Cedar Rapids Gazette Details and Publication Rights
The Cedar Rapids Gazette dated 1883 outlines its publication as a daily plus Sunday edition with pricing and post office details. It notes Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the home, The Gazette Company as publisher, and claims second class mail status under the 1879 act with United Press leased wire service.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Iowa
John L. Miller
Inland Daily Press Association
Cedar River
Ben Peterson
Coe College
Council clash over parking meter ban and graft insinuations
A city council heated debate over a temporary parking ban near a busy west side intersection to study traffic flow drew a business owner’s protest that the move harmed his shop. Officials defended the experiment while condemning insinuations of graft as unfounded and unworthy, urging civil challenge and cooperation. The column notes Washington’s ongoing political tensions and suggests focusing on constructive policy.
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Public Safety Commissioner
Politics Still Rules In National Congress Scene
The Covina Argus Citizen laments that politics dominates national affairs and that party actions should aim to both serve the country and improve the parties themselves. The piece notes visitors’ impression of political omnipresence and calls for constructive partisan roles.
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Washington
U.S
Covina
Calif
Argus
Secretary Synhorst faces heat over nomina tion paper rules
The piece defends Secretary Synhorst for applying the law to nomination papers and argues for clearer statutes and a brief grace period for candidates who miss minor signature requirements by a hair. It notes a 69 50 58 signature example from a three county district and calls for an election board or clearer language to resolve such ambiguities.
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Synhorst
Raymond B. Kruel
Pocahontas
State Senate
The Case for Individualism Against Group Conformity
A 1954 King Features Syndicate column argues that social adjustment and group projects threaten democracy by stifling individuality. It salutes rugged individuals who defend personal rights and independence, warning that groupthink can dilute innovation and accountability.
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King Features Syndicate
Feasibility talk on furloughs for 34th division
Senator Guy Gillette discussed a possible congressional resolution to grant furloughs for soldiers of the 34th division, largely from Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas and Nebraska, after two plus years overseas. Local areas protested manure dumping on city grounds near Wilson and Seventeenth Avenue SE.
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Guy Gillette
Congress
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Wilson and Company
Fifteenth Street
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Robert L. Black
Ed Stefan
Lowal Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Nursing Home Bill Seeks Federal Aid Via Hill Burton Plan
The Hill Burton act could fund 20 million dollars for nationwide hospital facilities and ten million for nonprofit nursing homes. Cedar Rapids leaders consider pursuing a share, while Iowa Hospital Plan guides bed standards and priority for chronic care units. The plan highlights chronic disease needs and the shift toward dedicated facilities to serve long term patients.
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Iowa
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Hill-Burton
Senate
House
Milo Sedlacek
Linn County Citizens’ Health Committee
St. Luke's
Iowa Hospital Plan
Linn
Johnson
Jones
Delaware
Washington
Benton and
Cedar
Poweshiek County
The Washington Spoiling Bees Then and Now
A wry look at political rancor from the era of Jackson to Lincoln and Cleveland. The piece contrasts old time invective with modern partisan stings and notes famed orators like Henry Clay and John Randolph for their sharp tongues.
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Jackson
Lincoln
Cleveland
Points West
Henry Clay
John Randolph
Randolph
Hank
Bomb Release Idea Fails End of Artificial Press Edict
Roscoe Drummond argues that the governments delayed release of Operation Ivy material was artificial and discriminatory. He warns it stifled media competition among newspapers radio and TV and urges natural competitive access for all outlets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Can Chiang Save Indo China
Washington debates Southeast Asia options as military leaders study inviting Chinese Nationalist troops to enter the Indo China conflict. The plan favors 10 divisions from Formosa to aid French Viet Nam forces if logistics and Paris approval align, balancing risks of UN politics and British stance.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
Chiang Kai-shek
Korea
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Formosa
Chiang
Red Chinese
Indo- China
Henri Navarre
France
Peiping
National Assembly
Britain
China
Paris
Asia
East Asia
Laos
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United Press
America
Harry Boyd
Boyd
Ango
Jorney Guy Linville
Tom Avery
Springville
Evelyn Sinclair
Marion
Vocational High
San Francisco
Art Heusinkveld
Gazette
Louis B. Blair
St. Luke's Hospital
Iowa Hospital
Iowa Hospital Advisory Council
Blair
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bugs” Baer
Billinsgate Tech
George Clark
Roscoe Drummond
Drummond
Constantine Brown
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