Iowa panel weighs governor gets more executive power
Des Moines lawmakers on the Obsolete Boards and Commissions Subcommittee discussed a plan to authorize the governor to reorganize the executive branch with legislative consent. The idea mirrors federal reform and aims to reduce duplication and obsolescence while avoiding added bureaucracy. The panel may push for action when the Legislature convenes next January.
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Des Moines
Boards and Commissions
Iowa
Ways and Means Proposes Social Security Tax Hike Plan
The House committee outlines a ten year plan to raise Social Security taxes to offset the fund’s decline. Wage base would climb from 16500 to 19000 in 1978 and continue rising to 39600 by 1987, with no retirement age increase and modest boosts for earnings while retired. It criticizes the lack of a cap on investment income applying the same rule as outside wages.
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House
Ways and Means
Congress
Word Oddities and Singular Versus Plural Use
Theodore M. Bernstein discusses grammar quirks in a column from the New York Times Syndicate. Topics include phrases like almost one as a fraction, the correct singular verb form, slough as a noun and verb, and the Latin phrase quid nunc meaning gossip.
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Mary Matteson
Fabius
N.Y
Supreme Court weighs race in Bakke case
The Supreme Court hears Allan Bakke’s bid to end race conscious admissions at Davis Medical School. Justices question if race can be used to remedy past discrimination while avoiding rigid rules that trigger endless litigation. Cox argues taking race into account is essential but details should not be rigidly prescribed.
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Washington
Allan Bakke
Reynold H. Colvin
Byron White
California Medical School
Davis
White
Colvin
Supreme Court
Davis Medical School
Law Review
Cox
Powell
Obstructionism in Congress Through the Ages
A David Tarr report traces congressional blocking from 19th century expulsions of quorum tricks to 1968 delays and Senate filibusters. It notes Speaker Reed’s dominance, the Rules Committee’s clout under Smith, Kennedy era reforms, and recent battles over natural gas deregulation.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Chamber
Thomas B. Reed
Rlaine
Reed
Rules Committee
Right to Life Tactics Target Abortion Centers
The letter notes harassment by anti abortion activists including picketing photographing patients and threats at Planned Parenthood in St Paul and Cedar Rapids Clinic for Women. Arson fire at a center is attributed to the anti abortion campaign. Pro choice materials vanished from the Cedar Rapids library.
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Highland Park
St. Paul, Minn
Planned Parenthood
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Labor law reform call and library sale support
A Cedar Rapids reader argues for stronger National Labor Relations Board action and urges support for H R 8410 to aid fair wages. The Friends of the Public Library celebrate a successful used book sale with hundreds of volunteers and over 30 000 donated books.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Iowa
Friends of the Public Library
Tom Carney
Kay Burrows
F.C. Waples
Reggie Watters
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John Donnelly
John Robertson
Ray
Theodore M. Bernstein
Woodward H. Brown
Virginia Mauchly
Ambler
New York Times Syndicate
Bakke
By Anthony Lewis
Archibald Cox
University of California
Lewis F. Powell Jr
New York Times Service
Olam
CIA
By David Tarr
West Virginia
Howard W. (Judge) Smith
Dva
Smith
Virginia
Kennedy
Committee
Congressional Quarterly
Theophrastus
Barbara Buchanan
Cedar Rapids N.O.W
Washington Ave. SE
Labor’s Side
Roanoke Rapids
N.C
J.P. Stevens
Darlington Manufacturing Co
Bor Relations Board
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