Iowa and Federal Fight Over Stream Pollution Action
Public dispute between Iowa officials and the federal Water Pollution Control Administration centers on whether to upgrade sewage treatment now for future pollution risks. Iowa argues for reasonable cooperation and immediate measures, citing strong water standards and data showing minimal urban sewage deficiencies.
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Ission
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Iowa
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Mississippi
Hair style clash sparks wildcat strike at English plant
An English manufacturing plant suspended an apprentice welder for shoulder-length hair, fearing a poor customer impression. The welder’s union launched a wildcat strike with 120 workers, drawing global publicity and triggering debate over who bears the blame for impacting production and image.
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York Trailer Company
Corby
Retaliation by Seniority Powers House Education Bill
A 79 year old Rep Bill Colmer of Pascagoula Mississippi blocks the federal aid to education bill using seniority as House Rules Committee chair. HEW cuts funds to Pascagoula schools for desegregation failures while Colmer relishes power, delaying national education funding. Different from local desegregation fights, the case shows committee chair influence over legislation.
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Ashington
Bill Colmer
Pascagoula
Miss
Colmer
House
Mississippi
Carl Perkins
Kentucky
Congress
McCormack
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Rep
Supreme Court
Gulfport
Keesler Air Force Base
Leon Pannetta
HEW
Office of Civil Rights
Creagh Evins
Carver High School
Fair
Pascagoula High School
House Rules Committee
United States
House of Representatives
Arbitration for campus disputes a flawed yet possible path
Washington editorials weigh Edith Green’s plan for federal campus mediation to curb campus violence. Critics warn of a new bureaucracy and legal challenges, while supporters see a chance to reform administration without disruption. The piece contrasts liberal activists’ opposition with conservative doubts about student governance and authority.
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Green
Reagan Sails Toward Re election Amid Campus Clash
Liberal Democrats warn that Reagan's strong stance on Berkeley mobilizes the middle class voters. Activists on the left seek a showdown with extremists to pressure moderates, while Harvard's Students for a Democratic Society claims a triumph.
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Ronald Reagan
Berkeley
Reagan
Harvard
Answers to Everything Catechism for the Radicals
An interview style dialogue from the New York Times Service discussing the Revolu tionaries for a Radical Society and their critique of universities. It covers dialogue methods, participatory democracy, media role, campus occupations, and demands framed as non negotiable. It portrays radical strategies and clashes with the Establishment press.
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RRS
Wall
Iowa's 83-year record on clean water leadership
The speaker defends Iowa's water pollution controls, detailing a long history from 1836 to 1969. He cites early sewage plants, 1923 stream laws, and 99.3 percent of the sewered population served by 1969, arguing Iowa set standards ahead of many states and challenging claims of lagging progress.
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Iowa State Board of Health
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa State College At
Ames
United States
Anson Mattson
Iowa State College
Marion
Water Pollution Control Federation
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Gedur Rapids Gazette
Iowa Commission
Interior Department
Water Pollution Control Administration
Nevada
North Dakota
Delaware
Prion
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Bell-McClure Syndicate
Marquis Childs
Japan
University of Tokyo
Yale
Princeton
Edith Green
Oregon
Special House Subcommittee On
Labor Mediation Service
Students For A Democratic Society
United Feature Syndicate
By James Reston
Revolutionaries For
James
Reston
New York Times Service
Davenport
State Health Department
Mullinex
Howard R. Green Company
By Charles D. Mullinex
State Department of Health
Charles D. Mullinex
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