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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1969
Page
5
AP survey shows firearms involved in less than 5 percent of major Iowa county felonies and in seven large towns. Most sheriffs say enforcement and penalties, not gun bans, would curb firearm related crime. Several chiefs favor handgun registration. sheriffs stress holder accountability over weapon control. Next: Concealed weapons and the law abiding Iowan.
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner warned county auditors treasurers recorders and clerks that salary increases for 1969 should not take effect until 1970 and urged an immediate stop to overpayments. The issue arose as a suit in Sioux City and counties like Linn withdrew raises to comply. a bill to make raises retroactive was endorsed by a Senate House committee.
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