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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1966
Page
6
Cedar Rapids moves a 4.9 million dollar water supply improvement package after a 3 to 2 council vote. The plan expands the plant to 36 million gallons daily by 1968 and 33 million by 1985, consolidates offices, adds wells and mains, and uses revenue bonds with limited rate adjustments as needed.
The piece reviews Whitney M. Young Jr. stance that racial integration should be framed by economic gains for white citizens. It notes potential to boost growth by improving Black workers’ skills and housing, ending slums, and stabilizing tax bases, arguing economic incentives may drive integration as effectively as moral appeals.
William S. White profiles Averell Harriman as a tireless, apolitical elder statesman guiding U.S. effort toward a peace in Vietnam. At 74, Harriman travels worldwide delivering Johnson’s messages, immune to personal ambition, and admired for steady, unshowy service. He survived political defeats to serve in the Kennedy and Johnson eras, earning the nickname Honest Ave for his blunt honesty.
The report portrays GOP chairman Ray Bliss as a cautious builder who avoids debate and focuses on brick by brick party organization. It notes his plan to galvanize urban chairs, expand staff, and shift from a doomed-city view to active campaigning in big cities to win Democratic and independent voters.
The lengthy notes capture 10 20 and 30 year back items. State Sen Frank C Byers a Cedar Rapids attorney who held the record for continuous service in the Iowa legislature announced he would be a candidate for re election. The list also covers Linn County Swine Producers Association formation with 113 charter members led by Austin Armstrong of Mt Vernon and officers Hubert A Schimberg Joseph Lattner and William Ryan. Other entries note Catholic Laymen club officers Roosevelt Harris Martin and a 1936 civic campaign by the Linn County Chamber of Commerce with speaker Billy B Van and county attorney G K Thompson.
A humorous critique of American political culture and language as seen through a foreign minister's brief to a young diplomat. Chamberlain notes the obsession with style over substance, the endless jargon like escalation and image, and the conformist trend in politics and society.
Washington Republicans reveal Rep. L Mendel Rivers longtime defender of the John Birch Society. They cite a 1961 speech praising founder Robert Welch and depict Rivers as a top Democrat with influence over military legislation. The GOP frames Rivers as evidence of Birch sympathy within the Democratic ranks.
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