Debate over secret ballots in Iowa legislature prompts reform talk
Des Moines panel on legislative reform clashes over secret ballot use in standing committees. Frommelt accuses committees of stifling bills, while Nelson defends committee gatekeeping and Mills warns of lobbyist pressure. Unicameral vs bicameral systems also debated.
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DES Moines
UPI
Andrew G. Frommelt
D-Dubuque
General Assembly
Frommelt
Senate
Drake University
Henry Nelson
Forest City
Nelson
George Mills
The
Des Moine Register
Nebraska
Richard C. Spencer
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Legislature to meet annually with 30 day budget focus in even years
Frommelt and Nelson rebut critics who call legislators part time. Neilson proposes annual sessions with 30 day budget focus in even years and 60 day sessions in odd years to handle all matters.
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Neilson
Frommelt
Nelson
Partial Agreement Reached in Talks On Dairy Strike
Chicago negotiators report a partial settlement with 60 dairies agreeing to broad terms in the dairy strike. Inside workers move toward return, but drivers remain on strike as talks continue. Milk remains scarce across the city with few places receiving supplies.
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Chicago
UPS
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Peter J. Hoban
City Hall
Milk Drivers’ Union
Hyman Shankman
Capitol Dairies Dailey
Dairies
Rodeo Follows Whoopee Days in Brighton Weekend
Festivities in Brighton include a Saturday rodeo and Sunday horse show after the Whoopee Days event Tuesday and Wednesday. Jerry Smith, Iowa radio personality, joins top riders and clowns. Queen contest and Cowboys dance add weekend activities.
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Brighton
Jerry Smith
Iowa
Brighton Community Chamber of Commerce
High School
Twin Tones Orchestra
Swinging Squares
Kotee
Daves
Sobaski Twins
Mrs LeRoy Wilkinson Claimed in Ottumwa
Mrs. Leroy Wilkinson, a former Washington resident, died this morning in Ottumwa. She left Washington about 41 years ago as funeral plans remained undecided.
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LeRoy Wilkinson
Ottumwa
Garden Demonstration For 4-H Youths Here
A county 4-H garden club demonstration will be held next Tuesday after noon at the Dwight Bode home. The event starts at 2 o clock and targets all county 4-H youths planning garden project demonstrations for the upcoming county fair August 7 to 10. The show teaches how to prepare garden gear for exhibition at the fair.
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Garden Club
Dwight Bode
Rev Smith to Speak at Union Service in Central Park
Rev Walter A. Smith associate pastor of the Methodist church will deliver the sermon at the union services in Central Park Sunday evening. The sermon topic is I want to Talk to God. Rev Carlyle Smith of the Christian Church will lead the services starting at 7 30 p.m.
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Walter A. Smith
Methodist Church
Central Park
Carlyle Smith
The
Christian Church
Open House Sunday To Honor Curry
A special open house will be held in the Baptist Church fellowship hall Sunday afternoon July 30 from 2 to 4. The event honors Rev. S. J. Curry and his family as he leaves for Winston Salem North Carolina after serving as pastor here. All church members and friends are invited for a brief farewell visit.
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Fellowship Hall of the Baptist Church
S. J. Curry
Murder charge filed in Council Bluffs slaying case
Jerry Le Roy Hansen twenty of Council Bluffs faces murder charges in municipal court over the July 29 beating death of 72 year old Beatrice Claire Dickinson. Hansen, jailed since July 11, allegedly confessed to purse theft the day before and had fingerprints at the scene. He will be arraigned Monday at about 10 30 am.
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Pottawattamie County
Peters
Hansen
Red Cross Swimming Classes End in Washington Pool
The regular Red Cross learn to swim sessions conclude at the Washington Municipal pool with one final session scheduled for Monday July 31. The makeup for groups affected by the July 4 holiday includes a Washington group L through Z and two Kalona classes.
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Red Cross
Washington Municipal
Washington
Washington County 4 H FFA Fair Set For August
Preliminary plans for the Washington County 4 H and FFA fair are near completion with season tickets at two Washington banks and the county extension office. The fair runs August 7 to 10 at the county fair grounds west of Washington featuring a horse show, S W Carnival, Kids Day with half price rides, Jaycee beauty contest Tuesday, tractor pulling Wednesday, band concert and awards Wednesday evening.
