Editorial on Justice of the Peace pay and Santa lore
The piece opens with a devotional theme and Christmas lore from various countries and shifts to politics as Don Wine of Davenport now a Des Moines attorney shapes an ICLU test case. It argues the Justices of the Peace’ pay should not depend on guilty verdicts, proposing a reform to sever financial incentives from court outcomes.
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Washington
Don Wine
Davenport
Des Moines
Mr. Wine
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Justices of the Peace
ICLU
Office of Justice of the Peace
Artificial bacon and food trends reshape American meals
The 1969 USDA Yearbook reports Americans spend 100 billion annually on food with take-home pay shrinking to about 17 percent. Per capita consumption reaches three quarters of a ton yearly, with family of four needing around three tons. Supermarkets dominate with 34,000 stores handling most volume, while many products and convenience foods rise. Despite affluence, half lack a proper diet. malnutrition appears across income levels. Congress members get copies of the yearbook, available for $3.50 from the Government Printing Office.
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Washington, D.C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Law and taxes on business expenses and illegal acts
A primer on deducting fines and illegal or unethical costs. Courts deny deducting fines as ordinary and necessary business expenses, but allow related legal fees in criminal defense. Kickbacks, even if legal under law, are not deductible as they are not ordinary business expenses.
Local Dealers Drive Auto Advertising To Record Sales
Dr. Samuel Talbert notes that leading manufacturers spent over 100 million dollars on newspaper ads and the industry around 300 million for space last year. When including local dealers and garages the total exceeds a billion. Advertising yields record sales, profits, and jobs, and keeps firms thriving through local newspapers as the essential sales channel.
Secking Secking and Oddities From A Motley Page
Observations and quips by L. M. Boyd mix travel notes and comic trivia. The column cites Tropic Island near New Guinea, a Massillon No-Tel Motel, bans on hangover phrasing, boxing trivia about Floyd Patterson and Archie Moore, a King Kong claim, wage and price freezes humor, and quick Q and A about manners and money. It also notes a Pittsburgh joke about refrigeration laws, a note on currency permutations, striped bass as a hard catch, rare caviar eaters, and Chinese laundry sign painters. A rapid reply ends with rainfall deserting a land.
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Trobraind Island
New Guinea
Massillon
Ohio
Endplay Triumph in Four Spades After Heart Lead
North opens 2m against a North south pair vulnerable. West leads heart king, continues hearts, East ruffs low to South’s overruff, declarer then draws trump and makes ten tricks. The key is East should have ruffed with the ace instead of the deuce to defeat the contract, revealing West’s eight hearts through bidding signals. The article analyzes inference from the auction and card play.
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West
East
Declarer
King
Kes Syndicate, Inc
Demos seek talks with Republicans before 1970 session
Des Moines Iowa Democrats propose immediate talks with GOP to set a priority legislative system for the 1970 session. Governor Ray has a priority list and leaders Gannon and Frommelt urge harmonious cooperation amid a tight budget. The session could run long on political fireworks as both parties push core reforms.
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IDPA
Robert D. Ray
House
William Gannon
Ture
Gannon
Senate
Andrew Frommelt
Iowa
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