Iowa House Approves Move to June Primary
The Iowa House passed a bill 86 to 31 to shift the primary from September to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June. The change follows past dissatisfaction with the September date and aligns with governor and party platform recommendations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
William Gannon
Dmingo
House Democratic
Adrian Brinck
West Point
John Camp
R-Bryant
Robert Ray
Nixon outlines eleven cabinet policy directives
President Nixon ordered eleven cabinet directives on domestic policy. Key items include extending Taft Hartley to farm workers, voting age 18, and federal tax sharing with states. He also set guidelines for the Trans Pacific air routes case and asked top officials to study highway funding, anti poverty, birth control, narcotics, and food distribution.
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Nixon
Labor
Shultz
Agriculture
Hardin
Secretary of the Treasury
Kennedy
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means
Mitchell
Commerce
Stans
Transportation
Volpe
Paul McCracken
Council of Economic Advisors
Daniel Moynihan
Finch
Judge approves venue change in $100,000 suit
Harris Collins sues former Waverly doctor Dr Keith R Hughes for negligent treatment that allegedly caused loss of vision in the right eye. Judge Edward J McManus approves moving the case from the eastern division of the northern Iowa federal court to Mason City to speed litigation after an eye injury dated May 31 1966 treated at an Osage hospital.
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Edward J. McManus
Minneapolis
Harris Collins
Keith R. Hughes
University of Minnesota
Northern
Iowa
Federal Court District
Mason City
Collins
Hughes
Osage
Lois Emanuel Resigns Republican Party Post
Miss Lois Emanuel Linn county Republican vice chairman resigned in a letter to County Chairman Jack Walters. Walters said the resignation would be formally submitted to the county committee at its next meeting likely in March. A committee was appointed to search for a successor and report at the March meeting.
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Lois Emanuel
Linn County
Jack Walters
Walters
Long Debate on Saving Time by State Senators
In Des Moines the Iowa senate spent about 25 hours debating school child introductions to save time. The rule change remained minor as groups of students with a school official may be recognized by the senate president. Senator Kenneth Benda urged continuing introductions, which the chamber approved 45-14.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Kenneth Benda
R-Hartwick
Settlement Authorized in SBA Cedar Rapids Loan Case
Federal Judge Edward J. McManus allowed the Small Business Administration to accept 30000 as full settlement for a loan to a Cedar Rapids business now in receivership. The action vs Business Capital of Iowa seeks recovery of 300000 plus interest, with SBA later granted receivership and license revocation. Three women at St. Mark's church reported wallet theft totaling 91.30.
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Edward J. McManus
Small Business Administration
SBA
Cedar Rapids
Business Capital of
Iowa
Business Capital
Pen‘ding
Memphis
St. Mark’s Church
Johnson Avenue NW
Lois L. Heins
Palo
Arlene H. Moon
Sunrise Drive
Ann E. McAtee
Two Avenue NW
Narcotics Course Completed by Cedar Rapids Detectives
Two Cedar Rapids detectives Louis Stepanek and Denton Schultz finished a two week narcotics and dangerous drug law enforcement course in Washington D C. They received diplomas from John E Ingersoll director of the Department of Justice Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. The program covered narcotics identification stimulants depressants and hallucinogens plus investigative techniques and latest enforcement methods.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington D. C
Louis Stepanek
Denton Schultz
John E. Ingersoll
Department of Justice
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Chamber Unveils Lure To Attract Conventions In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce unveils an eight minute slide program to help local groups lure delegates to the city. In 1968 conventions drew 13,779 visitors with an average daily spend of 30.16 dollars totaling about 842 thousand dollars. The bureau has expanded staff to aid in planning and will distribute materials to civic, church, and business groups.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Chamber
Robert Birr
Convention Bureau
Bureau
Birr
Dennis Blome
Heart Attack Awareness Color Special on KCRG TV
Blame urges interest in a state or regional convention and volunteers to help. The copy then promotes a Color Special about heart attack airing Monday at 9:00 on KCRG TV Channel 9, explaining causes and effects of heart disease and what happens to a person during a heart attack.
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Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
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