Two Party System in Iowa Cities Questioned by State Official
A report by Secretary of State Cameron shows more voters in Iowa cities with 10 000 or more register as independents than Republicans and Democrats combined. The piece argues this trend mirrors national political shifts and discusses implications for party organization recruitment and national governance. It notes rising independence challenges to both major parties and references the Goldwater debacle and Johnson administration. A final line cites a Council of State Governments bulletin about Texas bond vote and a quip about lung expansion.
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Cameron
Iowa
Johnson
United States
Council of State Governments
Texas
Collins
Teddy Kennedy
Teddy
Cain
Senate
Saltonstall
Sen. Kennedy
Arlington Street
County Chair chides Ray over tax exemption plan
AYETTE County Democratic Chair Steve Story chides State Republican Chairman Robert Ray for being late on a tax exemption idea tied to property improvements. The legislature already adopted a bill allowing relief for repairs up to 600 dollars per building per year, not affecting structural changes, and Story questions broader incentives for major upgrades.
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Ayette County
Steve Story
Robert Ray
Story
Ray
Boston Senate Race Heats Up Over Brooke Collins Challenge
Boston mayor John F Collins blocks Brooke bid as the 1964 race shapes up. Edward W Brooke, a 47 year old Republican attorney general, seeks the first Massachusetts senator since Reconstruction, while Collins boasts a strong local ground game and a dramatic personal comeback from polio. The clash centers on civil rights leverage, party loyalty, and public debate as Polls show Collins trailing.
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Oston
Boston
John F. Collins
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Bay State
Collins
Republican Party
Brooke
Johnson
Leverett Saltonstall
John Lindsay
New York
G.O.P
Senate
Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
Springfield
Edward M. Kennedy
The Cost of Public Highways
A Bureau of Public Roads study breaks down highway costs by vehicle use and taxes. It finds highways cost the average car owner 1.2 cents per mile, with total taxes at 12 cents per mile, plus depreciation, repairs, fuel, insurance, and other items adding further costs.
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Bureau of Public Roads
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau
Readers debate school policy and Amish education role
The letter page features two Reader columns arguing on school policy, marriage and family guidance in light of court rulings, and the Amish controversy over religious liberty and school standards in Iowa. The writers urge clearer public standards, critique selective fact use, and defend Amish schooling as a matter of religious and economic rights.
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Waterloo
Supreme Court
Iowa
Justice of the Peace
Joni Petersheim
Oelwein
Advan
Fords
Paul R.caristen
Cornell College
Mt, Vernon
Keep Them Short Editor's Note
Editor notes a policy deviation to print two unusually long letters while reaffirming that 400 word letters remain preferred. The Forum explains both writes challenge current public interest issues, reflect considerable thought, and would be hard to shorten without distortion.
Giant Topples ORD from Outer Mongolia Tale
A reader notes that Outer Mongolia's Genghis Khan is subjected to de Stalinization praise, calling him a reactionary aggressor and accusing him of fostering a cult of personality in a controversial Phillips era commentary.
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Ord
Outer Mongolia
Genghis Khan
Oharer Enterprise Association
What Bore Please Said the Circus Manager to the Human Cannon Ball
The circus manager exhorts the human cannon ball not to quit with a pun about finding another man of his caliber. The line delivers a playful exchange implying risk and bravado within a classic circus dynamic.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Mary McGrory
Kansas
George Romney
Michigan
Forces of Light
Edward C. Logue
McGrory
Democratic Party
New
Nome
Alaska
Senator Saltonstall
Atty. Gen. Brooke
Iawa
Good Roads Assn
the People's Forum
Iowa Supreme Court
High Court
Buchanan County
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