Zoning Change Hearing Delayed on Apartment Plan
Washington Planning and Zoning Commission delays action on Larry A. Duncan’s request to re zone a southeast tract from R 2 to R 4 for a large apartment project. Public hearing drew many residents opposing the impact on sewage and traffic. meeting set for next Tuesday at City Hall. Duncan says current zoning could allow duplexes and notes the land was formerly multi family under the old ordinance but changed with February adoption.
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Washington
Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Larry A. Duncan
Case Field
Duncan
Democrats search for new chairman in Iowa unit
DES MOINES UPI Democrats resume search for a state chairman to stabilize a party burdened by debt after the surprise resignations of two leaders. The central committee voted 7-6 to delay the permanent choice to Sept 28 and named Jean Haugland interim chair.
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Clif Larson
Ames
Policewoman Foils Bank Robbery in New York Bank
In downtown New York a policewoman directing traffic heard glass shatter at Union Dime Bank. She confronted the would be robber wrestling with a security guard, handcuffed him, and summoned help to take him to jail. The robber had threatened a teller but the guard restrained him. Customers resumed their business as tellers stayed busy at other windows.
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New York
UPI
Marie Butler
Miss Butler
Union Dime Bank
Five Million Dollar Hashish Haul Seized at Las Vegas Airport
Police seized an estimated 800 pounds of hashish worth five million dollars found in 28 speaker boxes shipped from Amsterdam to New York and Las Vegas. Gary Lickert of Long Beach California was arrested after loading the boxes onto a truck near McCarran Airport with a $250 payment to move them. The discovery followed a drug sniffing dog alert at Kennedy Airport and is described as the largest haul since the French Connection era.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Ttle
Amsterdam
TWA United Freight
McCarran
Gary Lynn Lickert
Long Beach
Calif
Stevens
California
Culver Announces Bid for U S Senate Seat in Iowa
Rep John Culver of Cedar Rapids declares his candidacy for the U S Senate seat held by Harold Hughes, aiming to continue Democratic control in Iowa. He praises Hughes, pledges hard work and honest governance, and plans statewide press conferences to outline goals as a crowded field forms on both sides.
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Cedar Rapids
UPI
John Culver
U.S. Senate
Harold E Hughes
Iowa
Culver
Hughes
George Milligan
Des Moines
Jack Miller
Dick Clark
Clark
Washington
Senate
America
Tom Riley
John Walsh
Dubuque
Theodore Ellsworth
Maurice Baringer
Oelwein
Mike Feld
Robert D. Ray
Big banks raise prime rate to 10 percent nationwide
New York reports the prime rate rising to 10 percent as major banks including Wells Fargo and First National City Bank face federal scrutiny. The move marks the 16th increase since April, with other lenders like First National of Boston Union Bank of Los Angeles Franklin National and banks in Kansas City also adopting the higher rate.
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New York
UPI
Federal Interest Committee
Wells Fargo Bank of
San Francisco
First National City Bank of
First National of
Boston
Union Bank of Los Angeles
Franklin National of
First National
United Missouri
Kansas City
Ray tightens stance on Iowa fuel crisis and federal role
Gov. Robert D. Ray said Iowa cannot rely on the current federal fuel allocation, urging conservation as harvest and heating seasons approach. He pressed for more state control in crisis periods, citing a possible mandatory allocation program and continued talks with White House energy officials.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Ray
White House
John Love
Washington
Congress
Iowa Commerce Commission
Maurice van Nostrand
Iowa
Love
Teachers Back To Work As Walkouts Persist In Several States
United Press International reports that Bradford Pennsylvania and Oak Creek Wisconsin teachers returned to work on Friday while Michigan’s walkouts affect over 500000 students. In Rochester New York a mediator met with union and school board leaders to avert a walkout as a vote is planned.
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United Press International
Bradford
Oak Creek
Wis
Michigan
Rochester
N.Y
Teachers Union
Harrison
Greenburgh
Board of Education
Pennsylvania
Bristol Township
Bucks County
Kenosha
Beloit
Chetek
Whitewater
Waupun
Oshkosh
Detroit
Gas Price Ceilings May Rise As CLC Reviews Costs
Washington reports the Cost of Living Council will promptly adjust ceiling prices for gasoline diesel and home heating oil after reviewing new cost data. ARCO gains a penny a gallon in wholesale price while a two cent increase is cut in half for heating oil. Hundreds of stations protested Phase IV controls as the agency warned against station service fees and urged reporting to the IRS.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
CLC
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Atlantic Richfield Co
ARCO
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Snow expected in the Rockies with widespread storms
United Press Inter reports two large storm systems bringing heavy snow in western Montana passes up to 12 inches and lower elevations four to eight inches. Yellowstone eight inches by afternoon. Lewiston Montana four inches as cold air moves south. Thunderstorms spread rain from the Central Rockies to the upper Mississippi, hail in Nebraska Panhandle, rains in the Northeast and southern Texas, with varied temperatures across the nation.
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United Press Inter
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Lewiston
Mont
Rockies
Wyoming
Mississippi Valley
Nebraska Panhandle
Atlantic States
Texas
New England
Washington
D.C
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Delaware River
New Jersey
New York City
Vero Beach
Fla
McAllen
Tex
Pacific States
mid-Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Butte
Livingston
Needles
Calif
OPEC eyes higher oil payments amid inflation pressure
Vienna reports OPEC ministers weighing an eight percent oil price shift to offset declining purchasing power of oil earnings. Secretary General Abder Rahman Khene said inflation outstrips the 25 percent yearly rise, while Western majors resist new price demands after Libya takeovers and drilling control pressures.
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Vienna
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Abder Rahman Khene
Libya
West
Abu Dhabi
Algeria
Iran
Iraq
Qatar
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Venezuela
Indonesia
Kuwait
Weather Outlook With Clouds and Mild Temperatures
Increasing cloudiness and mild conditions with light variable winds today. Rain possible with thundershowers and cooler temperatures tonight and Sunday. Northerly winds 10 to 15 mph tonight. Highs near 70 today, tonight lows 48 to 52. Sunday highs in the low 60s. Rain chance 50 percent tonight and 50 percent Sunday.
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Dickinson
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