Bills Pass in Legislature Highlight Public Safety and Tax Measures
Iowa lawmakers advanced bills on reasonable force to defend self and property, a state radiation protection program, driving and tax rules, and public safety appointments. Other measures include easier traffic accident reporting, display of registrations, and limits on state spending and tax information sales. Senate and House actions push these bills toward the governor’s desk.
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Commissioner of Public Safety
Iowa House
Senate
State Department of Public Safety
Iowa
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Tech Institute Graduates Plan March Ceremony
Seventy five students at the Hawkeye Institute of Technology will graduate March 26 at 8 p.m. in ceremonies at the Waterloo recreation and arts center. Gene Meeker of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce will deliver the address. Graduates include Marilyn Jans and Vicki Lockhart from Reinbeck in business office clerical. Jean Doorley Reinbeck in nurse aid. Paul Randall Independence in machine specialist. Eldon Joy Tama in welding.
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Waterloo
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Waterloo Recreation and Arts Center
Gene Meeker
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
East
Dysart Man Charged With Drunk Driving
A Tama County information filed in district court charges Donald Ray Sparks of Dysart with drunk driving. Sparks was arrested March 14 by Dysart marshal James Rowland and appeared before Justice H. L. Zimmer, bound to district court and released on a $500 bond.
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Toledo
Tama
Donald Ray Sparks
Dysart
Sparks
James Rowland
Justice of the Peace
H. L. Zimmer
Independence Campaign for Cleanup Set
Independence organizers announce the 1971 Clean-Up Fix-Up Paint-Up week from April 24 to 30. Ronald Hess, chairman, says a March 23 meeting at the Chamber of Commerce will coordinate city wide projects with 14 community groups involved last year.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ronald Hess
Chamber
Judicial District Bill Gets Okay
A bill to overhaul Iowa's judicial system by reducing 18 districts to eight and creating five subdivided districts was approved for debate by the senate judiciary committee. The plan, urged by the Iowa District Court Judges Assn., aims to equalize workloads and cut judge travel. The vote was 7-1 with Sen. Brownlee opposing. four counties Hardin Boone Story and Marshall would join a new 13-county central Iowa district.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Iowa District Court Judges Assn
S. J. Brownlee
Emmetsburg
Hardin, Boone, Story and
Marshall
Iowa
Soviet lecture questions goals of 1917 revolution
Prof Norman Luxenberg of the University of Iowa argues the Soviet Union drifted from its 1917 aims and shows no root change. He notes greater materialism and omnipresence, cites repeated letdowns after apparent reforms, and warns against blind faith in Soviet intentions.
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Iowa City
Soviet Union
Norman Luxenburg
University of Iowa Department of
U. of S. Memorial Union
Professor Luxenburg
U. of S
Russian history lesson on war and peace at wartime echoes
Luxenburg, a University of Saskatchewan professor, urged caution for idealists amid conflict. He cited 1918 when Russian communists declared peace with Germany but refused a treaty, prompting continued German assaults until Brest-Litovsk. He argued the pact would have reduced the USSR to a third-rate nation without US and Allied victory.
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Luxenburg
U. of S
Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Soviet Union
United States
Legislative Sentiment on Tax Hike Proposals Aired
Des Moines report on the house Ways and Means Committee testing seven tax hike plans to fund a school foundation program. Voters weighed options including a one cent sales tax, various income tax changes, and mixed local funding. No clear winner emerged as the meeting concluded with general regret that the exercise offered little concrete gain.
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Des Moines
House
Ways-Means
Elmer den Herder
R-Sioux
Don Herder
Insurance Agent License Fee Hike Moves Fast
The Iowa house ways and means committee approved a bill to raise agent license fees to speed passage before March 31. In-state firm licenses would rise from 50 cents to 2 dollars and out-of-state from 2 to 10. If enacted, the state could gain about 330000 dollars annually.
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House
Ways and Means
Iowa
Sonja Egenes
R-Story City
Egenes
Robert Ray
Evansdale Man Killed In Downtown Car Pedestrian Crash
An Evansdale man was killed Monday night after being struck by a car driven by Wayne Myers. Roscoe Nation, 50, was hit while walking along a street in Evansdale. Myers, 57, was charged with manslaughter.
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Evansdale
UPI
Roscoe Nation
Wayne Myers
Myers
Drunk driving cases lead Tama mayor’s busy weekend court
In Tama county court last weekend three men faced drunk driving charges bound over to district court. Behaunek 19 of Traer posted bond problems and remained jailed. Steuhm 353 Tama and Boyer 31 Conrad posted bonds and were released. Several other offenders faced fines for beer violations littering and intoxication with varying outcomes. Snowmobile violations tied to Montour marshal proceedings also noted.
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TAMA
Jim Sorensen
Gary Lee Behaunek
Traer
Paul J. Steuhm
Jonnie Bill Boyer
Conrad
Behaunek
Marshall County
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Steuhm
Boyer
Indian Village
Montour
Lloyd Lovell
Vinton
Kent Zimmerman
Toledo
Alan L. Metz
Thomas H. Ledvina
Harry J. Hodina
Ely
David V. Bryant
Marshalltown
Dixon Mitchell
Bryant
Mitchell
Dave McCurry
Dale Bash
Sorensen
Daniel Johnson
Cyril Stalzer
Laurel
Legislative Rift Splits Ray Jepsen Talk Amid Recess
G.O.P. factions harden as Gov Ray and Lt Gov Jepsen appear poised to clash in upcoming governor race. Dubuque Sen Walsh says the split forces Republicans to choose sides within the party during spring recess. Darrington recalls his 18 years as an inmate in the same house.
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ES Moines
Statehouse
Robert Ray
Roger Jepsen
Dubuque
John Walsh
D-Dubuque
G.O.P. Central Committee
Ray-Jepsen
Ted Ellsworth
Gov. Ray
State Central Committee
Jepsen
William Darrington
Persia
Darrington
Cedar Falls Mayor William McKinley Resigns
Cedar Falls mayor William McKinley announced his resignation effective April 1. The long serving official steps down at week’s end, ending a tenure noted for steady city leadership.
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Cedar Falls
William McKinley
Grants for Handicapped Education Programs Across Iowa
The U S Office of Education approved 336 956 to fund training for teachers supervisors and staff serving handicapped children in Iowa The Iowa Department of Public Instruction receives 104 141 Drake University 20 500 University of Northern Iowa 75 415 and the University of Iowa 166 900 for programs aiding speech and hearing impaired mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed students.
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UPI
U.S. Office of Education
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Drake University
University of Northern Iowa
University of Iowa
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