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Proposed Housing Code To Require Flush Toilets DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A new State Housing Code which would require flush toilets and hot and cold running water in all dwellings, urban or rural, is being proposed by the State Health Department. A public hearing on the proposed code, which would become part of the department's administrative rules, is set for Friday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines. It would set minimum standards for construction, maintenance, and occupancy of all residential buildings in Iowa and would replace the present housing law, effective July 1. Kenneth Choquette, director of the Health Department's division of general sanitation, said the proposed code was drafted under the Home Rule Act for cities and towns. The act requires the department to "establish, publish and enforce a state housing code, containing minimum requirements for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare." Choquette said comments about the code are invited at the public heating from builders, city officials and others, or may be submitted to him in writing.

A final draft of the code will be made after the public hearing, he said. It will be subject to review by the Legislative Rules Review Committee and the attorney general before it would go into effect. The Home Rule Act says cities may adopt part or all of the new building code, or adopt minimum requirements which are "higher or more stringent" than the state code. Local health boards and officials are responsible for enforcing the code subject to State Health Department supervision, except that cities may by ordinance give a full time building Communications Director Recommends Media Cut SPRINGFIELD, 111. (AP) Former White House Communications Director Herbert G.

Klein says newspapers and broadcasters should cut back on their publications and air time to conserve energy. Klein, President Nixon's communications director from 1969 until 1972, said such action would strengthen public confidence in both the media and in government. He told a public affairs seminar at Sangamon State University Tuesday the steps should be taken voluntarily, to avoid any future legislative attempt' to force the media into them. "The media has a responsibility to better the educational opportunity for American people in the energy field," said Klein, now an executive of Metromedia, Inc. "I think there are some other steps that can be taken to show the public the media is not just preaching but practicing energy conservation methods," he said.

The steps he proposed included: elimination or consolidation of at least one edition of newspapers that large cities, such as Chicago and Los Angeles. -T -An end to television broadcasting between midnight or 1 a.m. and 7 a daily. cutback of outdoor advertising to 30 per cent of what is now being displayed. The earth's outer shell is 25 miles thick.

inspector enforcement responsibility. The proposed code says no one can "occupy as owner, occupant or let to another for occupancy" any dwelling which doesn't have a flush toilet, lavatory and bathtub or shower, with "an adequate amount of heated and unheated water" always available. It says, however, that dwellings existing when the code becomes effective will not be required to install bathtubs or showers. It mentions nothing about toilets, and presumably rural homes of the "four rooms and bath" variety could be required to install toilets. A good deal of the proposed code has to do with preventing insect or rodent It says all homes, whether owner-occupied or not, must have screens on the windows and be "reasonably rat-proofed." The proposed code says all exterior openings must be rat- proofed if they are "within 48 inches of the existing exterior ground level" or if they "may be reached by rats from the ground by climbing unguarded pipes, wires, cornices, stairs, roofs, and other items such as trees or vines, or by burrowing." Both property owners and tenants are charged with responsibility of guarding against maintaining rat harbors or insect-attractive situations.

One provision of the code may clash with federal fuel allocation rules. It says that the owner of a building housing two or more persons shall provide heat of at least 68 degrees, and all housing must have a plant capable of creating at least that heating level. Numerous other sections go into structural standards for all kinds of housing, including electrical wiring, lighting potential and structural soundness. ESTHERVlLLE DAILY NEWS, JAN. 9, 1974 5 LADIES CHOOSE FROM: CROSS FLORSHEIM PUPPY 1,400 PAIR JUST PICK OUT TWO PAIR OF LADIES' SHOES OR BOOTS, PAY FOR THE HIGHER PRICED PAIR AND GET THE SECOND PAIR FOR ONLY A PENNY BRING A FRIEND SALE ENDS SATURDAY Increased Defense Spending In Nixon's Proposed Budget FIRST DICKINSON BABY Mrs.

Earl (Stella) Miller of Estherviiie holds her two-day-old daughter, Sara Jean, born Jan. 6 at Dickinson County Hospital. Sara was the first baby born in Dickinson County this year, but she did not qualify for their baby contest, because the Millers live in Emmet County. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces. She has two brothers, Stevan 17, and Michael, 13, and her grandparents are Mr.

and Mrs. Elmer McKinney, Spirit Lake, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lohse, rural Spirit Lake. Sara's father is a member of Estherville's police by Pat Parks.

WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon's proposed fiscal 1975 budget Will call for an increase in defense spending exceeding $5 billion, higher than earlier estimates, says Budget Director Roy Ash. Ash, head of the Office of Management and Budget, said in an interview that it will take $5 billion to finance higher pay and price increases for the military. On top of that, the defense budget will contain "a number of initiatives" to add to present programs, he said. "It will be a fully adequate defense budget," Ash said. "It will do more than just make up for the high cost of material and the higher pay to those in the service." He called the increase "the right thing to do in the world as it now is." The defense budget for the fiscal year that ends June 30 is $79 billion.

Although Ash gave no figure, sources indicated that the increase could be as much as $6 billion to $8 billion. As for the budget as a whole, Ash said it would carry a deficit of between $6 billion and $10 billion. While not providing a precise figure on what the budget would be. Ash said he did not see any way of avoiding going over $300 billion. This would be an increase of at least $27 billion.

Ash said the new spending program will include funds for a start on national health insurance, although he said it will be 1977 before that proposed program would have a significant dollar impact on the budget. Nixon is expected to detail his national health insurance plan soon and send legislation to Congress early this year. Ash said the budget will contain significant amounts for research and development in energy. The budget will reflect a 5-year, $10 billion energy research program recommended by Dixy Lee Ray, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Ash said the administration energy research proposal would not vary substantially from the AEC plan, which calls for federal spending of $1.6 billion in the first year.

The research program would put heavy emphasis on development of coal and would continue present programs to develop nuclear energy, Ash said. Ash said the budget will contain a new revenue sharing program for transportation, under which money can be sent out to localities to spend for their transportation needs. IS DOING IT AGAIN IN '74 STOP SHOP AVE THIS AD IS EFFECTIVE THRU MONDAY, JANUARY 14, RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES RESERVED WE'RE OPEN 9:00 to 9:00 MONDAY THRU SATURDAY. OPEN SUNDAY'S FROM 1:00 to 5:00 PYREX-WARE STACK MATES Bake, Serve Store 14-Ounce Compare at DOW LIQUID TIRE CHAIN Just Spray And Go 1 it 6 Oz. Can Regular I Mfg.

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