The Pressure Is On For Iowa School Districts To Fund New Plants
Iowa districts face an estimated 112 million dollars needed in five years for new school plant facilities, with DPS estimates guiding funding. The piece urges reorganization, innovative curricula, and use of television to improve efficiency, urging boards to wire for future TV use and to rethink teaching methods amid tax pressures. It notes staffing and funding questions, calls for imagination in modernization, and stresses public apathy and resistance to change as barriers.
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Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
France Defies Red Bluff in Confidence Vote on European Defense
The French Parliament approves Mendes France's Indo China budget 310 to 172, signaling resolve amid Communist influence as ratification of the London Paris agreements nears. Debates loom over West German participation and hydrogen bomb threats, with France holding crucial leverage in shaping a Western defense.
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Mendes-France
London
Paris
Europe
Kremlin
London Daily Mail
France
Japan
United States Atomic Air Force
Winston Churchill
We Are Exposed To Harsh Irritants Says Dr Pace
Dr Karl Pace notes a shift from 10 percent psychosomatic trouble to about 60 percent in forty years. He cites faster living, stress, and rising needs driven by improved transport and communication as key factors increasing tension and distant influences on local life.
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Karl B. Pace
American Medical Association
Dr. Pace
Distant war bonds near Linn County quota. local civic notes
Ten years ago rural sales and the sixth war loan drive neared targets in Linn county with a small boost needed. A petition to add a stop sign at First Avenue and Twenty-seventh Street E was denied. Traffic surveys showed heavier counts at other First Avenue intersections. Cedar Rapids logged seven degrees below zero. A longtime election dispute in Milo Sedlacek's contest lingered amid amendments and motions. Time magazine featured Grant Wood's American Gothic with praise. Funding for Buffalo Creek dam materials was settled when the State Board of Conservation allotted over 700 dollars. Thirty years ago streetcar rerouting plans were abandoned. overtime parking fines rose to two dollars. Howard Cook became president of Franklin Mortgage Co. in Atlanta.
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Linn County
First Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Milo Sedlacek
James Yuill
Time Magazine
Grant Wood
U.S
Buffalo Creek
Coggon
Ben Tait
State Board of Conservation
Thomas B. Powell
Howard Cook
Franklin Mortgage Company
Atlanta
Forum Letters Question Regulation and Safety in Iowa
Readers argue enforcement makes laws effective and praise regulation for driver safety devices. Homer E. Busby and Mrs. Leonard Votroubek question school funding and playground use, suggesting cost concerns and potential commercialization of education.
Birds Need Trees Protect Shelter for Birds and Game
Dr Karl M Keyes of Monticello Iowa urges keeping hundreds of evergreen Christmas trees from being discarded. He notes birds such as cardinals blue jays woodpeckers and chickadees rely on trees for shelter and that evergreens can also shelter pheasants and quail in winter.
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Boy
Reader argues for higher speed limits in Iowa letter
Robert Bailey of Oakdale Iowa praises Mr McDonough's recent letter and proposes raising day speed to 110 mph and night speed to 100 mph. He jokes that current limits leave little room for meeting other vehicles as horsepower increases. He suggests strict enforcement and notes some dislike 50 mph at night and 60 mph in the day.
Cedar Rapids weighs buying 14.13 acres for school use
A reader questions Cedar Rapids school officials plans to pay 59,892.08 for 14.13 acres to build a school already allotted 20 acres. The letter argues no existing school has 20 acres and questions the land deal and need.
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Cedar Rapids
Reece committee report judged at odds by critics
Roscoe Drummond surveys the Reece committee’s 416 page report on foundations. He notes signers including Carroll Reece Jessie Walcott and Angier Goodwin with dissent by Gracie Prost and Wayne Hays. The piece criticizes the panel for bias limited testimony and one sided findings.
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Washington
Reece Committee
Congressional
Reece
Carroll Reece
Rtenn
Jessie P. Walcott
R-Mich
Angier L. Goodwin
R-Miss
Goodwin
New York Herald Tribune
Cox Committee
Wayne L. Hays
Chip
Gracie Prost
Idaho
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Ford Foundations
United States
Hays
House
Foundations
Foundation
Harold Varney
American Mercury
Civil Liberties
Our Fear of War Aids Reds
George E. Sokolski analyzes American attitudes toward potential war with the Soviet Union and Red China. He notes widespread unease, pacifist currents, and impatience with patience, arguing fear of war shapes public discourse and policy in the United States.
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California
Soviet Russia
Red China
Hollywood
Germany
Ures
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Sleep needs and healthy routines for schoolchildren
Children ages six to ten should sleep about eleven and a quarter hours, with the schedule aligning school start times. Excess late entertainment for youths may harm health, and parents should resist unhealthy activities. Seniors and adults have varying sleep needs. calcium and vitamin D supplements are discussed with a safe daily intake under 2,500 IU.
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America
Thomas Edison
Bugs Baer Reflects On Politics And The Holidays
In a brisk column Bugs Baer notes Washington clubs lack comfort and unity with a divided Democratic majority and a rival Republican wing. He jokes about failed armistice pleas for Christmas and describes a rough semester in practical politics as the calendar tilts toward January and new power.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Twenty-fifth Street NE
Leonard Votroubek
Twenty-seventh Avenue SW
Gazette
Karl M. Keyes
Monticello
Robert Bailey
George Clark
Roscoe Drummond
Prothers Chisel Foundations
Drummond
George £. Sokolsky
Los Angeles
United Nations
Sokolsky
Wm. Brady
M.D
Lee
A.L.F
Bugs” Baer
Morris
Ben Hur
Senate
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