Weather and public safety brief from midweek headlines
Washington received .95 inch of rain over Monday night and Tuesday easing farm work. A false fire alarm at Stewart School led to a city response and a 13 year old boy's admission. the alarm cost Washington about 100 dollars. In Sacramento Mrs. Spiro Agnew warned against student protests and would paddle any child involved. In Portland a Boise school pilot dropped 27 raw eggs from 800 feet. 12 eggs survived in 18 packages with clever protection including blankets and foam.
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Washington
Washington Fire Department
Stewart School
City of
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Ronald Reagan
Portland
Ore
Bobbie Nunn
Boise School
Plowed field ruins and housing plan pass in Keokuk vote
In Bergum Holland a field plow goes wrong as a worker starts beside a shed causing a ruined pitch for Suameer Soccer Club. In Keokuk Iowa residents approve a 180 unit low rent elderly housing project by a 1539 to 471 vote with 25 percent turnout, funded entirely by the federal government for seniors 62 and older earning $3600 or less.
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Bergum
Holland
UPI
S. Kloosterman
S. Deelstra
Suameer Soccer Club
Kloosterman
Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk
Mississippi
Fire at University of Iowa armory caused by flammable liquid outside wall
Iowa City fire chief Dean Deede said a Tuesday fire at the University of Iowa armory was started by someone throwing flammable liquid against the building. The liquid spread along the outside of the old armory, with flames confined to the exterior walls and only minor damage reported as investigators press on.
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
Iowa City
Dean Deede
University of Iowa
Deede
Intercepted Memo GOVERNOR RAY Des Moines Pay Raise Debate
A memo from Governor Ray in Des Moines discusses a state pay raise plan. The note hints at mixed reactions with some cheering and others questioning the leadership.
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Ray Des Moines
Ray
Regents Bill Passes House With Anti Riot Clause
Iowa House approved a 91.4 million dollar Regents budget for the state universities, including a contentious anti riot provision. The bill returns to the Senate, with Gov. Ray likely to sign if concurred. House rejects a UNI funding boost and keeps the anti riot clause amid debates over tuition and budget impacts.
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Iowa House
Senate
Robert D. Ray
House
University of Northern Iowa
George Milligan
Des Moines
Dennis Freeman
Storm Lake
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
MIT
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving
Regents
Gov. Ray
UNI
Willard Hansen
Cedar Falls
Hansen
Elmer den Herder
R - Sioux Center
den Herder
Andrew Varley
R - Stuart
Don Herder
Nixon plan shifts from food stamps to cash aid
HEW Secretary Robert H. Finch told a Senate nutrition panel that the administration will propose direct cash assistance for welfare recipients in the coming months, as part of broader welfare reform. President Nixon urged expanding food stamps but Finch argued cash income preserves dignity and flexibility, with reforms to follow.
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Washington
UPI
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Congress
Finch
Senate Committee On Nutrition
United States
Nixon
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
George S. McGovern
D.S.D
John F. Kennedy
Food For Peace
McGovern
Agriculture Department
White House
End Measles Clinic Planned Across Washington County
A county wide measles vaccination effort invites all children ages 1 to 15, regardless of residence, at three schools in Kalona Riverside and Washington with sessions 10 30 to 11 30 a m 12 30 to 1 p m and 1 30 to 3 p m on May 15. A 50 cent donation is requested but not required. The program is led by the Washington County Medical Society and the State Health Department to reduce measles risk and brain complications.
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Washington County
Mid - Prairie
Kalona
Highland
Riverside
Washington
Lincoln
State Department of Health
Public Health Service
Washington County Medical Society
State Health Department
United States
Helicopter crash kills 34 in Vietnam
A twin rotor CH47 Chinook carrying South Vietnamese troops crashed 75 miles north-northeast of Saigon near Phuoc Binh killing 34 and injuring 35. American headquarters blamed in flight mechanical failure and opened an investigation. Two Americans were among the dead. The crash occurred on Dien Bien Phu anniversary day with no major fighting reported nearby.
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Saigon
UPI
Phuoc Binh
Dien Bien Phu
Mo Bia
Forty Attending Planning Session for Disaster Program
Forty Washington County residents met with Red Cross disaster chairman Robert Wead at Farm Bureau Hall. Volunteer consultant W Venables outlined disaster response steps with slides from Oelwein and Charles City and explained Red Cross duties, civil defense roles, and help for those lacking resources. County chairmen and school and emergency unit plans were discussed. a full list of county chairmen and duties will be released soon.
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Washington County
Robert Wead
Red Cross
Farm Bureau
W. Sinclair Venables
Ottumwa
American Red Cross
Oelwein
Charles City
Mr. Venables
Charter
Nancy Barclay
Donald Fenno
Harold Jarvis
The
Mark Swartzendruber
Mennonite Disaster
Kelly Schlapkohl
Charles Snyder
Richard Adams
Weather Outlook for Iowa Tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy conditions persist across Iowa tonight with cooler winds. Lows range from 45 to 50 degrees with Thursday daytime highs in the 60s, signaling a mild but cooler pattern ahead.
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Iowa
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