Health Department Plan Aimed At Linn Countywide Board
Linn county public health services regrouped last year by contract among Cedar Rapids Marion and the county. A new bill 5.F. 242 would create a countywide health department with a five member board appointed by the county supervisors. Cities over 25 000 could keep local boards. statewide funding may shift from property tax to state funds. The measure seeks one set of regulations and an area wide approach to nursing maternal child health immunization venereal disease control housing water supply septic disposal air pollution restaurant inspection and more. The plan mirrors a bill passed previously but blocked by votes in the senate and would supersede a 1866 state code if enacted. This modernization would place Iowa in step with contemporary public health needs.
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California and Iowa tax contrasts in gubernatorial proposals
An Iowa columnist compares California’s fiscal crisis under Governor Ronald Reagan with Iowa’s budget needs. Reagan seeks an $860 million annual tax increase including a four percent sales tax, higher income tax by 65.1 percent, and modest rises in corporate and franchise taxes, illustrating vast population and revenue gaps between the states.
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Harold Hughes
Iowa
Reagan
California
Towa
Degree of Partnership Unusual LBJ HHH in Rapport
Column argues the Johnson Humphrey partnership is unusually close in policy making. It notes Humphrey’s trip to European capitals to convey White House thinking and reassure allies, with Berlin NATO, and Vietnam policy on the agenda. Includes a final satirical aside about misreading apartheid.
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Truman
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War Delusions and Hanoi’s Isolation Reflected in Letters
Marquis Childs analyzes the Johnson Ho Chi Minh exchange as proof of Hanoi’s airless world and ignorance of U.S. currents. He notes Hanoi’s rejection of peace overtures, Saigon’s Ky hard line, and a looming stalemate as both sides misread the others.
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Ashington
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Hatfield rises as GOP dove hero in Senate clash over war
Oregon freshman Hatfield, seen as a leading dove, spoke at Harvard to Young Republicans, criticizing Johnson policies and urging de escalation. He called Ho Chi Minh a nationalist, urged bombing cessation, de Americanization, and de escalation. He denied seeking the presidency.
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Hatfield
Oregon
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Harvard
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
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The People's Forum Grateful to Hoffa
A reader defends Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters, citing moral right to critique and praising Hoffa and his staff for securing contracts while condemning the kirby remark about extra wages. The letter supports Hoffa despite disagreements on methods and notes the writer’s married life to a Teamster and four children.
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Jimmy Hoffa
Kirby
Gary Jones
Mr. Hoffa
Snowstorm halts traffic in southwest state
A severe winter storm blankets the southwest quarter causing ten feet drift in places and snarling highways. Cedar Rapids reports three inches of snow with continuation expected, while six western Kansas trains are stalled with 700 to 800 aboard.
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Cedar Rapids
Kansas
Ten to thirty years ago in Cedar Rapids
A condemned act is called completely unworkable amid a snow driven downturn. Letters from residents discuss Teamsters pensions and Hoffa era benefits, praising retirement plans and wages while criticizing high movie prices in Cedar Rapids. James W. White comments on the upcoming Lin dale Plaza theater and urges lower admission to revive family outings.
USIA Propaganda Output Opened to U.S. Viewers
Advisory Commission on Information overturns two decades of secrecy and urges that U S government produced materials funded by public funds be accessible to Americans. It cites safeguards against partisanship while praising USIA work under Leonard Marks and calls for public law changes to allow domestic viewing.
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Afl-Cio
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CBS
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