Iowa Enacts Health and Tax Relief Legislation
The Iowa General Assembly approved tax relief for homeowners and renters over 65 with incomes under 6000 and exempted the first 4000 of annual income from tax. It also passed a health policy bill requiring conversion privileges for retirees leaving group health and accident policies, with public interest relief noted by Insurance Commissioner Huff. The measures aim to aid retirees and those nearing retirement.
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Iowa
Iowa House
Senate
Hill
Newton
House
Huff
Freeman
Storm Lake
Watergate Echoes Lift Phrase Use Across Officials
The article notes how Watergate hearings popularized phrases such as at this point in time and at this point, as officials and citizens imitate television dialogue. It suggests this linguistic fad signals continued attention to Watergate coverage and TV influence on speech.
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Watergate
Halt Aid to Communists Urged by Letter Writer
A reader urges the government to halt all aid to communists amid claims of ongoing war and Soviet influence. The letter cites 1965 and 1967 reports, calls treason, and urges cutting off assistance to regimes described as godless and dictatorial.
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North Vietnam
Soviet Russia
van Dong
U. S. News & World Report
Soviet Union
New York Times
Johnson
The
Times
Missing in Action Status Change Suppressed by Nixon
Jack Anderson reports that President Nixon blocked a Marine Corps plan to declare missing in action personnel officially dead, despite experts’ belief that 1,200 to 1,300 should be considered dead. FBI surveillance of antiwar groups is cited as ongoing, including a White House protest evening in July 1970.
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Veila la Rose
Alleluhia Chorus
Logos Book
Satan
God
Lord Jesus Christ
Charlaine Trinkle
Cedar Rapids
Ashington
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Marine Corps
Pentagon
Navy
MIA
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Concerned
White House
Tricia Nixon
Prince Charles
Princess Ann
England
Washington
United Features Syndicate
Fisher invokes price freeze critique on Nixon era policy
The writer criticizes freezing prices and wages after the wheat deal, argues profits and interest should have been frozen, cites speculators funding Nixon’s re election and questions the justice of high interest and subsidies, ending with a jab at Nixon’s isolationism and entourage.
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Richard Nixon
San Clemente
Camp David
Florida
Frustrated Cedar Rapids resident laments stolen stereo
A Cedar Rapids resident recounts a stolen stereo case from May 10 and criticizes local police for not pursuing recovery across state lines. He laments the theft, notes the $164.50 value, and warns taxpayers that they should not expect police to recover stolen property.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Executives Meet at Psychiatrist Door Punchline
Two executives collide at the door of a psychiatrist’s office. One asks if the other is coming or going. The reply questions his own certainty, saying he would not be there if he knew. Baltimore Sun.
Fairness urged in Watergate hearings by pundits and press
Bernard Levin warns the hearings resemble a television spectacle while Sam Ervin and Howard Baker face pressure to balance scrutiny with fairness. The column urges disciplined inquiry, independence from partisanship, and full pursuit of truth despite political theater and self interest.
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Nixon
Levin
Ervin
Baker
Hugh Sloan
Herbert Porter
Jeb Magruder
Stuart
John Dean
Maurice Stans
Oregon Bottle Bill Cuts Litter and Sparks Debate
Oregon’s bottle bill bans pull tabs and requires returnable containers, cutting litter by 69 percent in six months. The measure, opposed by brewers and canners, prompted lawsuits and a nationwide recycling push with lawmakers proposing similar acts in Vermont and nationwide. Oregon officials report job shifts but overall gains in bottling employment while courts weigh constitutional challenges.
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Ashington
Oregon
Environmental Protection Agency
Tom McCall
State
EPA
America
Vermont
American Can Co
Oregon Court of Appeals
U.S. Su
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Times of London
Select Committee
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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