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NIGHT ON CAPIT OL HILL-This view of I owa's capitol gr ouncls from near t h e Grimes State Office Bullcling, looking west, features t he s plendor of the fountain, ris ing a nd fnJli.ng in spniys of s ilve r a nd golcl. On th e le f t is t he s hadowy hull< of the Lucas State Office Building , a nd, in the distance, right , looms the fa.i nt silhoue tte of that grand, old giant of I owa architecture, the Iowa St a te Capitol.
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Old Friend in a Red Jacket By L. Dale Ahem, Editor
If you need information for a club :talk on 1the Iowa Capitol, for a paper on the stSJte flower and other state symbols, on the government of Iowa, or on our state's history; if you can't remember the name of a state official or wish to prove a point by quoting some election statistics; or, if you know it's some facet of Iowana but don't know where to find it, the source .to turn to first is your old friend in the red jacket, the Iowa Official Register.
Often referred to as The Red Book because of ·the long-familiar red cover in which many copies are bound, the Iowa Official Register is, as the name implies, an official publication of the state of Iowa. The book was first authoriZed by law as an act of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly in 1892. Earlier versions of the Register were published by certain secretaries of state and others, but it was not until 1892 that it was sanctioned as an expense of state by the legislature.
Today authority for i)Ublication of The Red Book is vested in the secretary of state, but the superintendent of printing is responsible for getting it written, edited, printed, and distributed. The super intendent's authorization for this is set out in Chapter 16, Volume I, 1966 Code of Iowa, as follows: "The superintendent of printing shall ... in odd-numbered years, compile for publication the Iowa Official Register which shall contain certain historical, political, and other statistics of general value, but nothing of a par.tisan character."
Although it is not known how many copies of the earliest volumes were distributed, copies of the 1886 book totaled 7,000. The 1892 law authorized 10,000 copies annually. The Code of Iowa, 189"1, directed publication of 15,000 copies annually, and in recent years around 15,000 complete, cloth-bound copies and about 12,000 abridged, paper-bound copies have been published. The abridged copies contain all information in the cloth-bound copies except election tables.
Like Iowa's state rock, the geode---with its plain exterior covering myriads of sparkling mineral crystals--Iowa's Official Register, in simple red jacket, contains a many-faceted documentation of facts about our state. To keep its pages accurate and current, many articles must be revised or updated and other material freshly written for each new edition. While authority for this is vested in the secretary of state and the duty for carrying out the provisions of rthe law in the super intendent of printing, in recent years the actual work of editing The Reel Book has been delegated to an editor engaged by the Iowa State Printing Board.
The Official Register's inception can be traced back to some little publications which were forerunners of the book as it has been known by many generations of Iowans. Several of these earlier efforts in gov ernment documentation are preserved in the State Department of His tory and Archives. One, entitled Eighth General Assembly, was published in 1860 and is merely a directory of the Iowa Legislature, is 8 % by 51h inches in size and contains 7 pages. Another, entitled Our State and Its Govemment, was published in 1862 and, besides a legislative di rectory, contains statistics relative .to the Ninth General Assembly. This little ancestor of the Iowa Reel Book has the same dimensions as its predecessor of 1860 but contains itwice as many pages.
In 1864 Secretary of State James Wright circulated a card on which he had printed a list of county and state officers, the vote on ,the head of the -ticket by counties, and the population of the counties. In gen eral this plan was followed ·by successive secretaries until 1886.
The little 1873 booklet of 19 pages, listing executive and judicial officers and trustees of state institutions, is entitled Iowa Official Regiater, so :today's Reel Book can trace its official title back to .that
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little volume. In 1879 a book almost identical in format and table of contents SJPpeared. In six years rtlle publication had grown 2 pages to a. total of 21.
By the high proportion of space devoted to them, Iowa in the seventies showed much concern over crime and insanity, more than a third of the subjects treated relating to these problems: Iowa Hospital for the Insane at Mount Pleasant, Iowa Hospital for the Insane at Inde pendence, Building Comniissioners for the Asylum at Independence, Committee To Visit Hospitals for the Insane, Asylum for Feebleminded Children, Iowa Reform School, Iowa State Penitentiary, and Additional Penitentiary at Anamosa.
In 1881 a volume similar to those of 1873 and 1879 appeared, bearing the unwieldy subtitle, Executive and Judicial Officers of the State of Iowa--AZso Trustees of State Institutions. For several years .between 1873 and 1886, The Red Book was known as the Iowa Official and Statistical Table, but, starting with the volume of 1886, the name Iowa 0 lficiaZ Register has stuck.
