Senator Byers proposes gasoline tax refund for urban buses
The Iowa proposal would refund the gasoline tax to bus operators with 10 or more seats on regular routes, aiming at about 100000 dollars yearly relief. Cedar Rapids lines could gain around 12000 dollars annually, potentially offsetting wage hikes. Critics doubt passage amid broader tax and public dispute. Senator McCarthy is noted as having chosen a poor case to champion.
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Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rap‘ide
Des Moines
Senate
Cedar Rapids
McCarthy Defends Stand in High Profile Espionage Charge
March 1950 debates unfold over Owen Lattimore case with Sen Joseph McCarthy pledging to stand or fall on a key espionage claim. Judge Luther Youngdahl throws out major perjury charges for a second time, with a federal appeals court upholding the ruling as testimony and political dispute continue.
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FBI
District Court
Youngdahl
Lattimore
U.S
U.S. Court of Appeals
Latti
Court of Appeals
McCarthy
U.S. Senate
State Department
Joseph McCarthy
Russia
America
Owen Lattimore
Luther Youngdahl
Federal Court of Appeals
Long path of Iowa mental health care reforms noted
Dr. Charles C. Graves reports that about one third of patients at screening centers are discharged as cured while another third are improved and the rest are sent home not improved. The program started under Governor Beardsley and expanded from Independence to Clarinda Mount Pleasant and Cherokee, saving many from institutionalization. The piece cites potential tax extensions to cover such services.
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Iowa
Charles C. Graves
State Board of Control
Beardsley
Independence
Clarinda
Mount Pleasant
Cherokee
Bootleg Foreign Language Teaching Stirs Principal Alarm
A columnist cites Dr. Kenneth Mildenberger noting covert language lessons in elementary schools. He warns against illicit parlez-vous as furtive teachers reportedly hold after hours sessions, urging formal classroom instruction to prevent moral and safety concerns.
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Miss Pringle
Mildenberger
Dr. Mildenberger
Parley Woo Debate Grows Over School Language Rules
A columnist muses on arousing demand in the spitball set for classroom language usage. He urges legalization and regulation of such language in elementary schools as a potential new tax revenue source for lawmakers.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Notable obituaries and archival notes from The Day
This Day items note Sadie Whiting widow of Palmer founder of the Palmer method, died after a two year illness in her apartment. Dr. Russell Cole of Cornell College spoke on Christian education at St Pauls. William J. Dawson reports 387 boys in YMCA craft shop, up from last year. Dr. Luther S. H. Gable spoke at Washington high on radium. Malta chapter O E S installed a worthy matron and patron. Also mention pledge from George E. Waln to Acacia at Iowa, Dr. Fred Bailey elected VP of Sioux Valley Eye and Ear Academy, Harry N. Limback initiated at Iowa Alpha Chi Sigma.
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Sadie Whiting
Pane
Austin N. Palmer
Russell Cole
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
St. Paul's Methodist Church
William J. Dawson
YMCA
Luther S. H. Gable
America
Washington High School
Alvin E. Kannewulf
Harry W. Dunker
Malta
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
George E. Waln
Cedar Rapids
Acacia Fraternity
University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts
Fred Bailey
Sioux Valley Eye and Ear Academy
Sioux City
Harry N. Limback
Alpha Chi Sigma
College of Applied Science
Character assassination as political tool across eras
The piece argues that character assassination is a recurring political tactic from Hoover to Wilson, noting Charles Michelson’s campaigns against Hoover and Brandeis against Wilson. It argues such attacks often backfire on accusers, and questions the virtue of public scrutiny versus maturity and political self-interest in a democracy.
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Herbert Hoover
Democratic National Committee
Charles Michelson
Charley Michelson
Hoover
Michelson
Woodrow Wilson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Wilson
Neuberger
Oregon
Nixon
George Malone
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Holland
France
Tug of War on Purse Strings
Washington opinion piece analyzes President Eisenhower's economic outlook and the balance between government involvement and private initiative. It argues confidence, fiscal restraint, and solvency matter more than party labels as the 1956 campaign approaches.
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David Lawrence
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Democratic Party
Jimmy Roosevelt Visits Washington Becomes Old Home Week Figure
Congressman Jimmy Roosevelt, newly elected from California, blends in at a White House reception with congressional staff recalling his father FDR. He joins the small business and labor committees, advocates a school construction bill, and proposes a Roosevelt amendment to ban state bans on the closed shop. He offers Navy a sloop once used by FDR, asks for a brass plate to mark the gift. Secretary Thomas appears inclined but undecided.
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Washington
Jimmy Roosevelt
California
White House
Jimmy
Franklin
New York
Maryland
District of Columbia
Wright Patman
Congress
Roosevelt
Hammer
Navy
Annapolis
Thomas
Inben
New York Police Break Panama Murder Case Quick
New York police solved the Panama assassination of President Remon after officials consented. Former envoy Bob Heurtematte and Eddie Miller sought help from New York officers, with State Department initially blocking then approving the request. cops arrived midweek and cracked the case by Friday.
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New York
Remon
Panama
Bob Heurtematte
Yale
Washington
Eddie Miller
Miller
Bob Wagner
State
The Language of Statecraft Analyzed
An editorial from Chicago Daily News examines how statecraft rhetoric can sound measured yet frequently lacks verifiable meaning. It notes officials may use elaborate phrasing to soften statements and avoid clear accountability.
Personal Health: Questioning Tonsillectomy Harms
Dr. William Brady argues tonsil tissue left after tonsillectomy often causes no harm. He labels the operation an atrocity, especially for children, and favors tonsillotomy for enlarged tonsils. He warns tonsillectomy is a major, hazardous procedure with limited necessity.
Opinions on girls basketball and boxing in schools
The writer argues authorities rightly discourage girls competitive basketball and football with boxing proposed for boys only. A reader questions aspirin as a cure for migraines while acknowledging its pain relief and limited safety.
Bug’s Baer on Congress and a Sneer at the Graft
The piece contrasts the eighty-fourth Congress with the eighty-third, noting party change and calling for honest politics until the next investigation. It mocks the Visitors Gallery location and jokes about polling taxicabs, while claiming conservatives hold back in Congress.
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Boyd
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Members of Friends of the First Congregational Church
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George £. Sokolsky
Sokolsky
George Clark
U.S . Pat
Lawrence
Alexander Hamilton
Drew Pearson
Pearson
N.Y. Police
Chicago Daily News
Wm. Brady
M.D
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