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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1968
Page
27
Cedar Rapids School Chief Dr Arnold Salisbury to Leave
After ten years as Cedar Rapids superintendent, Dr Arnold Salisbury departs for a teaching post at Western Illinois University. The era saw solid headway, a strong staff, updated curriculum, and growing facilities amid board relations and leadership questions. The community extends best wishes as a successor takes the helm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Salisbury
Cedar Rapids
Western Illinois University
Salisbury
American Association of School Administrators
AASA
Iowa Enforces 27 Percent Real Estate Assessment Law
Director William Forst of the Iowa Department of Revenue plans to enforce the 27 percent assessment rule across the state. Some counties resist, fearing prohibitive increases, but Forst will review local assessments and adjust them to the standard to be fair to all citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Forst
Iowa
State Revenue Director
Forst
Mystery of London Bridge comes to Lake Havasu City
The London Bridge saga unfolds in Arizona as a $2.46 million purchase plus $240,000 to ship and reassemble the aging structure fuels debate on national finances and tourism. Developers boast the 20 million pounds of stone will create a dramatic new centerpiece with a man made stream. Supporters celebrate a bold American fantasy becoming reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercia
London Bridge
America
Lake Havasu City
Ariz
Talks to Editors Nixon Impressive by David Lawrence
Former Vice-president Richard M. Nixon spoke extemporaneously to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington. He answered questions clearly and forthrightly, acknowledging age and wisdom gained, and calling for debates among nominees. He urged patience on Vietnam talks and favored private public cooperation to curb urban disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Richard M. Nixon
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Nixon
Johnson
North Vietnam
Red China
United States
Southeast Asia
Asia
Foreign Affairs in a Chinese Mirror
The Chinese regime remains isolated from reality and opposes Vietnam peace talks to prolong U.S. involvement. It depicts the Soviet Union as an American ally and seeks to portray Western powers as collapsing. Maoist rhetoric frames a future Chinese preeminence once the West and Moscow decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Sulzberger
New York Times
ARIS
China
Peking
Vietnam
Mao Tsetung
United States
Hsinhua
Soviet
Russia
France
Japan
Far East
Ford's Own Men Lead GOP Defection Over Civil Rights
The article details a pivotal Republican revolt against Rep. Gerald Ford led by Reps. Charles Goodell and Albert Quie, signaling a shift in party image. It notes the 77 vote swing for open housing, the rise of the Quie Dell faction, and the broader impact on Capitol Hill politics and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak Ashington
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Ford
House
Charles Goodell
New York
Albert Quie
Minnesota
Capitol Hill
al Quie
Charley Goodell
Quie
Goodell
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
Rep
Bradford Morse
Massachusetts
Clark MacGregor
Howard Robison
Paul Findley
Illinois
William Steiger
Edward Biester
Pennsylvania
King
William McCulloch
Ohio
John Anderson
McCulloch
Anderson
Radiosonde Return Saves Government Big Bucks
ESSA urges citizens to return battered radiosonde packages, saving about 180000 dollars yearly. Reconditioning costs 637 dollars per unit, far less than new units at 15 to 36 dollars. Joliet facility has repaired its 400000th radiosonde since 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Ill
ESSA
Grand Old Man Hayden Leaving
ASHINGTON The Grand Old Man of Arizona Carl Hayden has decided to bow out of the senate at age 91 after long service since statehood He chairs the powerful appropriations committee shaping federal money His retirement would likely bring Barry Goldwater back to the Senate and open a governor’s race for Roy Elson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Arizona
Carl Hayden
Senate
Senator Hayden
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hayden
Den
Barry Goldwater
Roy Elson
Capitol Hill
Goldwater
Speed limit changes noted in 1958 Cedar Rapids
The piece lists state moves to a 10 point traffic system with four points for speeding across all violations. It records a series of 1958 local appointments at Wilson and Company and a Freedom Train visit planning meeting, plus a car crash injuring boxers, an insurance agents’ president election, and a 1938 memorial show attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Russell Brown
Donald Barnes
Loren Hullinger
W. QO. Fraser
Wilson and Company
London
H. B. Housh
Wilson
Albert Lea
Minn
Fraser
Chamber of Commerce
Byron Hollinshead
Alex Fidler
The
Gazette
Dick Bishop
Myron Darling
Charles Dumond
Highway 218
North Liberty
Harold Millhiser
Six Iowa coeds chosen by DeMille at junior prom
Report notes 10 20 30 Years Ago feature listing the six most beautiful coeds on the University of Iowa campus as selected by Cecil B DeMille Hollywood producer during the annual junior prom in Iowa City. Cedar Rapids police officers seek restoration of the no rotating shift duty with a petition of 26 signatures presented to Chief Robert Vinch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Cecil B. DeMille
Hollywood
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Robert Vinch
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C.R. Superintendency
Barnum
By David Lawrence
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Britain
West Germany
Soviet Union
Mao
GOP
Thant
U.S
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Peking Review
Paris
West Europe
Novak
Evans
Sulzberger
Environmental Science Services Administration
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Litter Logic
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
George Clark
Marty
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