Culver Praised For Leading Fight On Subversive Activities Board
Iowa voters see Culver praised for his bold stand against reviving the Subversive Activities Control Board. The House vote drew 104 supporters, the strongest opposition yet to HUAC sponsored legislation. Some colleagues call his speech courageous in a marginal district wary of pro communistic views.
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Rep
John Culver
House
House Un-American Activities Committee
Culver
HUAC
SACB
H. R. Gross
Culvers
Grosses
Bailiwick
Policy ideas on crowd control and road safety debated
The text weighs Governor Hughes on clarifying state and local police roles during mass disorder and dismisses a 300 member statewide citizens force as impractical. It argues for stronger ties among city, county, and state police, while noting risks of amateur squads and favoring professional coordination over solo action. It also mentions New York car safety features and a rear periscope proposal as shopping-list ideas.
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University of Iowa
Hughes
Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa Sheriffs Assn
National Guard
New York
Backgrounds Not as Normal as They Seemed Behind 4 Youths
United Press International profiles four young men who deserted from the Navy to oppose the Vietnam war. The piece traces each youth’s background in Mt Pocono Pennsylvania Jacksonville Florida Catonsville Maryland and San Jose California. It highlights consistent school struggles and early rebellion while stressing they were ordinary in appearance and upbringing.
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Moscow
Vietnam
United States
Intrepid
Tokyo
Tonkin Gulf
United Press International
Mt. Pocono
Michael Lindner
White House
Scranton
Mike
Jacksonville
Fla
Richard Bailey
Catonsville
Baltimore
John Barilla
San Jose
Calif
Craig Anderson
Millbury
Ohio
Navy
Charles
Army
Lindner
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Tobyhanna Depot
Lawrence Wise
Clarence Dennis
Tain
Dennis
Michael
Philadelphia
Arlington
Richard
Homer
Sixth Fleet
Defections highlight troubled youths from several communities
The text profiles four young men, citing Mike, Richard, John Barilla, and Craig Anderson, as defectors with complex family histories. It notes parental reactions, school struggles, and personal traits, framing the cases as youth rebellion rather than overt communism, with family confidences and authorities contrasted.
Civilian Control Debate Echoes in Vietnam War Era
A nationwide survey shows the public favors strong civilian oversight of the military but supports President as commander in chief. It finds divided views on military autonomy in wartime and mixed opinions on McNamara and Westmoreland ratings.
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World Bank
Robert McNamara
William Westmoreland
Vietnam
McNamara
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Westmoreland
Secretary of Defense
AcNamara Westmoreland
Half Way Houses Gain Acceptance Across Iowa Cities
Readers praise half way houses for recovering alcoholics after successful pilots in Des Moines Cedar Rapids Sioux City and Waterloo. Pleasant View in Des Moines houses 18 men with strict screening and therapy showing low rule violations as neighbors report improvement. The writer notes Iowa leads with three such facilities and cites a 1965 University of Iowa survey estimating 48000 statewide alcoholics.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Pleasant View
Iowa
University of Iowa
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Unicorny
Jack V. Fox
Bailey
M. McCoy Gibbs
Arlington Methodist Church
Gibbs
Tonkin
Gulf
Johnson
Nicholas
Mary
Barilla
John
Henry Anderson, Jr
Henry Anderson
Craig
Dennis Hamil
Abraham Lincoln High School
West Valley Junior College
Anderson
Irene Anderson Hill
Tim Woods
Harris
the People's Forum
Charles A. Churan
Exec
State Commission On Alcoholism
David Lawrence
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