Anti secrecy amendment eyed by Iowa lawmaker
Editorial urges opening steering and sifting committees to public votes calling secrecy in committee sessions unacceptable. Muscatine's Rep. David Stanley seeks a temporary rules change on opening day to require public voting records and greater transparency in Iowa legislative process.
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Government Takes A Private Aid Plan That Works
Government adopts a private sector led foreign aid approach seen as more effective. The piece argues that intergovernmental grants waste resources on elites while voluntary programs by business leaders deliver tangible help, highlighting J Paul Austin as a key example of private initiative driving aid success.
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India
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Middle East
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Singapore
San Salvador
Central America
Coca-Cola
Africa
Hinge year frames Kennedy path to reelection in 1964
The piece argues 1963 is pivotal for Kennedy as domestic and foreign pressures test his ability to sustain progress. It notes rising unemployment, underused capacity, continued gold outflow, NATO cost burdens, and budget constraints limiting space and social programs. The article highlights the challenge of balancing defense, space, and domestic needs.
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Britain Faces Global Power Shift Amid US Rise
The piece notes Britain’s fading global influence as Americans prominence grows, echoed by The Guardian and The Times. It cites a Gallup poll showing 45 percent foresee a US rise this year, while Britain’s empire moves toward independence and a looser Commonwealth, reshaping Western Europe power dynamics.
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Britain
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Europe
United Kingdom
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Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
France
Italy
West Germany
A School for New Congressmen
Washington's freshmen face a double life social welcome and hard House realities. Morris Udall helps new members survive the 88th Congress with a bipartisan four by four faculty and sessions beginning January 14. The Democratic Study Group plans supplementary classes on re election and campaigns, while Udall explains the power of chairmen and the rules shaping a legislature.
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Arizona
Morris Udall
American Political Science Association
Rep
Udall
Democratic Study Group
Frank
District of Columbia
Powell fires junket companion in London Paris trip recall
Rep Adam Clayton Powell dismisses Tamara Wall a lawyer and former aide who joined the 1947 junket, noting her roles as a reception point in Powell's office and a missing pattern of later service. The article traces Wall's Siberian wartime origins and multilingual background including her education from eighth grade to George Washington University Law School.
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Huff
Powell
Miss Huff
Wall
Siberia
Russia
America
Germany
Tamara
Portland
Ore
Lewis and Clark College
George Washington
Faith or Foresight: Life Expectancy and Marital Demands
A pithy reflection on the limits of human longevity and the unending list of tasks a wife may assign. It contrasts science’s progress with the unsatisfied expectations of domestic life.
Cedar Rapids moves to modernize plumbing code and reservoir land
City Attorney C W Garber says a new plumbing code update will be ready for council action in about two weeks. The council approves steps to acquire four acres on the west side as a potential water reservoir site in Cedar Rapids.
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C. W. Garberson
Cedar Rapids
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