Iowa sees spike ceremony for 25 mile C&NW branch upgrade
Gov. Ray and C and NW President Provo led a spike driving event marking the start of a 1.8 million project to refurbish the Eagle Grove Humboldt branch. EPC funds 800k support, with 500k C and NW and 550k HRIC contributions. The line, limited to 210000 pound cars and 10 mph, aims to boost grain shipments and reduce truck fuel use.
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Iowa
UPI
Promontory Point
Utah
Robert D. Ray
Chicago and North Western Transportation Co
Larry S. Provo
C&nw
Eagle Grove
Ray
Provo
Hawkeye
Chicago and North Western
Humboldt County
State Energy Policy Council
Humboldt Rail Improvement Corporation
HRIC
Federal Farmers Home Administration
EPC
Humboldt Group
Colby warns CIA needs protection
CIA Director William Colby told a House subcommittee that without new legal limits on public exposure of intelligence activities foreign nations will know the chinks in our armor. He cited past plots to assassinate Fidel Castro and urged stronger protection of secrets.
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UPI
CIA
William E. Colby
Colby
House
Central Intelligence Agency
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Subcommittee
Bella S. Abzug
D-N.y
U.S
Jack Anderson
John Roselli
Castro
Anderson
ABC
AM America
Roselli
Senate Intelligence Committee
Iowa Supreme Court upholds license revocation in DPS case
The Iowa Supreme Court affirms the Department of Public Safety's revocation of Robert G. Carroll's driver’s license after a refusal to take tests. The ruling reverses a district court verdict that had vacated the 180 day revocation. The court also addresses Altoona annexation and a Des Moines robbery conviction in separate rulings.
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DPI
Wa Supreme Court
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Pottawattamie
DPS
Robert G. Carroll
Carroll
Public Safety Commissioner
District Court
High Court
Department
Supreme Court
Polk County
Altoona
Ford veto defeated in House on housing bill vote
Washington UPI The House failed to override President Ford's veto of a 1.35 billion housing measure by 268 to 157. Democrats argued the plan would spur 400,000 new homes and 800,000 jobs, while Ford released 2 billion for subsidized mortgage purchases and urged 7.75 billion more.
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UPI
House
Ford
Congress
Carla A. Hills
Anl-Cio
George Meany
National Mortgage Association
Savings and Loan Associations
GNMA
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
When Does Iowa Governor’s 30-Day Clock Start
Iowa debate centers on when the governor’s 30 day action window begins after adjournment. With session adjournment set for June 27 but journals listing June 20 as closing date, observers dispute whether counting starts June 20 or June 27.
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Des Moines
UIDPA
Iowa
General Assembly
Robert Ray
Secretary of State
Nis
House
Senate
Kiwanis again bans women from membership
At the Atlanta convention Kiwanis International voted 3941 to 508 to keep the charter ban on women. Delegates rejected an amendment allowing women members and refused readmission to two chapters that had admitted women in violation of the charter.
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Atlanta
UPI
Kiwanis International
U.S
Omni Convention Center
Chicago
Great Neck
Gn.y
Carol E. Casher
Storms Drop Heavy Rains Tornado Sightings Reported Across Iowa
Storms rumbled across Iowa for a fourth day with heavy rains hail and funnel clouds touched down in Lucas and Davis counties no injuries or damage reported. Forecasters warned of continued storms and rivers expected to rise with floods along the Des Moines Raccoon and Cedar rivers amid evacuations in Fort Dodge and outlying areas.
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Towa
Iowa
Lucas
Davis
Lucas County
Chariton
Davis County
Drakesville
Muscatine
Scott Counties
National Weather Service
Winterset
Greenfield
Anitareas
Fort Dodge
Bellevue
Des Moines
Stratford
Red Rock
Raccoon River
Middle
South
Town
Cedar
Skunk
Cedar River
Conesville
Mozambique becomes new nation Lourienco Marques
Mozambique ends five centuries of Portuguese rule and adopts the name People’s Republic of Mozambique. Guerrilla leader Samora Machel is sworn in as first president and vows to erase colonial traces and build Africa’s first Marxist state.
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Lourienco Marques
Mozambique
UPI
Samora Machel
People’s Republic of
Portugal
Africa
Weather Outlook with Warm Humid Conditions and Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered thunderstorms likely from this afternoon through Thursday. Highs in the low to mid 30s, lows tonight mid to upper 60s, winds 5 to 10 mph. Rain chances 30 percent this afternoon, 40 percent tonight, and 30 percent Thursday.
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Henderson Wallace
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