Iowa House urged to revive pay amendment for legislators
A call to revive HJR 8 seeks to allow annual salaries for Iowa legislators and end per diem pay. The editorial argues annual sessions plus salaries improve governance and would curb costly special sessions, urging the house committee to advance the measure.
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Iowa House
Senate
House
Iowa
Assembly
James T. Klein
Lake Mills
South Dakota
California
Flag Protection Bill Sparks Constitutional Debate
The House passed a bill making desecration of the flag a federal crime by a 385 to 16 vote. Critics warn the measure is vague and may clash with free speech, noting states already enforce flag protections and expressing concern over constitutional overreach and unnecessary federal involvement.
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Ainly
U. S. House of Representatives
Culver
Senate
Iowa
Clark
Miscalculated Gamble Weakens Viet Cong Core in Vietnam War
The piece argues a 1965 miscalculation by Hanoi and the Viet Cong led to mass redeployments from villages to higher levels, draining rural cadres and hurting morale. It notes U.S. escalation changed the balance, prompting decentralization and a morale crisis, yet highlights the regime’s resilient top leadership.
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Ashington
South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Liberation Front
South
Saigon
North
Viet Cong
Open City Plan Promoted by Pearson and Anderson
Washington front page by Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson argues for Jerusalem as an open city under UN oversight to set a peace precedent. The column outlines a broader plan including internationalizing waterways, reviving rivers, a Mediterranean Dead Sea canal, a Jordan corridor, refugee solutions, and equal citizenship for Arabs in Israel to end regional hostility.
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Ashington
U.N
Jerusalem
Great Rock
Holy Sepulcher
Christ
Vatican
United Nations
Athens
Greece
Rome
Italy
Paris
London
Moscow
Kremlin
Washington
Canada
Latin America
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Bosporus
Kiel Canal
Danube
Rhine
Tigris
Euphrates
Jordan Rivers
Near East
Mediterranean
Dead Sea
Israel
Jordan
Golda Meir
King Abdullah of
Hussein
Jordan River
Negev Desert
Abdullah
Census Missed Millions and Skewed Racial Counts in 1960
The 1960 census likely undercounted by about 3.1 percent, missing roughly 5 million people including 2 million Negroes. Negro population topped 21.6 million by July 1960 with birth rates dropping to 26.5 per 1000, while white births fell to 17.5 per 1000. Preschool Head Start reached over a million children in 2,400 communities.
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Harlem
Bureau of the Census
U.S
Richard Spong
Toynbee Article Praised On Arab-Israeli Conflict
A reader praises Arnold Toynbee's Arab-Israeli piece in the Gazette calling it the finest statement of the Arab position in any American publication. The letter contrasts Toynbee’s essay with other fund drive rhetoric and jokes about the vanquished.
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Arnold Toynbee
Toynbee
Jerusalem
Jordan
Geneva
Mt. Vernon
Falsifying Johnson Administration Claims on Iowa Incomes
A Cedar Rapids speaker debunks claims that 1966 Iowa personal incomes rose 9 percent over 1965 after inflation. He argues real purchasing power rose about 40 percent in six years and warns of taxes, inflation, deficits, and higher living costs harming low income families.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Readers Write Letters To Forum Keep To 400 Words
The piece advises readers to limit Letters to 400 words and focus on a single topic. It notes correspondence should include the writer’s name address signature and a telephone number for authenticity checks.
Iowa Girls State selections and church appointments in Iowa
Joyce Lamparek and Karen Branson were chosen to represent Iowa at the Girls Nation in Washington this July after Iowa Hawk Eye Girls State at Cedar Falls. Rev. Ralph Baker moved to Marion First Methodist Church, succeeding James Gable who became Dubuque district superintendent. Dr. H. L. Van Winkle, longtime Cedar Rapids physician and former Linn County Medical Society president, died after a long illness. The Taft Hartley bill became law after senators Wilson and Hickenlooper voted to override Truman’s veto. Flames damaged the home of county deputy auditor Earle Brockman near Marion, later rebuilt. John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie planned to remarry amid a court fight.
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Joyce Lamparek
Cedar Rapids
Karen Branson
Waterloo
Iowa
Washington
Cedar Falls
Ralph Baker
Hampton
Marion First Methodist Church
James Gable
H. L. van 1947 Winkle
Linn County Medical Society
Senate
House
Truman
Wilson
Hickenlooper
Barrymore family objects to film using iconic name
Elaine Barrie Barrymore estranged from Barrymore protests a picture titled How To Undress in Front of Your Husband. The Barrymore family objects to the use of the Barrymore name in a stage and film work.
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Elaine Barrie Barrymore
Barrymore
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