Reapportionment Battle Shapes Iowa 1971 Session
Democrats brace for a tough fight as the Republican majority pursues congressional and legislative redistricting in the 1971 Iowa legislature. Republicans push for county splitting to dilute Neal Smith and possible schemes against Culver, with a computer drawn plan replacing a bipartisan commission.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
General Assembly
United Press International
Neal Smith
John Culver
Senate
Roger Jepsen
Scherle
Jepsen
G.O.P
Wiley
Black Hawk
University of Iowa
UIC Extension Courses Slated At Dyersville
Upper Iowa University extension courses will run at three off campus centers in Dyersville Center Point and Elma next semester with dates for Basic Guidance Educational Psychology and Mental Health. An on campus Art History II course will begin February 1 1971 meeting Mondays in the art department studio. An organizational meeting for additional on campus classes is set for January 11 at 7 30 pm in Room 216 Colgrove Walker Memorial.
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Dyersville
Center Point
Elma
Raplus
Art Department
Colgrove-Walker Memorial
Merger Approved for Two Omaha Investment Funds
Shareholders of Mutual of Omaha Income Fund Inc Omaha and Supervis ed Shares Inc Des Moines Iowa approved a merger Tuesday. The vote secures Mutual of Omaha Income Fund Inc as the surviving entity with assets exceeding 10.6 million dollars.
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OMAHA
Mutual of Omaha Income Fund, Inc
Shares, Inc
Des Moines
Iowa
Four Get 10 Years For Breakin Series
Four men Charles Hightower Burlington Robert Timmerman Davenport William Hayes rural Wapello and Joseph Gilette Bushnell Til were sentenced to 10 year terms each at the Iowa men's reformatory in Des Moines county court after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. They were linked to a spree of 19 burglaries and 13 motor vehicle thefts in Burlington and surrounding areas.
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Burlington
UPI
Iowa
Des Moines
Charles Hightower
Robert Timmerman
Davenport
William Hayes
Wapello
Joseph Gilette
Bushnell
Til
Des Moines Iowa Traffic Toll Near Record High
Des Moines Iowa reports the 1970 traffic toll reached 893 this week, 120 more than a year ago. The peak on record remains 904 deaths on Iowa highways in 1966.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Three Tama youths bound over on larceny charges
Three Tama men Richard Palmer 19 William Carlson 18 and Eugene Blocker 21 appeared before Mayor Jim Sorensen charged with larceny after allegedly taking more than 20 dollars in goods in Tama during September. Bond set at 1000 each Carlson freed on 100 bond Palmer and Blocker released on personal recognizance. Items included seven tape players 400 value 75 tapes 375 one rifle and case two car headrests and two tachometers taken from cars at night. Information filed by Tama police officer.
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TAMA
Jim Sorensen
Tama County
Richard Palmer
William Carlson
Eugene Blocker
Sorensen
Carlson
Palmer
Blocker
Aeromagnetic Survey in Iowa Nears Completion
Iowa Geological Survey completes most of a statewide aeromagnetic survey begun in 1953 with a $100000 appropriation. The study covers 9700 square miles in south central and southeastern Iowa, mapping basement rocks and revealing complex structures that may indicate near surface ore reserves and potential mineral exploration targets. State Geologist Samuel J. Tuthill and assistant Orville J. Van Eck stress this low cost method could attract mineral, petroleum, and gas exploration by unveiling buried structures in crystalline and sedimentary rocks.
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Iowa Geological Survey
Iowa
Orville J. van Eck
van Eck
Spencer
Pea Ridge
Missouri
Samuel J. Tuthill
Tuthill
Arrests Solve 16 Burglaries in Waterloo
Waterloo police report 16 break-ins cleared after four men were arrested last week while allegedly breaking into a Waterloo tavern. Three safes and about 1300 dollars in goods were taken. safes recovered. Suspects: Donald Morelock 39 a 13 year veteran of the Waterloo police force Wendell Shadlow 38 Michael Derifield 24 and Richard Ennenga 26 all of Waterloo. Morelock suspended pending investigation and court action.
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Waterloo
UPI
Robert Beener
Donald Morelock
Wendell Shadlow
Michael Derifield
Richard Ennenga
Morelock
Innocent Plea Filed To Fatal Crash Count
CORNING AP Ralph Means 40 of Creston pled innocent in Adams County district court to manslaughter charges from a March 13 fatal crash on highway 148 north of Corning. Means drove a vehicle in the collision with Teresa Maeder 18 of rural Corning killed. He posted $3,000 bond and faces trial January 25.
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Corning (Ap
Ralph Means
Creston
Adams County
Highway 148
Corning
Means
Teresa Maeder
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established 1883 Credits and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates vary by carrier and mail with night and Sunday editions priced at 2 dollars a month or 19 dollars a year and afternoon plus Sunday at about 2 dollars 15 cents monthly or 20 dollars annually. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Doctors Tests Publicize Anacin For Nervous Tension Headaches
Anacin tablets are promoted as nonprescription relief identical in effect to a leading prescription remedy. The ad claims rapid headache pain relief, no narcotic effect, and no dizziness or stomach upset, noting doctors wrote 21 million prescriptions for the rival product last year.
UNI Extension Courses Slated At Manchester And Strawberry Point
University of Northern Iowa extension courses will be offered in Manchester and Strawberry Point starting February. Martin Hoag will teach Introduction to Guidance and Counseling in Manchester from February 4, and Edward Gabrielse will teach a related course in Strawberry Point from February 1. Each is a three semester hour class with 16 sessions. Undergraduate credit costs $34 per hour and graduate credit $35 per hour. Enroll through Dr. Schlicher at UNI Cedar Falls.
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Manchester
University of Northern Iowa
Strawberry Point
Raymond D. Schlichter
UNI
Martin Hoag
Edward Gabrielse
Schlicher
Cedar Falls
Bill To Reduce Legislature by 30 Is Proposed
Waterlo o Iowa State Rep Vernon Ewell proposes a 30 member cut in the legislature. If enacted in 1973 the house would be 80 and the senate 40. 1971-72 totals would be 100 and 50. Savings of about 250000 yearly expected in salaries and expenses.
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Fred Schwengel
H. R. Gross
Culver
Waterloo
Iowa
Vernon Ewell
Ewell
Legislative Service Bureau
Senate
Nixon Signs Library Gifts Act
Congressman Fred Schwengel announced that President Nixon signed the national agricultural library gifts act. The law grants the secretary of agriculture authority to accept gifts for the National Agricultural Library, located in Beltsville, Maryland, the world’s largest collection of printed material on agricultural sciences.
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Washington, D.C
Fred Schwengel
Nixon
National Agricultural Library
Secretary of Agriculture
Schwengel
Beltsville
Tama grand jurors drawn for court duty
Twelve Tama county residents were selected to serve as grand jurors and must report to the Toledo courthouse on January 5. The list includes Ronald H. Emerson Toledo Frank Fitch Garwin Ethel Goettsch Gladbrook Joe Hadachek Dysart Carol Kouba Toledo Lyle H. Moeller Beaman Donald Musel Toledo Robert Naylor Traer Wesley Schmidt Traer Donald F. Sturtz Montour Bernard Valenta Elberon Arnold Vileta Tama.
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Tama
Toledo
Tama County
Ronald H. Emerson
Frank Fitch
Garwin
Ethel Goettsch
Gladbrook
Joe Hadachek
Dysart
Carol Kouba
Lyle H. Moeller
Beaman
Donald Musel
Robert Naylor
Traer
Wesley Schmidt
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