Iowa egg grading law leaves fees unpaid for enforcement
Iowa egg buyers feel shortchanged as four years of license fees totaling about 85 000 dollars annually fund no added enforcement. The 1955 law created supervision and funding for inspectors, but 1957 and 1959 legislatures declined to appropriate money, leaving 23 dairy and food inspectors with other duties. Enforcements has prosecuted 181 violators with one annual inspection per year likely to remain the limit as dairy quality work expands.
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TOWA
Iowa
Iowa Poultry and Hatchery Federation
State Poultry and Egg Dealers’ Organization
The
Farm Bureau
Iowa Eggs
State Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
L. B. Liddy
Young G O P activists face parental resistance in Iowa
Iowa Young Republican Chairman Edward D Failor reports his group with 49 county and 21 college clubs is now No 1 in the nation. He cites parental objections that politics is dirty and dishonest but defends the integrity of political life and urges citizen participation.
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Iowa Young Republican
Edward D. Failor
Dubuque
Failor
Nebraska Lawmakers Push Salary Raise Amid Redistricting Debate
A Nebraska bill that began as a bid to redraw the unicameral legislature shifted to boosting lawmaker pay. Nebraska’s 43 representatives would receive 200 dollars monthly, higher than current levels and aiming to attract younger candidates, while highlighting urban representation concerns. The shift illustrates how legislation often veers from its original path.
Reform proposals challenge party funding and structure
Fund for the Republic releases The Condition of Our Political Parties noting dire party health and proposing ideas such as tax-funded financing for major parties and expanded two party competition. The report cites Princeton professor Stephen K Bailey and warns reforms could curb freedom and hinder new parties, while preserving or weakening national party discipline.
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Washington
Fund For the Republic
Daily Worker
Repulicans
Democrats
For the Republic
Stephen K. Bailey
Princeton
Bailey
Middletown
Conn
William Benton
D-Conn
Congress
U.S. Treasury
Local Budget Scrutiny Guides Taxpayers Through Levies
The article explains how Iowa counties cities and school districts set budgets each July and August, outlines public hearing rights and appeal steps to the State Appeal Board, and provides a practical checklist for taxpayers to examine expenditures and potential cost savings in the local budget.
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Iowa
State Board of Appeal
Appeal Board
Taxpayers Association
Verne R. Martin Iowa Republican chairman profile
Verne R. Martin of Newton, a Republican state chair in Iowa, reflects on political prospects for 1960, his 30 years at The Maytag Co, retirement, fundraising and campaign ideas, reapportionment, and hobbies including a herd of 20 registered Shetlands. Interview by Frank Nye.
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Verne R. Martin
Newton
Waucoma
Carlyle's Enduring Influence and the Power Within
Carlyle’s life and writings inspire courage and steadfast living. The speaker recalls visiting Carlyle’s birthplace in Scotland, praising British manhood and the message to never give up, with Bible lessons from Joshua reinforcing the creed you’ve got what it takes.
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Mrs. Peale
England
Scotland
Dumfrieshire
Ecclefecan
Thomas Carlyle
Carlyle
Edinburgh
Walter Scott
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