In .the Iowa Official Register of 1892, Secretary of State W. M. Mc Farland wrote a brief introduction in which he said, "The Iowa Official Register, as it is known today, was first published by Hon. Frank D. Jackson, secretary of state, in 1886. The material was compiled by C. S. Byrklt, then as now, deputy secretary of state. From that time Mr. Byrkit has had special charge of ·the work, and each year im portant improvements have been made, and new features added, till the 0 fficial Register of 1892 is confidently presented .to the state as ·a public document of almost inestimable value to all classes of our citizens who are at all interested in public matters."
Mr. McFarland promised that, after 1892, state institutions would re ceive more attention, photo engravings of the main buildings of various institutions would be used, and, "in fact, it is proposed," he said, "to make the Official Register a perfect storehouse of information. As a non-partisan, political handbook, it is to be improved, as opportunity permits, putting in condensed form just such political facts as will be wanted by all parties." By and large this has been the objective of persons in charge of The Red Book down through the years.
An interesting sidelight of The Red Book's career is the fact that at least two private individuals attempted to launch such a publication in the early 1880's. In 1881 Herbert S. Fairall, of the Iowa City Repub lican, staned an annual publication called The Manual of Iowa Politics with the objective of making it what .the OlfieiaZ Register has since become. Although he discontinued it after a few years, his annual was well received, and within a few years copies were in demand and cllflicult to find. In 1882 F. D. Reed, of Oskaloosa, turned out a Legis lative Manual of 194 pages, containing lists of public officers, rules of the Iowa House and Senate, and other information, but records indicate he had difficulty getting paid for his work, so this venture also had a short life.
Since 1892, however, The Red Book has been an official publication of the state of Iowa. Consolidating a wide range of information on Iowa's history, traditions, ·and government, The Red Boo'k also presents minute mirrorings of the i·nstitutions and people whose combined func tions keep the machinery of our state government running.
A new feature of the current volume is a table of contents which summarizes subjects by chapters. An effort has been made to make the book a more convenient reference by grouping related materials together. We hope you like this and invite you to turn to the new table of contents to familiarize yourself with the latest appearance of your old friend in the red jacket.
The Red Book Editor By J C Moore, Superin tendent
Iowa State Print ing Board Born March 29, 1910, in Des Moines, son of Michael L. and Edith M.
Ahern, L. Dale Ahern, editor of the I owa Official Rcgist el', bas had a varied community-service, writing, and edit ing career.
Graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1928, he received a B.A. from Drake University in 1932. On Sept. 14, 1932, he married Doris L. Milligan of Des Moines, a nd they are the parents of one son, John Ahern, Buffalo, N. Y.; and two daughters, Mrs. Bruce K. Smith, St. L ouis Park, Minn.; and Mrs. Davis La nge, Decorah.
T eacher and head of Iowa hjg h school English and journalism departments, 1934-40, he has worked for several newspapers, including the L eon Reporter, Tama News-Hera ld, Winterset Madisonian, Des Moines Register , and others. He became editor and ad ma nager of the Cherokee Courier in 1940. From 1941 to 1968 he was editor and general manager of the Decorah Public Opinion and Decorah Journal.
He was a ppointed editor of the Iowa Official Register in November, 1968, is president of the Porter House Museum, Skyridge Farms, Woodland 1 •. Onie A h ern Acres, and t he Ahern Company, is past chairman of Winneshiek County Civilian Defense and of the Winneshiek Coun ty Good Roads Assn., and pas t president of t he Decorah Development Co., Decorah Jobs, Inc., and the Decora h Lions Club, is a member of the Luther College P resident's Associates, and has been a member of the Board of Curators of the Iowa State Historical Society for three terms.
H e is the a uthor of a book , Down 100 Years; of poetry, essays, and m agazine and news paper a rticles a nd columns. H e is the winner of the Iowa Master Columnist Award, Editoria l Excellence, J ournalistic E x cellence, Community Service, and other awards for writing, photography, and editing.
IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER-1969-1970
How To Reach Your Official By Letter
Here are some pointers on how to get in touch with state elective officials and U. S. Senators and Representatives.
