Stoutner farm fire destroys turkey shed and barn
Keota fire destroys a 36 ft turkey shed housing about 2200 turkeys on Marion Stoutner farm northeast of Keota. The blaze spread to a 64 by 64 ft barn, burning both structures and their hay stock. No livestock remained. cause undetermined. Firefighters from Keota and Wellman fought the blaze amid strong winds. insurance will partially cover losses.
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Keota
Marion Stoutner
Stoutner
Clarence Witthoft
Stouters
Wellman
Snake shortage halts Central Catholic spring show
In Lafayette Indiana a 7-foot boa constrictor borrowed for the Central Catholic High School musical has not eaten for seven weeks. Lead singer Ted Rotherrock warned the snake may not be ready for the May 9 performance, fearing possible danger to actors. Meanwhile in Salem Oregon the Garfield Elementary softball team beat Highland 10 to 7 when only the cheerleaders arrived to play.
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Lafayette, Ind
UPI
Lafayette
Central Catholic High School
Ted Rotherrock
Salem, Ore
Charlie Brown
Garfield
Highland Tigers
Highland
Kangaroo delay and pie joke amid traffic incident
Motorist Terry Smith reported a kangaroo hopped across his car at a red light in Crawley Hill England. Police asked what he had for supper and he replied meat pie. In Iowa voters rejected a 2 million bond for elementary and school expansions.
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Crawley Hill
England
UPI
Terry Smith
Smith
Tregoff Paroled After 10 Years In California Prison
Carole Tregoff, who cried in court when sentenced to life for murder at 22, was released on parole after serving 10 years in California Institution for Women. Once deemed a model prisoner, she won parole after multiple denials and will remain on parole for life.
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Frontera
Calif
UPI
Carole Tregoff
California
Miss Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
Women’s Board of Terms and Parole
California Institution For Women
Freedom
Lawmakers seek May 9 adjournment to end session
DES MOINES UPI Two House Democrats introduced a resolution urging final adjournment of the current legislative session on Friday May 9. The measure by minority floor leader William Gannon D Mingo and Rep. Thomas Renda D Des Moines would close the first session of the 63rd General Assembly at 5 p.m. on May 9.
University of Iowa Hints Tuition Rise For Next Year
University of Iowa President Dr. Howard Bowen said tuition for in state students could rise $100 to $150 per semester next year. He declined to specify out of state increases and noted aid will continue. Bowen cited regents budget cuts and urged maintaining quality education while students plan convocation and a class boycott. Partly cloudy weather with mild temperatures follows.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
University of Iowa
Howard Bowen
Bowen
Board of Regents
Ray to appoint Iowa IDM director by bill passage
The Iowa Senate approved a measure allowing the governor to appoint the Iowa Development Commission director. The bill sets the salary between 20000 and 26000 dollars annually, replacing the current system where the 11 member commission names the director. Gov. Robert Ray is expected to sign into law after a conference committee resolved deadlock between chambers.
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Development Commission
House
Senate
Robert D. Ray
Commission
UNI mother of year to reign on campus
Mrs. James G. Alderson of Alta was named mother of the year at the University of Northern Iowa and will reign over Mother's Day activities. The honors reflect her daughter Adeline, a UNI graduate student in speech pathology, and Aldersons leadership as a 4-H and Girl Scouts and band mother. Her husband retired from farming.
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Cedar Falls
Red Cross Blood Bank
Des Moines firemen face $100 daily contempt fines
More than 300 striking Des Moines firefighters line up at City Hall to collect monthly pay while facing $100 per day contempt fines for violating a court injunction. Judge Dale S. Missildine ordered $13,900 in fines for 134 workers as a settlement effort seeks equal pay with police.
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DES Moines
UPI
Des Moines Association of Professional Fire Fighters
Polk County District
Dale S. Missildine
Missildine
Fire Fighters Association
GOP WINS CRITICAL ISSUE IN IOWA VOTING BILL
Iowa Senate passes a major election law overhaul on a party line vote 36 to 12 sending the measure to the House. The bill limits college student voting, eases voting for movers, tightens third party ballot access, and imposes residency rules. Democrats call it anti voting rights and a GOP power play.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
GOP
Senate
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
Frommelt
New Cardinals Take Parishes in Rome Churches
Vatican confirms 33 new cardinals now assigned to Rome parishes in keeping with tradition. Cardin als include Terence Cooke of New York and John J. Wright of Pittsburgh, each taking possession of a home church in Rome, from ancient basilicas to modern districts. They will concelebrate Mass with senior priests as part of installation ceremonies.
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Vatican City
UPI
College of Cardinals
Eternal City
Rome
Pope Paul VI
Terence J. Cooke
New York
St. John’s
St. Paul's
Colosseum
John J. Wright
Pittsburgh
John F. Dearden
Detroit
Monte Mario
John J. Carberry
St. Louis
St. Giovanni Battista de Rossi
New Appian Way
HEW May Withdraw Bid to Desegregate Black Studies
The Nixon administration may withdraw its demand that colleges desegregate black studies and housing, while applying new eligibility requirements for federal aid. HEW plans to outline the approach at a news conference on Antioch College, which seeks a delay after a federal review. Panetta says federal funds tied to student aid and construction could be affected but expects no national precedent, urging development of inclusive black studies without racial limitation.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Sub Plan Antioch
Afro-American Studies Institute
Antioch
James P. Dixon
Leon E. Panetta
Office For Civil Rights
Panetta
Iowa lawmaker cut off during remarks on election reform bill
Democratic freshman Rep. Mezvinsky of Iowa City was ruled out of order by House Speaker William Harbor while criticizing a Republican backed election reform measure. Mezvinsky cited alleged abuses in political financing and noted missing campaign expense reports, saying the bill aims to extinguish the Democratic Party.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
William Harbor
Harbor
Edward Me2vinsky
Iowa City
Senate
Mezvinsky
Secretary of State
William Gannon
Gannon
Republican Central Committee
Democratic Party
Allied offensives claim 38000 Viet Cong killed in Vietnam
Saigon reports allied counter offensives killed about 38,000 Communists and forced Viet Cong units around Saigon to withdraw toward Cambodian camps. B52s struck bivouacs as Feb 23 winter spring offensive unwinds, with looser tempo near Saigon yet renewed fighting along the DMZ and a northern front.
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Saigon
Vps
Abrams
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Burlington man honored for heroic electric rescue
Thomas E. Kent, 64, a retired Burlington, Iowa boilermaker, received a bronze medal and 750 for rescuing Clarence A. Sinn, 39, from live power lines after Sinn slipped on a bank and touched three high tension wires. Kent used a dead branch to lift Sinn from the lowest line, then dragged him to safety and revived him. Sinn survived after hospitalization for extensive burns.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Thomas E. Kent
Burlington
Iowa
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Carnegie Commission
Clarence A. Sinn
Sinn
Kent
Intercepted Memo from Des Moines Lawmakers
A memo intercepted in Des Moines notes there is always next year for the 100 day legislative session. The message signed by WEJ hints at ongoing political push and future prospects.
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Ray
IDM
UNI
David Stanley
Muscatine
James Schaben
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Schaben
Gene Glenn
D - Ottumwa
Pearle DeHart
Ublican
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