Fluoridation Study Supports Cedar Rapids Dental Benefits
A ten year Cedar Rapids study shows large drops in childhood cavities from fluoridated water, aligning with 1952 predictions. Costs remain under $4,000 yearly, while experts anticipate substantial dental savings nationally. Some object to potential bone effects, but no proven harm is shown to date.
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Cedar Rapids
State Health Department
Linn County Dental Society
Dubuque
Andi
Cedar Rapids graduate admin science course fills fast
A Cedar Rapids graduate course on administrative science opened for registration with 51 prospective students seeking the $120 tuition. Enrollment was capped at 35, indicating strong local interest. The three credit SUI course at Coe college attracted attention as a potential recruit tool for major local industries.
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Cedar Rapids
SUI
Coe College
Iowa Lawmakers Seek Postage Help For Mail at Session
Representative William Denman of Des Moines urged the Iowa House to consider metered mailing privileges for legislators during sessions. He noted receiving up to 200 letters weekly on liquor and school bus bills, a cost borne by many from Linn and other counties. He argued official mail should be funded at public expense to avoid personal costs.
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William Denman
Des Moines
Iowa House
Iowa
Denman
House
Linn
Civil Defense Shelter Action Is a Must
A National shelter survey found space to shelter over 100 million Americans with 70percent usable this year. Secretary McNamara proposes a 175 million program to adapt buildings for civilian shelters and urges Congress to act quickly for deterrence and survival. Steuart L. Pittman leading civil defense support.
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Ashington
Congress
Robert McNamara
Drummond
McNamara
House
Senate
Unscon
United States
Khrushchev
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Steuart L. Pittman
Structural Monstrosities Sprout Congress Builds Like Crazy
Washington report criticizes rapid expansion of congressional offices and Capitol renovations. The latest House office building, projected near 115 million dollars including subway links, faces cost debates and planning flaws. Senate progress adds a five room suite per senator while critics call the architecture pompous and wasteful.
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Ashington
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
Capitol
J. George Stewart
Philadelphia
Matthew McCloskey
Democratic Party
Ireland
Senate
House
Stewart
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Capitol Dome
Education Bill Hindered by Powell Absences on Capitol Hill
Washington report details Adam Powell’s repeated absences as hearings on the omnibus education bill proceed. Republicans demand quorum clarity while Democrats push for executive committee action to proceed with the bill without the chairman.
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Ashington
Capitol Hill
House Labor and Education Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
McGrory Powell
Francis M. Keppel
Harvard
Peter Frelinghuysen
Carl D. Perkins
Kentucky
Rep
Frelinghuysen
Bers
Powell
Perkins
Nudist Camp Dilemma: Even Girls Struggle With What To Wear
A satirical note from Freedom and Union notes the challenge of choosing attire in nudist camps, highlighting social norms and personal restraint in a humorous tone.
School Board Censorship Cited After Orwell 1984 Reading Furore
Wrenshall Minnesota teachers faced dismissal pressures after a college prep class read George Orwells 1984. The columnist critiques the boards role in censoring literature and notes the teacher Richard Wyman was forced to resign, now a hod carrier. The piece questions the boards judgement and defends open study of challenging works.
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D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley
Chamberlain
Wrenshall
Minn
Richard Wyman
George Orwell
George Orwell’s Magnificent Satire, ‘1984’, (Mr. Wyman
Coun
Orwell
Mr. Wyman
Mr. Orwell
Ministries of Truth
Ministry of Truth
Ingsocs
Big Brother
Ingsoc
Rumors of Hickenlooper Resignation Denied En Route
In Cedar Rapids Senator B. B. Hickenlooper denied rumors he planned to resign to join the Eisenhower administration. The report followed his appearance and remarks during a 1953 stop, as he continued to reject such speculation.
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B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Colorado
Eisenhower
Harry M. Gage
Coe College
Coe Auditorium
Hawkeye
Dubuque
Dick Cummins
Immaculate Conception
Chuck Hughes
Jim Colbert
St. Wenceslaus
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Roscoe Drummond
Childs
Delaware
West Front
Architectural Forum
Washington
Benjamin Latrobe
George Stewart
Donald Canty
Marquis Childs
JFK
Mary McGrory
John J. Williams
R-Del
Williams
New Frontier
State Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Housing and Home Finance Agency
New York
House Education and Labor Committee
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Edith Green
Oregon
Senator Williams
Freedom and Union
John Chamberlain
R. J. Williams
Women’s Salvage Collection
Marion
Red Cross
A. R. Menary
W. H. Stepanek
Iowa City Taxpayers Assn
Louis F. Mueller
Castro
Cuba
Mao- Tse-tung
China
Hitler
Stalin
George Clark
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