County fair premiums dodge tight state budget
The piece criticizes Iowa lawmakers for cutting essential spending while sustaining $420,000 in county fair premiums for 1971 and 1972. It questions funding bias toward fairs over raises for state employees and park improvements, proposing alternatives like private or corporate backing for youth incentives and sport awards.
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Iowa
Appropriations
Ray
Highway Commission
State Conservation Commission
Negarca
Wasteful Printing Costs in Congressional Record
Wisconsin State Journal reports the Congressional Record costs about 28 thousand dollars daily when Congress is in session and roughly 140 dollars per page for about 200 pages per issue. May 27 session ran 19 minutes with Senate idle, yet 95 pages of undelivered speeches appeared along with trivia and recipes.
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Wisconsin State Journal
Congress
Congressional Record
House
Senate
No Tax Reform From the Bullington Hawk-Eye
The Bullington Hawk-Eye argues Iowa lawmakers passed a tax bill that is only partly progressive, falling on middle earners while not easing burdens for the aged or low income residents. It criticizes the property tax relief as insufficient and warns that many farm owners, including large acreage holders, are favored, with limited genuine reform forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Courcil Bluffs
Towa
Private funds to build Muscatine shelter praised
A letter responds to questions about a 30000 dollar private fundraising drive for a Muscatine County Humane Society animal shelter. No tax money funds the project. about 17000 dollars has been raised. Community volunteers led by Mrs. Gage Kent drive the effort, with police and sheriff support assisting measly dog licensing and vaccination compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie
Muscatine
Otiery
Humane Society
Gage Kent
City of Muscatine
Press freedom gains shield but raises new libel risks
The Supreme Court's Rosenbloom decision broadens libel protections for the press by extending fault standards beyond public officials and figures to issues of public concern. The columnist urges meticulous accuracy, public corrections, and opportunities for those accused to respond, arguing self censorship should not erode honest reporting.
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Washington
Rosenbloom
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Justice Brennan
Times
City Desk
Rosenblooms
Dear Dr Thosteson AIDS Dementia and Urinary Infection Query
A reader seeks explanation of Alzheimer's disease noting early onset around age 40 with brain atrophy and no known cure. The reply states there is no cure and the disease progresses with paralysis and memory loss, urging readiness for the situation. A second reader asks about a 33 year old with burning urination and discharge, suspected prostate involvement. The doctor diagnoses a urinary tract infection likely bladder or urethra, warns it may affect sexual relations if untreated, but infection does not automatically involve the prostate.
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D.M
Price of lobster climbs on cannibalism and demand
The Associated Press reports lobster prices rise due to small supply and strong demand. Cannibalism reduces near shore stocks while jet travel expands markets from Boston to Duluth. Prices in Boston reach 9.50, and Seattle menus show lobster as a high priced item. Lobstermen push conservation and larger size limits as offshore stocks decline and hatcheries struggle.
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James F. Donohue
Associated Press
Boston (Ap
Jetliner
Thomas Meade
Fisheries and Marine Technology
University of Rhode Island
Duluth
Boston
Seattle
Victor Rosellini
Maine
Hast
Labrador
Carolinas
Bootbay Harbor
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Maine Fisheries Department
Muscatine notices from long ago on water ships and lights
A compilation of past Muscatine items notes low water affecting schedules with the Mustazine and Mitchell arrivals, a week of electric boiler repairs causing Wilton blackout, bond interest in the seventh district, Elks officer election in Burlington, city building permits and fire repairs, monthly waste paper pickup by street trucks, and a concert by the Muscatine Concert Band at Weed Park under director Delbert S Hardy.
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Mitchell
Lizzie Ryan
Mother
Davenport
Wilton
Liberty
Victory
Seventh
Federal Reserve District
Sanford Schmalz
Muscafine
Town State Elks Association
Burlington
F. E. Tewksbury
Muscatine Waste Paper Collection Committee
Muscatine
Weed Park
Delbert S. Hardy
This Day in History June 19 1971 Highlights
Events include the SS Savannah first steamship Atlantic crossing to Liverpool in 1819. Roanoke colony departure in 1586. Albany congress of seven colonies in 1754. Maximilian execution in 1867. FCC creation in 1934. Schmeling KO of Louis in 1936. Rosenbergs execution in 1953. Supreme Court on church-state beliefs in 1961. South Vietnam forecast in 1963. Miami peacekeepers restore calm in 1969. and more noted anniversaries.
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Liverpool
England
Roanoke Island
North Carolina
America
Albany
N.Y
Prayer for Brotherhood and Nonjudgment
A devotional prayer urging readers to avoid judging others and to help fellow humans become better persons. It invokes Romans 14 13 and Jesus, ending with Amén.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
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Metromedia
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