To write an elected state official, use the following form: Hon. John Doe Governor State House Des Moines, Iowa 50319
To write a U. S. Representative: Hon. John Doe U. S. Representative House Office Building Washington, D. C. 20515
To write a U.S. Senator: Hon. John Doe United States Senator Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510
By Telephone In Des Moines: Area: Governor Robert D. Ray .............................. 515-281-5211 Lt. Governor Roger W. Jepsen ......................... 51~281-5502 Attorney General Richard C. Turner .................... 51~281-5164 Auditor of State Lloyd R. Smith ........................ 51~281-5834 Secretary of Agriculture L. B. Liddy ................... 51~281-5321 Secretary of State Melvin D. Synhorst .................. 51~281-5864 Treasurer of State Maurice E. Barringer ................ 51~281-5367
In Washington, D. C.: Representative John C. Culver ......................... 202-225-2911 Representative H. R. Gross ............................ 202-225-3301 Representative John K:yl .............................. 202-225-3906 Representative Wiley Mayne ........................... 202-225-5476 Representative William J. Scherle ..................... 202-225-3806 Representative Neal Smith ............................ 202-225-4426 Representative Fred Schwengel ........................ 202-225-6576 U. S. Senator Harold E. Hughes ....................... 202-225-3744 U. S. Senator Jack Miller .............................. 202-255-3254
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Frontispiece .................................................. ................. ..................... 2 Preface ................................................................................................ 4-10
State Executive Council (photo) .................................................. 4 Old Friend in a Red Jack et ....................................... ................... 5 The Red Book Editor ...................................................................... 7 How To Reach Your Official ........................................................ 8
Chapter 1 Officials and Departments .................................................... 11-286
Elective Administrative Officials ........................................ 12 Governor ............................................... ...... .. .... ..................... 12 Lieutenant Governor .......................................................... 15 Secretary of State ................................................................ 17 Auditor of State .................................................................. 19 Treasurer of State ................................................................ 21 Secretary of Agriculture .................................................. 23 Attorney General ................................................................ 26
Iowa Congressional Delegation .......................................... 28 United States Senators ...................................................... 28 Iowa Congressmen ............................................... ............... 34 Iowa Congressional Districts ............................................ 37 Representatives in Congress-1945-1971 ...................... 42
Sixty-third General Assembly ............................................ 44 Senate Officers .................................................................... 44 Secretary of the Senate .................................................... 44 President of the Senate .................................................... 45 State Sena tors .................................. ......... ...... ...... ............... 46 Holdover State Senators .................................................... 67 Senate Districts .................................................................. 68 House Districts .................................................................... 69 House Officers ...................................................................... 70 Chief Clerk of the House .................................................. 70 Speaker of the House ........................................................ 71 State Representatives ........................................................ 72 Memorial Services .............................................................. 114
Special Legislative Committees ............................................ 116 Steering and Sifting Committees .................................... 116 Budget, Financial Control Committee ............................ 116 Legislative Fiscal Director ...................................... 116, 117 Iowa Legislative Council .................................................... 117 Iowa Legislative Service Bureau .................................... 117 Director, Legislative Service Bureau ............................ 118 Commission on Interstate Cooperation ............................ 118 Departmental Rules Review Committee ........................ 119 Legislative Interim Study Committees ............................ 119
Courts of Iowa ........................................................................ 122 U. S. Court of Appeals ...................................................... 122 Southern District of Iowa ................................................ 122 Northern District of Iowa ................................................ 122 The Iowa Supreme Court .................................................. 125 The District Court of Iowa ................................................ 130 Superior Court .................................................................... 132 Municipal Court .................................................................. 133 Police, Mayors', and Justice Courts .............................. 133 Judicial Nominating Commissions .................................... 133
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Boards, Commissions, Departments .................................... 136 County Officials ........................................................................ 239 Iowa Governors-1846 to Date ............................................ 273 Territorial Governors ............................................................ 274 Other Territorial Officials .................................................... 278 Other Tables of Iowa Officials ............................................ 279
2 Schools, Colleges, and Universities ................................ 287-830 State Schools and Universities ............................................ 288 Iowa's Area Schools .............................................................. 314 Private Colleges and Universities ........................................ 322 Private Junior Colleges in Iowa ........................................ 880
3 Elections ................................................................................ 331-472 1968 Primary Election .......................................................... 882 1968 General Election ............................................................ 349 *By Precincts ........................................................................ 371
Other Election Facts ........................................................... .469 4 Iowa Government, History, Traditions ........................... .473-526
History of Iowa ....................................................................... .474 Iowa at War ............................................................................ 479 Government of Iowa ............................................................. .488 Calendar of Official Dates .................................................... 503 Origins and Naming of Iowa Counties .............................. 505 Veterans' Organizations ........................................................ 507 Iowa Centennial ...................................................................... 511 The Capitol .............................................................................. 514 Symbols, Traditions, and Song ............................................ 516
5 Miscellaneous Statistics .................................................... 527-542 County Statistics .................................................................... 528 Population ................................................................................ 529 Mileages from Des Moines .................................................... 540 Budget ........................................................................................ 541
6 Documents and Historical Papers .................................... 543-592 Early American Documents .................................................. 544 U.S. Constitution ...................................................................... 550 Amendments to U.S. Constitution ........................................ 558 Iowa Constitution .................................................................... 563 Amendments to Iowa Constitution .................................... 583 The Gettysburg Address ...................................................... 590 The Lincoln Plaque ................................................................ 591
7 General Information ............................................................ 593-630 Bills Enacted in 1969 ............................................................ 594 Iowa Newspapers .................................................................... 607 Weekly Newspapers ................................................................ 607 Iowa Radio Stations ................................................................ 615 Iowa Television Stations ........................................................ 617 State Central Committees .................................................... 618 Veterans' Employment .......................................................... 619 Hawkeye Boys State, Girls State ........................................ 620 Books about Iowa .................................................................... 620 For the Patriot ........................................................................ 621 Wildlife Refuges; Hunting, Fishing Areas ........................ 622 Fishing and Hunting Areas ................................................ 623
Addenda ................................................................................................ 681 Index ...................................................................................................... 632 •Qm.i~ from abridged e<Utlon.
