Promoters Call Off Muscatine Rock Festival Plan
Des Moines. Promoters of a large scale July 4 festival in Muscatine County abandon plans after concluding state and county officials would not grant legal blessing. John P. Rogers of Concept Investments signs a consent order vowing not to stage the event, with contempt possible if violated. Attorney General Richard Turner led the dialogue with county officials during the two hour meeting.
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Des Moines
UPI
Muscatine
John P. Rogers
Concept Investments, Ltd
Davenport
Richard Turner
Muscatine County
Turner
Rogers
Iowa Senate Rejects Veterans Bonus Plan in New Setback
The Iowa Senate defeated a House passed cash bonus proposal for Vietnam era veterans 29 to 7 with two abstentions. The measure to differentiate combat zone duties faced new bloc opposition from Democrats and some Republicans, sending the bill to a second Conference committee and risking a late session death.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
House
Senate
Iowa ruling: Sunday and business school buses not real school buses
Iowa Attorney General's office ruled that buses used to transport pupils to Sunday schools and business schools are not school buses under state law. Only vehicles used by elementary and high schools, high schools and colleges qualify as school buses for registration. The opinion states 185 web registration certificates require no registration fees. The request came from Public Safety commissioner Michael Sellers.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Diabetes cure prospect from pancreas cell transplant
University of Minnesota scientist Dr Arnold Lazarow reports a potential cure for some diabetics through insulin producing pancreas cell transplants tested in rats. Human trials depend on solving rejection issues and five more years of research before evaluation.
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Arnold Lazarow
University of Minnesota
Lazarow
Department of Anatomy
American Diabetes Society
Chicago
Lazarov
St James seeks aid for auxiliary services in district talks
St James Parochial School requests auxiliary services. board delays action until law takes effect July 1. The district may fund up to $2,987 of the $3,761 request with $701 potential from a parochial fund. The matter accompanies plans for new admin offices and bids on gym roof repairs.
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St. James Parochial
Board of Education
Washington Community School
Gabrielle Haggerty
St. James
Sister Gabrielle
Joint County
Everetts Music Co
Two Guards Killed in Arizona Prison Cellblock Uprising
Inmates seized control of Florence State Prison cellblock 3 and stabbed two guards to death after briefly holding them hostage. John Moran said more than 200 inmates were involved, with about a dozen returning to cells three hours later, as authorities investigated possible contributing factors and awaited clearer details.
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Florence, Ariz
UPI
Arizona State Prison
Moran
Phoenix
POW officers face misconduct charges in POW group
Pentagon sources say two senior officers held as war captives in North Vietnam for years face misconduct charges brought by fellow officer Rear Adm. James Stockdale. The mailed charges target Marine Lt. Col. Edison Wainwright Miller and Navy Capt. Walter E. Wilber. Both were POWs in the Hanoi Hilton. Stockdale also filed the eight enlisted cases earlier.
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Pentagon
Navy
John Warner
James V. Stockdale
Coronado
Calif
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Theodore Guy
Stockdale
Edison Wainwright Miller
Tustin
Walter E. Wilber
Columbia Cross Roads
Wilber
Miller
Pair
Hanoi Hilton
San Diego
Haying Boom Hits Area With Giant Round Balers
Franklin Township farmer Lawrence Miksch early adopted Vermeer and Hawk balers that roll hay into 1200 pound, seven foot diameter balls. He loads nine balls in 15 minutes, notes reduced twine use and labor, and estimates 3 bales per acre. The machines cost about 4000 dollars and work faster than traditional square bales.
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Lawrence Miksch
Miksch
Washington
Franklin Township
Hawk
Vermeer
Skylab crew returns as next mission eyed for longer stays
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma completed a 28 day orbital mission aboard the USS Ticonderoga with commander Pete Conrad predicting future crews could stay in orbit for up to 56 days. Joseph Kerwin faced dizziness and nausea but is expected to recover. Paul Weitz was near average in health.
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Uss Ticonderoga
UPI
Skylab
Joseph P. Kerwin
Charles
Pete
Conrad
Paul J. Weitz
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Cape Kennedy
W. Royce Hawkins
Johnson Space Center
Kerwin
Earth
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State Corrections Department
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Paul Beenblossom
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