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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1968
Page
4
The Cedar Rapids mayoral transition comes without an election, as Bob Johnson withdraws and Frank Bush becomes mayor. Evaluations praise Johnson for decisive leadership, action orientation, and willingness to innovate while noting public resentment from opposers and Bush’s capacity to carry on with vision and vigor.
A wartime Israeli Arab crisis is exposed with claims that the Soviet Union secretly fed conflicting messages to Nasser via the KGB and through diplomatic channels. Nasser sought assurances before moving, while Moscow signaled restraint yet prepared massive aid if needed, altering decisions to close the Tiran Strait and edge toward war. Field Marshal Amer and Sallah Nasser face removal amid a KGB driven power struggle, and Sallah Nasser allegedly arranged poison for Amer. The KGB undergoes a major shakeup in Moscow.
The plan blends a new restraint on foreign investments with travel cautions and aims at expanding American exports. It relies on voluntary cooperation from individuals and firms, risking limited impact. A stronger move would demand French repayment of wartime debt to the United States.
Arm strong's store management unveils a $2 1958 250 000 expansion and new building project on the northwest corner of Third avenue and Third street SE in Cedar Rapids. A 100 by 150 foot structure would replace existing buildings, touted as the largest investment in the city's central business district.
The article notes a 2.5 percent unemployment rate from the state census and reports the Masaryk boulevard naming proposal for C street SW being sent to the city council after Building Inspector Leefers recommended denial. Mayor Hahn presented the report.
At the AAAS annual meeting in New York the panel rejected a full ABM program as futile and dangerous. Dr. Hans Bethe of Cornell warned against decoys and chaff, while Pentagon officials pressed on with the sentinel system amid fears of an intensified arms race.
Russell Baker portrays George Wallace recasting Mother Goose tales as a political lampoon. He targets pseudo intellectuals, welfare narratives, and government mismanagement with satirical riffs on Mary Mary Lamb Humpty Dumpty and Little Miss Muffet in a take on Mama Goose land.
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