Legislative Notes on Iowa Pages and Voting Age Change
Frank Nye profiles legislative pages in Iowa from the 1980s era noting they are high school students who perform duties, transport messages, and sometimes balance class schedules. The article lists several pages from Eastern Iowa and highlights future political figures who started as pages. It also reports Sen John Walsh and Sen John Kibbie pushing to lower the voting age to 18 with largely supportive feedback and one notable opposing letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ES Moines
Iowa
East High
Des Moines
State House
U.S
George A. Wilson
Susi Shirk
Oelwein
Patty Nassif
Cedar Rapids
Washington High
Mary Patton
Manchester
George Yoder
Wellman
John Godlove
Jim Benda
Hartwick
Catherine Dunlap
Iowa City
Steve Fairchild
Strawberry Point
Mark Andrews
Clarence
Tate
John Walsh
R-Dubuque
John Kibbie
D-Emmetsburg
Walsh
U I Rocket Launchings Probe Ionosphere
Iowa City reports the University of Iowa plans late year rocket launches for the Injun V satellite to study very low frequency radio noises in the upper ionosphere. Instruments aboard will relay signals to ground tracking stations for analysis to assess feasibility of extending natural radio waves to receivers on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Univer Itenna Systems
Electronicity of
Iowa
U. of I
Injun V
Rett
Donald Garnett
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Des Moines Attorneys Released From Price Case
In Des Moines the executive council freed two lawyers from further duties in Iowa’s price fixing suit against 22 asphalt firms. Lex Hawkins and Verne Sawyer faced unresolved payment and contract questions as Atty. Gen. Turner considers whether to hire additional staff for pretrial work.
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Des Moines
Lex Hawkins
Verne Sawyer
Richard Turner
Highway Commission
Roger Ivy
Turner
U.S. District Court
Robert Ray
The
Iowa
Ray
Sawyer
State Executive Council
Hawkins
Hughes
Scalise
University of Iowa vows to protect undergraduate education
President Howard R. Bowen said Iowa will remain a strong undergraduate institution even as graduate enrollments rise. He projected overall enrollment near 25 000 by 1975 with about 15 000 undergraduates, stressing the university’s dedication to improving undergraduate education amid changing student mix. Bowen spoke at the State of the University address before Iowa City and Coralville service clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Iowa City
Howard R. Bowen
University of Iowa
Bowen
U. of I
U. of J
U. of S
Iowa
Joint Service Clubs
Coralville
Good Samaritan Bill in Senate
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate opened consideration Tuesday of a Good Samaritan bill from the legislative research committee. It would shield anyone who in good faith offers and administers medical aid at the scene of an accident from civil liability. Democratic Senators Reichardt and Heying filed a joint resolution seeking a study of personal property taxes.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Legislative Research Committee
William Reichardt
H. L. Heying
West Union
Cial
Chester Hougen
Iowa
Falls
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Frank Nye
Senate
Julius Fiddler
Strawberry
Point
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Iowa House of Representatives
House
Washington High School
Ralph Lancaster
Set
U. of I. Rocket Launchings
Lawrence Scalise
Ivy
U. S. District Court
Garnett
Wallops Island
Fort Churchill
Canada
Louis Frank
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
James van Allen
Kcrg-Tv
U. of Iowa
Coats
Lindale Plaza
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