Polk County Judge Hears Reapportionment Suit
District Court Judge Harry Perkins has the case challenging the 1965 Iowa temporary reapportionment plan. Four petitioners say lack of subdistricting for counties electing multiple lawmakers violates one man one vote. State says plan follows federal court orders and may be appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. Fire losses in Iowa rise 40 percent this year, blamed on human factors, with more hazard months ahead. Vice President Hubert Humphrey to speak in Des Moines November 13 at a Democratic fundraising dinner.
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Iowa Governor Spars With AG Over Judicial Reform Remarks
Governor Harold Hughes censured Attorney General Lawrence Scalise for comments accusing Iowa’s 1962 judicial reform of not removing politics from the bench. He said Scalise was not specific enough and cast reflections on judges while noting opposition to the Defense Department order affecting Iowa National Guard units and town guardsmen.
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Cottages dispute raises land ownership clash near Harpers Ferry
Iowa Attorney General Lawrence Scalise signals a tentative conclusion that about 70 cottage owners near Harpers Ferry have no legal right to their cottages as the state asserts ownership of the land. He aims to decide by year’s start. Also, the Republican Reserve groups forms to counter right wing takeovers, with Dr Joseph Walt named temporary chairman. Paul Johnston proposes regional schooling centers to supply books and materials, seeking federal approval for state operation.
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Boundary dispute drags toward Supreme Court clash
Nebraska Attorney General Clarence Merrer says the Iowa Nebraska boundary fight will span at least a year and a half before a timetable emerges, with a pre trial conference and a mid November San Francisco meeting led by U.S. Circuit Judge Walter Pope to steer proceedings. Nebraska charges Iowa with violating the 1943 boundary compact through actions by the Iowa conservation commission aiming to claim land once in Nebraska.
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Capitol News Pay Raise Vote and Civil Service Reform
Congressman John Schmidhauser of Iowa City says he would not take a congressional pay increase even if approved amid a bill to raise salaries for nearly two million federal workers. The House defeated the raise 238 to 140. Last year lawmakers increased pay to 30,000. A district court judge criticizes the board of control on youthful offenders and suggests the board of regents should have jurisdiction over training schools, noting releases conflict with age 21 limits.
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