Cedar Rapids Transit Plan Defends Public Ownership
In Cedar Rapids the proposed three member regional transit authority would oversee bus service with a private contract operator. Officials say public ownership won’t increase political pressure and that the RTA would buffer councilors from petitioners while preserving petition-driven service improvements and job structures. Voters on January 24 will decide the measure.
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Cedar Rapids
Regional Transit Authority
RTA
Iowa Legislature Debates Daylight Saving Time Ban
Measuring Stick AS notes a movement to outlaw Daylight Saving Time in Iowa with urban rural support split. Authors caution a ban may signal rural underrepresentation and judge reapportionment impact on legislative sentiment.
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Iowa
Almanac Corrects Iowa Article With Up-to-Date Material
The Gazette notes the 1967 almanac provides a more accurate portrait of Iowa citing cooperation with the Iowa Development Commission. Readers are reminded that the almanac staff accepted prior suggestions, improving the depiction of Iowa from its earlier 1966 edition.
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Eaders
Gazette
Reader's Digest
Iowa
Almanac
Iowa Development Commission
Inside Red China An Intramural Fight and Its Long Reach
Roscoe Drummond analyzes the intra communist power struggle in mainland China. He argues the turmoil reduces aid to North Vietnam and unlikely anti-communist revolt, while Mao remains central though weakened. The piece notes succession stakes, Mao’s failures, and possible posthumous denouncement parallels with Stalin.
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China
Communist Party
Mao
Current Scene
Stalin
Khrushchev
Barrier Across Viet Nam At 17th Parallel Proposed
The government weighs a barrier plan across the 17th parallel to stop infiltration from North Vietnam using troops mines and high tech detection. Laos would be drawn into the barrier raising fears of widening conflict while Mekong delta expansion looms with 100000 more troops.
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Mansfield
Johnson
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
17Th Parallel
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Mike Mansfield
Westmoreland
Saigon
Mekong
7Th Fleet
Mekong Delta
Asia
People’s Forum Letter Urges City Bus Service Review
Mrs. Stanley Richards of 915 Wiley Boulevard NW urges expansion of city bus service to aid workers and shoppers. She proposes factory and school stops be surveyed, peak hour routes added, Sunday and evening service including libraries pools and a Golden Age center, with partnerships to support workers.
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People’s Forum
Mrs. Stanley Richards
Wiley Boulevard
No on Buses Letter to the Editor in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids reader argues against a yes vote for a municipal bus system, urging reliance on private enterprise. He cites potential tax subsidies, federal matching funds, and a preference for small private carriers over government operation. The author urges a no vote and a move toward free enterprise.
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Don Salyer
Dean Wagner
Washington
Cedar Rapids
W. P. Thompson
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Sears and Younkers Buy Cedar Rapids Land for Shopping Center
Sears Roebuck and Younkers of Des Moines announced they exercised an option to buy a 72 acre tract between First Avenue and old Marion Road NE in northeast Cedar Rapids for a large shopping center. The owners are the James Faulkes estate and Mrs. Malcolm Thompson. Ingrid Bergman returned to the United States after eight years to accept the New York film critics award for best actress of 1956 for Anastasia.
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Sears, Roebuck and Company and
Younkers
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Old Marion Road
James Faulkes
Malcolm Thompson
Ingrid Bergman
United States
New York Film Critics’ Award
Anastasia
Board votes to set married male teachers pay at 1500 yearly
A 10 20 30 Years Ago item notes the board largely opposed President E R Moore in backing a resolution to fix minimum annual pay for married men teachers at 1500 starting the following September, reversing Moore on the January start he proposed.
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E. R Moore
Moore
Hard Line G O P Diehards Back U S Soviet Trade
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that four House Banking Committee members push a bipartisan report backing a 50 million Export Import Bank loan for machine tools destined for a Fiat auto plant in the Soviet Union. Republican leaders denounce East West trade, while Harvey Mize and some freshmen back pragmatic limits. The piece notes CIA and JCS support for the deal and warns of party leadership inflexibility.
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House Banking Committee
U S
Soviet Union
Johnson
Warrenton
Glen Lipscomb
California
Laird
Lipscomb
Banking Committee
Michigan
James Harvey
Kansas
Chester Mize
Capitol Hill
Congress
Harvey
Mize
Europe
Vietnam
U.S
Japan
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Central Intelligence Agency
Fiat
Russia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
CIA
House
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Roscoe Drummond
Ashington
Red China
Peking
Moscow
Family Fight
Mao Tsetung
Africa
Albania
Drummond
Marquis Childs
Childs
William C. Westmoreland
Cooperators
Korea
Germany
United Nations
Sea Power
Senator Mansfield
Thailand
Bangkok
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Indonesia
South China Sea
Israel
Egypt
the People's Forum
C.R
Jean Kohl
YMCA
Edwin Zeller
Young Men’s Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Franklin D. Roose
Velt
Roosevelt
Board of Education
George Clark
G.O.P. Diehards
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Rep
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
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