Iowa House urged to revive annual salary amendment
The Iowa House reconsidered HJR 8 to allow annual legislator salaries and expenses, arguing annual sessions improve governance. Support cites 1965 1967 approvals and contrasts with current per diem pay, noting state comparisons, costs, and the need to send the measure to voters in November 1968.
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Iowa House
Senate
House
Iowa
Assembly
James T. Klein
Lake Mills
Towa
South Dakota
California
Flag Protection Bill Faces Senate Review and Flaws
The House passed a flag desecration bill 385 to 16 amid debate over its vague terms and constitutional issues. Critics warn it may criminalize speech and exceed state laws, arguing the flag’s protection exists without federal limits and warning against federal overreach.
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Ainly
U. S. House of Representatives
Culver
Senate
Minorities Were Missed How Census Failed
Richard Spong argues the 1960 census undercounted by about 3.1 percent, with 5 million Americans missed including 2 million Negroes. He notes the Negro share of the population rose toward 13 percent and cites Head Start reach, birth-rate declines, and data gaps in urban slums as factors shaping the undercount and policy needs.
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Richard Spong
Harlem
Bureau of the Census
U.S
Miscalculated Gamble Hobb ies Viet Cong
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak analyze a Viet Cong morale crisis rooted in a 1965 centralization push. They describe how mass transfers weakened village cadres, sparked refugee flows, and strained tax and rice production, while top leadership preserved resolve and kept the war going despite shifting goals.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak Ashington
South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
South
Saigon
Open City Concept Promoted for World Peace
Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson outline a plan to make Jerusalem an open city with shared stewardship by Jews Christians and Muslims under UN oversight. They urge expanding open cities to Athens Rome Paris London Moscow and Washington and propose a six point peace program including international waterways irrigation canals a Dead Sea canal a Mediterranean corridor for Jordan refugee solutions Arab-Israeli integration and regional cooperation to lift the curtain of hostility.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Wee
Pellmell
U.N
Jerusalem
Holy Sep
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
Meir
Toynbee Arab Israel piece wins praise in Gazette
Letter to the editor lauds Arnold Toynbee for his Arab-Israeli analysis in the Gazette calling it the finest statement of the Arab position in American publications. The writer contrasts it with fund drives and jests about the vanquished and recalls Arab friends in Jerusalem and Jordan.
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Arnold Toynbee
Toynbee
Jerusalem
Jordan
Geneva
Vernon
Inflationary Fears Over Government Policy and Tax Burdens
The text argues six years of praise mask claims that the federal government uses phony figures and robs families of benefits. It warns of higher direct and hidden taxes, inflationary pressures in pipelines, federal deficits, and rising living costs, leading to a bleak outlook for low income families who still back inflationary politicians.
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Iowa youths named for Girls Nation in Washington
This Day Joyce Lamparek of Cedar Rapids and Karen Branson of Waterloo were chosen to represent Iowa at the Girls Nation in Washington in July. They were selected at the Iowa Hawk Eye Girls State event in Cedar Falls. The Rev. Ralph Baker moves from Hampton to Marion First Methodist Church succeeding Rev. James Gable after 13 years. Dr H Van Winkle of Cedar Rapids, longtime physician and former Linn County Medical Society president, dies at home after a long illness. The Taft Hartley bill becomes law after Senate and House override President Truman's veto. Senators Wilson and Hickenlooper voted for the override. Flames destroy the home of county deputy auditor Earle Brockman near Marion. The Brockman home had been rebuilt 30 years after a prior fire. John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie plan to remarry but face 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. ¥. van 1947 Winkle
Cecar Rapids
Linn County Medical Society
Senate
House
Truman
Wilson
Hickenlooper
Barrie Barrymore Family Objects To Film Use
A family protests the use of the Barrymore home in a film titled How To Undress in Front of Your Husband. They object to the depiction during Elaine Barrie Barrymore's estrangement from Barrymore.
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Elaine Barrie Barrymore
Barrymore
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