strike.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
Senate
House
Department of Social Services
David Stanley
R-Muscatine
Stanley
Arthur Small
Crown City
Small
Watch cat security at Des Moines Zoo uses mixed predators
Des Moines Children's Zoo employs a four-animal watch system led by Pepper the Labrador. A tiger, jaguar, lioness, and leopard cub patrol the grounds to deter vandalism and teasing, offering daily exercise and crowd control while the veteran dog mentors the young big cats.
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Des Moines
UPI
Des Moines Children’s Zoo
Bob Elgin
Elgin
Pepper
Inflation slows slightly in May as living costs rise
Inflation eased a little in May with the Consumer Price Index up 0.6 percent, led by higher food, clothing, gasoline, used cars, and household services. The CPI remained 5.5 percent above a year earlier, and retail prices rose 7.2 percent annually over six months and 8.7 percent over three months.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Peronists clash as exiled leader Juan Peron returns
In Buenos Aires hundreds of special police protected former president Juan D. Peron after his Wednesday return from 18 years in exile sparked bloody gun battles between dissident Peronists near the landing area. Four hospitals reported 14 dead and about 225 injured, with officials warning as many as 20 may have fallen. Actor Leonardo Vavio blamed Interior Minister Alberto Righi for failing to control the crowd as fighting continued for hours. Peron planned to speak that night to define his role in the 27 day old Peronist government.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Juan D. Peron
Leonardo Vavio
Alberto Righi
Righi
Fireflies replace cookies in Sellafontaine troop sale
SELLEFONTAINE Ohio UPI A Girl Scout troop sells fireflies to fund research for Sigma Chemical Co St Louis which needs a million fireflies for luciferin or luciferase They are paid 30 cents per 100 reached 60 cents for 20 fireflies and face a sliding scale up to a penny per insect as the nets catch mosquitoes and even poison ivy while collecting their bounty.
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Sellefontaine
House farm bill called unacceptable
The House Agriculture Committee approved a new farm bill 31 to 4 despite a veto threat from the administration. It sets lower target price levels and reduces subsidies to big farmers, with future floor actions aimed at lowering farmer eligibility and tightening enforcement. Rep. Poage led the committee, predicting a possible vote passage around July 9.
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Washington
UPI
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Senate
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Butz
Poage
House
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Court redefines obscenity standards to curb porn distribution
The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Burger set new obscenity rules granting states more leeway to regulate pornographic material. In three opinions, the justices revise the test for obscenity while allowing state juries to apply community standards. The cases from California and Georgia involve distributors and theaters, and the court clarifies factors for determining offensiveness and value under state laws.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
William O. Douglas
William J Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
California
Georgia
Marvin Mills
Costa Mesa
Murray Kaplan
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
Burger
Iowa House OKs Regents funding with tuition rise plan
The Iowa House approved a compromise to fund the State Board of Regents with a 88 to 3 vote, including a $100 annual rise in nonresident undergraduate tuition and a $250 increase in graduate fees for out of state students, while not raising Town student fees for two years. If Nixon Phase IV blocks the hike, $2.58 million would be added to the regents budget automatically. The plan keeps total funding at $235.6 million for 1973-75, allocating funds to UI, ISU, UNI, the Braille and Sight Saving School, and the School for the Deaf. Senate action needed for final approval.
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UPI
Iowa House
State Board of Regents
House
Senate
Nixon
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa State University
Ames
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Vinton
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Arthur Neu
Robert D. Ray
Regents
Hughes asks free corn storage for Iowa farmers
Sen. Harold Hughes urges Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz to let Iowa farmers store corn rent free when transport tie ups prevent movement. He cites about $180,000 monthly in storage costs for corn unable to be shipped and CCC sales in March staying in bins rent free, with $125,000 monthly charged to private warehousemen at one cent per bushel.
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Washington
UPI
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Earl Butz
Butz
Hughes
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Ridiculous Day parade crowns winners in Washington
Ideal weather and a lineup of bargains and zany costumes drew large crowds for Washington's Ridiculous Day. Observers call it a new record as the parade moved around the square in mid afternoon and prizes were announced by the Chamber of Commerce Commercial division. Evans Welding, New U Figure Salon, and Joe Falk Co. won in the commercial division while Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, YMCA Summer Fun Club, and Summer Creative Arts and Drama Program topped the non commercial division.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce Office
Evans Welding
New U Figure Salon
Joe Falk Co
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
YMCA
Mexican DC9 crashes and explodes off Pacific coast
A Mexican DC9 jetliner with 27 aboard from Houston to Mexico City struck a mountain peak off Puerto Vallarta and exploded. Rescue boats searched the rugged coast while officials warned survival seemed unlikely as crews probed the wreckage for victims and missing Americans.
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Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
UPI
Houston
Mexico City
Pacific
Aero-Mexico
Pedro Vega Padilla
UPL
Weather Outlook Partly Sunny With 80s Here
Partly sunny this afternoon with highs around 80. Tonight will be fair and cool with temperatures in the mid 50s. Friday mostly sunny with highs between 80 and 85. Winds from the northwest at 10 to 20 mph this afternoon and 6 to 12 mph tonight.
Australian superbug plot targets French wine industry
The Australian reports scientists allegedly prepared a mobile, insectile threat to French vineyards if Paris resumes nuclear atmospheric tests in the Pacific. The alleged bug is immune to insecticides except one bred by its creators and linked to two Australian researchers now returning home from France.
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UPS
France
the Australian
Pacific
Mary Smith
Philippines
Manila
Reims
Champagne
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Australia
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