Local streakers ignite nude runs around town
Four local high school males reportedly staged the first nude streaks in Washington amid cool weather between 10 and 10:45 pm at Pizza Hut Central Park the high school grounds and United Presbyterian Home. Standers claim another group of five met them. authorities say prosecutions hinge on disorderly conduct or nuisance if a disturbance occurs.
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Iowa Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
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Senate approves school change in Iowa vote
Iowa Senate approved sweeping legislation funding more comprehensive special education and dissolving 52 county and joint county districts. The bill passed 41 to 7, with funding disputes over a $24 million annual cost when fully implemented in 1975.
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UPI
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R' Hull
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Arthur Neu
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Vesco gift for Nixon campaign linked to SEC probe
Witness Harry Sears testified that Robert Vesco refused to testify before an SEC hearing in 1972 to avoid being tied to the Nixon campaign. Sears said Vesco arranged a $250,000 Bahamas loan and secretly gave $200,000 to Maurice Stans, with $50,000 publicly donated, to influence the probe into Vesco’s finances.
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Weekend Weather Outlook With Sprinkles Possible
Sunny afternoon with warm high in the 70s gives way to a chance of showers and thundershowers tonight ending Saturday morning. Lows near 50, highs Saturday in the 60s. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph, then southeast 10 to 18 mph tonight. Measurable precipitation probability 40 percent tonight, 20 percent Saturday.
Iowa House okays public bargaining bill after 12 days debate
The Iowa House passed a broad public bargaining measure on a 56-43 vote, enabling unions to bargain with schools cities and counties with a four step dispute process and a strict no strike regime. It calls for final offer binding arbitration and allows exclusive bargaining rights after a majority vote, with penalties for strikes and a July 1995 start date.
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D-Davenport
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Unemployment steady in February amid auto industry layoffs
UPI reports unemployment held at 5.2 percent in February with 85.8 million employed and 4.75 million jobless. Energy shortages and auto demand cuts drove manufacturing losses, offset by gains in trade, government, services, and real estate. Speculation warned of rising jobless totals, but officials cited statistical margins and cautious optimism from Nixon administration.
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Senate backs $2.20 minimum wage approve measure
The Senate passed a bill by 69 to 22 to raise the hourly minimum wage to 2.20 and expand coverage to about seven million more workers. The plan phases in wage hikes over three years for farmworkers and in varying timelines for other groups, with overtime protections extended to about 8.6 million workers. A Helms amendment to exempt police and firefighters from overtime was rejected. The House bill moves toward a 2.30 rate by January 1, 1976.
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Des Moines Lawmaker Raises Safeguards in FBI Criminal Data Exchange
Des Moines Senator George Milligan objects to Iowa joining the FBI computerized criminal history network. He warns safeguards are weaker federally, risking unrecoverable arrest records and no citizen access to check data. Milligan cites Iowa TRACIS rules for annual reviews and purging unconvicted records.
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Kansas girl crowned U. S. Pork Queen
A Kansas junior at the University of Kansas, Kim Schoen of Downs, was named National Pork Queen at the fifth annual American Pork Congress in Des Moines. The award, carrying $2,000, ends two years of Iowa titleholders with Loo Klingaman and Eunice Schroeder preceding her.
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Patty Fossum
Worthington, S.C
Iowa beef producers plan New York sale to prove prices low
A Sioux County delegation from Iowa plans a March 15 beef sale in New York to show consumers that current supermarket prices are about 15 percent higher than cattlemen receive. About 40,000 pounds from 70 cattle will be sold, priced from slaughter cost plus transport and a nominal $25 per steer, aiming to demonstrate fairer pricing.
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