Chamber expands role with BBB and bridge dedication set
Ed Lamson announces the Pella Chamber of Commerce joining the Better Business Bureau of Des Moines to inform and assist the public and monitor unethical sales. A Highway 14 bridge dedication on Thursday will involve Knoxville Pleasantville Monroe and Pella with officials from federal state and local levels assisting. Bandstra notes a watershed bill advancing from the House Agriculture Committee aiding rural projects previously limited by a 5000 acre foot cap.
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Pleasantville
Monroe
Pella
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Pella High Welcomes Student Teachers
The Pella Chronicle reports new faces at Pella High including student teachers among freshmen. Twyla Van Steenis is teaching French I this year and is a senior at Central, after attending Pella Community High School.
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Pella High
Twyla van Steenis
Pella Community High School
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Miss Van Steenis Chooses Teaching French
Miss Van Steenis, majoring in French and minor in English, aims to teach high school French. At Pella High she praises friendly students and congenial teachers, notes French I class will aid her future career, and finds student teaching interesting and challenging.
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Pella High
Pella Edits Policy Amid Editorial Exchange
A local newspaper lays out its policy to present both sides on major issues. The statement notes space constraints and that opinions do not necessarily reflect the paper's own views while inviting reader participation and free exchange of ideas.
Central College alumni return for homecoming in Pella
Hundreds of Central College alumni come back to Pella for homecoming as campus growth and nearly a million dollars in improvements are highlighted. The issue recognizes staff and advertisers and wishes a weekend of fine weather, reunions, and a victory over Wartburg.
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Pella
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Ronald Sagraves
Central College Public Relations
Wartburg
Milnering on Metric Study Faces House Roadblock
Rep George Miller of California pledges to push a metric system study again in January despite Chairman Howard Smiths blocking tactic. The Cedar Rapids Gazette calls Smiths seniority driven refusal a sop to administration while urging progress toward metric neutrality and warning of a cover up in federally funded Great Society programs.
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George Miller
California
Rules Committee
Howard Smith
Virginia
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Miller
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Cover-Up by Congressmen Blocks Employment Program Details
An Iowa Democratic congressman and other majority members blocked disclosure of political use of funds meant for a poverty relief program. The demand for a complete list of youths hired under a summer job scheme arose after some jobs were allegedly given as political favors. Public suspicion grows when information is kept secret and critics question why job training should be embarrassing.
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Jefferson Bee
Iowa
Post Office Department
Tax break for students in Great Society plan
Fayette County Union argues for Abraham Ribicoff’s college tax relief to families, favoring private loans over government programs. The letter notes concerns about middle income families paying taxes for education and critiques government cost. It mentions loans already expanding and praises Ribicoff’s approach as fit with the president’s program.
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United States
Viet Nam
Abraham Ribcoff
Congress
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Storage limits bill to Johnson
The House passed legislation to more than double the storage limit for federal watershed projects. Congressman Bert Bandstra says the bill, after Senate approval, goes to President Johnson for signature. It amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to raise the floodwater storage capacity from 5,000 to 12,500 acre feet enabling greater Soil Conservation Service assistance.
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