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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1964
Page
5
An editorial stresses the vital role of police and local law enforcers in national life. It argues most outbreaks do not require militia, praises worthy officers, and urges parents to teach youth that police protect law abiding citizens and property.
The piece notes 175 years of muddled succession rules and the lack of an authorized process to remove a president who loses judgment. It mentions many remedies but does not endorse a specific one, framing succession as a long ignored vital issue.
The piece notes Bobby Baker, ex secretary to the Senate majority, turned an $18 000 annual salary into an estimated $2 million fortune. It questions how the gain occurred and reports a bipartisan push for a two year study while lawmakers spurn disclosure proposals.
A writer notes two lawyer friends present opposing views on accident damages. One advocates for plaintiffs, arguing victims face bias and that verdicts raise insurance rates. The other, defending insurers, says settlements come from insurers and that when insurers balk, no one pays. The piece leans toward a nuanced middle ground.
The piece notes a broad movement to improve the judicial system sweeping across states. It cites Iowa as a model with its across the board plan and removal of judges from partisan politics. The author says Missouri experimented first and Iowa followed, influencing other states.
A pointed question to Dere Lyndon questions how a political figure can simultaneously offer both prosperity and poverty policies to American voters, highlighting a clash of economic promises in the public discourse.
On the spot in Atlantic City the Lyndon B. Johnson style dominates the Democratic convention scene as 5,260 delegates gather in the arena. The piece compares Johnson to FDR and Eisenhower era conventions, notes potential South issues, Kennedy era sensitivities, and highlights the venue's size and features including air conditioning and a vast pipe organ.
Miss Barbara Norris returns from a summer vacation in England and continental Europe visiting Scotland Ireland Wales Switzerland Italy and France. She will teach at Monticello high school this year. Mr and Mrs Jerry Naylor travel to Idaho and visit the World's Fair in New York.
Sunday evening callers gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Hanssen with guests Mrs Bernard Ihms and family. The women are sisters. The Hanssens took Mrs Bernard Ihms and family to Blue Earth Minn Thursday and visited relatives in Strawberry Point. Dale Ladehoff and family enjoy a Black Hills vacation. Ladehoff works at Balster in Scotch Grove and Mrs Ladehoff is in the local post office. Leslie Balster and family plus their foreign exchange student Quan Tran returned home this past week from a vacation.
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