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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

18 Sep 1978

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1978

Page

4

Devine reshapes Keokuk County politics in dispute

Francis P. Devine, Sigourney Democrat on the Keokuk County board, challenges party norms after a long battle over a failed county home tax levy. Supreme Court rulings and a back-wages suit against opponent James Wonderlich frame a politically charged year as incumbents retire and voters weigh a possible shift to Republicans.

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Keokuk County Francis P. Devine Devine Sigourney County Board of Supervisors James Wonderlich Ollie Wonderlich Iowa Supreme Court Paul McNabb Delta Franklin C. Perkins Hedrick Fred Charbonneaux Supreme Court Mark McCormick McCormick Denmark Keokuk Kerr Ross GOP Howard Smith Muscatine David Stanley Senate John Culver Robert Ray Jerry Fitzgerald Fitzgerald Ray Keith Dunton Thornburg George Swearingen Liberty Linda Svoboda D-Amana Phillip Tyrrell Floyd Millen Farmington Fred Koegler Fred Koegler, D-Oskaloosa Harold van Mannen Oskaloosa Joan Orr D-Grinnell Bass van Gilst D-Oskaloosa Forrest Schwengels Fairfield Glen Bradley Recorder Jean Mateer Harold Schweitzer Arlene Nilles
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Ross named Keokuk County GOP chairman after long Navy career

The article profiles Ross who becomes Keokuk County GOP chairman after a 30 year Navy career and long local political service. It notes Keokuk as a swing area with mixed party support in recent elections and details local race dynamics, candidates, and district boundaries across the county and nearby Muscatine.

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Ross Keokuk County Carter U.S Neal Smith Charles Minor Smith Minor Albert Cornish Sigourney Central Committee Cornish Navy U.S.S. Pickerel Poweshiek County
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Abzug Optimistic On Equal Rights For Women

Former Congresswoman Bella Abzug told about 125 Iowa Women’s Political Caucus members that women will win equality, though gaps remain in pay and rank. She urged truthful media images and adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment as top priority.

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500 protest nukes at national conference in Des Moines

More than 500 protesters attend the Mobilization for Survival second national conference in Des Moines opposing nuclear weapons and power. Daniel Ellsberg joins the event criticizing Carter admin policy while Sid Lens warns the human race risks the 21st century without ending the arms race.

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Des Moines Mobilization For Survival Daniel Ellsberg Pentagon Ellsberg Carter Sid Lens
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