Conference to settle Iowa education funding differences
Senate votes to form a conference committee over a 240 million education appropriation. House had raised to 244 million, Senate rejected 9 to 36. Conferees will tackle audits of Des Moines College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tuition Grant funding, private college aid, retirement system contributions, and a measure making the Board of Regents the official public employer for its five institutions.
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Philip Hill
PER Board
Wellman Man William Mullins Jailed After Domestic Assault
A Wellman man, William Mullins, is jailed on 2500 bond charged with assault and battery and malicious injury to a building after a drunken domestic quarrel with his wife Shirley. He allegedly destroyed the interior of their rented home and was chased to Wellman Golf Course before arrest. The couple had been married one week.
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William Mullins
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Wilbur Swartzendruber
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Duane Tadlock
Wellman Golf Course
Ford edges Reagan in six primaries with Carter thriving
Ford wins Kentucky and Tennessee by slim margins and takes Oregon as Reagan delays his momentum. Carter dominates Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee, boosting his delegate lead to about 1,505 needed for nomination. Oregon shows Church rising with a 7 point margin over Carter. Brown wins as write-in in Oregon. Reagan carries Nevada and Idaho, while Missouri delegates split and Alabama runoff delegates go to Wallace, Carter, and uncommitted.
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Missouri
Morris Udall
Henry M. Jackson
Ellen McCormack
Alabama
Wallace
Iowa panel tightens ban on certain porn in 1978
A joint conference committee approved a strict ban on specific pornographic material to take effect January 1, 1978. The measure targets depictions such as sado masochistic abuse, child sex acts, excretory acts, and bestiality, while nudity in taverns remains liberalized in part. The package blends the porn ban with a broader tavern nudity reform to secure support among lawmakers.
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Carl Nielsen
Altoona
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Earl Willits
D-Des Moines
Hays admits personal relation in house floor confession
Rep Wayne Hays, 65, Ohio Democrat and Administration Committee chair, acknowledged a personal relationship with Elizabeth Ray on the House floor. He says the affair was not about payroll status and hopes the Ethics Committee finds no rule violation while recalling he previously denied sexual relations to protect his marriage. A hushed 300 plus crowd listened as he disclosed details amid housing bill debate.
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Weather outlook shows clouds and showers in parts
Mostly cloudy tonight with a slight shower risk in the northwest and extreme southeast. Thursday, east will stay mostly cloudy while the west becomes partly cloudy. slight shower chances persist in the extreme southeast. Tonight’s temperatures dip to the low to mid 50s, and Thursday’s highs reach the low to mid 70s.
Ford seeks share of California vote
Ronald Reagan campaigned in California as Ford supporters moved to abolish winner take all in the state's GOP primary. Reagan called the Legislature effort a coup while charting Southern California stops. A Sacramento committee approved an urgency bill to replace the winner take all with proportional delegates.
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28 Washington seniors win 9700 in scholarships at 106th commencement
Twenty eight Washington High School seniors received nine thousand seven hundred dollars in scholarships during the 106th annual commencement in the high school gym. The list includes Henry E Shield Nancy Shamdin and Kathy Schantz at 400 each for two years, John T Sampson Owen Gamon at 200 for four years, Rotary Scholars Teri Giardino and Stephanie Cousins at 700 each, and numerous other awards ranging from 100 to 500 dollars to named students and families across multiple scholarship funds.
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Henry E. Shield
Nancy Shamdin
Kathy Schantz
Donald Schantz
John T. Sampson
Owen Gamon
William Gamon
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