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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1966
Page
6
The Little Hoover commission urged reforms for efficiency and taxpayer savings of at least 5 million a year. Iowa Republicans and Democrats push amendments to extend governor terms to four years and elect officials as a team, aiming to shorten the ballot and concentrate power. The governor’s reorganization committee may mirror these ideas, signaling broad modernization of state government.
Mayor Johnson urged voters to read franchise details before approving transit deals as Cedar Rapids faces a prolonged bus strike. The Gazette had already outlined why City Lines terms limited city control and justified the public stance eight years earlier, emphasizing shared responsibility as the stoppage continues.
Marquis Childs argues that Vietnam War costs squeeze urban needs. He notes NAACP head Roy Wilkins cites Chicago violence and pool programs as signs of strain. He warns Johnson may face tax plans to fund city aid, while political shifts threaten city futures.
A Cedar Rapids reader recalls an Atlantic Magazine feature on Iowa poets, noting four top-rated writers with a tribute to Paul Engle. The letter reflects on forty years in Cedar Rapids and the author’s pride in knowing many fine people.
This Day 10-20-30 Years Ago notes a 1956 outbreak across Clarence West Branch and Independence with farm damage, deaths, and injuries. The report also lists price declines for crops and livestock, state fair horse wins, and historical medical and civic notes from 1936 and 1946.
George Clark praises Arthur Erskine Grant Wood Arthur Collins and Paul Engle as top figures in arts and sciences who shaped the world. The writer notes Cedar Rapids produced two artists and two scientists and expresses pride in knowing each man deeply.
UPI report notes the Northeast faces drought due to poor water infrastructure not because of an overall scarcity. Officials say long term planning, pollution controls, and conservation can drought proof the region, while current shortages stem from inadequate collection, storage, and delivery facilities.
Highway patrol stops a motorist amid a crowded freeway and informs him his wife fell from the rear door a mile back. The man replies with relief that he had not gone deaf, adding humor to the incident.
Isidore Zimmerman the unique exonerated prisoner who spent 24 years in New York jails and death row before release. He now wanders New York and Seattle seeking work, while facing bias from bosses despite a solid work record. The piece also notes the airline strike harming Johnson administration mediation and the roles of Morse Wirtz and Reynolds in the labor dispute.
Cedar Rapids area Christians plan a noncommercial FM Christian radio station with hopes for a building near a tower and potential gift to nearby colleges. They seek prayers and ideas and urge contacting Evangelical and Fundamental Association pastors to keep FCC channel possibility alive.
A Mohair character visits a barbershop and asks for the cost of a hair cut and a shave. The barber quotes two fifty and one twenty five respectively. The Mohair then requests a shave for his head, prompting a humorous exchange in a fragment from The Linn.
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