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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1973
Page
2
The editorial backs the Senate Watergate inquiry under Senator Sam Ervin and rejects a 90 day delay urged by Archibald Cox. It argues swift hearings prevent further economic and image damage, criticizes court delays, and calls for focusing on top figures rather than lower officials in the inquiry.
Drawing from a Christian Science Monitor piece, the column notes rainouts and crashes at the Indy 500 while asking whether the race has peaked. It cites drivers who argue for slower, cheaper engine designs, emphasizes the era of rapid speeds, and urges a shift toward mass transit as fuel limits press autos toward deceleration and broader policy focus.
In Boyle's reminiscence from New York, memory heals pain and future loneliness. He recalls postwar life with frugal costs, coal furnace fixes, modest doctors, weekly grocery bills, dating for musicians, car seats, and a view on college for daughters. He notes social shifts and charity habits, ending with a question about those days.
A travel study for the Iowa Development Commission shows out-of-state tourists spent 371 million in Iowa in 1972, up from 344 million in 1971, with further gains in personal income and tax revenue across state local and federal levels, and travel business income totaling 446 million.
Garnaville Jan R Wood a speech and English teacher at Garnaville Community school system is elected secretary of the Northeast District of the Iowa High school speech association for 1973-74 He will become vice president in 1974-75 and president in 1975-76, succeeding his father Ray Woods of Maynard.
The newsletter cites U S Commerce figures placing national net debt at 2.23 trillion dollars for 1972, noting a 209 billion rise from 1971. It criticizes congressional spending on a Washington tourist center and a Kennedy Cultural Center, contrasting costs with memorial upkeep, and warns of escalating public debt. It also mentions Chile's push to alter Inter American Development Bank veto rules and local education vandalism costs.
Eight adventurers depart St Ignace to follow the 3000 mile Mississippi route in period costumes. The journey, timed for the tricentennial, runs May through September with Iowa stops from June 17 to June 28 including McGregor Guttenberg Dubuque Sabula Clinton LeClair Quad Cities Muscatine Mouth of Iowa Burlington Fort Madison and Keokuk.
A legislative memo details passage of a 30 million dollar transfer from road use tax to the general fund, reducing county payments and town oversight. The author, a Republican, votes against the package citing poorer county services and rising costs, while advocating county control over ADC and road funds and urging repeal of personal property tax when fiscally feasible. The note laments weak party discipline and promises amendments.
Special edition notes Fayette High School names Ed Trager as student council president for 1973 74. Deb Goeken Ellen Anderson Patty Petsche and Lee Cornish named as officers and members at large with details of parental affiliations.
Maynard briefs list visitors to Mrs Wilma Bartels include Mr and Mrs Carl Schaper and family Nora Springs Mrs Lloyd Bartels and daughter and Mrs Kate Lumbus and granddaughter Oelwein
To the Editor we protest this legislation. The Iowa Senate passed a bill 29 to 18 to employ 1,000 youths for the summer at $2.50 per hour, subsidizing the railroad with 1,336,000 dollars and an additional 64,000 dollars from the Conservation Commission amendment. The measure also allows youths to be employed at the same rate.
The writer condemns a proposed bill as unnecessary, arguing a rail contract must honor union scales, defines age-based labor rules, questions taxpayer subsidies to a private out-of-state entity, and opposes using 1,000 youths under 18 for short work under a $64,000 Conservation Commission amendment. Robert R. Lauer RR1 Fredericksburg.
The State Board of Public Instruction approved the Title III grant for an education computer project linking sixteen Northeast Iowa schools to a base computer at Luther College. The initiative, starting next fall, provides 151,231 dollars in year one and 310,564 dollars over three years, supporting outlets at Decorah South Winneshiek Mar Mac New Hampton North Fayette Osage Postville Riceville Stormont Valley Elgin and West Central.
New Fayette High cheerleaders for the 1973 74 academic year include Peggy Hardy Becki Streeter Ellen Anderson Marti Linge Jan Wenthe Polly Wilcox Mary Clark Teresa Conner and Kathy Seick who will lead both varsity and junior high squads.
Des Moines the state safety department proposes a gradual suspension schedule for speeding violations rising from 21 mph over the limit to 41 mph with suspensions from 30 to 183 days. The reform act guidelines require formal departmental rules and define an incompetent driver by repeated violations or prior OMVI history.
West Union city council granted a building permit to Gerrard Realty of LaCrosse for an apartment building north of Flat Street. They approved bids in four weeks for the cement approach to the high school and swimming pool and agreed to send several firemen to a fire fighters school in Ames this month.
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