Beck Reorganization Criticized as Tax Savings Measure
Beck of Centerville criticized state government restructuring saying that reorganizing agencies must save taxes and improve services. He cited the new social services department and its 76 parole agents and 12 supervisors as excessive and wasteful. Reppert accused Beck of resisting progress and defended ongoing Republican control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Robert Beck
Centerville
Beck
Mt. Pleasant
Department of Social Services
Boards of Control, Social Welfare and Parole
United States
Harold Hughes
Little Iowa reaction to McGovern bid unclear
Des Moines reports say key Iowa Democrats led by Gov. Harold Hughes show the 54 member delegation to the national Democratic convention will stay uncommitted. Hughes Rasmussen and William Sueppel plan to wait until Chicago and keep Hughes as favorite son on first ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Harold Hughes
George McGovern
Hughes
U.S. Senate
Clark Rasmussen
William Sueppel
Towa City
Robert F. Kennedy
Chicago
McGovern
Minnesota
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Sueppel
Rasmussen
Schwengel Pushes Conservation Funds Amid Land Costs
Keokuk Iowa congressman Fred Schwengel campaigned for re election urging stepped up conservation efforts. He endorsed increased funding for the land and water conservation fund to complete park and recreation projects. He warned rising land costs at about ten percent annually impede land acquisition for recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
UPI
Iowa
Fred Schwengel
Schwengel
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Safety Commissioner and son leave hospital after shooting incident
Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner John Oberthien and his 15 year old son John D. Oberthien Jr. were released from St. Luke's hospital Saturday. The boy was wounded in the lower chest when a revolver he examined discharged last Sunday. the father suffered an apparent heart attack as a result. The son had been at University hospitals, Iowa City, before returning to Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
John Oberthien
John D. Oberthien, Jr
St. Luke’s Hospital
Young Oberthien
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Classified want ads Promise Versatile Buying and Selling
Local wants ads offer a flexible option for buyers and sellers. Readers can post items for sale or seek goods and services with quick, broad reach in the community. The system supports diverse offers and requests.
Former Cedar Rapids resident dies in Downey California
Wi nona Gallagher 49 a Cedar Rapids resident for 40 years died Saturday in Downey California. She was the wife of Donald Gallagher and daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Miller of 221% Fourteenth avenue SE. Community notices list local engagements events and services including VA hours Kiwanis Rotary and youth employment within Linn County and Cedar Rapids.
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Winona Gallagher
Cedar Rapids
Downey
Calif
Donald Gallagher
Harry Miller
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Danish Rag War Rages in Roskilde
Danish police report a rag war in Roskilde between the Solidarity Committee Aiding Developing Countries and the Salvation Army. Quarrels and occasional brawls occur when both groups arrive to collect discarded garments left on doorsteps for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Roskilde
Salvation Army
Report Details Food Quality and Price Gaps in Poverty Areas
A U.S. House committee report finds supermarket chains in inner cities like New York, Washington and St. Louis sold lower quality foods to low income customers and charged higher prices in poverty areas. It urges interagency action and FTC inquiry into possible violations.
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New York Times
Washington
House
New York City
St. Louis
House Committee On
U.S
America
Committee On
Consumer Interests
Office of Economic Opportunity
Federal Trade Commission
Departments of Agriculture, Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Small Business Administration
Federal Trade Commission Act
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Franzenburg accuses Republicans of payroll padding in Iowa race
Democratic candidate Franzenburg says Republicans inflate state payrolls while pointing to increases in auditors office and attorney general staff. He cites Lloyd Smith 85 to 132 staff rise and Turner’s 34 percent gain, defenses for university enrollment growth and student need. Senator Stanley attacks Hughes on farm income claims. Countryman urges anti ballistic missile defense. Bramwell links farm policy to versatile crop options.
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Paul Franzenburg
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Franzenburg
Lloyd Smith
Smith
Richard Turner
L. B. Liddy
David Stanley
Muscatine
U.S
Harold Hughes
Stanley
Marshalltown
Hughes
Freeman Urges Positive Side Of Farm Story
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman told a National Association of County ASC office employees conference that county ASC workers should tell the positive side of eight years of rural development. He urged calling the effort the reconstruction of rural America and criticized opponents for offering no constructive proposals to extend the Johnson farm programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Orville Freeman
Freeman
National Association of ‘County
ASCS
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committees
ASC
America
Derogatory remarks by youths prompt police briefing in Cedar Rapids
Three boys aged 12 14 and 15 were taken into custody after directing derogatory remarks at officers in the Cedar Rapids loop. They were lectured at the police department youth bureau and sent home, with names to be referred to juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Loop
Police Department
Percy Pledges Active Support of G O P State
Senator Charles Percy said he would campaign for the Nixon Agnew ticket in a spirit of party unity and for a meaningful campaign. His priority is to support the GOP in Illinois and he criticized the current nominating process calling for national primaries to improve the process.
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Chicago
Charles Percy
Nixon-Agnew
Percy
G.O.P
Illinois
Nelson Rockefeller
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Wathan
Cedar Rapids Municipal
Bob Wray
Bob Doolittle
Steve Novakovich
Louie Scroggins
Wally Jones
Vernon Brusha
Richard Holden
Mike Wilson
Curtis Smith
Francis Lauderdale
Mike Kennedy
Harold Hall
Jim Wathan
Clayton Conrad
John Wessale
Lou Burgus
Jim Gerlich
Roger Speedling
Reppert
Oskaloosa
Howard Reppert
Statehouse
Son Leave Hospital
Ron Koranda
Borst Upholstering, Inc
14Th Street
Dial
City Briefs
Joyce Jirouch
Sharon DeKlotz ‘Young
Becky Karr
Becky
Ellis Blvd
Veterans
Linn County
Kiwanis Club
R. L. Morris
State Hygienic Laboratory
U. of I
Roosevelt Hotel
Christian Club
Rose Marie Bonesteel
Rosemary Young
Lincoln Room
YMCA
Youth Employment Service
Y.E.S
Library Board
Cedar Rapids Public Library Board of Trustees
Kathy Fowler Stieger
Madeline Beauty Salon
Canopus
Charles Werner
Embassy Club
Berger Furrier
Marion
Lloyd Humph
Reys
Ncon
Elmcrest Country Club
Johnny Majors
Iowa State University
Rotary
Thomas Parks
Cedar Rapids Engineering Co
Montrose Hotel
Jaycee
Baranchan’s
Jim Driscoll
Steve Jackson
Larry Hunter
C.r.marion
Leroy Seiler
School Board
Board of Education
Second Avenue SW
Exchange Club
Anthony Scolaro
Roy Walker
Mechnick Typewriter Co
Smith-Corona
Center Point Rd
Full Committee
The
Blasts Turner
Dayton
Countryman
Dallas County
Perry
Russia
Red China
Soviet Union
Waverly
James Bramwell
Bromwell
Farm Story
Steven
Fender
Family Shoe
Krall
s—Woerderhoff
Ride
Park 'N Shop Plan
Alls Shoes
Woerderhoff
Third Avenue
Montrose Motel
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