Assessing the Moscow pact II fallout treaty signing
The piece surveys reactions to the Moscow test ban treaty, noting Khrushchev’s peaceful coexistence image, U.S. skepticism, British hopes of no radioactive contamination, and U Thant praise. It cautions the agreement may not guarantee lasting world peace but credits its potential to curb atmospheric fallout if upheld.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Heiping
Senate
U Thant
U.N
Mao Tze-tung
Britain
Test Ban Gives Mac a Chance at New Lease on Life
Washington columnist William S. White argues the partial nuclear test ban strengthens British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan for the next election while risking political damage to Presidents Kennedy and de Gaulle. Khrushchev’s motives and China’s power loom as complicating factors in a wary Western balance.
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Mac
Macmillan’s test ban stance boosts Conservative gains in Britain
The piece argues Prime Minister Macmillan used Kennedy Khrushchev talks to claim credit for a test ban and bolster Conservative credibility. It suggests Labour leader Harold Wilson loses leverage while the Conservatives gain a politically useful anti peace image. It notes potential risk of a Labour government in London shaping Cold War relations.
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Washington
Mac
Kennedy
England
Harold Wilson
Macmillan
London
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Conservative Party
Britain
Campground Fees debated at county conservation meeting
Iowa county officials debated pay as you go camping and whether campers should pay fees for tent use on public land. Linn County currently charges a flat $2 weekly regardless of stay length or usage, prompting calls to revise the policy based on actual service cost and fairness.
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Conference of
County Conservation Boards
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Critics Demand Clear FBI Civil Rights Role and Limits
Roscoe Drummond argues for understanding the FBI assigned duties under civil rights laws of 1957 and 1960. The piece stresses eight categories of rights violations the FBI can investigate and clarifies the bureau is a federal investigative body not a national police force.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yale
FBI
Moderate Voices Suppressed in Civil Rights Struggle
In New York and the South moderates face denunciation as radicals gain traction. James Meredith challenges NAACP moves while Sam Riley resigns from CORE over ultramilitant tactics. Harlem leaders, including Adam Powell and Malcolm X, shape the scene as disenchantment grows among ordinary Negroes seeking solutions.
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York
James H. Meredith
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Chicago
Meredith
University of Mississippi
NAACP
Sam Riley
Congress of Racial Equality
Riley
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Harlem Democrat
Malcolm X
Accordi Groups Step Into World Show Verdicts
Readable notes show the Accordi on Aces and Four Jills and a Jack, directed by Mrs. Gerald Boddicker, winning first place trophies and placing as runners-up for world championships at a national festival in Berea Ohio on July 26. Ches ter Whites quartet wins 4-H FFA Benton County fair market show led by Dennis Gewecke Newhall and Bill Frimmi Atkins with a top pen of three hogs August 8 to honor Jim Fanning at Memorial baseball park before the Indian Burlington game. Henry A. Wallace, then vice president, lunches with farmers in 1943.
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Cedar 1953 Rapids
Accordion Aces
Four
Gerald Boddicker
Berea
Ohio
Benton County
Vinton
Dennis Gewecke
Newhall
Bill Frimmi
Atkins
Jim Fanning
Memorial Baseball Park
Henry A. Wallace
Community leaders discuss farm issues and labor leadership
George Clark reports in Cedar Rapids on civic figures and farmers dinner in Iowa City. A. A. Couch wins a fourth term as president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor. Linn county Old Settlers reunion speaker G. K. Thompson is announced. 4-H health champions named. Civil rights leaders Genealogy and Harlem unemployment data appear with quotes from Roy Wilkins Whitney Young Jr. and James Farmer on unity and strategy.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
A. A. Couch
Des Moines
Iowa State Federation of Labor
J. C. Blodgett
G. K. Thompson
Iowa Judicial District
Linn County
Old Settlers
Marion City
Earl T. Brockman
Harlem
NAACP
CORE
Urban League
Paul Zuber
Roy Wilkins
Whitney Young, Jr
James Farmer
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She Gedur Rapids Gazette
William S. White
Ashington
Soviet Union
Labor Party
White
Charles de Gaulle
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Drummond
Roscoe Drummond
Junius Griffin
Associated Press
Griffin
For Equal Rights
Black Muslims
Christian Leadership Conference
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
George Clark
NRA
Frank Libal
Joseph Libal
Frances Bedell
Whittier
Willard Neal
Mt. Vernon
Africa
New York
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