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Iowa Court: Apportionment Plan Unconstitutional and Politics Probed
A three judge federal panel ruled Iowa temporary reapportionment unconstitutional, with two to one in favor. Circuit Judge Van Oosterhout and Judge Stephenson said Senate seats misbased on population. McManus dissented. Legislature must act before 1967 under a new plan. A ten member committee will investigate the Department of Agriculture amid accusations of political misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Federal Court
Circuit Court
Martin van Oosterhout
Orange City
Roy Stephenson
Des Moines
Senate
U. S. Supreme Court
Edward McManus
Cedar Rapids
House
McManus
State Department of Agriculture
Senate Republicans
Senate Democrats
Huda Felland
State Milk Laboratory
Harold Hughes
Hughes