Iowa House Rejects Plan To Abolish Board Of Public Instruction
In Des Moines the Iowa House defeated a bill to abolish the Board of Public Instruction and replace it with governor appointment. The vote on abolishing the board was 71 to 35, and on making elections popular 60 to 47. Debate warned of chaos without reform, while supporters argued changes could slow reorganization.
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Droyal
Hagedorn
Richard L. Stephens
Ainsworth
House Schools Committee
Labor Department adds 25 industrial centers to distress list
The labor department added 25 major industrial centers to areas with substantial unemployment, bringing 76 of 150 leading production centers to 6 percent plus joblessness. Economist Seymour Wolfbein warns the job picture is worsening, as President Kennedy assigns a five state tour for Secretary Goldberg to probe recession impact.
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Iowa Shoplifting Bill Signed by Gov Erbe
Gov Norman Erbe signed the shoplifting bill noting retailers should respect individual rights. The measure, similar to a vetoed 2 years earlier, becomes law July 1 and allows a merchant or employee to search a person with reasonable grounds. It also shields the searcher from false arrest lawsuits.
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Herschel Loveless
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Kennedy says religion not weapon in cold war speech
President Kennedy told 800 men and 600 women at separate prayers breakfasts that religion defines the moral divide with communism. He emphasized a trust in God in guiding the nation and cited the phrase In God we trust. The events, organized by International Christian Leadership, drew cabinet members, diplomats, and lawmakers at the Mayflower hotel.
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First-Graders Tackle Geometry in Coffeyville School
In Coffeyville Alabama the 29 first graders at Coffeyville Elementary study geometry to build a math foundation. Principal James Kornegay says the program, begun last year, aims to teach reading and arithmetic indirectly by exposing children to lines angles and shapes.
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Red China Urged for U.N. Seat by Britain
Foreign Secretary Lord Home told the House of Lords that the facts of international life require Red China to get a seat in the United Nations. Britain recognizes Red China and aligns with the United States in opposing admission, despite U.S. backing Chiang Kai-shek's Formosa regime as China’s legal government.
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City Buys More Land for First Street Parking
The Cedar Rapids city council approved adding 80 feet to First street frontage to reach 180 feet for the parking ramp project to be built this year between Second and Third avenues SE. National Garages Inc of Detroit, architects for the ramp, sent two men for construction discussions. The city also purchased an 80-foot section of the old Stark hotel property from the Conrad Karlon estate for 120000 through Guaranty Bank and Trust Co as estate trustees.
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Spy Ring Hunted Over Nuclear Sub Data Leak
British officer testifies a Soviet ring may have accessed secret details of HMS Dreadnought Britain’s first nuclear submarine developed with the United States. Capt George Symonds said a photo of a drawing gave submarine details valuable to enemies. Prosecution links this to a scrap of paper at a Portland base suspect’s home. Counterspies report hidden spy tools and cash in defendants’ homes. The hearing nears its second day as Gordon Lonsdale and four others face charges of stealing anti submarine data and radioing it to Russia.
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Kennedy pushes health insurance plan for seniors
President Kennedy urges Congress to back a health insurance program for 13.7 million Americans over 65 and 500000 under railroad pensions, financed by higher Social Security taxes. He also calls for expanded federal spending on community health services, nursing homes, hospital research, and medical training, with costs not yet fully estimated.
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Kroger Couple Identified as Morris Cohen Americans
The PBI stated that Mr and Mrs Peter Kroger on trial in London for spy charges are actually Americans Mr and Mrs Morris Cohen, formerly of New York. It provided British authorities with the Cohens fingerprints matching those of the Kroger suspects. The pair had faced investigations in the United States over alleged espionage but were not detained due to lack of evidence.
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Peter Kroger
London
Morris Cohen
New York
Cohens
Krogers
Eisenhower Canceled Postmaster Nominations
The report notes canceled nominations of 1 241 postmasters that former President Eisenhower sent to Congress late in his administration.
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Kennedy
Eisenhower
Congress
Brezhnev Leaves for Guinea in First Independent Visit
Soviet President Brezhnev departs Moscow to visit newly independent Guinea, signaling a historic post colonial outreach. The trip marks a sharp shift in Soviet relations with West Africa and aims to bolster ties with Guinea's newly sovereign government.
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House Unit Sparks Remap Action in Des Moines
Des Moines lawmakers pushed a Shaff flavored redistricting proposal with 99 House members and 56 senators at a special session. The House vote was 19 to 5 to suspend rules and advance the plan, while the Senate backed it 25 to 24.
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Mt. Pleasant
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Ciowa City
John M. Ely
Cedar Rapids
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Muscatine
Chester O. Haugen
Waterloo
Ray Hanrahan
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