Iowa Legislative Pro cess Study Committee Seeks Reform
Dr. Paul F. Sharp of Drake University announces a 27 page report proposing reforms to Iowa's Legislature. Recommendations urge fewer self imposed rules, streamlined organization, expanded facilities, and greater staff support to improve efficiency before the 1970 session.
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Paul F. Sharp
Drake University
Iowa Legislative Processes Study Committee
Sharp
Iowa
Legislative Research Committee
John Q
Toto
Iowa House Debate on Minority Committee Assignments
The piece praises the practice of letting the minority name its own members to committees, noting past Iowa traditions and a 1969 study recommendation. It urges Speaker-designate William Harbor and Lt. Gov. elect Roger Jepsen to adopt this two party governance approach for maximum minority impact in committee work.
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Iowa
Robert Fulton
Iowa Senate
Senate
William Harbor
Roger Jepsen
Jepsen
Harbor
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Europe
Middle East
Court of St. James
Brooke
Massachusetts
Nixon
Nixon-Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue
Spiro Agnew
Public critique and inflation talk in a reader letter
A front page letter from Ross Young at 1052 Daniels Street NE laments a failed kids performance at Lindale Plaza and urges common courtesy. He then links personal frustration to federal spending, inflation, and national policy, arguing for state control and austerity to protect dollars and essential needs.
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Lindale Plaza Mall
Ross Young
Daniels Street
Cut Spending Our Dollars Are Sick
Inflation has priced families out of purchases that would have improved living standards and created millions of jobs in production and distribution. It inflicts penalties on low income families, dilutes pensions and insurance, hits farmers and sellers, raises taxes, increases college and hospital costs, and strains private and religious schools.
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Vietnam
Nostalgia for schoolgirl complexion versus schoolboy digestion
A Wall Street Journal line contrasts idealized female skin with male digestion as a wry social observation. The quip reflects gendered beauty standards and everyday longing in a concise, tongue in cheek note.
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Wall Street Journal
Buildup May Slow Down Nixon Rethinks Military Needs
Nixon plans a slow, study-driven review of defense commitments before new spending. He aims to translate national needs into hardware, weighing R&D pace, submarine and missile plans, and the shift to an all volunteer force while facing cost limits and inflation.
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Ashington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
U.S
Defense Department
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Navy
Air Force
Ft. Worth
Texas
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
May
McNamara
Congress
Southeast Asia
Notable 1938 Cedar Rapids Highlights and Local Elections
This report notes Chuck Wood of Spencer recovering from fever and a leg cast after displaying his Angus calf that won the grand champion steer at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. It also covers campus talks, honor society inductions, club speakers, Ahepa officers, a typhoid fever assurance, and a former Cedar Rapids resident named for a notable role.
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Chuck Wood
Spencer
Chicago
Joseph McCabe
Coe
American Assn. of
Wilson
Elsie Svoboda
Richard Burian
Mabel Janko
Bob Rohlena
Joan Vinton
Robert Kelsey
Betty Teply
Leonard Raffensperger
Iowa
Inter-Service Club Council
Ahepa
Mike Thomas
William Faches
William Haritakis
Tom Panagos
Cedar Rapids
Paul Reider Josselyn
Con
Roosevelt high school presents Galahad Jones cast
The article notes Sul General at Vancouver who served as consul at Hankow since 1934. It lists leading actors Dick Nelson Gloria Franks Marilyn Thompson Leo Shugin Betty Munden and Nadine Mott in the Roosevelt high school play Galahad Jones.
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Vancouver
Hankow
China
Dick Nelson
Gloria Franks
Marilyn Thompson
Leo Shugin
Betty Munden
Nadine Mott
Nixon and Johnson Work Toward Vietnam Peace Talks
In a joint view by William S. White, the accord permitting Viet Cong and South Vietnam to participate signals a major diplomatic gain for Johnson and a boon for Nixon. The piece emphasizes restraint from buying peace at South Vietnam’s expense, maintaining core policy during the power transition.
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Ashington
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Paris
United States
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Nixon must form a capable cabinet to redefine the presidency
The piece argues for a strong national cabinet under Nixon, noting Johnson's one man limitation and Eisenhower's effective cabinet. It warns Nixon to select capable, coming men, avoid a powerless facade, and aim for a ministry of talents to renew trust in government.
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Ashington
United States
Nixon
Congress
Johnson
President Johnson
White House
Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Defense
Rockefeller
Albany
Washington
New York Times Service
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Fred S. Hoffman
Russia
Linn County Medical Society
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George Clark
William S. White
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