Editorial: Tax Surcharge Extension and Economic Policy
The editorial discusses President Johnson and President-elect Nixon backing an extension of the 10 percent income tax surcharge, noting timing and effectiveness concerns. It argues temporary taxes often outlive their purpose, warns against midyear expiration, criticizes New Economics for slow results, and urges tight government spending with sufficient taxation to cover obligations.
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Johnson
State of the Union
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Scientists refute UFO visit claim with cautious forecast
Panel from the National Academy of Sciences backs the University of Colorado UFO report saying living visitors from space have not yet come to earth. The commentary cautions that some corollary speculation weakens the report and questions the 10 000 year visit deadline while urging continued open inquiry.
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National Academy of Sciences
University of Colorado
Space
Earth
Colorado
Airline hostess heroism sparks hijack debate
The hostess who blocked a hijacker by slamming a plane door drew praise and controversy. The incident raises caution about passenger risk during hijackings and the tension between personal safety and protecting others on board.
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Havana
Forum letter proposes laws to require fingerprints and insured car tags
A reader urges Gov Rad to pass state laws for job seekers to provide fingerprints and photos at police HQ and obtain Iowa car tags before employment. Employers would be held accountable for noncompliance. Another suggestion requires proof of insurance to obtain tags and immediate tag removal after accidents. A second letter thanks two unnamed teenagers and praises local youth.
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Rad
Towa
Iowa
Charles DeMar
Thirty-third Avenue
Billfold Return Follows Marion Reader’s Acknowledgment
A Marion reader tells how two teenage boys returned a lost billfold at Eagles Food Store on First Avenue and Twenty Eighth Street. The note notes the finder thanked them but regrets not learning their names while ill with a cold.
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John C. Culver
Robert M. Greene
Marion
People’s Forum
Eagles Food Store
First Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Underdog Jets Top Colts Inspire Hope Across Nations
Tom Wicker argues the Jets upset over the Colts proves underdogs can triumph against powerful systems. Namath's grit undermines the notion of unbeatable machines, challenging both sports myths and political expectations as Nixon faces his own Super Bowl moment.
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Ashington
York Yankees
Harry Treman
Jets
Colts
Jet
Baltimore
American League
National League
Washington
Nixon
Ork Times Service
Nixon's Path to a Durable Political Coalition
Roscoe Drummond and Geoffrey Drummond assess Nixon's potential for a long tenure by uniting a new voter coalition. They cite a center-ground strategy, wary of a one-term presidency, and stress racial justice, gradual social change, and economic affluence as keystones. The piece links Nixon to Churchill and a reforming GOP.
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Roscoe Drummond
Geoffrey Drummond Ashington
Richard Nixon
Nixon
G.O.P
United States
Paradoxically Too Strong No More Presidents Like LBJ
Lyndon Baines Johnson returns home at the end of his presidency as a paradoxical figure in American history. He was seen as too strong, striving for a grand coalition in face of Vietnam civil rights and economic goals. Historians may be kinder than critics, while Vietnam reshaped his legacy and the politics of his era.
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Eybask
Shula
Washington
Redskins
Jets
Capital Press Corps
Sports Press
Colts
American League
Namath
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Wallace
LBJ
Hilmark
Mass
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Vietnam
Johnson
America
Franklin Roosevelt
Andy Jackson
United States
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Bronson elected as Illustrious Potentate of El Kabir Shrine
In Cedar Rapids Howard J. Bronson was elected Illustrious Potentate of El Kabir Shrine Temple. The School Room Progress U.S.A. exhibition drew over 17 000 visitors in a six day Cedar Rapids run. Town Gov Herschel Loveless urged sweeping state government reforms. Plans emerged for a 1949 annex to St Luke's hospital with a 750 000 federal grant eyed, joining 1 million from public and 500 000 on hand. Work began on Kenwood and Cleveland schools. Willmer G Cimprich of Cedar Rapids won junior law club arguments enabling him to argue before Iowa Supreme Court. Holt Mayberry, ex Washington High and Coe student, visited Cedar Rapids on way to serve as stage manager for the Railroad on Parade pageant at the New York World's Fair.
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Howard J. Bronson
el Kabir Shrine
Progress
U.S.A
Cedar Rapids
Herschel Loveless
St. Luke's Hospital
Louis Blair
Kenwood
Cleveland
Willmer G. Cimprich
Sups
Laws Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Holt Mayberry
Washington High School
Coe College
New York
Railroad
Early Stars and Economy Drive Iowa Headlines
Ten to twenty and thirty years ago Jean Fahrney a Cedar Rapids sophomore wowed New York as a vocalist with the Horace Heidt orchestra. Ida McQuin accompanied and taught her. Gov George Wilson began enacting his pledge to cut waste by cracking down on state owned car use.
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Jean Fahrney
Cedar Rapids
New York
Horace Heidt
Ida McQuin
George Wilson
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Billfold
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Colt
Louis Harris
Winston Churchill
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Roscoe
Geoffrey
Drummond
How York Times
Iowa City
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Neighbors
George Clark
Sonny
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