Open Meetings Ignorance Highlight Linn County Action
The Linn county board of supervisors and the conservation commission held a private meeting to sign new members, defying open meetings law. The piece cites Iowa code requiring advance public notice and public final action, noting weak enforcement and threats of misdemeanor penalties.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Conservation Commission
Conservation Board
William Martin
Revenue sharing clash over aid and welfare funds
The federal revenue sharing plan faces scrutiny as officials warn that aid programs may be cut and shifted to local control. Governors and mayors must plan for welfare funding while officials emphasize reducing red tape and ensuring funds reach needy families, with potential consequences if hunger persists.
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Nixon
Linn County
Iowa
Richard Nixon
Private convic tions vs policy in Nixon aides faces Senate
Nixon's cabinet nominees confront hard questions about private beliefs versus public duties. Richardson, Ball, and Kissinger weigh loyalty to the President against personal principles, with the fate of Vietnam policy hanging on their choices and possible resignations.
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York
Nixon
Senate
Elliot L. Richardson
Massachusetts
HEW
Learned Handi
Felix Frankfurter
Defense
Hanoi
Harvard
Hughes
Iowa
Congress
White House
George Ball
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
Anthony Eden
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Eden
Ball
Henry Kissinger
Richardson
North Vietnam
Paris
John Connally
John Mitchell
Bill Rogers
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Duff Cooper
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
United States
China
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Editor Letter Critiques Cedar Rapids Pastor on War Remarks
A reader from Cedar Rapids condemns Rev. John P. Woods of Westminster Presbyterian for endorsing Nixon era bombing in Hanoi. The letter cites alleged Times dispatch saying Woods supported war and civilian deaths and reflects a personal shift from local church teachings of peace.
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Cedar Rapids
New York Times
John P. Woods
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Nixon
Hanoi
First Presbyterian Church
Woods
Times
Militants warned may strike Washington during inaugural
The Secret Service warns that the New Orleans sniper attack and militant black groups could trigger a Washington incident at President Nixon's inaugural. Agencies plan to add 600 agents to 1,200 and mobilize 10,000 local police as U.S. officials monitor extremist plots tied to RNA and Black Panther factions.
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Ashington
White House
New Orleans
Washington
Nixon
Secret Service
Mark James Robert Essex
Republic of New Africa
RNA
U.S
Kson Avenue
The
National Committee To
Black Panther Party
Rocheblave Street
Magazine Street
Field Office
Louisiana
David Hillard
San Francisco
Richard Nixon
Justice Department
Miami
Cleveland
Afro Set
UN Action Limits in Drummond Column Questions Roles
Roscoe Drummond questions the United Nations role in action on hijacking in a Dec. issue column. The piece argues the UN is not a government and cannot pass laws, clarifying misconceptions about action versus authority.
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U. N
Congress
U. N. General Assembly
Security Council
Roscoe Drummond
United Nations
Taft Junior High Student Protests Rising Rabbit Food Prices
An eighth grader from Taft Junior High in Cedar Rapids objects to steep increases in rabbit food. He cites price rises from $2.30 two years ago to $3.50 per 50 pound sack this month and asks if a price freeze could apply.
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Taft Junior High School
Cedar Rapids
Rabbit Breeders Assn
Price Commission
Morality of War Debate Across Nations and Critics
William F Buckley Jr questions Sweden Nixon ambassador rift while Pauline Kael weighs moral issues in Vietnam debate. The piece contrasts World War II atrocities with current conflicts, arguing that interventions hinge on defending friendly nations against totalitarian aggression and considering the moral cost of war.
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Nixon
Sweden
North Vietnam
Katyn
Lidice
Treblinka
Olaf Palme
Finland
Norway
Europe
Mr. Palme
Pauline Kael
Assa
Miss Kael
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By James Reston
Robert McNamara
Clark Clifford
Johnson
New York Times Service
the People's Forum
By Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Guernica
Warsaw
Rotterdam
London
Coventry
Hitler
William L
Shirer
U.N
William F. Buckley, Jr
Federal
Switzerland
Denmark
West Germany
Dresden
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Washington Star Syndicate
William F
Buckley, Jr
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