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Poutine farce tops Iowa primary critique and other notes
Iowa politics and public life are sketched in a Capitol Letter weekly item. A University of Iowa political science professor calls the primary system a poutine farce and urges ballot shortening while noting voter reluctance to reveal affiliations. The column covers White’s retirement, Iowa Bar leaders, a new WAC center, McCarthy talk, Benson’s Iowa visit, United Fund goal, and potential special legislative session on a toll road.
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Feof Versity
Iowa
Ima
Wove
White
Fred R. White
Iowa Highway Commisson
We White
Commission
Cheif
Ed Koch
Koch
John Butler
Clyde E. Jones
Ottumwa
Army
WAC
Des Moines
WAAC
Fort Des Moines
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Washington
Thoms Martin
Guy Gillette
Republican State Central Committee
Martin
Don Pierson
Republican National Committee
Robert Goodwin
Anna Lomas
Red Oak
Eisenhower
Brownell
Pierson
Benson
Ezra T. Benson
Hawkeye
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Group
United Fund
Reid L. Hunt
Tipton
United
William
Beardsley
Paul Parker