Congress debate over modernizing its machinery
Columnists and senators urge overhaul of congressional rules to curb off topic remarks and restore initiative. Senator Joseph Clark and Iowa's Jack Miller back a study leading to a germaneness rule to keep debates on topic and speed legislative action.
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Roscoe Drummond
Congress
Executive Department
Joseph Clark
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Jack Miller
Senator Miller
Senator Clark
U.S. Senate
Miller
Iowa Senate
United States Senate
Castro
Cuba
Clark
Threat of Nuclear War Greater Than Fear of Russia
Marquis Childs weighs the test ban treaty debate as fears of nuclear pollution and war exceed fear of the Soviet Union. Rusk presents a measured case while Hickenlooper and other lawmakers probe costs and secrets. Support from Saltonstall Aiken and Humphrey frames a looming senate decision with figures like Lemay Teller opposing yet the outcome seems set.
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Russia
Ashington
Senate
Rusk
Moscow
Bonn
Germany
Tractor Safety Laws Urged by Iowa Official
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture L. B. Liddy calls for legislation to curb tractor accidents. He proposes a minimum age for tractor operators and a mandate for roll bars on all tractors to prevent fatalities when rollovers occur. He urges the next legislature to consider these and other helpful proposals.
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Iowa
L. B. Liddy
Liddy
Readers Reply to Rep Gross on Civil Rights in Iowa
The letter argues Rep H R Gross should push federal civil rights laws and cites Iowa laws on public facilities and fair employment. It notes the Des Moines NAACP rally with over 300 attendees and praise for Schwengel, Smith, and Miller while urging Gross to lead for equal citizenship nationwide. It also discusses nuclear testing and calls for a strong arms control treaty with inspections.
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Rep
H. R. Gross
the Gazette
Iowa
NAACP
Des Moines
Gross
Naacp Communications
Fred Schwengel
Neal Smith
Jack Miller
Editorial calls for test ban treaty clarity and courage
The author argues that ratifying the treaty could mask rulers in Russia as peaceful, challenging readers to consider objections from Cubans, Hungarians, Poles, Chinese, and Lao in light of future Eastern Europe democratization and Cuba missiles. The piece questions timing and the world mood toward discussing tests versus treaties with Russia.
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Russia
West Germany
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Eisenhower
Iowa
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Europe
Cuba
Hungary
Poland
China
Laos
Local humor exchange on big men and babies
A Baltimore Sunday Sun Magazine quip captures a tourist asking for big men born nearby and a native replying jokingly that the best they can offer are babies highlighting regional humor and playful banter from the article.
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Baltimore Sunday Sun
Magazin
Nations Know Too Much About One Another
Drew Pearson argues that extensive listening posts and nuclear detection stations in Turkey and the Middle East allow the US and its allies to detect Soviet atmospheric, underwater, and missile tests. He claims U2 limits and global monitoring prevent secret tests, while underground tests remain the only unbannable, hard-to-detect option. The piece notes mutual surveillance and calls for easing war tensions.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Curtis Lemay
Edward Teller
Istanbul
Sen
Everett McKinley Dirksen
G.O.P
Turkey
Middle East
Iran
Pakistan
Russia
U.S
Dirksen
de Gaulle
Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Synchronized Swimming Champion Crowned Again in 1953
This Day Mrs Henry Gundling of Cedar Rapids won the sole crown for the fifth straight year in the Women s National AAU Synchronized Swimming event. Melvin DeVore elected president of Cedar Rapids Industrial Union Council CIO with Ward Hauskins Jim Burlingham Darryn Porter Harold Smith Wayne King also chosen.
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Henry
Gundling
Cedar Rapids
Melvin DeVore
Cedar Rapids Industrial Union Council Cio
Ward Hauskins
Jim Burlingham
Darryn Porter
Harold Smith
Wayne King
Iowa districts cut 1933 34 budgets mainly by teacher cuts
Tur e Iowa school districts reduced budgets for 1933 34 by millions largely through salary reductions for teachers.
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Ture
Iowa
The Spy Game Theories and Sides in Espionage
The piece muses on different spy roles from plain spies to counter-counter spies and the confusion of loyalties. It notes M15 as a unit name and ends with a reminder that non-spies hope spies stay true to their side.
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Marquis Childs
Hick
America
Nelson Rockefeller
Armed Services Committee
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Leverett Saltonstall
George Aiken
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Capitol Hill
the People’s Forum
Reader
Congressman Gross
Drew Pearson
de Gaulle Grouses
Pearson
Linn
Bill Zuber
Amana
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis
Legisla
George Clark
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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