Chapter 1
• General Assembly
•The Courts
Staff Clayton Ringgenberg, Executive Assistant Ebner Vermeer, Administrative Assistant Keith Peterson, Administrative Assistant Michael Sellers, Administrative Assistant William Thompson, Administrative Assistant Cellene Bruce, Administrative Assist.ant
The supreme executive power of the state is vested in the Governor, whose term of office is two years.
No person is eligible for the governorship who has not been a citizen of the United States and resident of this state two years next preceding the election, and attained the age of 30 years at the time of said election.
The governor appoints all principal officers of the state not elected by the people, and certain officers connected with the state government, by and with the consent of the senate. When any office, from any cause, becomes vacant, and no mode is provided by the constitution and laws for filling such vacancy, he has power to fill such vacancy.
The chief executive also is responsible for taking final action on all laws enacted by the general assembly. He may approve, by signing, a bill passed by both houses or disapprove, by veto, or he may allow a bill to become law without his signature.
Also, the governor may call an extra session of the assembly when he feels the necessity of such action; may order adjournment of the legis lature if the members cannot reach agreement when to adjourn; and must report to the legislature the financial condition of the state and his recommendation for any appropriate action concerning the financial status.
The governor has the task of granting or denying executive clemency in the form of restoration of voting rights, commutation t>f sentences, pardons, and remission of fines and forfeitures.
The specific duties also include being commander-in-chief of the mili tary forces of state, chairman of the executive council, issuing notary public commissions, issuing land patents, and granting or denying extra dition whenever there is a request for a fugitive from justice.
The governor has many obligations as the chief executive to the people of Iowa in addition to the specific statutory duties. These include meeting different groups or individuals, to discuss their problems which in some way have effect upon the government; conferring with Iowa's national delegation to coordinate national situations which might affect Iowa; answering voluminous correspondence from the electorate; and endeavoring to meet visitors who wish to come and visit the state capitol and the governor's office. In summary, the governor is the chief administrator of the state government and despite limited consitutional and statutory powers in many areas, is held responsible by the citizenry for the effective and efficient administration of the various departments and agencies.
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Republican
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, September 26, 1928, the son of Mrs. Mildred H. and the late Clark A. Ray. One sister, Mrs. H. Dwight Gibbons, Omaha. Graduated Des Moines Roosevelt High School, 1946. Participated in football, tennis, was captain of Roosevelt basketball team. Bachelor of Science degree, Business Administration, Drake University, Des Moines, 1952; Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor, Drake University Law School, 1954. At Drake, was president, Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity; president, Omicron Delta Kappa Campus leadership fraternity; president, Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity; president, Student Faculty Council; vice president, Inter fraternity Council; tribune, Delta Theta Phi law fraternity. Served in U.S. Army in Japan with the 1st Cavalry Division.
Trial lawyer, partner in Des Moines law firm of Lawyer, Lawyer and Ray. Has interest in two Iowa radio stations. Served as Fifth District representative on Republican State Central Committee; state chairman of the Republican Party, 1963-1967; chairman, Midwest Republican Chairmen's Associa tion; chairman, National Advisory Committee of Republican State Chairmen.
Elder and teacher, University Christian Church (Disciples), Des Moines. Former state chairman, March of Dimes; mem ber, Polle County, Iowa and National Bar Associations; mem ber, State and National Trial Lawyers Association.
Elected Iowa's thirty-seventh governor November 5, 1968, by a 96,000-vote margin; inaugurated January 16, 1969.
Avid sports fan; former sportscaster; amateur photog rapher. Married Billie Lee Hornberger, December 22, 1951. Three daughters, Randi, 14; LuAnn, 11; and Vicki, 8.
ELECTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS
Joyce Johnson, Secretary, Des Moines
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The lieutenant governor is elected for a term of two years and is required to have the same qualifications, as to age and residence, as the governor.
In case of the health, impeachment, resignation, removal from office, or other disability of the governor, the powers and duties of that office devolve upon the lieutenant governor, as acting governor.
