Iowa GOP lawmakers propose bi partisan reapportionment commission
Republicans in Des Moines outline a plan to create a 14 member bipartisan citizens commission to draft a 100 member House and 50 member Senate by April 1. The move aims to shorten the session and reallocate focus to education spending and taxes.
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House
Senate
Citizens’ Commission
Robert Ray
Savery Hotel
G.O.P
Jack Warren
Waterloo
Clark Rasmussen
West Des Moines
David Stanley
Muscatine
Rep
Ralph McCartney
Charles City
Iowa House Lawyers and Senate Picks in State Politics
The article notes Iowa House lawyers to serve again this year and mentions former senator Shaff as a reapportionment scholar. It covers senate Republicans naming Elmer Lange and James Potgeter as assistant leaders and house moves naming William Harbor and Donald Vorhees to key posts. Clarence Schmarje resigns, special election to fill his Muscatine seat will be set by the governor.
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Shaff
Smith
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Senate
Elmer Lange
Sac City
James Potgeter
Steamboat Rock
William Harbor
Donald Vorhees
Waterloo
House Committee On
Iown Development
Clarence Schmarje
Rmuscatine
Schmarje
Ray Outlines Three Target Areas for Ray Administration
Governor elect Robert D. Ray plans three priority targets for the next two years: industrial development education and law enforcement. He seeks a revitalized Iowa Development Commission and a lay advisory panel on education funding while stressing cooperation between state and local agencies. Ray works long hours preparing his inaugural address budget and staff selections.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Iowa
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Manchester Man Is Charged After Crash
EDGEWOOD Charles Lohr of Manchester was charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene after his vehicle struck a parked car in Edgewood last weekend. The impact pushed Jerome Keppler’s car into a parked Kepple vehicle, which then hit Calvin Pape’s parked car. Lohr was arrested by the highway patrol later.
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Edgewood
Charles Lohr
Manchester
Jerome Keppler
Raymond Kepple
Strawberry Point
Calvin Pape
Lohr
Highway Patrol
Vacant Farm House Burns Near Waukon
A vacant farm house near Waukon burned Saturday night delaying fire crews due to a snow clogged driveway. The house had been recently sold by Peter Sweeny to Gary Mose and the cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.
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Waukon
Peter Sweeny
Gary Mose
Burglars Hit Russell Main Street Stores In Nighttime Theft
Robbers ransacked Russell Iowa main street businesses stealing cameras watches and about 75 cartons of cigarettes from Longs Sundry. A pickup truck was stolen from Woodland Hardware and tools including electric saws and drills valued around 500 dollars were taken. Break ins occurred at a grocery, an insurance agency, a propane company, a locker plant, a produce firm and a Mobil station. Sheriff's office investigations ongoing.
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Russell
UPI
Long
Marjorie Long
Pyramid of the Sun Construction Tied 10,000 Laborers
Archeologists report that building the Pyramid of the Sun near Mexico City kept about 10,000 workers employed for two decades, shaping one of the ancient metropolis’s landmark monuments.
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Mexico City
Adult Classes At Tract Set Offer Evening Courses
TRAER North Tama County Community schools with Hawkeye Institute of Technology will start adult education on January 20. Monday nights feature intermediate sewing, child family school relations, bookkeeping, typing I. Tuesday night offers Literary Review. Wednesday night includes Arts and Crafts, Germany, beginning guitar, home furnishings, Beginning Bridge, Beginning Welding and General Shop.
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North Tama County
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
J. Augspurger
Fred Lineberry
Velma Zackostalicky
Gary Croskrey
Kenneth Powell
Literary
Jack Nims
Barbara Brammer
Germany
Stephen Moe
Linda Nelson
Lee Overton
O. W. Lindsey
William Hash
Want Ad Readers Seek Bargains for Quick Sales
Classified readers chase bargains as ads promise fast disposal of items. The notice urges selling through simple contact via a single phone number for quick responses.
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Dial
Harbor Promises Responsive Government in Iowa House
Rep. William Harbor, newly elected speaker of the Iowa House, pledges a government responsive to the people who create it and aims to curb centralization. He expects bipartisan input in the 1969 session, with budget priorities and tax restraint as priorities. Harbor, 48, a Henderson grain elevator operator and war veteran, brings four legislative terms’ experience.
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Des Moines
William Harbor
Henderson
Iowa
Harbor
House
Senate
University of Iowa
Pleads Guilty to Larceny and Drunk-Driving Pleas
Independence district court actions include Eugene Bruno 24 Moline Ill pled guilty to larceny in a Brandon building and received a 10 year suspended sentence plus probation and $19.50 costs. Edward Auer pled guilty to a second offense drunk driving with 180 day sentence suspended on good behavior, 120 day license surrender, and $18.75 costs. Others faced fines or dispositions including Parsons Winnebago and Gerstenberger Winthrop for intoxicated driving, Porter Independence set for March 20, and Smith Independence case dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Moline
Ill
J. Russell Miller
Brandon
Peter van Metre
Bruno
Anamosa
Bureau of Adult Corrections
Bureau
Edward Francis Auer
Independence
Buchanan County
Robert Ervin Miller
Garrison
Edward N. Porter
Porter
William Cecil Smith
Smith
Boelter
Rowley
Paul Harvey Talks Youth and Liquor on KCRG TV
Paul Harvey airs commentary on youth and liquor ending with his view on responsible media. Program slots are scheduled for 5 30 PM and 10 00 PM on KCRG TV 9 Monday.
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Paul Harvey
Kcrg-Tv
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