Court rules married pupils cannot be barred from sports
District Judge Wood in Waterloo ruled the Waterloo school board overstepped its powers by barring Ronald Green, 17, from basketball due to a rule against married students playing. He said marriage alone cannot justify denying participation if grades and conduct are proper, noting extracurriculars carry value and may affect scholarships and college opportunities. The decision aims to guide boards until appealed to the supreme court.
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Waterloo
Ronald Green
Waterloo School Board
Green
District Court
Supreme Court
Iowa tour prospects seek sharper showmanship and highway focus
Iowa tourism analysis notes strong potential despite climate limits. Regional powwows by the Iowa development commission aim to boost awareness and exploit natural endowments through better showmanship and through travelers who merely pass through. Emphasis on improving highways to extend stays and spending. even brief encounters can spur longer visits and regional gains. Also commentary on New York Mayor John Lindsay amid political reform coverage and implied press scrutiny.
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Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
Kennedy Brothers Publicity Spark in Senate Circles
Washington column notes the Kennedy brothers Bobby and Teddy wield unmatched publicity in the Senate. It cites wealth from tax exempt investments funding globetrotting appearances, the afterglow of John F Kennedy, and their free-wheeling stance. It discusses press strategy, 1972 ambitions, and calls for reforms to curb campaign finance.
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Ashington
Kennedy
Senate
Bobby
Teddy
Freeze Out Promising New Candidates Warm Seat Policy
ASHINGTON On Jan. 4 in the exclusive Recess club in Manhattan well heeled Republican businessmen heard an appeal for campaign funds from Steven Derounian a Goldwaterite Republican congressman from Long Island swept out in the 1964 election now trying to get his old job back. In his pitch for funds Derounian had one solid piece of ammunition a personal letter from Rep Melvin Laird of Wisconsin chairman of the house Republican conference Lairds letter pointed out the conference a year earlier had quietly established a warm seat policy for defeated congressmen The conference decided that any Republican ex congressman returning to his job would have automatic first call on any vacancy on his old committee. The policy could allow Derounian to return to the Ways and Means Committee boosting New York money interests. The fat cats at the Recess club were impressed. supporters could help him avoid challenging nominees. The move conflicts with hopes of younger Republicans and could jeopardize Derounians rivals and favor his re election prospects. He faces Archie Gillies and William Casey as opponents in a district where two ex candidates are disadvantaged by the warm seat rule. Derounian has kept his Goldwater stance since 1964 and recently refused to take a position on formally censuring the John Birch Society.
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New York
John Lindsay
Ashington
Manhattan
Steven Derounian
Long Island
Derounian
Rep
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
House Republican Conference
Laird
House Republican
Lier
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Ater
District of Columbia Committee
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House
Gerald Ford
Devounian
Arch Gillies
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
William Casey
Len Hall
Walter Lippmann
The
New York Times
Pravda
National Republican Coordinating Committee
John Birch Society
Johnson
Washington
House of Representatives
Nothing Wrong with 4-Year Terms Off-Year Vote
President Johnson recommends a constitutional change to permit four year terms for House members. The proposal is framed as a democratic reform but is criticized as moving toward autocracy and away from fundamental democratic principles.
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Ashington
Johnson
Congress
House of Representatives
Cedar Rapids veteran leaders elected and local 1956 events
Keith Churchill was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Council of Veteran and Patriotic Organizations representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The 1956 Jaycee Jamboree slated Feb 24 in Coe Auditorium featured Mayor James Meaghan and local officials in the chorus line while 1946 notes include a crowded Arthur school petition and a St Pat’s basketball win. The 1936 item mentions a young candidate for public safety and a convention bureau chairman.
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Keith Churchill
Cedar Rapids
Arthur School
No Help Needed Waiter and Diner Exchange
A waiter offers help to a diner. The diner denies needing aid. The waiter jokes that the sound suggests dragging ashore, concluding with The Lion.
Iowa Tax Policy Criticized by Soldier in Forum Letter
A reader argues Iowa taxes service members even when stationed or residing out of state and facing 5 percent monthly penalties. He shares personal tax notices from 1962 to 1964 while overseas and in California, urges legislative change, and notes the lack of benefits from paying. The piece closes with tribute to music instructor Mr. Paul Anthony, praised as a compassionate, disciplined leader.
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