The lieutenant governor is president of the senate, but can vote only when the senate…
NIGHT ON CAPIT OL HILL-This view of I owa's capitol gr ouncls from near t h e Grimes State Office Bullcling, looking west, features t he s plendor of the fountain, ris ing a nd fnJli.ng in spniys of s ilve r a nd golcl. On th e le f t is t he s hadowy hull< of the Lucas State Office Building , a nd, in the distance, right , looms the fa.i nt silhoue tte of that grand, old giant of I owa architecture, the Iowa St a te Capitol.
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Old Friend in a Red Jacket By L. Dale Ahem, Editor
If you need information for a club :talk on 1the Iowa Capitol, for a paper on the stSJte flower and other state symbols, on the government of Iowa, or on our state's history; if you can't remember the name of a state official or wish to prove a point by quoting some election statistics; or, if you know it's some facet of Iowana but don't know where to find it, the source .to turn to first is your old friend in the red jacket, the Iowa Official Register.
Often referred to as The Red Book because of ·the long-familiar red cover in which many copies are bound, the Iowa Official Register is, as the name implies, an official publication of the state of Iowa. The book was first authoriZed by law as an act of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly in 1892. Earlier versions of the Register were published by certain secretaries of state and others, but it was not until 1892 that it was sanctioned as an expense of state by the legislature.
Today authority for i)Ublication of The Red Book is vested in the secretary of state, but the superintendent of printing is responsible for getting it written, edited, printed, and distributed. The super intendent's authorization for this is set out in Chapter 16, Volume I, 1966 Code of Iowa, as follows: "The superintendent of printing shall ... in odd-numbered years, compile for publication the Iowa Official Register which shall contain certain historical, political, and other statistics of general value, but nothing of a par.tisan character."
Although it is not known how many copies of the earliest volumes were distributed, copies of the 1886 book totaled 7,000. The 1892 law authorized 10,000 copies annually. The Code of Iowa, 189"1, directed publication of 15,000 copies annually, and in recent years around 15,000 complete, cloth-bound copies and about 12,000 abridged, paper-bound copies have been published. The abridged copies contain all information in the cloth-bound copies except election tables.
Like Iowa's state rock, the geode---with its plain exterior covering myriads of sparkling mineral crystals--Iowa's Official Register, in simple red jacket, contains a many-faceted documentation of facts about our state. To keep its pages accurate and current, many articles must be revised or updated and other material freshly written for each new edition. While authority for this is vested in the secretary of state and the duty for carrying out the provisions of rthe law in the super intendent of printing, in recent years the actual work of editing The Reel Book has been delegated to an editor engaged by the Iowa State Printing Board.
The Official Register's inception can be traced back to some little publications which were forerunners of the book as it has been known by many generations of Iowans. Several of these earlier efforts in gov ernment documentation are preserved in the State Department of His tory and Archives. One, entitled Eighth General Assembly, was published in 1860 and is merely a directory of the Iowa Legislature, is 8 % by 51h inches in size and contains 7 pages. Another, entitled Our State and Its Govemment, was published in 1862 and, besides a legislative di rectory, contains statistics relative .to the Ninth General Assembly. This little ancestor of the Iowa Reel Book has the same dimensions as its predecessor of 1860 but contains itwice as many pages.
In 1864 Secretary of State James Wright circulated a card on which he had printed a list of county and state officers, the vote on ,the head of the -ticket by counties, and the population of the counties. In gen eral this plan was followed ·by successive secretaries until 1886.
The little 1873 booklet of 19 pages, listing executive and judicial officers and trustees of state institutions, is entitled Iowa Official Regiater, so :today's Reel Book can trace its official title back to .that
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little volume. In 1879 a book almost identical in format and table of contents SJPpeared. In six years rtlle publication had grown 2 pages to a. total of 21.
By the high proportion of space devoted to them, Iowa in the seventies showed much concern over crime and insanity, more than a third of the subjects treated relating to these problems: Iowa Hospital for the Insane at Mount Pleasant, Iowa Hospital for the Insane at Inde pendence, Building Comniissioners for the Asylum at Independence, Committee To Visit Hospitals for the Insane, Asylum for Feebleminded Children, Iowa Reform School, Iowa State Penitentiary, and Additional Penitentiary at Anamosa.
In 1881 a volume similar to those of 1873 and 1879 appeared, bearing the unwieldy subtitle, Executive and Judicial Officers of the State of Iowa--AZso Trustees of State Institutions. For several years .between 1873 and 1886, The Red Book was known as the Iowa Official and Statistical Table, but, starting with the volume of 1886, the name Iowa 0 lficiaZ Register has stuck.
