Iowa House approves school aid plan may strain budget
The Iowa House passed 97 to 0 a measure funding the basic state share for the 1973-74 school foundation plan at 241.3 million dollars with 900,000 for a Budget Review Committee. Lawmakers warned the governor’s budget may be hard to meet and discussed possible shifts in funds and reserve uses to cover hardships and declining enrollments.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
State
School Foundation
Robert D. Ray
Senate
Iowa
David Stanley
Muscatine
House
Stanley
Ways and Means
Ray
Richard Welden
Lowa Falls
Budget Review Committee
Laverne Schroeder
R-Mcclelland
Welden
Jackson Boys 4 H Club hosts March meeting
Tom Wheelan presided as 20 members answered roll with What Is Your Favorite Meal. Myron Sojka spoke Start the Day Off Right Eat Breakfast Tom Wheelan spoke on Fitness and Patty Sojka spoke on Nutrition and Athletics. A nutrition film strip was shown and refreshments served by Leaderettes.
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Jackson Boys
Tom Wheelan
Jackson Boys 4-H
Myron Sojka
Patty Sojka
POW stalemate dims hopes for release in Hanoi talks
In Saigon and Weimar, conflicting moves over prisoner exchanges push back plans to free the last American POWs. Hanoi offers some releases only if U S troop pullout aligns with a Sunday deadline, while Washington demands nine Americans and a Canadian still in Laos be freed before any pullout. The Joint Military Commission made no progress on the exchanges. Daytime reports also note Thomas Dayton, age 107, former coal worker, celebrated in Weimar after surviving miners tuberculosis.
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Saigon
UPI
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Laos
Joint Military Commission
JMC
U.S
Duwa Fur and Wool reports best season in 35 years
Ten years after B D Duwa states the 1962 63 season is the best yet for his fur business. Duwa Fur and Wool Company shipped thousands of pelts this season bringing total to about 160 000 to 180 000. Livestock markets in Des Moines and Joliet show slow hog trade with steady to lower prices and various weight cattle and hog figures listed. Market receipts include 60 000 today and 85 000 Thursday with year ago at 67 000.
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B.D. Duwa
Duwa Fur and Wool Company
Des Moines
UPI
Joliet, Ill
Iowa
U.S
Grain market snapshot from Chicago futures report
UPI reports grain trading in Chicago with bids and closes across wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans. Prices show mixed activity with May December contracts and several months cited for oats and soybeans, reflecting typical seasonal volatility and futures positioning.
Thought of the day on Letitia Landon quote
A daily line cites British poet Letitia Elizabeth Landon remarking that few people, except the poor, truly feel for the poor. The quote reflects a social conscience attributed to Landon in the periodical’s spirit.
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
At UP Home Spring and Easter Spirit Renew Community Life
Residents note spring’s renewal through chores and gardening as Easter observances rise with Lenten church services. Visitors include Rev Andrew Cresswell and family, plus relatives traveling from Kirksville and Boston. Hospital guests recover at home. birthdays, family visits, cooking class tips, and a youth panel discuss community welfare programs in Washington.
Watergate defendants tied to White House figures and Cuban link
McCord argues he faced legal pressures to answer Sirica while fearing retaliation against him and his family if he talked. Liddy Hunt and five others await sentencing after pre-dawn Watergate arrests at the Democratic National Committee Offices. prosecutors portray Liddy and Hunt as masterminds with no evidence of higher authority involvement.
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White House
G. Gordon Liddy
Miami
McCord
Sirica
Senate
Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
Frank A Sturgis
Bernard L. Barker
Virgilio R Gonzalez
Eugenio R. Martinez
Hunt
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
FBI
Treasury Department
Nixon
Panama student speaks at WSCS meeting with slides
Roberto Proll, an AFS student from Panama, addressed 18 members of the Evening Circle of the Methodist WSCS on Wednesday evening at Mrs. Truman Hysell's home. Louise Wasson cohosted, Mrs. Merle Smith led devotions, and a short business meeting followed.
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Methodist
WSCS
Truman Hysell
Louise Wasson
Roberto Proll
AFS
Panama
Merle Smith
Planned bus trips for women travelers by Muscatine YWCA
Women who prefer not to drive long distances are urged to contact the YWCA to learn about bus trips organized by the Muscatine YWCA for Washington YWCA members. Planned itineraries include Mendota Illinois to Time Was Village in June Minden Nebraska to Pioneer Village in August a Delta Queen cruise to St Louis and return by boat in September a Ft Winnipeg Canada trip in October a Silver Dollar City Missouri arts show trip in November and a Chicago area Christmas decorations and White Fence Farm dinner in December. Space limits and deadlines require advance inquiries before trip day.
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YWCA
Muscatine Ywca
Washington Ywca
Mendota
Ill
Minden
Neb
Pioneer Village
St Louis
Mississippi
Ft Winnepeg
Canada
Silver Dollar City
Chicago Area
White Fence Farm
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Snoo
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Vacha
Melinda Pacha
Washington High
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Andrew Cresswell
Africa
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al Spotts
Andrew
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John and
Irene Baird
Karen
Kirksville
Arlington Heights
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S. C. Picken
Col
James Picken
Rantoul, Ill
James Finch
Boston
E. H. Olson
Picken
Gilbert Bergstrom
Signe Chrisinger
Swedesburg
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William Ross
Bruce Gillis
Gillis House
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Davenport
Frank Baird
Helen Buchanan
Max Davidson
Oregon
Wis
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Pittsburgh
Vera Buchanan
Charles Coulter
Whittier
California
Don Robeson
Monmouth, Ill
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Nellie Fry
Helen Stevens
Miss Fry
James L . Wesley Bader
Mark Hampshire
Dorothy Arnold
Eunice Letts
Health Center
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Ackley
Brian
Helen Bass
Malvern
Sarah Christensen
Christensen
Edith Harvey
Ralph E. Overholser
Town City
Channing Hall
Tipton
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Doris
Charles Ruebsam
Holiday Shores
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Charles McClung
Memory Lane
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