Open Season on Lobbyists in State Legislature Debates
Lawmakers prepare rival bills on lobbyist regulation as Jan 13 convenes. Rep elect Mezvinsky proposes strict disclosure and ban on contingency fees while a bipartisan committee advances milder rules requiring lobbyist registration with the secretary of state.
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Edward Mezvinsky
Town City
Legislative Research Committee
House
Senate
Mezvinsky
Secretary of State
Committee Bil
Legislative Research Bureau
Soviet Supersonic Airliner Marks New Era in Aviation
The article praises the Soviet Union for launching the first supersonic airliner and suggests a potential lead in SST development. It notes Western public resistance to cross country sonic booms and argues Russian progress could save money and nerves by avoiding large noise and fear.
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Soviet Union
West
Enough Weather's Enough NCE Upon a Time
A humorous piece contrasts a man who ignores the weather with the moment someone reports exact temperatures. He remains unfazed until air temps and wind chill are stated, then he falters as 98 degrees hot or 6 below zero and chill factor claims overwhelm him. The satire ends urging reasonableness from weathermen.
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Mr. Weatherman
Ski Run at Palisades Kepler Park Approved by Iowa Commission
The Iowa Conservation Commission approved a public ski run at Palisades Kepler State Park on request by Dr. Gordon Rahn of the Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce. The plan features a rope-type tow and opens to the public.
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Palisades- Kepler State Park
Iowa Conservation Commission
Gordon Rahn
Mt. Vernon
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
W. L. Sam Stohl
Milo Sedlacek
William McLaughlin
John Greentea
Chamber of Commerce
Coe College
Tru Man
Wally Schwank
Davenport High School
Return to normal after typhoid outbreak and Iowa Senate row
10 20 30 Years Ago reports Assistant Health Officer A Trusty notes a return to normal after the typhoid fever outbreak. Republicans clash over a possible row in the senatorial caucus threatening the party’s bid to regain power in Iowa. Sources say an effort may seek to strip B B Hickenlooper Cedar Rapids of the right to name Senate committees.
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A. Trusty
Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Talented U S Diplomats Bowing Out
Secretary of state column by C L Sulzberger notes the impending departures of Averell Harriman and David Bruce as Nixon is sworn in. Harriman ends over 3 years of service with the American delegation to Vietnam in Paris. Bruce, ambassador in London, formerly envoy to Bonn and Paris, ends a long diplomatic career.
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United States
Republic
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John Jay
Nixon
Averell Harriman
Vietnam
Paris
David Bruce
London
Bonn
Harriman
Bruce
Rome
OSS
Europe
Adenauer
NRA
U.S
Democratic Party
New York
Stalin
Churchill
Bahlen
Foreign Service
America
Roosevelt
Thompson
Colorado
Moscow
Russia
Kuibyshev
Esteemed U.S. diplomats retire in a joint departure
The New York Times profiles four veteran diplomats Bohlen Thompson Harriman and Bruce, noting their Russia and Cold War expertise. Bohlen ends as top state department official, Thompson serves as ambassador and adviser, Harriman a New Deal architect, Bruce a long-time OSS veteran. They depart Washington for retirement memoirs new posts and farms.
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Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Llewellyn
Tommy) Thompson
Bohlen
Thompson
Prague
Colombo
Ceylon
Russia
Philippines
France
State Department
Austria
Harriman
Washington
Ford Foundation
Bruce
New York Times
Nixon picks Packard for defense aide amid Texas pressure
Laird selects multi millionaire David Packard as deputy secretary of defense after Texas Republicans push for a Texan in the sub cabinet. William Clements leads Southwestern Drilling as GOP backer while internal party rivalries and Packard stock plans complicate confirmation. Richard Kleindienst emerges as potential deputy attorney general with possible ascent to attorney general as vacancies loom.
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Laird
Join Gardner
HEW
Richard M. Nixon
Texas
Mr. Nixon
John Tower
Peter O’donnell
Nixon
William Clemments
Southwestern Drilling Company
Dallas
Tower
O'Donnell
Pentagon
IBM
Tom Watson
General Motors
Charles Wilson
Defense
Qichard
G. Kleindienst
Arizonian
Justice Department
Supreme Court
John Mitchell
Kleindienst
Mitchell
New York
Optimistic mood surrounds Nixon presidency in Harris survey
The Harris poll finds 61 percent confident Nixon will do a good to excellent job in the White House. Voters favor national unity, restraint on protests, and a measured pace of change, with concerns on spending and taxes.
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Louis Harris
Harris
Nixon
Richard Nixon
White House
Sians
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