Open Season on Lobbyists in Iowa Legislature
A split on lobbying rules unfolds as Rep elect Mezvinsky plans a disclosure and ban on contingent fees while a bipartisan research committee favors registration with the secretary of state. The debate weighs enforcement challenges and the public interest against special interests amid potential penalties. The piece also notes Soviet progress with a supersonic airliner and its potential public reaction to sonic booms.
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Edward Mezvinsky
Town City
Legislative Research Committee
House
Senate
Iowa House
Mezvinsky
Secretary of State
Legislative Research Bureau
Bureau
Soviet Union
West
Enough Weather's Enough NCE Snowball of Temperature Talk
A satirical piece recounts a character who stays calm about seasons until someone cites exact temperatures. When forecasters then declare wind chills and specific numbers, he spirals, worrying over degrees, wind, and the chill factor, until survival becomes a daily test.
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Mr. Weatherman
Palisades Kepler ski run approved by Iowa commission
The Iowa Conservation Commission approved a ski run at Palisades Kepler State Park requested by Dr. Gordon Rahn of the Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce. The plan includes a rope-type lift and opening to the public.
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Gordon Rahn
Mt. Vernon
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
W. L. Sam Stohl
Milo Sedlacek
William McLaughlin
John Greenlee
Young Men’s Bureau
The
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Truman
Wally Schwank
Davenport High l
Iowa Senate Committees Face Change After Typhoid Scare
Assistant Health Officer A. Trusty noted a return to normal after the typhoid fever outbreak. Republican officials battled to keep a potential row in the senator ial caucus from marring the party's return to power in Iowa. Sources said an effort might deny B B Hickenlooper Cedar Rapids the new lieutenant governor the right to name the committees.
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Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Talented U S diplomats bowing out
Four eminent U S diplomats depart as Nixon is sworn in Averell Harriman David Bruce Charles Bohlen and Llewellyn Thompson end long careers Bruce Bohlen and Thompson held top posts in London Moscow and Vienna Harriman charts New Deal service and NATO Bruce retires to farming Bohlen ends as Russia expert Thompson moves to Ford Foundation and State Department advisory role
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C. L. Sulzberger II
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John Jay
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Averell Harriman
Vietnam
Paris
David Bruce
London
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Bruce
U.S
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Chip) Bohlen
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Tommy) Thompson
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Thompson
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Brezhnev
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John Mitchell
Kleindienst
Mitchell
Texans Press for No 2 Defense Post in Nixon Cabinet
In Washington Melvin Laird chose multi millionaire David Packard as deputy defense secretary despite Texas Republicans pushing for a Texan Robert O\'Donnell Tower and Peter O\'Donnell backed William Clements. Packard’s selection follows strong backing from John Gardner and reflects Laird\'s independence from partisan pressure.
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John Gardner
HEW
Richard M. Nixon
Texas
Nixon
John Tower
Peter O’donnell
William Clemments
Southwestern Drilling Company
Dallas
Tower
O'Donnell
Pentagon
IBM
Tom Watson
Liberal hopes fade as HUAC packed by liberals falter
The passage notes liberal House Democrats failed to fill two key conservative strongholds HUAC and the judiciary with liberals. Despite the judiciary opening for liberal control after four conservative Southern members left few liberals want HUAC seats. Abner Mikva shows some support but overall liberals rallying for three vacancies are unlikely. Culver wants off after serving since 1967.
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Judiciary and un-American Activities Committees
HUAC
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Abner Mikva
John Culver
Iowa
Culver
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Public optimistic Nixon already trusted to lead nation says Harris
A Harris survey shows 61 percent expect Nixon to do a good to excellent job. Voters see unity as top goal and favor cautious change with a crackdown on protesters. Most favor peaceful arms talks with the Soviet Union from a position of strength.
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