Road bond plan faces little support in Iowa legislature
Iowa lawmakers show scant interest in S F 220 allowing highway bonds to speed Interstate completion and other primary road work. Critics from Town Good Roads Association question diverting fuel tax funds to bond payments while interstate bonds would be funded by road use money. Proponents say bonds speed projects but risk delaying other roads as interest drains funds. Some urge buying right of way early to save money for future construction.
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Iowa House
Senate
The
Highway Commission
Town Good Roads Association
Martin Wiley
Cedar Rapids
Daylight Saving Time debate stirs Capitol Hill
Across the nation DST prompts lively argument amid railways and schedules chaos. In Iowa communities, about 250 000 residents already observe DST, with 9 000 more towns joining by June 3. A nationwide move faces hearings as advocates weigh the social and economic impact against state control and personal convenience.
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Towa
D.S.T
Steubenville
Moundville
W. Va
H. H. Horner
Murphysboro
Cautionary talk on Rockefeller remarriage and presidential prospects
The piece notes Cuba and rumor around Governor Rockefeller's possible remarriage as a top topic in Washington. It argues voters likely oppose bigamy and would question presidential viability if he married again, despite Kennedy's Catholic precedent.
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Cuba
Rockefeller
Kennedy
1953 Iowa Legislature ends long session
This Day recalls the final actions of the 1953 Iowa legislative session. Legislators voted to spend an extra 12.6 million dollars annually, raised gas and cigarette taxes, and legalized yellow oleo. The piece also notes local civic events, wartime Veterans officials, school bicycle seizures, and library budget cuts amid a 25 thousand dollar public library budget.
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loWa
Cathy Covert Stepanek
One College News Service
Albert Lasker
Syracuse Herald- Journal
Harris Lamb
Orville
Rust
Franklin
Khrushchev Tests Public Mood With Political Signals
Nikita Khrushchev, age 69, signals possible stay in both Soviet premier and party secretary roles or a shift to focus solely on the party. He may be probing internal strength, managing public opinion, and exploiting external threats to justify armament and keep domestic concerns, like housing and living standards, at the forefront while public discontent grows.
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Ashington
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
France
United States
Lawani
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Stalin
Shakespearean Tax Confusion Pops Up Amid Patches
Fragmentary quotes attributed to Shakespeare works touch on income, taxation, and brevity. The mixed snippets include lines from Troilus and Cressida Henry VIII Merry Wives Much Ado About Nothing King Henry IV and Hamlet, suggesting a playful mash of era language on modern taxation.
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William Shakespeare
Troilus
Cressida
Henry VIII
Henry IV
Hamlet
Mailman Moore walked to Mississippi in desegregation protest
William J. Moore, Baltimore mailman killed on an Alabama highway during an integration march, wrote letters to President Kennedy and to the author describing his planned walk and fundraising as he faced threats and violence. He urged protection under the Fourteenth Amendment and warned of rising racial tensions echoing Jefferson and Lincoln.
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Benson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Anna Sheridan
V.F.W
Harry Manchester
Cedar Rapide
High Twelve
Draw Pearson Ashington
William J. Moore
Baltimore
Alabama
Mississippi
Kennedy
White House
Moore
Maryland
Jackson
Asis
Pearson
Dom
Mailman Moore
Georgia
George Washington
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
William Moore
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Harriman at 71 Emerges as Independent Public Servant
Averell Harriman, aged 71, named under secretary of state for political affairs, shows a blend of liberality and realism. In Laos crisis he pushes for direct talks with Khrushchev and a political diplomatic path, earning colleagues’ respect for decisive, independent judgment.
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Harriman
Ashington
Kennedy
Averell Harriman
Laos
Moscow
Chile
Khrushchev
Cambodia
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Stepanek
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Louis J. Zika
Public Improvement Commissioner
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George Clark
Cagey Khrushchev
By David Lawrence
West
Ion
Khbrushchev
Khneshchev
China
Oll
Jou
Chattanooga
South
Jimmy Travis
Abraham Lincoln
Bull Connors
Birmingham
William Moores
Dy Marquis Childs
Paris
London
Tiger of
Fogey Bottom
Wonder Aid
Tammany
Carmine DeSapio
Herbert Lehman
Nelson Rockefeller
Harriman Tiger
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