Open meetings law challenged in Iowa case
District Court Judge Dennis Damsgaard took under advisement a challenge to Iowa open meetings law arising from a Monona Area 1 school board president's meeting without proper public notice. The judge said a ruling would come by early August while the Area 1 school is in Calmar.
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Eleader
API
Dennis Damsgaard
Waterloo
Iowa
Area 1
R.L. Evans
Monona
Donald Glee
Damsgaard
Evans
Clayton County
Calmar
Cages Collapse Hurts Thousands of Pullets at Gowrie Farm
At the Robert Carlson farm near Gowrie, hanging wire cages holding pullets collapsed, dumping about 45 bays of birds to the floor. Carlson estimated several thousand birds, many 17 weeks old, were killed or injured and would need destruction. He cited a possible structural failure and warned damages would be substantial.
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Carlson
Brandt denounces slander after resignation amid spy rumors
In Berlin Willy Brandt rejected claims he quit as West German chancellor over a love affair with a woman spy. He called the reports poisonous slanders and vowed to resist Methoden used by opponents to ruin him as he spoke at a Social Democratic rally in Berlin. He remains SDP chairman and spoke during observances of the Soviet blockade relief anniversary.
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Berlin
UPI
Willy Brandt
Brandt
West Berlin
Bonn
Social Democratic Party
Oregon's McCall weighs third party bid for president
Oregon Gov. Tom McCall a Republican by background stumps the West as a possible third party candidate for 1976 focusing on environmental cleanup and government reform. He speaks to groups in San Diego and Tucson and mulls a run after completing his second term.
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Tucson
Ariz
UPI
Oregon
Tom McCall
McCall
Junior High Arts Festival At Washington School
The Washington Junior High School industrial arts and art departments host their annual art festival Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The public may view displays and watch student demonstrations. The jazz band will perform twice and eighth and ninth graders will demo wood cut printing and wheel throwing. A 9th grade mural will be shown along with metals and woodworking exhibits and demonstrations of foundry welding lath router and saws.
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Washington Junior High School Industrial Arts and
Ford shores up his Nixon stand
Vice President Gerald Ford told Texas A and M graduates that the Nixon administration isn’t about to sink and that constitutional processes are working. He said a Friday talk with President Nixon reassured him the government remains sound and committed to lawful governance.
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College Station
Tex
UPI
Gerald Ford
Nixon
Ford
Texas A and M University
White House
Washington
FCC to Aid Iowa in Truck Radio Crackdown
Des Moines reports the FCC will assist Iowa Public Safety Department in curbing truckers using citizen band radios to warn of weigh stations and speed traps. Officials say unlicensed radios hinder enforcement and plan random checks across the state with FCC involvement.
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Des Moines
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Iowa
Holetz
Safety Department
Iowa Highway Commission Sues DOT Over Impounded Highway Funds
The Iowa Highway Commission filed a federal suit in Des Moines seeking release of $115 million in Congress-appropriated highway funds withheld by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The case asks a judge to order disbursement without further hearings.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Highway Commission
U.S. Department of Transportation
Congress
Iowa
U.S. District Court
William C. Stuart
Commission
U. S. Transportation Department
Missouri
South Carolina
Department of Transportation
Bomb Squad Finds Live Pipe Bomb in Times Square Locker
Police report a live pipe bomb was found in a Times Square locker along with handguns and ammunition in a nearby locker. The device was deactivated on site and all explosives were later destroyed at the firing range. Anonymous calls prompted the alert to Daily News and 911.
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New York
UPI
Times Square
Daily News
Seventh Ave
42Nd St
Battle over Watergate evidence sealed in secrecy fight
President Nixon faces a sealed legal battle as Judge Sirica orders Jaworski's memorandum on the subpoena sealed and contemplates a closed hearing. The case centers on obtaining White House tapes and related materials from 64 Nixon conversations amid ongoing impeachment and trial preparations. Moscow reports Pravda says bad weather delays spring crops and calls for emergency city labor drafts.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Leon Jaworski
John J. Sirica
Jaworski
White House
Sirica
Supreme Court
Local couple pledges 500000 for Washington County arts center
A private offer of 500000 is announced to fund a community center for the creative arts and a 400 to 500 seat auditorium. The gift is conditional on raising 200000 from the community and uses a local non profit to manage the project. The plan includes space for meetings displays and demonstrations with no restaurant facilities.
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Washington County
Washington
Governing Corporation
Washington County Fair Board
Fair Association
The
Washington Area
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Dave Hillman
Allen Witthoft
Clare Lechner
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