Iowa Roads Need Funding And Belt Tightening
Iowa motorists see road conditions as improvable but oppose higher taxes to fund road improvements. IGRA criticizes the senate for stalled action on a 54 million dollar road use tax bill, while IDOT proposes closing 144800 acres of rarely used rights of way to save funds and unlock potential crop and property tax benefits. This step could reduce road miles to about 95,000 while keeping Iowa in the nation’s top ten for total road length.
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C.W. Sloan
The
Iowa Good Roads Assn
IGRA
Sloan
Iowa Senate
House
Senate
Iowa
Mafia links to Chicago porn trade draw headlines
Chicago reports reveal Mafia ties to the city’s pornography sector. Of 57 shop owners and four managers, 27 have criminal records, with a Cleveland supplier said to be connected to the Columbo family. The exposé suggests a broader pattern of organized crime entering midwest smut markets.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Columbo
Power danger in czar of intelligence plan
New York commentary questions Admiral Turner’s push for a single intelligence czar with direct control over all agencies. It warns such power could outlive any president, argues current CIA-led coordination often sidesteps broader agency needs, and notes 70 percent of funding flows through Defense, sparking concerns over centralized authority and checks balances.
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New York
Stansfield Turner
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Defense
State Departments
Washington
Turner
CIA
National Security Agency
NSA
Defense Intelligence Agency
National Reconnaissance Center
Defense Department
State Department
Pentagon
Carter
Doves Open Season Questioned By Marion Resident
Mrs. James L. Coombes of 657 Sixth Avenue Marion questions Iowa Conservation Commission action to set aside an open hunting season for mourning doves September 3-25 1977 arguing that conservation should preserve what is established and noting the waste of dove flesh in her inquiry to Governor Robert Ray.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
James L. Coombes
Sixth Avenue
Marion
Jail hardships reveal harsh Linn County jail conditions
A detainee describes dire jail conditions in Linn County, citing limited hot water during showers, one weekly change of clean coveralls, inadequate sheets and blankets, and generally rundown facilities that degrade basic personal hygiene.
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Linn County
New Panama Canal Treaty Effort Faces Reagan Standstill
President Reagan remains opposed to a new Panama Canal treaty despite mediation by Linowitz and Ellsworth Bunker. A May lunch at the Madison hotel failed to sway him as senators, including Byrd and Cranston, hear that Goldwater has swung toward the treaty but won’t commit.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Sol Linowitz
Xerox
Reagan
Linowitz
Madison
Senate
Alan Cranston
Bunker
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Letter to the Editor on court appearance and dignity
A reader condemns courtroom degradation citing men arriving unshaven, unmirrored, and disheveled while charged but not yet found guilty. The letter argues for the right to appear as at home, challenging stereotypes that equate appearance with guilt.
Abandonment Letter Sparks Debate on Pet Cruelty
A reader condemns June 30 dumping of pets as cruel and illegal. The letter recounts experiences with stray dogs and a cat attack, urging responsibility and urging contact with an animal shelter rather than abandoning animals. The writer laments suffering in rural areas and questions authorities’ handling of the issue.
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David Smith
Public backs federal consumer protection agency 55 percent
Louis Harris survey shows 55 to 28 support for a federal consumer protection agency up from 52 to 34 last November. Public views favor stronger consumer advocacy despite concerns about added bureaucracy and red tape. Strongest support in the East, weakest in the South, with majorities across conservatives, moderates, and liberals.
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Federal
Consumer Protection Agency
Harris
East
South
Abortion stopper by funding contraception
Washington columnist Roscoe Drummond asks if government can end abortion by funding contraception through Medicaid. He argues free abortion is not an obligation but argues to reduce unwanted pregnancies by providing Pill and other contraceptives to those who cannot afford them, lowering demand for abortions.
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Roscoe Drummond
Washington
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Czar
By Tom Wicker
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DIA
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Intelli
Gence
Henry Kissinger
James Schlesinger
Nixon
Ford
Robert Ray
Barry
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Ellsworth Bunker
U.S
Robert Byrd
Animal Shelter
York Times Service
Need Consumer Agency Idea
Louis Harris
Harris Survey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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