Platform Differences In Iowa Dem and GOP Platforms
State party platforms share many points but diverge on highways labor and extremism. Democrats push more highway patrols belt belt law and billboard ban while Republicans back a bonding plan to speed Interstate and primary system improvements. Both favor four year terms for officials, tax relief, industry promotion, and rehabilitative prison programs, with disputes on tax policy and session length.
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Iowa
Communist Party
Ku Klux Klan
John Birch Society
Supreme Court
G.O.P
Republicans Innovate at Iowa Convention with Three Changes
The Iowa Republican convention featured innovations including a large rolling score board displaying subtitled platform readings, a national convention style demonstration for Attorney General Hultman, and a new roll call method started by a county drawn by lot. The by jot roll call aims to balance attention across counties and may influence future party practices.
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Iowa
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Hultman
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
People's Forum Dissents on Editorial
Letter from William Dobbins of Mount Vernon opposing the view that Governor Wallace is racist. He argues Goldwater’s stance on civil rights and voters for Wallace include diverse reasons beyond racism, urging fair treatment of voters’ stated motives and cautioning against labeling large groups as racists.
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Wallace
Senator Goldwater
Goldwater
Governor Wallace
Indiana
Maryland
Wisconsin
William Dobbins
Mount Vernon
Who'll It Be for Vice-President Lyndon Johnson
The piece analyzes President Johnson's grave choice of a running mate for the 1964 campaign against Barry Goldwater, stressing the need for a moderate, law and order candidate who can heal racial tensions in the urban North without provoking further sectional strife. It warns against choosing anyone linked to extreme civil rights positions and calls for a centrists approach.
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Ashington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
William E. Miller
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harlem
Rochester
United States of America
Johnson Disqualifies Kennedy as VP Pick Prompting Humprey Lead
Harris Survey shows President Johnson dropping Attorney General Kennedy and others from VP consideration. Hubert Humphrey becomes top second-place choice among rank and file Democrats while 57 percent would bolt if Kennedy or Stevenson or McNamara or Shriver were on the ticket. Southern Democrats show 33 percent would walk if Kennedy were named.
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Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
Robert McNamara
Sargent Shriver
Harris
Mr. Johnson
Tne
South
Robert Humphrey
Adisi Stevenson
Stuart Symingto
Robert Wagner
Abraham Ribio
Pat Brown
Eugene Mi
Senator Humphrey
Humphrey Favored as Johnson Moves to Back Benches in Race
The survey shows Senator Humphrey gaining as President Johnson consolidates his lead with a 64 36 split in the Midwest and Johnson leading in the East and West. Minnesota Senator Humphrey's prospects improve as Johnson trims rivals and regional dynamics shift toward the Vice Presidency race.
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Mr. Johnson
Senator Humphrey
Humphrey
Middle West
Minnesota
Johnson
Brown
Wagner
Ribbott
Semneien
McCarthy
This Day 1954 Local Notes From Iowa Shows
A 1954 roundup notes Hawkeye Downs hosts 1000 plus entries at the Iowa state gladiolus show with Pat Ryan of Cedar Rapids as sweepstakes winner. Mt Vernon votes to resume Central Standard Time August 15 aligning with Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids band features John Best trumpet solo at Riverside Park. State relief rolls report July self support for 242 families. 2196 families on federal work relief. 423 families and 117 single persons on direct relief. Knowledge includes various 1934 and 1944 local codes and commissions.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Lune
John Best
Riverside Park
Traffic Commission
Cora Jacobs
Letter to the Editor Attacking Linn County Court System
A reader blasts Linn County courts and lawyers over suspended fines and sentences tied to a fatal rock truck crash. The letter urges accountability, stricter judges, and completion of traffic safety measures like stop signs to prevent further deaths and destruction.
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Linn
Congress
Mask quality matters for safe swimming in Cedar Rapids pools
Robert D. Smith argues that prohibiting all masks in Cedar Rapids pools ignores mask quality. He contrasts good tempered glass masks with secure, leak‑free fit to badly made plastic versions that leak and distort vision. He urges keeping good pools in Marion and Town City and destroying inferior masks.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Town City
Robert D. Smith
Swisher
No Running Water To the Editor
A Cedar County farmer recalls a landlord who pipes water for stock across the road but refuses to supply running water inside the farmhouse. The lady of the house uses bucketfuls to bring in water for canning and cooking and to discard used water, highlighting household hardship.
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Cedar County
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Chamber of 1944 Commerce
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Japan
Northwestern Lumbermen's Assn
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Marion Food and Grocery Distributors Code
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Johnson and Jones Counties
Donald K. Lynch
George Clark
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