Opponents Question Cost of Iowa Constitutional Convention
Opponents led by John Robertson question the price of a state constitutional convention at East Iowa county political conventions. Delegates debated resolutions for or against the convention as Towans vote this fall, continuing a yearly decision end with a zero on whether to hold the convention. Supporters of reapportionment back the convention as a route to fair representation.
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Iowa
Towans
Tion
D. C. Nolan
Iowa City
Johnson County
Nolan
Linn County
Vincent R. Horst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Russell Ross
University of Iowa
Williamsburg's Trailer City Forms Its Own Government
Pleasant View trailer court residents run a 10 family body with a mayor and council elected by one vote per family. Marvin Bricker, longtime Williamsburg merchant, serves as mayor as the court adopts municipal style rules and plans a community Christmas party and trailer beautification contests.
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s—Gasette
Carl Franks
Country Council
Pleasant View Trailer Court
Williamsburg
William Peterson
Lloyd Witte
Dick Imhoff
Marvin Bricker
Trailer City
Illiamsburg
Pleasant View
Marvin
Trailer Court
Jim Peterson
Mary Stockatell
Forty Five Boats and a Lake at Lake Macbride
William J. Chase runs a state concession at Lake Macbride near Solon with forty five boats sixteen outboard motors a large lake area and a full range of tackle bait and a sandy beach. He rents many facilities to thousands of East Iowans while using the cottage himself. Chase oversees lifeguards and safety at a busy beach expanding boating facilities after the Coralville dam project. Visitors come from Cedar Rapids Iowa City and beyond with a peak Sunday turnout of about 2 500 sunbathers and swimmers and car shortages.
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William J. Chase
Des Moines
Lake Macbride
Macbride Beach
Coralville Dam
Chase
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Quad Cities
Burlington
Dubuque
Mrs. Chase
Solon
State of
Iowa to release fact sheet on constitutional conventions
Supt. William J. Peterson of the State Historical Society of Iowa is preparing factual material on past Iowa constitutional conventions. The document, aimed at clarifying costs and other aspects, is expected to be ready for distribution soon.
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William J. Peterson
The
State Historical Society of
Iowa
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John Robertson
Gazette
Larry Stern
Anton Heitshusen
Myself
Bill Peterson
Roy Shellady
Justice of the Peace
Sandra Rathjen
Sandra
Parsons College
Ray Stockstell
Jim Dietz
Robert Orr
Russ Wiley
Olon
Iowa Conservation Commission
Macbride
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