Poor Patching Jobs Prompt City Pavement Reform
In the People's Forum a Cedar Rapids reader laments poor street repairs on Third Avenue SW and urges enforcement of Chapter 108 to ensure proper restoration. City officials and contractors discussed a possible pavement excavating ordinance to prevent long lasting holes and property devaluation. The piece notes current excavations at up to 40 locations and calls for bonds of 5 000 dollars for firms. It also suggests new tech like compactors to speed repaving and enforcement of existing codes. The letter ends with praise for S Douglas Miller and a plea to retain him on Governor Elect Loveless’s staff.
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Cedar Rapids
People’s Forum
Third Avenue
Loveless
G.O.P
S. Douglas Miller
Hoegh
Iowa
Miller
St. Louis
Miller Loveless Go Without Saying It In Iowa Weaker Democrats
Doug Miller and Loveless discuss Iowa politics noting the state’s usual Republican lean and the sparse Democratic governors, but avoid overt partisan claims while outlining political dynamics and historical context.
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Iowa
No More Majority Rule in Corn Base Vote
The article notes that a large majority backed the corn base program in last Tuesday’s election, but the measure failed to reach the required two thirds. It explains the law’s two thirds rule and argues minority rule now dominates, urging adherence to majority rule or a policy shift to minority governance.
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Congress
Iowa
Push-Button Experts and the Instrumentation Drive
Frederick C. Othman argues automation hinges on engineers and better teacher training. Robert T. Sheen testifies before Rep Wright Patman's subcommittee in the old Supreme Court chamber, urging more technical institutes and hands on instruction to meet labors of automated systems like Du Pont processes.
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Robert T. Sheen
Philadelphia
Instrument Society of America
Sheen
Wright Patman
Dtexas
Supreme Court
Instrumentation Automation Commission
I.A.C
Strike vote by Cedar Rapids bus employes over wage bracket work
Ten years ago Cedar Rapids City Bus Company workers voted by an overwhelming majority to strike against a policy requiring a man in one pay bracket to perform duties in another without higher pay. Additionally, the Woody Herman band played to a small Memorial Coliseum audience while Wilson High School soloists and narrator performed a Christmas concert.
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Cedar Rapids
Woody Herman
Memorial Coliseum
Wilson High School
Jeanie Hodgson
Don Bye
Joan Woodford
Evangeline Chukas
Janet Wessale
Betty Stansky
Betty Emmons
Wilfred M. Kluss
Fred J. Kluss
Eisenhower needs better spokesmen in Senate leadership
Roscoe Drummond analyzes how President Eisenhower faces a shortage of effective Republican leaders in the Senate. He warns Knowland’s likely re election, the possible new policy committee chair, and the need for a strong foreign policy voice to sustain bipartisan support, favoring Prescott Bush for the role.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Drummond
William F. Knowland
California
Eugene Millikan
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate Republicans
Republican Policy Committee
San Francisco
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
White House
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Homer Capehart
Indiana
John Bricker
Ohio
George Aiken
Vermont
Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Bush
Walter George
Wiley
George
Case
Javits
Morton
Cooper
Meany Tours Latin America Boosts Labor Image
In Lima and Montevideo AFL-CIO leader George Meany led a goodwill mission, meeting officials and workers. He impressed Latin American unions with U S labor respect, helped ease tensions with Uruguay, and reinforced anti communist messaging amid broader bases talks with the Philippines entering a deadlock over wartime control.
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Washington
Lima
Peru
George Meany
AFL - Cio
Clare H. Timberlake
Domestic Servants Union of
Meany
United States
Latin America
U.S
Hungary
Montevideo
Uruguay
Eisenhower
Benson
Brazil
Confederation of
Uruguayan Trade Unions
Dave Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers
O. A. Knight
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Energy Workers
AFL
Langley Seen As Likeliest Philippine Envoy Candidate
An active push from foreign leaders backs James M. Langley of Concord New Hampshire for the post of ambassador to the Philippines after the death of Ambassador Albert Nufer Several high ranking Filipino figures favor Langley the Concord publisher who led the U S delegation in 1954 trade talks Langley appears set for appointment reflecting a desire for a friendly influential envoy in Manila
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James M. Langley
Philippines
Albert Nufer
Rea
Langley
Concord
N.H
U.S
After large meals lying down will not cause weight gain
Dr. Moner answers reader questions on meal-related weight gain and spider veins. He notes lying down after a big meal does not add calories, stresses exercise helps burn energy, explains spider veins are benign and rarely treatable, and urges consulting a regular physician for back pain to determine if sacroiliac or other issues are involved.
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Mrs. B. H
Six-Reindeer Parley Signals Holiday Shopping Power
By BUGS BAER, the piece ridicules global policing and consumerism as he boasts of six reindeer parley. It claims ongoing Santa Claus like reach, predicting more bundles wrapped than delivered and open skies for Christmas Eve. The tone satirically celebrates the holiday shopping season with playful lines about children as spotters and seven days left to shop.
Eisenhower urges action on Hungarian refugees and private aid
President Eisenhower counsels Tracy Voorhees to lead a dramatic U S response to Hungarians fleeing Russia's slaughter and asks private charities to take the lead. Hoover agrees to speed refugee movement from Austria and to screen arrivals in the United States, with freedom to relocate nationwide. General Collins volunteers to aid the effort, famed for Normandy at Cherbourg. If Hungarians arrive locally, greet them with Ishten Hosta.
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Eisenhower
Tracy Voorhees
Ike
Voorhees
Truman
America
Russia
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Hoover
Austria
Lightning Joe” Collins
Collins
Cherbourg
Normandy
Hungarian Resistance Poses Hard Decision for the West
The piece analyzes potential Western responses if a sustained Hungarian guerrilla movement forms after Soviet intervention. It discusses Soviet doctrine, Maoist warfare concepts, and the risk of world war if NATO or UN aid supports Hungary. It weighs holding cities versus counterinsurgency and cautions against idle talk.
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United Nations
Hungary
Dulles
Poland
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George W. Smith
Canopus Club
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George J. Haldy
Lakeside Junior College
Long Beach
Calif
Pittsburgh
Pasadena
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R. B. Bagby
Chicago
Frank T. Carroll
Des Moines
George Clark
Santa
Roscoe Drummond
Knowland
U.N. General Assembly
Republican Party
Whig House
Drew Pearson
Far East
U.S. Navy
Joseph Moner
F. B
Bugs” Baer
Joseph and
Stewart
West
Red Army
Soviets
Pan
Stewart Alsop
Stalin
Bulanin
Kremlin
Lenin
Malaya
Greece
Tito
Yugoslavia
Ho Chi-minh
Indo- China
Mao Tse-tung
China
Mao
Oradour-Sur-Glane
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