Campaign Trail Notes on State Finances and Tax Policy
Iowa campaign coverage discusses a $5 million state treasury balance as adequate for next biennium with steady income from income and sales taxes. Rep. Min nette Doderer argues against accruing surplus and supports modest taxation aligned with legislative commitments. Also noted are professional affiliations of Donald Johnson, Theodore Johnson, and Donald Sloan with public service and accounting groups. A bill proposed to fund federal sewer plant costs and research to control pollution in lakes and oil spills is described.
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Doderer
Iowa City
Minnette Doderer
Senate
Cliff Stubbs
Rep. Doderer
U. S
Iowa Veterans for Nixon Names Co-Chairmen
Joe Foss national chairman said Thursday Donald John son of West Branch and Theodore A Johnson of Cedar Rapids were named co-chairmen of Iowa Veterans for Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald Johnson
West Branch
Theodore A. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Veterans For Nixon Committee
Joe Foss
Questions Plan On Flood Gates At Independence
Independence residents press flood control plan as Citizens for Flood Control call for reopening gates north of the First Street Bridge. Iowa Natural Resources Council and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reiterate further study needed amid July flood history. Mayor Funke seeks hydro plant blueprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Citizens For Flood Control
First Street
Wapsipinicon River
Henry Funke
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Funke
Schmidhauser Calls for Stronger Iowa First District Representation
Democratic candidate John Schmidhauser urged better regional representation in Iowa's First District amid the 1968 congressional campaign. He cited flood control water sewer development and Southeast Iowa tourism as priorities and questioned why the Hoover Memorial Site testimony was neglected in 1967.
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Davenport
John Schmidhauser
Iowa
Schmidhauser
89Th Congress
Herbert Hoover
Schwengel urges stronger action on water pollution
U S Congressman Fred Schwengel told the Burlington Kiwanis via amplified telephone that water pollution must be attacked more vigorously to clean rivers lakes and streams. He noted his support for pollution bills in 1956 1961 and recent House Public Works committee draft while criticizing delayed action by the Johnson Humphrey administration and House leadership. He said the bill would authorize the secretary of the interior to enter.
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Schwengel
Burlington
U. S
Fred Schwengel
Washington, D. C
Burlington Kiwanis Club
House Public Works Committee
Johnson Humphrey
House Democratic
Congress
Secretary of Interior
Miss Columbus contestants depart for Ohio pageant
Diane Parsons 18 and Judy Collier 19 winners of local Miss Columbus contests left Columbus Junction for Columbus Ohio to compete in Miss Columbus. They travel with parents Mr and Mrs Jack Parsons and Mr and Mrs Orville Collier along with Delmore Evans mayor of Columbus City and Mrs Evans Paul Lowe and Mrs Lowe.
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Paul Lowe
Columbus Junction
West Branch Pay Plan Moves Forward for Hoover Site
West Branch Iowa officials and National Park Service leaders reached a plan to compensate the town for lands turned over for the Herbert Hoover memorial site. Rep. Fred Schwengel will sponsor an amendment backing payment, with federal funds delays acknowledged and NPS support secured. The meeting also secured priority from the Bureau of Public Roads for roadwork linked to the site.
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Washington
West Branch
National Park Service
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Schwengel
Park Service
W. Minard Thomas
Delbert V. Orr
Michael Pettinger
George Gowans
Division of
Edward Hummel
Robert Moore
The
Bureau of Public Roads
Adler Named President of University of Iowa Foundation
Philip D. Adler publisher of the Davenport Times-Democrat is named president of the University of Iowa Foundation for a one year term. George H. Rigler of Iowa City is elected to a three year term on the Foundation board of directors.
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Iowa City
Philip D. Adler
Davenport Times-Democrat
University of Iowa Foundation
Adler
George H. Rigler
Iowa Valley School Bond Vote Set for Jan 7 1969
Iowa Valley school board designated January 7, 1969, for a $600,000 bond issue to add a high school. Drake University study urged replacing multiple districts with a county wide board and single administrative unit to support 7-12 education for 1,800 to 2,100 students.
