Censorship Debate Grows Across Iowa Cities Over Movies
Iowa officials from Waterloo to Des Moines confront rising calls to restrict or condemn films. Waterloo recalls a 1950s censors committee, Mason City fights triple X proposals, Cedar Rapids officials oppose X rated theaters, and Des Moines officials balance free expression with public concern over The Birth of a Nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ITV
Iowa
Waterloo
Lloyd Turner
Turner
Censors Committee
City Hall
Mason City
Concerned Citizens
Davis Distributing Co
Des Moines
Motion Picture Assn
America
Oberthien
Cedar Rapids
Canney
How Lucy Stone Became Famous
Lucy Stone born in 1818. Married to Dr Henry Blackwell she kept her maiden name in her long fight for women rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Stone
Lucy Stoners
Henry Blackwell
Similarities Between Stalin and Hitler Revealed
Reminiscences attributed to Nikita Khrushchev and Albert Speer highlight shared quirks and biases between Stalin and Hitler. Both brutal dictators relied on terror, disliked solitude, enjoyed late dinners, and favored films. Each distrusted generals, intervening in tactics, and both showed signs of mental instability and fits of rage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Stalin
Soviet Union
Hitler
Nikita
Khrushchev
Albert Speer
In memory tributes and donations listed for 1970 budget
A compilation of memorials and donations from individuals and groups to Camp Good Health and local organizations. The list includes tributes for Florence DeYarman Lester Johnson Mary Kubicek Clifford Howe Gregory Jacobs Earl Howard Ethelyn and others plus monetary gifts totaling 8506.05 toward a 1970 budget of 15440.00 with remaining 6933.95.
Coe Band Festival to Feature Guest Conductors
Col Arnold Gabriel and Kenneth Smykil will guest conduct at the Coe band festival on February 6 in Sinclair auditorium. More than 200 high school musicians from 92 Iowa schools join in two rehearsals and a 7:30 p.m. concert. Slattery coordinates the event for Coe College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Arnald D. Gabriel
U. S. Air Force Band
Washington, D.C
Kenneth F. Smykil
Ely
Coe
Iowa
Sinclair Auditorium
Col
Gabriel
U. S. Air Force
Latin America
Europe
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
National Band Assn
Ithaca College
USAF
U. S. Air Force Academy
Colorado
Smykil
Bowling Green State University
University of Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Col. Gabriel
Thomas C. Slattery
Law Requires Christmas Bonus In Mexico
Law mandates a minimum 15 day Christmas bonus for each employee in Mexico. The annual payout helps workers manage debt and buying gifts as many still live on under 600 dollars a year. Some unions push for double the legal minimum and commentators note the bonus provides a needed relief amid austere family budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Nicanor Diaz
Pedro Ocampo Ramirez
Ultimas
Water usage for sugar production spotted by NatGeo
The National Geographic Society notes that Maui’s sugar production requires about five hundred thousand gallons of water to yield one ton of raw sugar. This finding highlights high water intensity in island agriculture.
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Washington
Maui
National Geographic Society
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Jerry Elsen
Gazette City Hall
Onelm Oe
John Oberthien
Mini-16, Inc
Screen Freedom
Thomas Urban
The
Gazette
Urban
Booker T. Washington
Jerry Elsea
Daniel Green
Wellco
Beauty Salon
DIAL
Craemer’s
Sandra Reihman
Myr
Florence DeYarman
Lester L. Johnson
Mrs. Griffeth M. Wodtke
Mary
Fred H. Kubicek
John C. Mullin
Blanche E. Mullin
Clifford Howe
Robert L
Mason
Charles Boegel
L. F
Vane
Gregory Jacobs
C. C
Norberg Christmas Project
Clinton
Emil
Christle
Lillian
Glendale, Calif
Conrad Diehl, Jr
Don
Gladyce
Erton
Earl
Chas. E. Faulkner
Dad
Anamosa Iota Epsilon Chapter
Pr Omicron National Sorority, Inc
Mrs
Norbert Detert and
Lovely Lane United Methodist Wscs
Joe Parr
Dorothy
Ray Lehdigh
Howard Raymon
Gladyce Chiverton
Wilber R. Robinson
Ethelyn
M. Scott
Lysle G. Potter
Sojka
Meyer
L. G
Alberta Rockmans Club
Arnald Gabriel
Dale P
AZA
Bardo
Rapids
G. Polly Bergen
Nina Ricci
C. Carven
Ma Griffe
D. Caron
Bellodgia
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