Editorial calls for jail prisoner work program in Iowa
The Cedar Rapids Gazette urges serious legislative consideration of bills by Sen. Charles S. Van Eaton and Rep. Tom Riley to allow trusted prisoners to work at their jobs during regular hours. It argues counties save money, families avoid relief, and court discretion safeguards exist, noting California and Pennsylvania data as supportive context.
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Charles S. van Eaton
Sioux City
Rep
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Rep. Riley
Wisconsin
California
Pennsylvania Board of Parole
Pennsylvania
Cedar Rapids Street Plan Faces Funding Challenges
Cedar Rapids faces a multi‑t billion dollar street expansion with estimated construction costs around 32.6 million plus county tie‑ins. Right‑of‑way, pay‑as‑you‑go funding, and multiple revenue sources including city budgets taxes gas tax street funds state allocations and potential federal urban renewal support, are eyed to cover the projected 20 year plan.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Mer
Eighth Avenue
Cedar Rapids Street Plan Aims to Guide Growth and Bonding
A Cedar Rapids urban renewal effort tied to the north south expressway could attract substantial federal aid. The plan estimates vary for different phases at about 580000, 930000, or 1050000 dollars. The city holds roughly 6750000 dollars in general obligation bonds with a 16 to 17 million limit, leaving 9 to 10 million in leeway for street development and other improvements.
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Cedar Rapids
Victory for Good Rules Keeps Secrecy From Iowa Committees
The Iowa House, resisting attempts to restore secrecy in standing committees, preserved the 1959 rules limiting minority blocking power. Rep. William E. Carrington led opposition, ensuring roll calls remain public and the sitting committee cannot override floor rules. The vote preserves public access and protects committee members from minority rule.
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Iowa
House
House Rules Committee
William E. Carrington
Persia
Rules Committee
Mittee
Punch That Ticket to the Moon Trade Route
A sardonic columnist critiques early spaceflight plans from Canaveral. The piece envisions a three hop lunar voyage with orbital stations and ion propulsion, warns of a passenger misrouting to Pluto, and questions the leap in progress. The tone is skeptical and humorously wary of ambitious tech timelines.
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Outer Space
Canaveral
Lunar
Mexico
Crandic
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Toonerville
Moon
Pluto
Education official bows out of Cedar Rapids race
E F Moorman who served seven years on Cedar Rapids board of education announced he would not run again. Gordon Willis, former Marengo grocer, appointed Iowa county auditor. James Ampey was the lone Cedar Rapids fighter to reach the third round in Chicago Tournament of Champions. Barbara Ann Sammon, four, judged grand champion of 118 babies in a Disabled American Veterans show. Ruth Kubik of McKinley High School was pageant queen. Clifton Alley warned of limited warfare with Germany and urged a balance of power. Four candidates filed for three Cedar Rapids school board seats for the March 9 election. A B Garretson, former railroad conductors’ leader, died.
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E. F. Moorman
Cedar Rapids
Barbara Anne Sammon
J. E. Sammon
Mary Alice Kane
Edmund Kane
Ruth Kubik
McKinley High School
Germany
Clifton Alley
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Hitler
America
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
William D. Pauley
Peru
Brazil
Earl E. T. Smith
Arthur Gardner
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Batista
State Department
Castro
Cabal
Christian Herter
William A. Wieland
Dupes
Roy Rubottom
Test of Castroism in Venezuela Looms Large
ARACAS Venezuela faces a pivotal test as Castroism probes from Havana. Betancourt, once linked to the Communist party, now leads a fragile democracy against leftist influence and right-wing pressure. Fabricio Ojeda and others push Castro’s line while labor tensions flare and a political camp guards the capital.
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Latin America
Venezuela
United States
Cuba
United States Steel Fairless
Trenton
N.J
Bethlehem
Sparrows Point
Baltimore
Orinoco
New York
Los Puarson Angeles
Castro
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Communist Party
Ignacio Luis Arcaya
San Jose
Arcaya
Havana
Army War College
Edito Jose Ramirez
Ramirez
Fabricio Ojeda
Union Republican Democratic Party
Kennedy
Caribbean
Europe
Asia
Fabricio
Luis Augusto Dubuc
Dubec
Perez Jimenez
Monagas
Democratic Action Party
Guasina
Senate Subcommittee Faulted for One Sided Reports
A Washington piece criticizes the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee for releasing fragmented testimony without rebuttal, arguing it distorts the Castro era inquiry. It praises the broader goal but urges full, balanced reporting and timely replies from accused officials.
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Ashington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Alger Hiss
Drummond
Senate
United States
Caribbean
Senate Subcommittee On Internal Security
Subcommittee
Public hearing set on Cedar Rapids major street plan
Citizens may present questions and objections at a public hearing before the City Planning Commission. The session is scheduled for 7 30 p m in the fourth floor courtroom of City Hall to discuss the proposed major street plan.
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Cedar Rapids
City Planning Commission
City Hall
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Joseph Sadowsky
J. E. Johnson
Rabbi Schenk
A. B. Garretson
Order of Railway Conductors
George Clark
Drew Pearson
Casa Syndical
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Food For Peace
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