Lipsky truck fee amendment praised as sensible road funding move
A Tate Representative proposes raising truck license fees to fund Iowa roads, arguing the measure aligns with current standards and would distribute funds fairly. Critics include truckers and politicians wary of tax increases, but the piece urges honesty about needs and funding options.
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TATE
Joan Lipsky
Iowa
Mrs. Lipsky
Rep
Lipsky
Peter
Paul
Law on Precinct Redrawing Stirs Reapportionment Debate
An Iowa commission warned that changing ward and precinct boundaries after the 1960 census complicates legislative district population equalization. It urged cities to redraw before 1970 census and proposed a master plan approach to simplify future apportionment. A second option suggested would require cities to reprecinct by March 15 in years ending in 1 after each census. A study by a 1969 committee was recommended.
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Iowa
Reopen U S Parks Urges Visitors After Closures
A letter from readers complains of national monuments shut to the public under a 40 hour week plan in 1969 to save money for the budget and Vietnam. The writer urges citizens to contact Superintendent of Documents, congressmen, and park service to reopen parks.
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United States
Vietnam
National Park Service
Gazette
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Senators
Tax reform talks target millionaires tax dodgers
Secret discussions between Secretary of the Treasury David Kennedy and House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills focus on ending tax inequities. They examine how the wealthiest avoid taxes, including the oil depletion allowance, charitable contributions, and prepaid interest, and weigh a proposed minimum tax against broader reforms.
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Ashington
Secretary of the Treasury
David Kennedy
House Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Mills
Kennedy
Treasury
Johnson
Uncle Sam
State News and Civic Plans From 1959
Gov Herschel Loveless calls the Stanley Shaff plan unworkable and predicts a conference committee while noting a 1960 constitutional convention as the people’s path to a representative legislature. Linn county Red Cross appeals exceed its $5,000 goal, reaching $5,035. Cedar Rapids airport improvements await a $250,000 1949 appropriation with June as the likely start after a grant notice. Roy Rogers film and theater guests visit State Theater. City health notes urge a full-time sanitary inspector to head the department.
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Herschel
Loveless
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Don Hines
CAA
Gazette
Alex Fidler
Robert R. Kenney
Roy Rogers
Buffalo Bill
Audit program halted by state law for 1938 fiscal year
Attorney General Fred Everett ruled that state audits of city and school district books for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, must be discontinued due to a new law enacted by the legislature.
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Fred Everett
Nixon’s patient plan moves Vietnam peace talks forward
Roscoe Drummond and Geoffrey Drummond argue Nixon is pursuing a concrete, private approach to force a political settlement in Vietnam. He signals restraint on bombing, backs private talks, and nudges Thieu toward direct talks with the Viet Cong while pressuring Hanoi. The U.S. accepts three of Hanoi’s four points and seeks elections open to NLF members.
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Ashington
Vietnam
Nixon
Hanoi
Paris
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Ate Foreign Relations Committee
South Vietnam
Saigon
Washington
NLF
United States
U.S
North
Hanio
After Success What Comes Next for the Rat Race Victors
A humorous profile of B P Frothingale shows the hollowness of conquest after reaching the top. The piece argues success is remorseless and life-long labor, not fulfillment, as Frothingale shifts from power to hobbies and seeks meaning in archeology and model battleships.
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B. P. Farthingale
Knossos
Frothingale
New York Times
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A. Trusty
George Clark
Roscoe Drummond
Geoffrey Drummond
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
G. Drummond
R. Drummond
By Russell Baker
Ard
Camus
Kafka
Chicago
America
B. P. Frothingale
B. P
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