Election Bill Needs Study Says Editorial View
The editorial voices second thoughts on a recent Iowa senate election reform bill and urges a bipartisan study before passage. It criticizes mobile registration repeal and race-based time limits in voting, calls for statewide registration, and questions residency rules affecting students and college towns.
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Republican State Central Committee
Stanley
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College Community Bond Vote Narrowly Fails in 494 484 Result
The College Community district rejected a $2 million school construction plan 494 to 484 due to not reaching the required 60 percent. A second proposal to raise the debt-service levy limit failed by a straight 446 to 480 margin, also short of the three-fifths rule.
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Iowa
Percy as Nixon foe in 1972 bid Gonz to challenge
The Nixon camp fixes attention on Charles Percy a Tuining Illinois senator as a potential 1972 Republican candidate. Percy's antiwar anti ABM stance and 1974 Senate term give him room to maneuver while Chicago Mayor Daley’s attacks bolster his national profile.
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Charles Percy
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Percy
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Teddy Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Edward Kennedy
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Richard Daley
Chicago
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
George Aiken
Vermont
Charles Perey
Perey
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Indsay
New York
Americans Split Over Russia China Views in Harris Survey
The Harris survey shows 44 percent neutral and 36 percent favoring the Soviet Union, with China seen as a growing threat. Russians are viewed as friendlier by 67 percent of people, while only 31 percent feel similarly toward the Chinese. Racial cleavages and regional differences shape future threat perceptions and peace prospects.
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Hectis Sulewey JX
China
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
U.S
Free World
Yrihune
New York News Syndicate
Chris
Aire
Regina East
Midwest
Communist
South
Delays Brew Storm in Japan Okinawa Deal Urgent
A prominent analysis argues that Okinawa's status under the U S Japanese security treaty could shift in 1969 three years to full sovereignty. It warns delays threaten Sato's government provoke anti U S riots and complicate allied defense in Asia. The piece notes Tokyo demands revised basing rules and warns Washington must accept a new Okinawa status to avert a crisis.
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Okinawa
C. J. Sulzberger
United States
Tokyo
Nixon
Kiichi Aichi
Washington
Hisaku Sato
Eisenhower
Nobusuke Kishi
U.S
Whder
Dulles
Sato
State Department
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Asia
Vietnam
Korea
North Korea
Pentagon
US 8
South Vietnam
Philippines
South Korea
Britain
Bages
Cyprus
America
New York
Trius Service
Campus strife and football boycott draw reader reaction
A reader protests the University of Iowa football boycott by black players, supporting Coach Nagel and discipline. He warns against changes that favor few, cites campus gun incidents at Cornell, and urges firm action to preserve order and traditional education values.
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University of Iowa
Iowa
Nagel
Harry Edwards
Prank C Honored for Long Iowa Legislative Service
In 1959 the Iowa senate gave Sen. Prank C Byers a standing ovation for what was described as the longest continuous legislative service in Iowa history. Cedar Rapids figures Les Zachers, Kenneth Kirby, Jeanne Leclerc, and Libbie Packard assumed local offices amid city council concerns as Cedar Rapids endured 93 degree heat at 2 pm. Coe College honored retiring professors Alice Page and Grace Lambert at a Voorhees Hall dinner, while weather reporter Warry F. Tisher faced a storm-related setback from a lightning strike on his radio antenna.
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Byers
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Nwa Senate
Iowa
Les Zachers
Cive Chapel
Kenneth Kirby
Jeanne Leclerc
Libbie Packard
Coe College
Voorhees Hall
Alice EB. Page
Grace E. Lambert
10-20-30 Years Ago item of theft involving Wilson family
Ralph and Raymond Wilson ages 9 and 1 found a woman's parsoal on a avenue and Fifteenth street NW and took it directly to the police station. It was identified as belonging to a neighbor of the Wilson family Jean Nrbe.
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Raymond Wilson
Fifteenth Street
Wilson
Jean Nrbe
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Gazette
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