County E filing seeks extension of library service in Linn County
Petitions for extending library access into unserved Linn County areas gain support with about 970 signers led by Cedar Rapids PTA Council and 370 more from the LEAP Chain Lakes group. A one-time 5000 grant from the traveling library may jumpstart service in 1966 if county funds follow, while options include contracts with existing libraries to provide countywide access and reciprocal use among libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
PTA Council
Chain Lakes Group
Linn Economic Action Program
LEAP
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Iowa State Traveling Library
Traveling
Supreme Court rejects daily school prayer in public education
The piece notes a Queens principal enforcing a no-prayer policy amid state rules against teaching religion in schools. It recounts a multi-step legal challenge by parents, culminating in the Supreme Court's refusal to rehear the case and uphold the no-prayer stance. It also includes a playful Bonn bulletin on paper clips and their varied uses.
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Queens
N.Y
Nix
Supreme Court
Santa Claus as SCORE adviser hurts small firms
The piece argues that SCORE retired executives offer free or cheap management counseling to small businesses, undercutting private consultants. It claims 2,500 seniors work for the program, explains how exits and client losses threaten small consultancies, and critiques government involvement in private services.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Service Corps of
SCORE
Small Business Administration
Chamberlain
America
Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
16 000 Bills 349 Passed Congress Indulges in Nonsense
Washington correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune notes the 89th Congress produced 349 laws from over 16 000 introduced. The piece highlights frivolous measures such as National Halibut Week and various proposed honorary days, with critics calling for restraint and focus on serious business.
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Roscoe Drummond
Washington
New York Herald Tribune
Ashington
Johnson
U.S
Congress
Great Society
89Th Congress
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
James Battin
Montana
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Battin
Alphonzo Bell
Los Angeles
Art Linkletter
New York
Abe Multer
Danny Kaye
Maine
Spessard Holland
D-Fla
Bert Dash
W. P. Franklin
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
House of Representatives
Alaska
Silent Night Memoir from War Foxholes
A World War I Christmas tale of soldiers in muddy Cassino foxholes who sing Silent Night despite war. A reporter recalls a German lyric tenor joining, yielding a pause in shelling through the night. The column muses that peace could come in Vietnam too, if foes understand the song.
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Vietnam
East
History Repeating New Mess Limited War and Nuclear Deterrence
The article argues that global conflicts mirror prewar patterns but now involve nuclear deterrence. It notes the current era’s limited wars, including Vietnam, contrast with past large land campaigns, and warns crises could still trigger a major war if deterrence fails.
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Vietnam
United States
Korea
World war risk if America withdraws from Vietnam
David Lawrence argues that withdrawal from Vietnam or a patched peace could trigger a new world war. He urges continued US military strength to defend small nations and deter autocracy, warning that global interdependence makes distant conflicts matter to America.
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United States
Soviet Union
China
South Vietnam
Asia
Vietnam
Christmas Eve 1955 Ground Observer Corps still watches skies
Names of observers on duty for Christmas Eve and morning include Richard Eyman Jim Kirchner John Manville Mary Esihacker Robert Hawkins Bruce Merrifield Harold Clarkson Robert Bowler Dennis Popper and Leo Wassendorf. Also notes Fruehaus Trailer Co employees donated a 200 pound hog for foreman Frank Valenta.
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Ground Observer Corps
Richard Eyman
Jim Kirchner
John Manville
Mary Esihacker
Robert
Howard Hopkins
Bruce Merrifield
Harold E. Clarkson
Robert Bowler
Dennis Popper
Leo Wassendorf
Fruehaus Trailer Co
Frank Valenta
Robert Petrik
Valenta
Neighbors of Anamosa Elected President of National Press Club
The Neighbors, formerly of Anamosa, has been elected president of the National Press Club in Washington D C. He served as a correspondent for the Houston Post. Linn County supervisors accepted the resignation of Cora Jacobs as county director of relief effective January 1 and named Alice Ferber as her successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
National Press Club
Washington, D.C
Houston Post
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cora Jacobs
Linn County
Alice Ferber
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Bonn
Cologne
Santas
John Chamberlain
By Kenneth L. Dixon
Germany
Cassino
No-Man’s Land
United Features Syndicate
Middle East
Africa
Latin America
By David Lawrence
Europe
Rusk
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Nathan H. Gist
Rotary Club
Holt Mayberry
Sigmund Romberg
Central Park
R. R. Mayberrys
John Stevens
Order of DeMolay
John Dvorak
Masonic Hall
Millard Buchanan
Jack Heskett
George W. Stimpson
George Clark
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