Lawmakers near end of tense Iowa session in ninth inning
Framing editorial notes that Des Moines lawmakers grow tense as the session nears its end. Though stressed, they are seen as honest and working to finish. Outside observers misread the stakes, while the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce shows similar views to the legislature on many bills. A seventh inning stretch is desired but unlikely.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Savings Bank of
State Treasury
Salaries in Des Moines Stir Quiet Debate on Raises
Officials debate pay raises amid nationwide salary shifts. Governor Ray balks at a 3000 dollar increase while the Senate backs a 6000 dollar annual salary plan. Public protests remain mild as leaders anticipate broader changes and potential veto power. The piece suggests ongoing adjustments will reshape compensation structures and public expectations.
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Des Moines
Ray
House
Senate
Rockefeller Soft-Sell Fails on ABM Senate Reach
Governor Nelson Rockefeller tried a quiet pitch to four Republican senators to support the Safeguard anti ballistic missile plan. Kissinger asked for help, but the effort failed as senators Cooper Javits Percy Pear on resisted. Percy proposed a moratorium and tests rather than deployment, signaling deep GOP doubt about the plan. Nixon may need to meet critics directly.
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Soviet Union
S. Rockefeller
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Jacob K. Javits
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Sen
James Pearson
Kansas
Percy
Montana
North Dakota
White Sands
N.M
Pacific
U.S
Rogers
Anger Beats Reason in Looking at Crime
Louis Harris reports the Harris Survey shows Americans are driven by emotion over crime. Whites link crime to black offenders, yet blacks fear crime in their neighborhoods more. Public faith in rehabilitation is weak while harsh penalties prevail.
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America
Gested
Washington, D.C
If Some of Them Would Probably Come Home Angrier
A New York Times Service critique of a film set in a English boys school argues the drama reveals universal youth anxieties beyond American prejudice. It notes the ending’s gun fantasy unsettles some viewers while others leave with questions about personal pasts and institutional power.
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England
Proust
People Forum Clarifies Indian Bluffs Wilderness Stance
C L Norlin, co-chairman of the Indian Bluffs Wilderness Area Project in Monticello, states the Greater Monticello Committee opposes commercial exploitation and backs a conservation plan. The long range plan envisions a river channel, watershed dams, and a distant up river dam to create an 800 acre lake outside the wilderness, with no commercial development inside.
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Indian Bluffs
Jones County
Gazette
Greater Monticello
Monticello
State Commission Planning Division
C. L. Norlin
Indian Bluffs Wilderness Area
Mayor Meaghan to Seek Re election in Cedar Rapids
The 1959 Cedar Rapids mayor Jim Mea ghan announced his bid for re election in the fall city vote, countering rumors he would not run again. Also named were new Linn County social planning officers and local industry and cultural leaders with June 1 start dates and past theater work noted.
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Jim Meaghan
Cedar Rapids
Jesse Hunter
Linn County Council of Social Planning
James Bramwell
Howard Cherry, Jr
Daughters of Union Veterans Seek Civil War Memorial
The city council was asked to permit a marble or granite memorial on the island plaza honoring Civil War soldiers. Loren Remington and Ray Murdock were recommended for appointment to the police force by Chief Robert Vlach.
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Daughters of Union
Loren Remington
Ray Murdock
Robert Vlach
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