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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1972
Page
4
Iowa lawmakers approve floor access limits to curb disruption as Nixon and a parade of guests would be barred from the chamber from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during legislative days, with no guest invitations allowed.
The House approved a policy letting visitors on the floor with defined exceptions for legislators, secretaries, legislative staff, pages, former lawmakers, relatives of legislators, and newsmen. The rule change passed 57 to 30 and 50 to 29 amid earlier disruption when Floyd Millen ordered guests cleared for excessive noise. Varley then introduced the rules as proponents noted similar Senate rules.
Floor quieted as Rep. Camp faulted Senate efficiency while Rep. Kennedy and House leaders decried the week’s noise. Some said staff and officers fueled the din. Rep. Ewell blamed crowded room, but Rep. Jesse shot back that every mouth adds to the chaos.
The Iowa Medical Examiners Board voted 7 to 0 to extend a temporary license for Dr. Ramon Yaldua and Dr. Christian Crespo-Yalduika and grant them a third attempt at the state licensing exam June 13 to 15. They will study at Mayo Clinic Rochester with Mayo and University of Iowa support, while a Mayo staffed clinic will cover their Forest City practice May 1 to early August.
Bids on the sale of the two remaining portions of the former Clinton Job Corps facilities will be opened April 27. The Clinton campus closed three years ago on a 41 acre site with 48 structures, according to the General Services Administration.
Upper Iowa college trustees will not fill the vice president post for 1972 73 and may abolish the office at the spring meeting April 14. Dr Herschel Hendrix, the office holder since 1962, is offered a full professorship with pay cut from about 22000 to 15000 as part of cost reduction amid enrollment decline from 1132 to about 800 students.
A 20 year look shows at least 34 American cities still maintaining gas street lamps. The report notes how towns keep the aging lights for historic or practical reasons while others modernize to electric systems.
Iowa Senator Roger Shaff said the proposed funding method for a Vietnam war bonus fund for veterans is unconstitutional as a surtax on personal, corporate and franchise incomes. He noted a statewide property tax is constitutional but less publicly acceptable. A House committee plans to wait on action until the funding question is resolved, while others propose redirecting funds to comprehensive veteran services administered by a public board.
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa legislature faces growing federal pressure to adopt stricter billboard and junkyard controls along major highways. Both chambers passed differing bills, now in conference, with Gov. Ray noting a telegram from Transport Secretary Volpe warning of 7.4 million dollars in highway funds loss if the measure stalls by month end.
Iowa City poet George Keithley, associate professor at Chico State, will read from The Donner Party and other works at 9 p.m. Friday in the University of Iowa Shambaugh Auditorium. The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop.
In Des Moines during the waning days of the 1972 session a bill to raise Attorney General Richard Turner’s pay from 22 500 to 28 000 a year faces strong opposition in the House. A Senate amendment would set the higher figure, while a House plan would cap the increase at 23 750.
Celeste K. Connor 55 of Oelwein faces a charge of failure to yield after her left turn in front of Brent L. Hamilton 25 of Quasque ton caused a crash. Connor and a passenger in Hamiltons car suffered minor injuries.
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