Reapportionment Work Slowed by Census Tally
Des Moines Iowa legislators face slow progress on redrawing districts as census data and enumeration districts delay legislative reapportionment. The University of Iowa computer plans focus on congressional redistricting with county lines kept intact, delaying legislative district work.
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Des Moines
Legislative Council
University of Iowa
Iowa
University Computer Center
Enu
Legislative Service Center
Census shows Iowa population shifts toward youth and elderly
The 1970 Iowa census reports 2,824,376 residents with 1,167,435 under 21 and 350,293 over 65. Whites number 2,782,764. blacks 35,596. Female median age is 29 versus 24 for men. working-age 21–65 fell to 1,306,648. Housing units total 964,060 with rising costs.
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Census Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Home Ownership and Housing Costs Rise Since 1960
Census figures show 642676 owner occupied homes and 253635 rentals in Iowa, 71 percent ownership. Median home value rose from 9900 to 14000 while median rent climbed from 54 to 77 dollars. About 55000 homes exceed 25000 and 4073 exceed 50000, with 2527 units renting over 200 dollars monthly.
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Iowa
Education dehumanizing in U S says NEA official
George Jones of the National Education Association's human relations center denounced U S schooling as dehumanizing for minority and poor white children. He urged reeducation of adults, cuts in funding for discriminatory districts and pressure on political and business power structures. Delegates from eight midwestern states attended the eight state urban education institute.
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Des Moines
UPI
National Education Association
Human Relations Center
George Jones
Jones
NEA
Iowa
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Missouri
Buchanan Notes Food Stamp Rise
Independence report shows social services input rising as Buchanan County shifts from commodities to food stamps last fall. From November to January households using food stamps grew from 269 to 334 and participants from 941 to 1,212.
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Buchanan County Social Services Office
Gazette Subscription Rates by Carrier and Mail
Subscription rates listed by carrier at 75 cents per week. Night edition and Sunday six issues priced at 2 dollars monthly or 19 dollars yearly. Afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues 2.15 dollars monthly or 20 dollars yearly. Other states and U S territories 30 dollars yearly. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carrier service exists. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local Gazette news and AP dispatches.
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U.S. Territories
Three Teens Die in Des Moines by Car Exhaust Fumes
Three Des Moines teenagers Gregory Fetters Pamela Sue Barnes and Roxanne Linn Harrison died from carbon Monoxide fumes in a drive in car and the owner Robert Schnathoust 16 remained in serious condition. Police found the car hot wired with a defective exhaust system and no key in the ignition. A state motor vehicle inspection law is urged to prevent such tragedies and ensure cars are inspected before licensing.
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Des Moines
Gregory Fetters
Pamela Sue Barnes
Roxanne Linn Harrison
Robert Schnathoust
Junker
Steiner
Warden
William Tiedkte
Tiedkte
Janet
Donna
William Leslie Mitchell
Dallas
Waukee
Iowa
Jack Fulton
Culver to Attend German Defense Studies Conference
Representative John Culver will join a four member U S congressional delegation at the eighth International Wehrkunde Conference in Munich Germany. The delegation includes Sens John Tower and Edward Gurney and Rep Paul Findley all Republicans. Frederick S Wyle Schroeders Inc vice president and general counsel also joins with Capt John Morse USN as part of the American contingent.
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Washington
John C. Culver
Munich
Germany
Cedar Rapids
John Tower
Texas
Edward Gurney
Florida
Paul Findley
Illinois
Frederick S. Wyle
Schroeders Inc
Kennedy
NATO
American Council On Germany, Inc
Balloun Spars With Democrats Over Spending Charges
DES MOINES The Democratic leader in the Iowa House Rep Dale Cochran of Eagle Grove urged Sen Charles Balloun R Toledo to assess his own party before calling Democrats free spenders Balloun countered noting Republican control in the hole with estimates up to 40 million and that House members may have more free spenders. Balloun said Senate subcommittees will restrain spending while Democrats were elected last fall Cochran called Balloun s statement poor thinking for a state lawmaker.
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Iowa House
Dale Cochran
Eagle Grove
Charles Balloun
Toledo
Sen. Balloun
Cochran
Balloun
Treasury
Senate
House of Representatives
Last Scenic Areas On Film at Effigy Mounds
The Effigy Mounds visitor center will screen The Last Frontier and Highlights of the Everglades. The shows run February 20 to 22 with multiple daily time slots. location is three miles north of Marquette on highway 76.
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Alaska
United States
Effigy Mounds
Highway
Marquette
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