Commission backs bipartisan effort to subdistrict and trim legislature
Leaders from both parties praise a bipartisan citizens commission to draw new subdistricts and push for cutting Iowa's 185 member legislature. The proposal would place decisions with the commission but keep final approval in the legislature, with court intervention possible if agreement fails.
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Baringer
The
Gazette
Citizens’ Commission
Mission
Commission
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Senate
Iona
Westmoreland Presses for Immediate Vietnam Troop Buildup
The Johnson administration faces pressure as Gen Westmoreland urges at least 50 000 more troops now to sustain the Vietnam war. A fiscal debate unfolds over deficits taxes and the defense budget with a Martin memorandum warning of an 18 to 20 billion 1968 deficit and urging broader tax increases.
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Marquis Childs Ashington
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Johnson
Westmoreland
William McChesney Martin, Jr
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Martin
Treasury
Council of Economic Advisers
White House
Political Budget Clash Over Defense and Economy
The debate centers on whether McNamara can restrain the defense budget amid pressure from Westmoreland and the joint chiefs while avoiding costly anti ballistic missiles. A second issue is whether a growing economy will sustain higher tax receipts as White House optimism faces cautious views from Gardn Ackley.
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McNamara
Pentagon
White House
Gardn Ackley
Economic Council
Rising Auto Insurance Rates Spur Innovation and Reform
States study justified rate hikes and new systems amid rising motorist costs. Maryland urges losses actually paid plus investment income as rate basis, while Massachusetts considers deductible options and merit rating. Proposals include financial responsibility models and radical litigation reforms shifting claim payments to faulted insurers.
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Maryland
Massachusetts
Lucky Timing Shapes Bobby Baker Trial Coverage
The Bobby Baker trial has run for over a week but few details reach readers due to a crowded news cycle. January brings Congress openings and budget talk, plus weather and fires that push Baker stories off front pages, a timing more fortunate than accidental for those wishing to minimize attention.
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Bobby Baker
Baker
Bobby
Washington
Romney’s Vietnam stance set within firm conservative guidelines
Roscoe Drummond outlines Governor George Romney’s careful approach to Vietnam. Romney will critique Johnson’s war policies but within a framework opposing a full U.S. withdrawal or weakness toward Hanoi. He seeks clearer communication, restraint on air power, and stronger South Vietnamese democracy while supporting defense against North Vietnamese aggression.
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Ashington
George Romney
Vietnam
Romney
Johnson
Drummond
United States
Hanoi
Kennedy
Frank
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Michigan
FAA Legitimizes Parachuting Rules Aid Sky Divers
The FAA issues rules for parachute jumping to govern practice, avoid flights over populated areas, and require pilots to notify the nearest airport tower an hour before jumps. No minimum age exists, despite a local 11 year old case, prompting concern over child safety.
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Ashington
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Medical scientists dominate astronaut applicant pool
More than 400 applicants for astronaut training pursued by the National Academy of Sciences show 25 percent were medical scientists. Engineers, physicists, life scientists, chemists and earth scientists also represented the pool in smaller shares. Don Oakley, NEA.
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National Academy of Sciences
Iowa reapportionment plan and 1957 weather notes prompt reshaping
This Day 1957 notes urge prompt legislative reapportionment and broad governmental reorganiza tion based on findings of a Republican study committee. Herschel Loveless becomes Iowa's sixth Democratic governor. Cedar Rapids records 18 degrees as cold snap ends. A gas leak causes a roller rink explosion in Algona injuring 15, nine hospitalized.
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Herschel Loveless
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Algona
Re ratification of $9.8 voting machine purchase
Supervisors drafted a resolution to ratify a $9.8 purchase for a voting machine. Mrs. Louise Padleyar and George Cockburn elevated to office as worthy matron and patron of Mata Chapter No. 415, Order of Eastern Star.
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De 19
Louise Padleyar
George Cockburn
Mata
Orde of
Eastern Star
Democrats Target Javits in 1968 Senate Bid
New York Democratic leaders plan to attack Senator Javits as a liberal fraud and back a younger Democrat in 1968. A confidential Burns memorandum links right and left efforts, notes potential Republicans like Clare Boothe Luce or William Buckley Jr., and raises Theodore Sorensen as a possible Democratic challenger.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak Ashington
New York
Sen
Jacob Javits
John Burns
Burns
Javits
National Review
Clare Boothe Luce
William Buckley, Jr
New York Senate
Illinois
Paul Douglas
Charles Percy
Theodore Sorensen
John F. Kennedy
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Don Maclean
United Feature Syndicate
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