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Iowa Valley
Iowa Valley School Board
Drake University Research Service
Drake
Iowa County
Marengo
Amana
North English
Williamsburg
Victor
Grant Delay to Four On Marijuana Charge
A closed prelim hearing in Iowa City police court heard four defendants in a Sept. 28 marijuana possession case. Molly Watts of Cody Nebraska April Diane Humphrey of Sycamore Illinois James Charles Taylor of Iowa City and David Bosier of Cedar Rapids all 19 were granted extra time to file briefs before a ruling. They were arrested near the Coralville reservoir.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Molly Watts
Cody
Neb
April Diane Humphrey
Sycamore, Ill
James Charles Taylor
David Bosier
Twenty-ninth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Marion Neely
Coralville Reservoir
Bowen says higher education hard to cut without quality drop
University of Iowa President Howard R. Bowen told the American Council on Education that higher education faces a growing cost burden. Projections show costs rising from 12.3 billion to 33 billion in ten years as enrollment and per-student costs climb. He argues efficiency gains are limited without sacrificing quality.
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Denver
Colo
University of Iowa
Howard R. Bowen
American Council On Education
Bowen
America
Powell Defends Black Power at Grinnell College
Adam Clayton Powell told a Grinnell audience that black power is not violence or anti white, but pro black. He predicted Nixon’s election and warned that a Nixon presidency would harm black rights, while threatening to back Humphrey only if he expands domestic programs and supports a strong law and order stance.
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UPI
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr
Grinnell College
Powell
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Grinnell
Adam Clayton Powell
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Congress
Fireman Fatally Stricken While Fighting Centerville Blaze
Centerville AP reports a 46 year old firefighter Larry Willis collapsed at a home fire scene Wednesday night and died in hospital about an hour later. Willis served as a fireman and died while aiding at the blaze.
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Centerville
Larry Willis
New Busing Plan Aired In Starmont
Ray Rardin of Lamont introduced a new Starmont busing plan at a board meeting. It reduces bused pupils by 220 and weekly mileage by 550, keeps teaching staff, and shifts third and fourth graders to home communities while fifth and sixth graders go to Lamont and Arlington.
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Starmont
Starmont School
Ray Rardin
Lamont
Rardin
Strawberry Point
Arlington
Arington
Iowa Schools May Use Public Funds for Ads
The Iowa attorney general ruled that area community schools may spend public funds on newspaper and radio advertising. Aide Attorney General Elizabeth Nolan said the expenditure is legal but boards should include estimated ad costs in annual budgets. A second opinion found no constitutional or legislative ban on a registered lobbyist running for legislative office.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Services Saturday For John J Aller
Wellman mourns John J Aller 31 who died by his own action. He worked at Amana Refrigeration and is survived by his parents and grandmother. Services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church. Casket to remain closed. visitation at Powell funeral home.
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Wellman
John J. Aller
Amana
Zeno Aller
Mary Aller
Keota
Asbury United Methodist Church
Powell Funeral Home
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D.M
Jewett Lumber Co
American Legion
National Veterans Group
Theodore Johnson
Don Johnson
J-Tec Associates
42Nd
Rainbow Division Assn
Donald R. Sloan
Peat, Marwick and Mitchell
Iowa Certified Public Accountants
Evelyn Sisco
Dick, Sisco
Ozzie Miller
Iowa U. Foundation
U. of S
Fore
Iowan
St. Clair
North Towne Lane
Kenwood Transfer
Center Pt. Rd
Blairs Ferry Rd
Our United Fund
United Fund
United State
Courteous Banking Service
16Th Ave
F.D.J.C
Rial
Ginsberg
Phalow
A J . Ginsbergsonan
Cedar Rapids, Ia
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