In .the Iowa Official Register of 1892, Secretary of State W. M. Mc Farland wrote a brief introduction in which he said, "The Iowa Official Register, as it is known today, was first published by Hon. Frank D. Jackson, secretary of state, in 1886. The material was compiled by C. S. Byrklt, then as now, deputy secretary of state. From that time Mr. Byrkit has had special charge of ·the work, and each year im portant improvements have been made, and new features added, till the 0 fficial Register of 1892 is confidently presented .to the state as ·a public document of almost inestimable value to all classes of our citizens who are at all interested in public matters."
Mr. McFarland promised that, after 1892, state institutions would re ceive more attention, photo engravings of the main buildings of various institutions would be used, and, "in fact, it is proposed," he said, "to make the Official Register a perfect storehouse of information. As a non-partisan, political handbook, it is to be improved, as opportunity permits, putting in condensed form just such political facts as will be wanted by all parties." By and large this has been the objective of persons in charge of The Red Book down through the years.
An interesting sidelight of The Red Book's career is the fact that at least two private individuals attempted to launch such a publication in the early 1880's. In 1881 Herbert S. Fairall, of the Iowa City Repub lican, staned an annual publication called The Manual of Iowa Politics with the objective of making it what .the OlfieiaZ Register has since become. Although he discontinued it after a few years, his annual was well received, and within a few years copies were in demand and cllflicult to find. In 1882 F. D. Reed, of Oskaloosa, turned out a Legis lative Manual of 194 pages, containing lists of public officers, rules of the Iowa House and Senate, and other information, but records indicate he had difficulty getting paid for his work, so this venture also had a short life.
Since 1892, however, The Red Book has been an official publication of the state of Iowa. Consolidating a wide range of information on Iowa's history, traditions, ·and government, The Red Boo'k also presents minute mirrorings of the i·nstitutions and people whose combined func tions keep the machinery of our state government running.
A new feature of the current volume is a table of contents which summarizes subjects by chapters. An effort has been made to make the book a more convenient reference by grouping related materials together. We hope you like this and invite you to turn to the new table of contents to familiarize yourself with the latest appearance of your old friend in the red jacket.
The Red Book Editor By J C Moore, Superin tendent
Iowa State Print ing Board Born March 29, 1910, in Des Moines, son of Michael L. and Edith M.
Ahern, L. Dale Ahern, editor of the I owa Official Rcgist el', bas had a varied community-service, writing, and edit ing career.
Graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1928, he received a B.A. from Drake University in 1932. On Sept. 14, 1932, he married Doris L. Milligan of Des Moines, a nd they are the parents of one son, John Ahern, Buffalo, N. Y.; and two daughters, Mrs. Bruce K. Smith, St. L ouis Park, Minn.; and Mrs. Davis La nge, Decorah.
T eacher and head of Iowa hjg h school English and journalism departments, 1934-40, he has worked for several newspapers, including the L eon Reporter, Tama News-Hera ld, Winterset Madisonian, Des Moines Register , and others. He became editor and ad ma nager of the Cherokee Courier in 1940. From 1941 to 1968 he was editor and general manager of the Decorah Public Opinion and Decorah Journal.
He was a ppointed editor of the Iowa Official Register in November, 1968, is president of the Porter House Museum, Skyridge Farms, Woodland 1 •. Onie A h ern Acres, and t he Ahern Company, is past chairman of Winneshiek County Civilian Defense and of the Winneshiek Coun ty Good Roads Assn., and pas t president of t he Decorah Development Co., Decorah Jobs, Inc., and the Decora h Lions Club, is a member of the Luther College P resident's Associates, and has been a member of the Board of Curators of the Iowa State Historical Society for three terms.
H e is the a uthor of a book , Down 100 Years; of poetry, essays, and m agazine and news paper a rticles a nd columns. H e is the winner of the Iowa Master Columnist Award, Editoria l Excellence, J ournalistic E x cellence, Community Service, and other awards for writing, photography, and editing.
IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER-1969-1970
How To Reach Your Official By Letter
Here are some pointers on how to get in touch with state elective officials and U. S. Senators and Representatives.
