Split-ticket voting move sparks partisan clash in Iowa
In Iowa the House State Government Committee advanced a bill to ban one-stroke straight-ticket voting, a move seen as boosting independence and disloyalty to parties. The vote split along party lines with Democrats opposing delays and Republicans pushing for reform, sparking voter frustration and further support for ticket splitting.
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Gun registration plan dies after budget cut and repeal
The House trimmed 4.2 million from the Treasury's ATF budget halting a gun tracking proposal that would stamp serial numbers for traceability. The program expired after Treasury dropped the regulations and suggested exploring other registering methods while gun owners and the NRA criticized the approach.
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Metro YMCA Board Faces Public Scrutiny Over Casali Firing
The Metro YMCA board which governs Central Marion and Ellis Park branches, funded partly by United Way, is urged to fully explain why longtime Central executive Cesar Casali was dismissed after 19 years. Casali says budget issues were cited. the public calls for accountability and a transparent rationale.
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Letters claim SALT I failures threaten SALT II ratification
The letter argues the United States should learn from SALT I. It cites David Sullivan claiming Soviet deception in 1972 and parity by 1968. It alleges Kissinger sabotaged Nixon’s pledge, Soviet mobile missiles secrecy, and U.S. intelligence suppression of a critical SALT analysis.
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Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Brezhnev
Russia
Keegan warns USSR shelters and WCC aid fuel leftward bias
The letter attacks Soviet underground shelters and claims a defense cut is needed to curb inflation. It cites 1960s defense growth and welfare gains, condemns World Council of Churches funding to Marxist groups in Africa and SWAPO, and urges Christians to question NCC and WCC leadership over aid to terrorism and liberation movements.
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Members of Congress For Peace Through Law
Iowa
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World Council of Churches
Marxist Patriotic Front
Africa
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WCC
Angola
West Africa
Commission On Interchurch Affairs, Refugees and World Service
Rider spotlights road litter from liquor law violators
A reader suggests a punishment for liquor law violators be road cleanup along country lanes and parks. The note also criticizes what it calls unreliable leaks from Washington officials as often untrue or irresponsible.
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Hindsighters claim China’s Vietnam move fits history
Prominent figures including Graham A. Martin and Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. say the Sino Vietnamese invasion is predictable. The piece notes Rostow and Tower offer differing spins while Nguyen Cao Ky cites Soviet involvement. It concludes that hindsight prophets overrate their foresight and warns against ignoring Chinese cautions.
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Kennedy
Johnson
China
Vietnam
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
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William E. Colby
Central Intelligence Agency
John Tower
Texas
Turvy-topsy democracy in Rhodesia debate rages in U S
Julian Bond argues that U S support for Rhodesia’s April 20 elections would endorse a minority to black majority transition while preserving white power in key posts. He warns such a move signals U S tolerance for racial rule under the guise of majority rule and could end sanctions. TRANSAFRICA opposes the observer plan, framing Rhodesia as a moral contest between black Marxists and white democrats.
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