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Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 22

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Quad-City Timesi
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Davenport, Iowa
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22
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22 Wednesday, October 4, 19G1 MORNING DEMOCRAT Davenport Bcttendorf, Iowa 22 U.S. Peace You won't mi but when Marchers Fails To Practice 'Good Financing' Iowa Municipalities League Hit Sharply In State Audit you do i A1 'A AWfjjx I ft 7V Complete Line of Parts for all Westinghouse Major Appliances In Moscow MOSCOW (AP) A band of American peace marchers completed a march nearly half way around the world Tuesday DES MOINES (UPI) The Iowa League of Municipalities was sharply criticized in a state audit for failing to practice "good financing." ihe audit charged the league "Factory Avlheriitd with not living within its budget, GIL'S APPLIANCE and demonstrated for dis. cipal audits, said he "questioned" the legality of the trust fund set up to pay Conrad. Ward said he was not questioning the league's right to hire Conrad as alegal counsel, but was' in doubt as to whether the league could make "prior payments for services not yet rendered." Ward said he was "seeking legal counsel" on the matter. SERVICE armament at the front gates of the Kremlin.

When they made their triumph 934E.Rivr,Dv. Phone 324-0S21 link ShawEltetricBldg. al entry into Red Square they ment signed with the board of directors, Conrad was to serve the remaining 25 months as a legal counsel for the league at his previous $14,000 annual salary, or a total of $29,166. The money was placed in a "trust fund" in the Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank, Burlington, in Conrad's name, and he was to collect $8,166 this year, and $10,500 in each of the next two years, the audit said. found the place almost empty.

But such people as were there welcomed them eagerly. Despite the absence of Russian 1 Star Is Added crowds, it was an histonc march For never before had such i and questioned a "trust fund" set up to pay a former executive director for legal advice. The audit said the establishment of the trust fund caused the league to overspend its income for the 1960-61 fiscal year by "This is not good financing," said H. A. Shearman, state examiner in the auditor's office.

The former director, Max Conrad, Burlington, resigned his post July 1 with 25j months remaining on a four-year contract to serve as the chief administrative officer of the league. 'He reportedly resigned because, of opposition by a number of cities to his administration. He was replaced by Park Rinard, former administrative assistant to then Gov. Hcrschel C. Loveless, Under the terms of an agree C.

W. Ward, supervisor of muni ctouo from the West walked across the Soviet Union to de Secretary of Defense Robert McNa-mara and Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, join Tuesday in adding a fourth star to the shoulders of Gen. Paul DeWitt Adams at a Pentagon ceremony in Washington. Gen.

Adams, an Army officer, heads the newly unified command made up of the Strategic Army Corps and the Tactical Air Command. (AP Photofax) mand that the country abandon armaments and give up the nu -SPRUCE Large 2 Ft. tall Blue Spruce Blue as the sky above 1 Come and Get Them ALTA VISTA NURSERIES North of Davenport on Brady St. Road Open Week Dayt till 6 P.M. CLOSED SUNDAYS clear bomb.

They had already asked the United States to do the same thing. Thcv were young and enthusias. tic but tired as they reached the married Scott Herrick of Chicago on the march across the United States from San Francisco, from Britain through Belgium, Germany and; Poland to the Soviet Union. peared eager to read them. Even army officers and soldiers grabbed at them.

There was nothing exactly subversive in them so far as the Soviet Union is concerned. They said: "The most effective way to any Moscow River at the edge of the city. There they were asked by the authorities to wait awhile so as not to arrive in Red Square ahead of schedule just at the pretty naive but to the people on the march, mostly ir their 20s and early 30s, it seemed simple and good. Among those who appeared in Red Square was Mrs. Regina 48, mother of U.S.

chess champion Bobby Fischer. Also Mrs. Bea Burnett Herrick, born in Chicago but now living in New York who said she felt the march was good. She had been a model for an automobile company and disarmament today, we believe, is for some nation to start scrapp end of the lunch hour. Through Dreary Sections ing its weapons.

When one country disarms first, it opens the way for others to do the same. Some nation must find the courage to The route outlined for them by police led through some of the dreariest sections of the city, areas where foreigners normally act first." To diplomats it would seem Political Advertising are not encouraged to go. The banners they carried into Red Square bore various slogans: "We call on all the peoples for unilateral disarmament." "We call on all the peoples for immediate banning of nuclear weapons." "We call on all the peoples to assist in disarmament." They were printed in Russian; the bright yellow pamphlets they distributed were printed in half a dozen languages. "When we get to Red Square," Bradford Lvttle. 33-year-old Chi- cagoan.

an organizer of the march If had said, "we will hold peace meetings and demonstrate in front of the Lenin Tomb." Few Try To Get In But police had different ideas The marchers found barriers across the road to keep people out. But so few people were trying to get in that the police, in some embarrassment, took the barriers away and allowed anyone to enter who wished. About 300 did so. My Sincere Thanks for your Vote Harold Thordsen, Republican Candidate for Mayor But speaking was prohibited, so for two hours the marchers stood in Rod Square or handed out gfu. I 'yyfvZ' tA rsW Ki t) A.

I 'r rV I I i 'g ij) i Borneo -llhe Bourbon 6LuxDutilUry Co. Vt' -v' -1- Louisville. Ka 1 Wt 5, y-J-. A- i. i -v pamphlets to Russians who ap behind the ejOTTOD GAf.lPABGrJ end other worth-while community projects stands the Davenport Association of Life Underwriters, They serve you well by taking an active part in community affairs they carry their share of the load, as individuals and as a group.

"Service" is their byword peace of mind and security is the product' they offer to youi the tituen in their community. these civic and service minded men are good men to know! Arthur G. Maes Paul McCray James R.Martin Henry M. Moose Robert A. Moose I.

Miiller l. E. Milota Henry Mohl Louis P. Morrison L. M.

B. Morrissey, Jr. Ralph Moskowitz Arthur B. Muhs Thomas E. Mullin Harold F.

Neaderhiser, C.l.U Charles B. Nelson John E. Nolan James M. Oberman John P. O'Harran Forrest L.

Olin Bert P. Olson John H. Oltmann Bernard Osborn Richard E. Petersberger Richard D. Portwoed John M.

Powers Robert B. Qualy, C.l.U. John F. Riepe, C.l.U. Roger D.

Roenfeldt Thomas E. Roggensack Robert V. Rose George W. Rudiger Richard D. Ryan Caesar I.

Salate S. W. Sanford, C. 1. U.

Raymond O. Schmidt, C. 1. 9 Fred Schwengel John F. X.

Scott Glenn Sherman Richard A. Simmons Phillip Sitrick Norman W.Sivertstn Robert D. Smith Peter P. Springer Victor Stead Glen M. Stiles Harlan D.

Sundhelm Paul Sweitser Claude I. Trambe Gary R. Urich Karl W. Vestle Richard E. Waack PaulJ.Wadle C.

Edward Wallick Fred I. Wieneke John C. Will Robert I. Yackels, C. I.

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Clifford W. Abramt George E. Aiken Jerome C. Arnold Robert J. Ballard Robert E.

larmash Kenneth E. Becker Norbert F. Beckey John M. Been CLU C. LeRoy Bettel Harod C.

Beran Del F. Bingman, Jr. Ralph T. Boden Robert t. Brewer Edward R.

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