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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1964
Page
6
The editorial commends Republican State Chairman Ray for quickly pushing a bipartisan reapportionment plan and sending copies to Democratic legislators. Governor Hughes calls for statesmanship as special session opens February 24, praising cross party efforts to solve representation issues and warning against partisan gridlock.
A reader muses on replacing all-digit dialing with alternative alert sounds including warbling tones and musical options. The piece suggests Utrecht Netherlands style warble rings and even a Let Me Call You Sweetheart tune to restore romance and reduce caller irritation in a digitized system.
The North American Review, originated in 1815 at Harvard, revived at Cornell in Mt. Vernon as a quarterly next month under Editor Robert Dana. It features contributors such as Robert Penn Warren and Sir Julian Huxley and hopes to boost Iowa’s cultural esteem and national literary voice.
American farmers produced a 1963 wheat crop projected to be 2 percent above 1962 and 10 percent above the 1957 59 average, on the second smallest acreage ever. The gain reflects research advances and farmer know how, despite anticipated costs to taxpayers.
Iowa senators split on higher education tax credits amid a heated cloture vote. Hickenlooper backs a $325 tuition credit proposed by Ribicoff, while Miller argues the treasury cannot sustain such a cut after existing higher education aid. Both supported Prouty’s school tuition deduction in the defeated amendment.
A New York Times editorial notes rockets enable observation beyond Earth's atmosphere revealing hydrogen envelopes and neutron stars. It mentions near observable-universe objects much brighter than stars, and U S Navy X-ray observations. The piece shifts to domestic policy with Hickenlooper and Miller debating higher education tax credits and budget impacts, including Prouty proposal costs.
White House staffers who served under John F. Kennedy reflect on life after Dallas and describe how Lyndon Johnson runs the presidency. They note Kennedy’s private routine and Johnson’s public intensity, with memories of friends like Ken O’Donnell and Dave Powers shaping their sense of loss and duty.
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