System Merits Support in Traffic Point System Debate
A Cedar Rapids editorial urges acceptance of the traffic violator point system as a potential tool to curb accidents, noting legality will be decided in court and that the majority of law abiding citizens should benefit while officials explore solutions to traffic deaths. It questions local judges’ insistence on exact speed data and calls for urgent steps to fund university building plans without new taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Barnes and
Hullinger
State Department of Public Safety
Cedar Rapids
Emergency gown college dispute becomes political tennis match
The college building issue has turned into a partisan volley between Governor Loveless and the legislative interim committee. The interim committee issued a bipartisan response, and the governor calls the matter purely political, accusing Republican policymakers of the same lines used all year.
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Legislative Interim Committee
Gov. Loveless
Debate Over Navy Butter Policy Sparks Dairy Battle
Congressmen from dairy districts defend butter while Iowa's Rep. H R Gross quips that navy oleo would force sailors to trade ham for steak. The column questions the meat metaphor and notes the navy seeks to save about 1 million dollars annually by substituting oleo for part of its butter.
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Iowa
H. R. Gross
Rep. Gross
Navy
Hoegh Pushes Merger To Make Civil Defense Real
Civil Defense Administration has spent 378 million over six years with 1100 staff. President Eisenhower backs merging with the Office of Defense Mobilization to cut waste and unify plans. Hoegh, new CDA head, argues for federal state local collaboration and funding to create a national civil defense system, though a real nuclear threat remains.
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Civil Defense Administration
Eisenhower
Office of Defense Mobilization
Gaither
United States
West
Soviet Union
Washington
Uae
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
ODM
Senate
House
Hoegh
Prohibition candidate speaks at Cedar Rapids rally
Claude A. Wat son, the Prohibition party's presidential candidate, urged Christian principles to solve the liquor problem and other issues at a Cedar Rapids rally. Nearby, Cedar Rapids youths excelled in piano and journalism at Drake university events and schools noted achievements in 20 and 30 year recaps with local business plans and a theater feature.
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Claude A. Watson
Prohibition Party
Cedar Rapids
Drake University
Marlene Belthius
Junius C. Kegley
Ruth Hill
Suzanne Kozik
Sheryl Edwards
Martin Hill
Sandra Sirowy
Marilyn Mueller
Nancy K. Zearing
Shirley Wratten
Kristin Miller
Joan Masek
Dean Herron
Dick Harmon
Marilyn Bristol
John Snell
Marion High School
National Tuberculosis Association
Columbia Scholastic Press
Governor Asked to Call Special Session on College Building
Iowa interim committee of six Republicans and four Democrats unanimously urges the governor to convene a special session to address capital improvements for state universities and colleges. The panel cites prior vetoes of HF 600 and urges emergency funding planning within the budget and financial control framework.
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Legislative Interim Committee
Board of Regents
Iowa
General Assembly
Board of Control Institutions
Oe Conservation Commission
Budget and Financial Control
Budget and Financial Control Committee
State Board of Regents
58Th General Assembly
Budget and
Jury Deliberations Extend Case Halted by Foreman Quip
A judge sent a bailiff to ask for instructions after twelve hours of jury deliberations in a seemingly minor case. The forewoman reportedly quipped that they needed guidance on how to persuade eleven obstinately stubborn men.
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Wall Street Journal
Russia
Bugs Baer Portrait of Russian Victory as Swapped Roles
The piece mocks political figures with cartoonish images of Bulganin and Kruschev, depicting a chaotic chase to Siberia. It casts Boris Krusher as a dominant force, with farcical contrasts like weighing horses, and Mus solini leading theatrically.
SUI Medical College Honors Health Contributions
The University of Iowa College of Medicine, origin traced to a 1869 $3,000 appropriation, now anchors a large medical center serving over 50,000 patients yearly. Amid Medical Education Week, 450 medical students enroll annually, with 1,200 undergraduates and 400 graduates taking college courses.
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University of Iowa
College of Medicine
Iowa
Eisenhower
Iowa College of Medicine
Loveless
SUI
The
College of Physicans and Surgeons of
Keokuk
Dilemma of the First Blow in Soviet Strategy
The piece analyzes why the Soviet Union used the UN Security Council to push a pre emptive war narrative while distinguishing it from preventive war. It cites Foreign Affairs and U S experts, noting NATO and U S SAC alertness, and argues a strict inspection regime is needed to avoid war, criticizing Kremlin refusal.
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United Nations Security Council
America
Council
Lawrence
Foreign Affairs
Council On Foreign Relations
New York City
Herbert S. Dinerstein
U. S. Air Force
Rotmistrov
Soviet Union
Norstad
NATO
Strategic Air Command
United States
Kremlin
Vernon Lear of Iowa Electric on life and Cedar Rapids
Vern H Lear vice president at Iowa Electric Light and Power discusses load building, customer relations, and inflation as the industry’s top issue. He recalls a 60 foot fall while student and 22 years with the company, plus hobbies in photography and cats and a lifelong interest in football and baseball. He notes Cedar Rapids traffic reforms and school bonds, and reflects on spaceflight funding pace. He is based in Moscow, Iowa, born July 15, 1894.
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Vern H. Lear
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Beverave, SE
Moscow
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Marquis Childs
Pla
la Plante Choate Manufacturing Company
R. E. Choate
Iowa Theater
Joe Penner
Marvin J. Reid
Albert Grother
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Robbins Brothers
L. D. Weld
Avoca
Council Bluffs
Board of Control
Conservation Commission
57Th G.A
Bugs
Baer
Siberia
Kruscher
Bulganin
Scickelgruber
Mussolini
George Clark
SUI Medical College
Iowa City
Department of Diatrics
Generalospital
By David Lawrence
Vern
Vernon
Light Company
Ohio River
Newton
Raiders
Art Heusinkveld
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