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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1963
Page
6
Western Iowa lawmakers unite against a house tax bill they deem harmful. They oppose earmarking more than 100 million dollars annually for a school property tax fund and penalties on school districts that raise local budgets beyond set limits. They urge serious reform including ending exemptions to fix funding.
A Coe College festival talk by August Heckscher argues politics and the arts prosper when linked yet each remains free in its own sphere. Khrushchev’s stance favors practical art over avant garde while economics influence Kremlin taste. Paris figures note that market forces can temper Cold War tensions by stimulating art commerce.
John Chamberlain argues that agricultural policy and chemical farming push farm laborers out of work. He notes crop management and pre emergence weeders threaten traditional labor, widening the gap between rich and poor farmers and requiring new industries to absorb displaced workers.
This 1960s UPI piece by Harry Ferguson argues Americans have shed an inferiority complex in the arts. It cites 1,252 symphony orchestras, rising book publishing, and $600 million yearly instrument and sheet music sales as signs of a cultural explosion influenced by postwar openness and accessible media. It notes figures like Mencken and Lewis as catalysts and highlights shifts from European envy to domestic arts participation.
William S. White argues that anti Castro Cuban exile raids in the United States and at sea are counterproductive. He urges the United States to act with overwhelming force if needed, and to avoid anti Castro actions that jeopardize policy, prestige, and risks provoking Soviet retaliation.
The era notes Theodore L Kubicek elected president of the Law Club Cedar Rapids succeeding Don W Dodge. Louis B Blair announced Ruby Harris of Stockton Missouri would head hospital nursing school replacing Etta Rasmussen effective July 15. Members of the Iowa National bowling team include Chuck Krueger Joe Novotny Bob Dennis Ray Langham and L R Schrader. Langham also won the all events crown.
The forum features August Heckscher arguing that government should aid artists, while critics warn of danger in state control. A Cedar Rapids All-City Vocal Festival follows with six hundred Jefferson and Washington high school students delivering an acclaimed program. The concert, conducted by local teachers and Harold Stark of the University of Iowa, includes the Cedar Rapids official song Cedar Rapids Song Of Dedication.
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