McKinley Junior High Seeks Expansion and Traffic Improvements
Cedar Rapids school board faces long standing need to acquire adjoining land to ease traffic and parking hazards at McKinley Junior High. Pushed by EMBERS of the PTA, the plan seeks expanded campus area and better layout for outdoor programs, contrasting with other district sites and recent acquisitions.
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McKinley Junior High Parent-Teachers Association
Cedar Rapids
Wilson High
McKinley
Wilson
Letic
Franklin
Roosevelt
New Fillmore
Harding
Taft
Noelridge Park
Washington High School
Jefferson
Kennedy High School
Jackson
Fillmore
Hoover
Harrison
Erskine School
Board
Harold Millhiser
Iowa Assn
Mutual Insurance
Desines
Arno Sindelar
Elaine Curtis
Barbara Champlin
Thelma Trimble
Michael O’rourke
Lee Bailey
Roosevelt School
Hans Cohn
World Health Day theme links urban life to mental pollution
A World Health Organization theme on man and his cities highlights mental pollution from urban noise and crowding. The piece notes daytime noise around 60 decibels and night levels of 50, with health risks like irritability and insomnia. It discusses proposed city of tomorrow concepts, and renaming sewage as wastewater in Philadelphia.
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U.N
World Health Organization
World Health People
People's Forum on Ky and Diem in Vietnam Crisis
The piece argues Western leaders and Ky mirror Hitler in anti communist rhetoric. It notes Hue and Da Nang protests against Ky rule, accuses Ky of suppressing civil rights, and questions U.S. support for a warlord as a counter to communism.
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England
France
Hitler
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Vietnam
Diem
Sunday Mirror
London
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Hue
da Nang
U.S
Vietnam
Iowa Farm Bureau chief slams compromise farm bill
Howard Hill president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation told the Cedar Rapids Rotary club that the senate house confer ence committee compromise farm bill is stacked against corn and livestock producers. The remarks reflect agrarian concerns over policy favoring larger farming interests and input costs.
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Howard Hill
Minburn
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Cedar Rapids
Senate-House
Mary Jo Thompson
Des Moines
University of Iowa
Memorial Coliseum
Sandy Phillips
McKinley High School
Readers’ letter: council wrists restricted by biased editorials
A reader claims bias in two near weekly editorials from the Oak Hill Jackson Neighborhood Opportunity Council coverage. The letter argues for the reader’s right to express a contrary view and urges fair treatment in local commentary.
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Oak Hill-Jackson
Editorial clash over council actions and democracy debate
A reader recounts heated public dispute between the UC S board formed committee and the Opportunity Council. The piece contrasts criticism of the councils and praise for civic action elsewhere, urging insiders to seek informed input before commenting. It also recalls a personal 1963 Iowa trip and track team ties to the University of Iowa.
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U.C.S
Opportunity Council
Long Hike Letter to Editor From Cedar Rapids Reader
A reader comments on a Gazette story about two Cedar Rapids residents who walked to Iowa City and back in slightly over 14 hours excluding rest, recounting a personal hike from Iowa City toward Cedar Rapids and noting endurance and curiosity about long-distance walking.
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Dar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Daily Iowan
Marengo
Ron Hutton
University of Iowa
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Parlor City Faces Burning Economy
A resident from 937 Twenty-first Avenue SW urges Cedar Rapids to adopt a no burning ordinance. She notes frequent fires caused by burning in old oil barrels, wind gusts over 30 mph, taxpayer costs, and firefighter workload. She advocates bans to protect residents and allow outdoor washing without smoke.
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Cedar Rapids
Dilemma at Moscow as Soviet leaders face freedom clash
The 23rd Soviet party congress in Moscow shows deep unease over balancing reform and control. Officials signal changes to leadership rotation and party membership while warning writers and artists to rally to the party. Brezhnev criticizes artists, revealing the regime’s core struggle between open inquiry and political restraint.
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Ashington
Moscow
Kremlin
Europe
Soviet Communist Party
N. G. Yegorychev
Students with deeds over Daytona Beach revelry
A Drew Pearson report contrasts spring break at Daytona Beach with student service. At Christmas the University of Pennsylvania Christian Association built a community center in Tribbett Mississippi. The National Student Association funded trips to aid race relations in the South. This Easter, Ohio University sends 32 students to Youngstown slum areas to work with Neighborhood Youth Corps, while another group from foreign countries repairs and cleans homes. Foreign students hail from Nigeria Vietnam Sweden England Brazil Peru and Sierra Leone.
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Ashington
Daytona Beach
The
Christian Association of the University of Pennsylvania
Tribbett, Miss
U.S. National Student Association
South
Ohio University
Youngstown
City Planning Commission
Nigeria
Veitnam
Sweden
England
Brazil
Peru
Sierra Leone
Congress backs arts as Gross blocks subsidy in House
In a House struggle over the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities, only Rep. H R Gross questioned the arts subsidy on economics, while Rep. Bow proposed cutting overall interior funding by seven million. The arts won, with Denton urging humility and leadership bowing to cultural judgment.
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Congress
National Foundation For the Arts and Humanities
House
Friends of the Arts
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Europe
Frank Bow
Ohio
Department
Interior
Arts Foundation
Winfield K. Denton
D-Ind
Congression
Denton
Edgar Guest
Norman Rockwell
National Institute of Health
Arts Council
Greece
Rome
United States
America
Frank Thompson, Jr
D-N.j
Bow
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Philadelphia
the People's Forum
Don Alt
Drake University
L. D. Burgus
James H. Smith
Gordon Rahn
Lisbon
Memorial Building
George Clark
Twenty-first Avenue
Reds
Roscoe Drummond
Drummond
Drew Pearson
Congressman Gross
Culture and the Arts
Mary McGrory
House of Representatives
Muses
Johnson
Texas
Midwest
McGrory
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