Cedar Rapids weigh anew auditorium site choices
Editorial discusses Mayor Johnson's push for study of a new Cedar Rapids civic auditorium. It weighs central versus outlying sites like Hawkeye Downs, noting land costs, tax impact, and expansion potential, while stressing careful analysis of Memorial Coliseum’s future and a prudent budget.
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Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenue SE
Hawkeye Downs
Memorial Coliseum
Pay-as-You-Watch: The Blab-Off and TV Funding
A columnist recalls a pay as you see TV test and the FCC's resistance in the 1960s. The blab off remote silences ads, raising questions about sponsorship, audience control, and constitutional limits on surveillance. The piece notes Phonevision’s failure and foresees a future where viewers fund and choose programs.
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Phonevision
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Newton Minow
Timely Goof Up May Keep U.S. Foe at Canada's Helm
Canadian voters face a tight race as Prime Minister Diefenbaker edges toward possible minority government. Kennedy administration missteps and McNamara testimony threaten U S anti American positions and could influence Canada’s election outcome. Lester Pearson leads the Liberal challenge while New Democrats and Conservatives vie for seats.
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Diefenbaker
Washington
George Mahon
Dtexas
Lester Pearson
Liberal Party
New Democrats
Liberals
Cedar Rapids Pioneers Historic School Lab Plans
The city hosts the first cooperative laboratory school for church school workers set for April 12 to 17 with headquarters at St Pauls Methodist. Veteran of Foreign Wars auxiliary installs Mrs. Joe Gaskill as president. Franklin high pupils Kristin Miller and Colby Kegley win superior ratings for sixth straight year in junior piano at the state music contest by the National Federation of Music Clubs. Mayor Mullin reappoints Elmer Betzer as street commissioner and Ed Card as fire chief. A WAAC recruiting office opens in the federal building. Debutantes troupe at Elks club Minstrels 1943 slated for Paramount theater. SUI student council disbands in 1933, awaiting new governance plan. Police station project revived after Cedar River flood. eight feet of floodwater pumped out. Hawley conducts Capitol to Capitol auto tour, stops at Allen Motor Co. for refueling.
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Cedar Rapids
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Joe Gaskill
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Franklin High School
Kristin Lynn Miller
Colby Kegley
National Federation of Music Clubs
John C
Mullin
Marion
Elmer Betzer
Ed Card
WAAC
Federal Building
Young Men's Bureau
Elks Club
Paramount Theater
Tom Hansen
Willis Hahn
Ted Vernimont
Fred Machen
Kyle Mills
Ed Ward
John Buddin
Donald Reid
SUI
Milo Mitralsky
Lic
Dan Kruidemier
Cedar River
Hawley
Capitol
Allen Motor Co
Governor Hughes vetoes county nursing home licensing repeal
The governor vetoed the exemption from licensing for county homes in Iowa arguing enforcement failures undermine the law. He urges improved compliance, noting only seven of 83 county homes are properly licensed and patients deserve state protection just as private facilities.
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Overnor Hughes
Iowa
Health Department
Past Laxity Proves Need for Code in Cedar Rapids Letter
A columnist argues Cedar Rapids shows census gains despite lax housing enforcement. He cites 1950 to 1960 changes in bath sharing units and dilapidated dwellings, questions outdated state housing laws, and challenges the cost impact of proposed improvements on rental properties.
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Nash
Cedar Rapids
Thanks to Cedar Rapids Police and neighbors for missing son
Mr and Mrs Ralph Triplett thank Cedar Rapids police department radio stations neighbors and friends who joined in the search for their son Jeffrey last Saturday afternoon Mrs Fisher of 921 Second Street SW sheltered him and alerted police enabling his safe return to the Tripletts at 446 Fourth Avenue SW God bless you all
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Cedar Rapids
Jeffrey
Scribbler quote on executive illegibility by Midland Schools
A brief quip notes that the mark of a true executive is often illegible, attributed to Midland Schools.
Congress must reform to win back public confidence
Roscoe Drummond argues that the 87th Congress must reform its own structure to regain voter trust. He warns lawmakers err by using old tools for space-age challenges, cites the $6.5 billion TFX contract and large piecemeal appropriations, and urges modernizing procedures and staff to review budgets and programs.
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Senate
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