Long Walk Begins as Ellsworth Opens 1969 Iowa Session
Rep Ted Ellsworth enters the 1969 Iowa House via the statehouse steps reflecting on history. He hopes to set a tone by walking alone to start his term as a Dubuque Republican, recalling his grandfather and family ties to politics. Gov Roger Jepsen says student interest pushes to trim legislature from 185 to 150 members and a citizens commission may handle the plan soon.
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Statehouse
Ted Ellsworth
Dubuque
Golden Dome
Ted
B. B. Richards
Ellsworth
Richards
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Stanley
Ralph McCartney
Charles City
Andrew Frommelt
D-Dubuque
Lee Gaudineer
Des Moines
Senate
Pastor and student killed in two car crash near Ottumwa
Two people died in a nighttime two car collision nine miles east of Ottumwa at the junction of highways 16 and 35. Rev. Dale Bass 43 a Keosauqua Methodist minister and Derk Zylman 22 a Parsons college student from Arlington Virginia were killed. Passenger LaMont Ashkew 56 of Stockport a former county supervisor was injured. Separately in Monmouth Illinois a Davenport couple Nathan House 73 and his wife Nellie about 70 were killed in a separate crash one mile north of town.
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Keosauqua
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Zylman
Parsons College
Arlington
LaMont Ashkew
Stockport
van Buren County
Bass
Monmouth
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Nellie
Bill To Halt Service Station Games Drawn
DES MOINES service stations would be barred from using games or contests to promote gasoline sales under a bill by Rep. Norman Roorda. He argues such contests hurt consumers and threaten local dealers by forcing purchase of contest materials. Roorda contends contests rarely boost sales since many stations run them at once.
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Des Moines
Norman Roorda
R-Monroe
Roorda
Rep Lipsky Pushes 1 4 Hour Gun Sale Waiting Period
Iowa State Rep Joan Lipsky introduces a measure requiring a waiting period between firearm purchase and possession. She argues the delay helps curb impulse crimes and emotional incidents, noting current law only requires reporting to police without sufficient time for checks.
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Lipsky
Des Moines
Joan Lipsky
Iowa
Brandon Man Charged With Drunk Driving
John D. Dixon, 55, Brandon, was charged with drunk driving after his pickup rear ended Albert Kimler’s car at a stoplight on Main Street near the intersection of highways 150 and 20. He then backed into a pickup driven by Leonard Hunter in Independence. No injuries were reported.
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Brandon
Albert Kimler
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Kimler
Leonard Hunter
Manchester Names Tracey and Tracey Law Firm for Aid
The Gazeta reports the city council has chosen the Tracey and Tracey law firm to replace Charlton and Charlton in providing legal aid to Manchester. Walter Wiewel and Walter Wallace were appointed to the planning and zoning board.
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Planning and Zoning Board
State bill seeks public funding for dead animal removal
Iowa Senator Kenneth Benda proposes state payment for dead stock removal on farms to ease farmer costs, citing current 24 hour disposal law and rising rendering fees. He notes past cash pickups by renderers are gone and urges action to address nonpayment issues and related hotel reservation fines.
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Hema Camp Press Asse
Des Moines
IDPA
Kenneth Benda
Iowa
Benda
Hartwick Republican
Benda explores bottle and mileage tax bills in state session
A proposed bottle tax of one half cent per disposable glass bottle would be collected by retailers and used for road cleaning and garbage disposal. A separate bill by Sen. Benda would make altering a speedometer with intent to mislead a buyer a misdemeanor carrying up to $1009 fine.
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Benda
State Department of Revenue
Hope Remap Action Seeks 150 House 50 Senate By April 1
Iowa lawmakers back a bipartisan 14 member citizens commission to draft reapportionment guidelines and suggest a 150 member House and 50 member Senate. The plan aims to shorten the 1969 session with a target adjournment around May 1 and asks for a report by March 15 to April 1.
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Hope
Frank Nye
Des Moines
David Stanley
Two Hawkeye Bands To Play Wednesday
A combined Hawkeye concert program by the University of Iowa bands will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. in North Music Hall. The Black Band directed by Stanley Schleuter features Gillis and Styne pieces, followed by Hawkeye Band No 1 under Don Hamilton with Sousa and Latham selections. The event is free with no tickets required.
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University of Iown Hawkeye
North Music Hall
Stanley Schleuter
School of Music
Clear Lake
S.D
Don Gillis
Jule Styne
Hawkeye
Sousa
William Latham
Don the Hamilton
Greene
Local Firms Buy Christmas Decorations for Main Street
More than sixty business and professional firms contributed to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to purchase and install extra street Christmas decorations. The project total cost reached 2400 dollars.
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Manchester
Chamber of Commerce
Demo House Names Minority Ranking Members
Iowa House Democrats appoint minority ranking members to key committees led by Minority Floor Leader William Gannon. Appointments include Keith Dunton Appropriations Edward Mezvinsky Constitutional Amendments and Reapportionment and Richard Radi Iowa Development. Gannon says the move formalizes minority oversight as the legislature enters interim actions and annual sessions.
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Des Moines
Iap
Iowa
House
William Gannon
Mingo
Gannon
Keith Dunton
Thornburg
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Richard Radi
Lisbon
Miss Pearl Reed Retires After 50 Years in Delaware County
Delaware county administrator Miss Pearl Reed retires after five decades serving under five superintendents. She began May 10, 1918, as one of the first women in the courthouse, witnessing a shift from 80 rural schools to three districts today. Barbara Ogden is named to succeed Reed as the party caucus pressures legislative study roles.
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Manchester
Therapists to Meet in Iowa City
The southeast district of the Iowa chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association will meet Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at the hospital school for crippled children.
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