Auditor criticizes Iowa liquor control operation
Des Moines Iowa State Auditor Lloyd E Smith blasts the liquor control commission for misclassified costs obsolete accounting and weak internal controls. He cites turnover, excessive personal use of telephones poor asset tracking and improper travel claims while urging consolidation of accounting under one qualified official and better interdepartmental cooperation.
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Des Moines
DPA
Lloyd E. Smith
State Liquor Control Commission
Smith
Liquor Commission
Comptroller
Commission
Community Chest drives advance with school and business divisions
Chest officials say the campaign continues with school and two business divisions kicked off Monday. Teachers and students will donate via special boxes in schools while adults enjoy YMCA memberships for pledges of 60 dollars or more. Five Washington High seniors enter homecoming queen race with October 15 festivities.
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YMCA
Tom and
Dick Horak
Jack Kiesey
Duane
Phyllis Hagensick
Washington High School
Susan Hennigan
William Hennigan
Washington
Christine Mineart
Leroy Mineart
Brighton
Patsy Mullikin
Glen Mullikin Jr
Penni Roth
Rex J. Roth
Jan Vacha
Darwin Vacha
Fire destroys Walgren Grocery Store in Mount Pleasant
Mt Pleasant Iowa morning blaze gutted the Walgren Grocery Store owned by Benner Tea Co of Burlington. Dick Walgren estimates damages at 150000. About 50 firefighters kept the fire contained to the brick building. cause is under investigation and no spread to neighboring businesses was feared. The store is operated by the Walgren brothers.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
UPI
Dick Walgren
Walgren
Benner Tea Co
Burlington
Walgren Brothers
Two-vehicle crash injures students near Cherokee Iowa
About 20 to 25 people including the Aurelia School District bus riders and drivers were injured when a tandem truck slammed into the bus at an unguarded gravel road intersection nine miles southeast of Cherokee. The bus rolled, injuries ranged from cuts and broken bones, with many transported to Sioux Valley Hospital as farm families aided responders.
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UPI
Aurelia
Cherokee
Sioux Valley Hospital
Cherokee County
Darrel C. Stroud
Iowa Highway Patrol
Cherokee County Road
Alta Lumber Co
Alta
Iowa Weather Outlook Warms Overnight With Mixed Clouds
A mild night across Iowa with lows in the lower 40s to mid 50s. Increasing clouds raise rain chances in the northwest. Showers and shifting winds turn colder in the northwest by Friday morning. Friday highs reach the mid 60s in the northwest to upper 70s in the southeast.
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Iowa
Arsenic and Old Lace Opens At Washington Community Theatre
The curtain rises at 8 p.m. for the first of three performances of Arsenic and Old Lace by the Washington Community Theatre group. Tickets remain at the door for tonight and the weekend shows. A Wednesday dress rehearsal drew 35 county home residents and guests for an evening out.
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Community Theatre Group of Washington
Selden Reports Iowa Deficit For Fiscal Year Ended
State Comptroller Marvin R Selden Jr reports a 5.5 million deficit for the year ending June 30. He notes revenue shortfalls and higher tax refunds. optimism remains for an unencumbered balance of 3 million by mid-decade. Farm income and corn prices loom large for future receipts.
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OPR
Marvin R Selden, Jr
Selden
Iowa
General Assembly
Nixon uses Taft Hartley to end West Coast dock strike
President Nixon invoked Taft Hartley for the first time to compel 15,000 West Coast longshoremen to return to work after a 98 day walkout. A temporary restraining order was issued in San Francisco with a hearing set for Friday on a permanent injunction to extend the cooling off period. The White House hopes federal mediators can urge a settlement as an Atlantic Gulf Coast strike continues and other labor actions ripple nationwide.
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Nixon
USS
Spencer Williams
San Francisco
Williams
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
White House
Taft - Harley
California
Ronald Reagan
Pacific Coast
Illinois
Chicago
Frank J McGarr
Union accuses ISU of lockout in wage dispute strike
A two day IBEW strike against Iowa Southern Utilities grounds workers at Washington plant after gates were locked. Negotiators cite three issues safety gloves standby hours and carrying lunches with weekend shifts, pay 40 a week plus 85.14 top for standby. Union claims company refuses access and demands.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Southern Utilities
Washingto
Harry Roberts
ISU
Roberts
Johnson
ISU Manag
IBEW
Iowa Southern
Southern
Burlington
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