To write an elected state official, use the following form: Hon. John Doe Governor State House Des Moines, Iowa 50319
To write a U. S. Representative: Hon. John Doe U. S. Representative House Office Building Washington, D. C. 20515
To write a U.S. Senator: Hon. John Doe United States Senator Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510
By Telephone In Des Moines: Area: Governor Robert D. Ray .............................. 515-281-5211 Lt. Governor Roger W. Jepsen ......................... 51~281-5502 Attorney General Richard C. Turner .................... 51~281-5164 Auditor of State Lloyd R. Smith ........................ 51~281-5834 Secretary of Agriculture L. B. Liddy ................... 51~281-5321 Secretary of State Melvin D. Synhorst .................. 51~281-5864 Treasurer of State Maurice E. Barringer ................ 51~281-5367
In Washington, D. C.: Representative John C. Culver ......................... 202-225-2911 Representative H. R. Gross ............................ 202-225-3301 Representative John K:yl .............................. 202-225-3906 Representative Wiley Mayne ........................... 202-225-5476 Representative William J. Scherle ..................... 202-225-3806 Representative Neal Smith ............................ 202-225-4426 Representative Fred Schwengel ........................ 202-225-6576 U. S. Senator Harold E. Hughes ....................... 202-225-3744 U. S. Senator Jack Miller .............................. 202-255-3254
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Frontispiece .................................................. ................. ..................... 2 Preface ................................................................................................ 4-10
State Executive Council (photo) .................................................. 4 Old Friend in a Red Jack et ....................................... ................... 5 The Red Book Editor ...................................................................... 7 How To Reach Your Official ........................................................ 8
Chapter 1 Officials and Departments .................................................... 11-286
Elective Administrative Officials ........................................ 12 Governor ............................................... ...... .. .... ..................... 12 Lieutenant Governor .......................................................... 15 Secretary of State ................................................................ 17 Auditor of State .................................................................. 19 Treasurer of State ................................................................ 21 Secretary of Agriculture .................................................. 23 Attorney General ................................................................ 26
Iowa Congressional Delegation .......................................... 28 United States Senators ...................................................... 28 Iowa Congressmen ............................................... ............... 34 Iowa Congressional Districts ............................................ 37 Representatives in Congress-1945-1971 ...................... 42
Sixty-third General Assembly ............................................ 44 Senate Officers .................................................................... 44 Secretary of the Senate .................................................... 44 President of the Senate .................................................... 45 State Sena tors .................................. ......... ...... ...... ............... 46 Holdover State Senators .................................................... 67 Senate Districts .................................................................. 68 House Districts .................................................................... 69 House Officers ...................................................................... 70 Chief Clerk of the House .................................................. 70 Speaker of the House ........................................................ 71 State Representatives ........................................................ 72 Memorial Services .............................................................. 114
Special Legislative Committees ............................................ 116 Steering and Sifting Committees .................................... 116 Budget, Financial Control Committee ............................ 116 Legislative Fiscal Director ...................................... 116, 117 Iowa Legislative Council .................................................... 117 Iowa Legislative Service Bureau .................................... 117 Director, Legislative Service Bureau ............................ 118 Commission on Interstate Cooperation ............................ 118 Departmental Rules Review Committee ........................ 119 Legislative Interim Study Committees ............................ 119
Courts of Iowa ........................................................................ 122 U. S. Court of Appeals ...................................................... 122 Southern District of Iowa ................................................ 122 Northern District of Iowa ................................................ 122 The Iowa Supreme Court .................................................. 125 The District Court of Iowa ................................................ 130 Superior Court .................................................................... 132 Municipal Court .................................................................. 133 Police, Mayors', and Justice Courts .............................. 133 Judicial Nominating Commissions .................................... 133
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Boards, Commissions, Departments .................................... 136 County Officials ........................................................................ 239 Iowa Governors-1846 to Date ............................................ 273 Territorial Governors ............................................................ 274 Other Territorial Officials .................................................... 278 Other Tables of Iowa Officials ............................................ 279
2 Schools, Colleges, and Universities ................................ 287-830 State Schools and Universities ............................................ 288 Iowa's Area Schools .............................................................. 314 Private Colleges and Universities ........................................ 322 Private Junior Colleges in Iowa ........................................ 880
3 Elections ................................................................................ 331-472 1968 Primary Election .......................................................... 882 1968 General Election ............................................................ 349 *By Precincts ........................................................................ 371
Other Election Facts ........................................................... .469 4 Iowa Government, History, Traditions ........................... .473-526
History of Iowa ....................................................................... .474 Iowa at War ............................................................................ 479 Government of Iowa ............................................................. .488 Calendar of Official Dates .................................................... 503 Origins and Naming of Iowa Counties .............................. 505 Veterans' Organizations ........................................................ 507 Iowa Centennial ...................................................................... 511 The Capitol .............................................................................. 514 Symbols, Traditions, and Song ............................................ 516
5 Miscellaneous Statistics .................................................... 527-542 County Statistics .................................................................... 528 Population ................................................................................ 529 Mileages from Des Moines .................................................... 540 Budget ........................................................................................ 541
6 Documents and Historical Papers .................................... 543-592 Early American Documents .................................................. 544 U.S. Constitution ...................................................................... 550 Amendments to U.S. Constitution ........................................ 558 Iowa Constitution .................................................................... 563 Amendments to Iowa Constitution .................................... 583 The Gettysburg Address ...................................................... 590 The Lincoln Plaque ................................................................ 591
7 General Information ............................................................ 593-630 Bills Enacted in 1969 ............................................................ 594 Iowa Newspapers .................................................................... 607 Weekly Newspapers ................................................................ 607 Iowa Radio Stations ................................................................ 615 Iowa Television Stations ........................................................ 617 State Central Committees .................................................... 618 Veterans' Employment .......................................................... 619 Hawkeye Boys State, Girls State ........................................ 620 Books about Iowa .................................................................... 620 For the Patriot ........................................................................ 621 Wildlife Refuges; Hunting, Fishing Areas ........................ 622 Fishing and Hunting Areas ................................................ 623
Addenda ................................................................................................ 681 Index ...................................................................................................... 632 •Qm.i~ from abridged e<Utlon.
