House rejects appointive offices amendment in Iowa
In Des Moines the Iowa House failed to advance a constitutional amendment to make state treasurer and secretary of state and auditor appointive, 51 to 44, with debate over whether the governor or legislature would appoint these offices and whether the attorney general should be included. Proponents argued accountability and reform while opponents warned against moving away from elections and cited Watergate-era lessons.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thomas Gillon
D-Dubuque
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Arlyn Danker
R-Winden
Linda Svoboda
D-Amana
W. W. Dieleman
D-Pella
Dieleman
Svoboda
Mattie Harper
West Grove
State Executive Council
Terry Branstad
Lake Mills
John Patchett
North Liberty
Patchett
Decorah seeks 300000 in federal funds for sewer project
Decorah and Winneshiek County seek over 300000 in cost sharing for a new county care center sewage system. Project cost estimated at 411700 includes a sewage lagoon and water system at the care center and extensions to Freeport and Haugen Hummel addition. Regional Planning Director Dumke and architect Ly ness coordinate with engineer Erdman on bids and eligibility under new EPA guidelines. Benjamin Franklin death noted as historical In 1790.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors
Lowell Erdman
Freeport
Haugen-Hummel
Jerry Dumke
Postville
Erdman
al Lyness
Dumke
EPA
Kansas City
Des Moines official backs Sunday liquor law change
Rolland Gallagher, director of the Iowa beer and liquor control department, supports a House bill to simplify Sunday liquor permits by removing the 50 percent nonalcoholic sales rule. He notes current rules cause confusion and enforcement is difficult. He statements focus on administrative workable changes and concerns about enforcement beyond his department.
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Gallagher
Iowa
Inauguration and symposium set at Cornell college
In Mt Vernon Iowa April 25 to 27 Cornell college will host Dr Philip B Secor as the twelfth president with an inauguration at 11 am on April 27 A symposium on The Role of Science in the Third Century of American History features Dr Robert Replogle Dr John M Dean and Gerard Piel The weekend also includes an after dinner talk by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar D Mitchell and a leadership conference with Mitchell as speaker Bishop James S Thomas attends the ceremony and festivities include a luncheon and 3 pm reception for Secor</S>
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Philip B. Secor
Iowa
Robert D. Ray
U.S
Interior
Stewart Udall
Edgar D. Mitchell
Cornell
Udall
John F. Kennedy
Overview Corp
Robert Replogle
John M. Dean
South Carolina
Gerard Piel
Scientific American
William B. Reynolds
Wayzata
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William Fletcher King
James S. Thomas
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