Changes in Court System
The piece notes 1962 ratification removing the judiciary from politics spurred reform. It cites reducing administrative districts from 18 to 8 to balance workload and advocates hiring a full time judicial administrator, possibly funded by state crime commission. It also mentions a 1972 amendment to allow removing judges for good cause and a bill to replace justices of the peace with magistrates to strengthen courts.
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State Crime Commission
Iowa House
Senate
Aftershocks of California School Bond Vote Reverberate
The Los Angeles May 25 bond election approved 66.5 percent for a 198.5 million school replacement and repair program amid legal questions on California’s two thirds rule. Analysts compare quake damage costs to freeway and street repairs, noting 96 buildings unsafe and 900 classrooms affected.
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Iowa
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
California Highway Commission
California
U.S. Supreme Court
West Virginia
Los Angeleans
California Supreme Court
Park Crowd at Lake Macbride Memorial Day Tops Records
Memorial day at Lake Macbride state park drew an estimated 10 000 visitors making it one of the park s largest crowds in its history. Also reports circulated that Rafael Trujillo was assassinated and U S officials clashed over Laos cease fire enforcement.
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Lake Macbride State Park Memorial
State Department
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Dominican Republic
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Laos
International Control Commission
10-20-30 Years Ago Highlights
A column recalls events from a decade and more ago including three million people living abroad, U.S. assurances to Chiang Kai shek on extraterritorial rights, a medical study showing physical defects in 90 percent of NYA workers, a quarter never to a dentist, and 18 percent never to a physician, plus reports of an armistice granted to Iraq by Britain on good terms.
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Chiang Kaishek
U.S
China
Journal of the American Medical Association
National Youth Administration
Bagdad Radio
Iraq
Teachers Reject Merit Pay in Cedar Rapids Debate
Letters from Clara K. Bavis Billy Cutchlow and H. Johann Eschbach defend teachers against merit pay critique. They cite faculty discussions, CREA assembly rejection, and a 3 to 1 union vote. They urge public attendance at a merit pay and class size conference before school resumes.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Education Association
CREA
Representative Assembly
Board of Education
Representative Council
Education Association
Teachers’ Union
Hold Line cautions on tax money for parochial schools
A reader from Tama endorses Brambiett’s May 26 letter and urges stopping public funds for parochial schools. The writer calls for consideration before it's too late and proposes writing to legislators.
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R. J. Brambiett
Tama
Forum
Forum Letters Policy Promotes Readers' Opinions
The Gazette editorial page welcomes letters that discuss issues or events, not personalities. Short letters on one topic attract readers, with about 400 words allowed, one letter per writer each month, all letters may be shortened, anonymity is not allowed, and a writer’s telephone number follows name, address and signature for authenticity checks.
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Gazette
Chicago at center of GOP convention site debate
Washington reports tension over choosing Chicago for the 1972 Republican convention. White House officials oppose a Chicago showdown with the 1968 riots, preferring a conservative San Diego site and noting major decisions will come from the White House despite the party committee’s interest. Robert Dole and William Timmons clash over site inquiries.
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Ashington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
White House
National Committee
Con
Nixon
Richard J. Daley
Democrat Daley
San Diego
San Clemente Ocean
Robert Dole
Kansas
William Timmons
Dole
Timmons
British Have a Better Way Panther Trial Failure Points Up Jury System Flaws
Buckley argues the New Haven mistrial reveals flaws in juries and the system. He notes jurors leaned toward acquittal for Seale and Huggins, but fears anti black prejudice was overstated. The piece calls for legal reform to prevent future debacles and stresses fault lies with the law priests, not bias.
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Panther
New Haven
Kingman Brewster
Yale
Connecticut
Brewster
Bobby Seale
Erika Huggins
Alex Rackley
Charles Garry
Seale and Huggins
Sirhan Sirhan
Bruno Hauptmann
England
Smith
R.I.P
Hopes Rise Israel US Coalesce
C L Sulzberger reports on shifting U.S. and Israeli positions in the Arab Israeli war talks. The United States sticks to a Rogers plan framework with limited frontier changes while Israel gradually accepts aspects, seeks guarantees on ceasefires, and resists a final surrender of strategic lines before a full peace accord. The canal and Sinai disputes hinge on sovereignty and interim arrangements as Sweden aids UN peacemaking. New York Times Service
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L Aviv
Israel
United States
Middle East
Rogers
U.S
Golan Heights
Syria
U.N
Old City
Jerusalem
Washington
Old Jerusalem
Sinai Peninsula
Sharm el Sheikh
Straits of Aqaba
Egypt
Cuba
Guantanamo
Panama
Canal Zone
Moscow
Nixon
Johnson
Suez Canal
Barlev
East Bank
Sinai
Sweden
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Health and Building Department
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Veterans Administration
the People's Forum
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AFT
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Parkwood Drive
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Hawkeye Labor Council
Eleventh Avenue SE
H. Johann Eschbach
Iowa Federation of Teachers
Belmont Parkway
Forum Letters
G.O.P
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Publishers Hall Syndicate
William F. Buckley, Jr
Seale
Washington Star Syndicate
William F
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New York Times Service
Cre, Sulzberger
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