Legislative Research Bureau Big Job in a Small Place
Des Moines report on the Legislative Research Bureau at the Iowa Capitol. Director Gene Revhons notes 40 to 60 percent of measures are handled by the bureau, with researchers spending hours on statutes opinions and rulings. Drafters must ensure clear language and avoid conflicts while serving legislators.
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Fashions in Arts Deplored by Cassill Campbell Panel
University of Iowa writer R V Cassill and Guthrie Theatre director Douglas Campbell spoke at Cornell College Fine Arts Symposium on freedom and form in 1965. They argued centralized power shapes fashion and that proscenium limits theater and literature, with critics noting commercial exploitation dominates modern writing.
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Barbara Matthews of Earlville Dies at 94
Barbara Matthews 94 Earlville oldest resident died Thursday night Survivors include her son the Rev Clarence Matthews of Richey Mont three daughters Mrs Franklin Phillips and Mrs Harvey Woeste both of Earlville and Mrs Owen McCarthy of Manchester Born in Baden Germany November 29 1870 she came to the Manchester area with her parents in 1883 Services are being arranged at Clifton funeral home.
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Jerome Wilson 89 Stanwood butcher and grocer dies
Jerome Wilson 89 a longtime Stanwood butcher and grocer died Friday at a daughter's home in Sioux City. Born in Stanwood he married Maude Clark on June 29 1904. Survivors include his wife a daughter a son Burdette of Iconomoc Wis seven grandchildren and three sisters. The body will be at Chapmans in Clarence.
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Miller urges sub district provision in federal law
Sen. Jack Miller proposes that state reapportionment laws require each legislator in a multi legislative county to be elected from separate districts. He argues this would protect minority voting strength amid demographic and political changes. He cited constitutional amendments as a vehicle for the change.
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Iowa Couple Killed in Crash on Slushy Road
Mr and Mrs Arthur Stewart of near Centerville were killed Friday in a two car collision on sleet slick highway 2 west of Centerville. Paul Tharp 20 a student at Centerville Community College was in fair condition at Centerville Hospital. The couple both connected to local work and nursing studies.
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Fire Destroys Barn On Burmeister Farm Near Vinton
A barn on the Don Burmeister farm five miles southwest of Vinton burned early Friday. Vinton firefighters were called at 2 05 a m. Cattle were saved but a sow died and hay and straw were lost. The cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.
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Waukon Farmer Injured in Yard Fall
Harry Halversson, 71, a Waukon farmer, fractured his right hip Wednesday after slipping on ice in his yard while going to the mailbox. He is hospitalized in Waukon.
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Proposed town fire phone system discussed by council
The town council outlined a plan for a shared firemen’s phone network using regular phones. A central system would ring all firemen when a call comes in, with a loud alert if a line is busy and a continuous ring after hanging up.
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Thornburg
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Three Postville Children Injured in School Falls
At Postville school on Tuesday three elementary students suffered injuries from separate ice slips. Sally Frey, a seventh grader, broke a collar bone. Charles Berg, another seventh grader, fractured a bone in his left hand. David Benson, an eighth grader, sustained a broken nose.
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Kiwanis Club Ladies Night Planned in Postville
Postville Kiwanis announces a ladies night on March 15. Salem Rizk will speak at the event, inviting members and guests to attend.
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Tragedy strikes as 19-year-old dies in highway crash
Charles Robert Hoffman aged 19 from Sioux City was killed Thursday in a car-truck collision 12 miles south of New Hampton on Highway 63, UPI reports.
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