Chapter 1
• General Assembly
•The Courts
Staff Clayton Ringgenberg, Executive Assistant Ebner Vermeer, Administrative Assistant Keith Peterson, Administrative Assistant Michael Sellers, Administrative Assistant William Thompson, Administrative Assistant Cellene Bruce, Administrative Assist.ant
The supreme executive power of the state is vested in the Governor, whose term of office is two years.
No person is eligible for the governorship who has not been a citizen of the United States and resident of this state two years next preceding the election, and attained the age of 30 years at the time of said election.
The governor appoints all principal officers of the state not elected by the people, and certain officers connected with the state government, by and with the consent of the senate. When any office, from any cause, becomes vacant, and no mode is provided by the constitution and laws for filling such vacancy, he has power to fill such vacancy.
The chief executive also is responsible for taking final action on all laws enacted by the general assembly. He may approve, by signing, a bill passed by both houses or disapprove, by veto, or he may allow a bill to become law without his signature.
Also, the governor may call an extra session of the assembly when he feels the necessity of such action; may order adjournment of the legis lature if the members cannot reach agreement when to adjourn; and must report to the legislature the financial condition of the state and his recommendation for any appropriate action concerning the financial status.
The governor has the task of granting or denying executive clemency in the form of restoration of voting rights, commutation t>f sentences, pardons, and remission of fines and forfeitures.
The specific duties also include being commander-in-chief of the mili tary forces of state, chairman of the executive council, issuing notary public commissions, issuing land patents, and granting or denying extra dition whenever there is a request for a fugitive from justice.
The governor has many obligations as the chief executive to the people of Iowa in addition to the specific statutory duties. These include meeting different groups or individuals, to discuss their problems which in some way have effect upon the government; conferring with Iowa's national delegation to coordinate national situations which might affect Iowa; answering voluminous correspondence from the electorate; and endeavoring to meet visitors who wish to come and visit the state capitol and the governor's office. In summary, the governor is the chief administrator of the state government and despite limited consitutional and statutory powers in many areas, is held responsible by the citizenry for the effective and efficient administration of the various departments and agencies.
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Republican
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, September 26, 1928, the son of Mrs. Mildred H. and the late Clark A. Ray. One sister, Mrs. H. Dwight Gibbons, Omaha. Graduated Des Moines Roosevelt High School, 1946. Participated in football, tennis, was captain of Roosevelt basketball team. Bachelor of Science degree, Business Administration, Drake University, Des Moines, 1952; Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor, Drake University Law School, 1954. At Drake, was president, Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity; president, Omicron Delta Kappa Campus leadership fraternity; president, Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity; president, Student Faculty Council; vice president, Inter fraternity Council; tribune, Delta Theta Phi law fraternity. Served in U.S. Army in Japan with the 1st Cavalry Division.
Trial lawyer, partner in Des Moines law firm of Lawyer, Lawyer and Ray. Has interest in two Iowa radio stations. Served as Fifth District representative on Republican State Central Committee; state chairman of the Republican Party, 1963-1967; chairman, Midwest Republican Chairmen's Associa tion; chairman, National Advisory Committee of Republican State Chairmen.
Elder and teacher, University Christian Church (Disciples), Des Moines. Former state chairman, March of Dimes; mem ber, Polle County, Iowa and National Bar Associations; mem ber, State and National Trial Lawyers Association.
Elected Iowa's thirty-seventh governor November 5, 1968, by a 96,000-vote margin; inaugurated January 16, 1969.
Avid sports fan; former sportscaster; amateur photog rapher. Married Billie Lee Hornberger, December 22, 1951. Three daughters, Randi, 14; LuAnn, 11; and Vicki, 8.
ELECTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS
Joyce Johnson, Secretary, Des Moines
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The lieutenant governor is elected for a term of two years and is required to have the same qualifications, as to age and residence, as the governor.
In case of the health, impeachment, resignation, removal from office, or other disability of the governor, the powers and duties of that office devolve upon the lieutenant governor, as acting governor.
The lieutenant governor is president of the senate, but can vote only when the senate…