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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1962

Page

6

Republican strategy to curb federal power and fix local ills

The author argues that the Kennedy drive toward centralization faces weak GOP responses. He urges Republicans to focus on real state level shortcomings, not attack the federal effort from the outside. He contends states should take the lead, using themselves as political science laboratories to craft durable solutions.

Kennedy Washington Department of Urban Affairs Congress

Doubts fade as space age costs and profits rise

The piece argues generations resist new ideas, but space progress prevails. It cites Britain lagging behind the U S in space tech and cites The Daily Mail and The Daily Express urging Britain to pursue satellite communications through a public-private partnership, highlighting space investment potential and profits.

Fulton Kennedy London Daily Mail Conservative The Daily Express Independent Conservative Britain the Mail America Russia United States the Express

Truck Speed Crackdown Questioned After Delayed Action

After APROXIMATELY two months since a January speeding truck crackdown was announced there is no evident slowdown or arrest statistics from Des Moines. Motorists question whether the crackdown was real or mere talk.

Highway Patrol Des Moines

Heritage Is Earned Not Taken For Granted

A reflection on the American heritage of basic rights and daily comforts. It recalls sacrifices from Valley Forge to prison camps and frontier pioneers, urging readers to value the cost of freedom, voting rights, and security rather than assume them. The piece stresses memory of history to preserve liberty.

G.I U.S. Steel Edison Jefferson Valley Forge Abraham Lincoln America

War on cancer gains slow ground as basic research advances

A condensed piece from Science Against Cancer discusses the US cancer toll, slow but real gains from basic research, and the rising role of immunity study. It highlights vaccines, common antigens, and the promise of lab forged weapons in cancer control.

Science Against Cancer Public Affairs Committee East 38Th Street New York N.Y National Cancer Institute American Cancer Society

Brotherhood Week and the Hidden Capacity for Unity

The speaker argues that brotherhood is not added but uncovered within each person, buried under prejudice and fear. In war and common danger, people discover unity when drawn to a larger cause, here peace and survival of the free world. The goal is to mobilize inward strength by embracing a shared, overwhelming mission.

Circular design grows in schools apartments and hospitals

Circular buildings gain acceptance for practicality and cost savings. White Plains 26th National Bank of Westchester branch uses circular walls to fit an irregular lot and attract accounts. Architects cite reduced corridor space and centralized utilities, with Mayo Clinic and other projects expanding round wings in hospitals and dormitories.

Orkmen New York White Plains National Bank of Westchester Frederick Sundermann White Plains Bank Goldberg Deigert and Yerkes and Associates Washington Wheaton Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn Ellerbe and Co St. Paul Deeter and Ritchey University of Pittsburgh

Elm foliage fades as Dutch elm disease shifts street shade

A Iowa State horticulture official notes a decade of change in preferred yard trees. A nurseryman survey showed sugar maple and elm top ten years ago. last year elm dropped from the list as Dutch elm disease spreads, with thornless locust, pin oak and sugar maple rising in popularity.

John P. Mahlstede Iowa State University Ames

Freeman Favored by Iowa Farmers Over Wisconsin Polls

Iowa and Wisconsin polls compare Secretary Freeman and Ezra Taft Benson in their first year. Iowa’s Wallace’s Farmer shows 47 percent good, 35 percent fair, 6 percent poor, 12 percent undecided, while Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Agriculturalist records 22 percent good, 37 percent fair, 6 percent poor, 35 percent undecided.

Freeman Iowa Wisconsin Ezra Taft Benson Wisconsin Agriculturalist Mr. Freeman Benson Farmers Union Wallace

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