The President Seeks a 10 Percent Surtax Increase
The article notes the President's plan for a 10 percent surtax on individuals and corporations to reduce the deficit, with Congress likely to agree after some stalling. It discusses economic impacts, potential inflation brakes, and political grandstanding over spending cuts, plus the unavoidable burden on taxpayers and market effects. It also covers Cedar Rapids elm blight, counting 1,400+ affected elms and urging timely replacement to preserve shade trees and provide guidance on future plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Police Fire Pay Debate in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids wage talks consider abolishing a $10 police pay differential, arguing police duties now require diverse skills and courtroom-tested judgment. The President's Crime Commission cautions against identical scales, urging department-specific salaries. Both sides seek higher raises within budget limits, maintaining a differential for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
President’s Crime Commission
Cedar Rapids budget eyed for tax rate hold steady
In 1958 Linn County planned to raise 1 917 724 by property tax, down from 1 964 863 in 1957, with a public hearing to confirm changes. Cedar Rapids residents watched as the budget aimed to limit next year’s levy, amid heat and drought concerns across Iowa.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Leslie Carl
Des Moines
The
Gazette
Ten to Twenty Years Ago at Tsingtao and Baseball Legends
The piece notes United States war ships assembling at Tsingtao. It quotes Grover Cleveland Alexander criticizing modern players for focusing on salaries, recalling earning $250 a month as a major leaguer. It also mentions Frank Zachar of Cedar Rapids retiring after thirty years with the North Western railroad, as the first car department worker to receive a pension under the new act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsingtao
United States
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Alex
Frank Zachar
Cedar Rapids
North Western Railroad
Car Department
China Faces Nuclear Dawn and Global Tensions
The piece analyzes Red China's H-bomb test and its impact on world power dynamics. It weighs risks of wider proliferation, including Japan and India, and the potential for ABM defenses, while noting Maoist upheaval and Sino-Soviet rifts shaping a shifting balance in Asia and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
Soviet Union
Israel
Middle East
Mao
India
Japan
America
Russia
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Red Guards
Africa
Asia
U.S
China Watcher
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Robert S. McNamara
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
Elswhere
De-Fuse Riots by Addressing Family and Youth
Notable figures including Roy Wilkins Martin Luther King Jr Ivan Allen Jr and James Burke share views on preventing race riots. They urge stronger family stability housing programs youth leadership policing reforms and community relations to curb violence and rebuild affected communities.
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Ashington
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
U.S.A
International Platform Association Forum
Harlem
John Smith
Wilkins
Daniel V. James
U.S. Naval Communications Center
Washington
Martin Luther King
Germany
Europe
Southeast Asia
Congress
Ivan Allen, Jr
Atlanta
South
Alec Levin
Guerilla Ties Harden SNCC Castro's U.S. Branch
In Havana Stokely Carmichael met Fidel Castro and other guerrilla leaders signaling a growing SNCC bond with Havana. The piece traces alleged covert SNCC links from 1964 through 1966, including Castro's shift to support varied revolutionary movements and alleged Cuban funding, with SNCC leaders discussing Guerilla warfare tactics and rioting plans in the United States.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak Ashington
Stokely Carmichael
Havana
Fidel Castro
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Castro
Vietnam
National Lawyers Guild
Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Rabinowitz
U.S
Morgan
Bond
ACLU
Treasury
Cuba
Moscow
Hemisphere
SNCC_ best
United States
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Cedar Rapids Gasette
Waubeek
Harold Mills
Reggis Clendening
Sherman Watson
Larry Mills
Retail Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Richard Miller
Bureau
Ellis Park
Shantung Province
George Clark
By Alton L. Blakeslee and
Wiliam L. Ryan
Associated Press
Nuclear Club
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
Burma
Australia
Malaysia
Indonesia
Peking
Leningrad
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Jackson
U.S.S.R
Tse-Tung
Drew Pearson
Dick Gregory
Minutemen
Fort Lauderdale
James Burke
D-Mass
Ball Parks
Terest
James Scheuer
D-N.y
Justice Department
FBI
Evans
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