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Washington County
Washington
Ho Tle Feed & Grain
Washington Band
Forrest Mitchell Re-elected Moose District Leader
Forrest Mitchell of Washington was re elected vice president of district one of the Iowa Moose Association at the annual state convention in Davenport. He has long served in civic programs including Easter car lift transport to church services, Christmas decorations, toys and food for Washington County families, and sponsoring the Golden Gloves tournament for two years. He joins Alfred Stalder and Dale S Sheetz in inviting other groups to call on the Moose for community projects.
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Forrest Mitchell
Washington
Iowa Moose Association
Mitchell
Loyal Order of the Moose
Davenport
Washington County
Mr Mitchell
Alfred Stalder
Dale S Sheetz
Mrs Evans Opens Dairy Treet on East Washington
Mrs Lillian Evans announces the opening of the Dairy Treet at 1407 East Washington featuring cones sundaes malted milks milk shakes and sandwiches. Hours will be 11 am to 1 pm daily.
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Lillian Evans
East Washington
Winds Bring Down Limbs Across Washington City
A nightrainstorm toppled several large tree limbs onto houses and streets in Washington with minor property damage reported. The storm dropped 0.26 inches of rain and caused scattered limb debris while forecasts warned of more showers and high humidity temperatures in the 80s to 90s.
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Washington
Rollie Thornton
North
Iowa Avenue
Thornton
Richard Stewart
East Jackson Street
Weather Bureau
Lowa
Fairfield
Oskaloosa
Guthrie Center
Ottumwa
Indianola
Tracy
Des Moines
Iowa
McNamara outlines twofold U.S. defense goals in Berlin crisis
Defense Secretary McNamara testified that Kennedy’s buildup aims to deter a Berlin crisis from escalating and to prepare U S forces for possible conflict. Congress moved two key bills to fund planes and reservist mobilization while Allies faced scrutiny over NATO commitments and draft terms.
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Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
Russia
Berlin
McNamara
Congress
Senate
Francis Case
RSD
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Little Brown Church Reunion Set for August Six
Nashua Iowa hosts a reunion at the Little Brown Church in the Vale located two miles east for couples married there since the church opened fifty years ago. Pastor Glenn Lutterback invites families friends and the public to attend to renew their vows on Sunday August 6.
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Nashua
UPS
Little Brown
the Vale
Little Brown Church
Glenn Lutterback
France Rejects UN Intervention In Bizerte Crisis
Paris officials say President de Gaulle rejects UN intervention in France Tunisia dispute over the Bizerte base. Dag Hammarskjold’s report to the Security Council follows Tunisian charges of aggression as France signals possible veto and bilateral talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
United Nations
France
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Paris
Security Council
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Foreign Office
Adlai E. Stevenson
de Gaulle
Habib Bourguiba
Tunis
Hammarskjold
Council
Mongi Slim
Leopoldo Benites
Ecuador
Slim
United States
Britain
General Assembly
Tunisia Eyes Neutralist Turn Amid Bizerte Crisis
The Bizerte crisis pushes Tunisia toward the Arab League as France faces exodus of about 100 residents daily and 2000 more expected by Sunday. Abd al Khaled Husaynin arrives in Tunis for talks with Habib Bourguiba on extending Arab aid while Hammarskjold returns from mediation.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Hammarskjold
New York
Crsis
Paris
U.N
Bizerte
Bourguiba
Lake Darling School Plan Returns to Court
The Brighton Independent School District filed an appeal in the local district court challenging a decision by the joint county boards of education for Washington Jefferson and Keokuk counties. The plan would reorganize Brighton Pleasant Plain and Richland. A hearing is set before Judge Harold J Fleck on August 10 to seek annulment of the earlier dismissal as illegal.
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Lake Darling
Court House
Joint
County Boards of Education
Brighton Independent School District
Boards of Education
Washington, Jefferson
Keokuk
Brighton
Pleasant Plain
Richland
Harold J Fleck
Joint County Boards
Paroled After 25 Years in Life Term Case
Anna Audrey Johnston, 65, paroled July 12 from the State Women's Reformatory after 25 years of a life sentence for the 1936 poisoning death tied to Lloyd Horton. Horton remains in prison at the State Penitentiary. Johnston's record shows long confinement with a tuberculosis treatment stint in 1938 at Oakdale Sanatorium.
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Des Moines
UPI
Taylor County
State Parole Board
Anna Audrey Johnston
Lloyd Horton
Horton
Johnston
Oakdale
Weather outlook for Iowa with showers and cooler normals
Cloudy conditions prevail across Iowa through Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Lows near 60 northwest and near 70 southeast, highs in the 40s north and 50s south. Sunday brings more showers and cooler air, temperatures about 35 degrees below normal by midweek with rainfall from half to two inches.
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