Iowa Community Colleges Eye Reform After Audit Controversy
Iowa lawmakers consider reexamining the new community college system after an audit showed Area Ten costs higher than Waterloo but with questionable figures. The report highlights wide variations between campuses and courses, urging local control and cautioning against a statewide bias toward vocational training over liberal arts.
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Area Ten Community College
Waterloo
Community College
Iowa
Area Ten
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Ankeny
Sheldon
Nixon's luck and politics in the Nixon era
James Reston explores whether Richard Nixon is a lucky politician. The piece traces Nixon's rise from a California ad response to Ike's running mate, notes past misfortunes of others, and discusses global tensions, arms talks, and the chance that luck could shape a Nixon presidency amid Soviet willingness to discuss reductions.
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Richard Nixon
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Nixon
Pueblo commander Bucher and the surrender under scrutiny
The Pueblo disaster prompts debate over naval code and human values as Commander Bucher faces possible navy action for surrender. Authorities warn testimony could invite trial while public opinion weighs whether risking crew lives to resist was justified given overwhelming enemy force.
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U.S.S. Pueblo
Bucher
Navy
Pueblo
U.S
Cedar Rapids Highlights From The Sunday Gazette
In December Cedar Rapids endured seven below zero days and eight in January as winter gripped the area. Northwestern upset Iowa 99 96 in a TV thriller after four quarters and a five minute overtime amid rough play. George Corey was named Linn County Cancer Crusade chairman for New Process Laundry Co. In 1949 stockmen praised an air lift aiding two million cattle and sheep, with C 82 boxcars delivering hay and cottonseed near Ely Lowryfield Denver and Nebraska. Snow and sleet were forecast across Iowa. Jack Shields named golf pro at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Dr William Paul spoke at an Exchange club luncheon on infantile paralysis. Brookman a longtime Cedar Rapids lumber dealer died at 60 after heart trouble. George Shimek of Cedar Rapids featured in local notes.
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Sunday Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Iowa
George Corey
New Process Laundry Company
Linn County Cancer Crusade
Air Force
Ely
Nev
Lowryfield
Denver
Nebraska
Jack Shields
Westgate Country Club
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Country Club
William Paul
University of Iowa
Brookman
Hatch and
George Shimek
Cedar
Rapids Earns 10 000 Meter Spot On 1940 Olympic Team
Rapids clinched a berth on the 1940 Olympic ice skating squad by outracing a national field in the 10 000 meter trials at Oconomowoc Wisconsin. President Roosevelt maintained a hands off stance on the Spanish civil war and kept the arms embargo in place. In the latest Catalonia developments Washington deemed loyalist Spain a lost cause.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Roosevelt
Catalonia
Washington
Spain
Kennedy courting labor as 1972 campaign effort expands
A December 19 dinner at Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s McLean home hosted 37 men from major labor unions who opposed Robert Kennedy’s 1968 bid. The gathering aimed to shore up labor support to fund deficit and align labor with Ted Kennedy as a broader 1972 coalition builder.
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Edward M. Kennedy
McLean
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Labor
Robert Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
McLean Estate
Democratic
Senate
Teamster
Moore
Jimmy Hoffa
Afl-Cio
Meany
John F. Kennedy
Robert
Spying at Northeastern State Provokes Editor's Forum
A forum letter criticizes Northeastern State College president Garrison for hiring undercover student spies, arguing higher education must foster open truth seeking. The piece reflects broader debates on abortion, sex education, and labor politics shaping public discourse.
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Garrison
Northeastern State College
Tahlequa
Okla
Tax reform proposal for rich loopholes reignites tax debate
Johnson left a detailed tax reform package in the Treasury aimed at closing loopholes for the wealthy and expanding relief for the poor. The plan, ready by Dec 31 1968 and crafted by Stan Surrey, was postponed by Johnson and sent to Nixon, triggering warnings from retiring Treasury Secretary Joe Barr of a taxpayer uprising if reform is delayed.
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Johnson
Nixon
Texas
Treasury Department
Congress
the Treasury
Stan Surrey
White House
Capitol Hill
Surrey
Treasury
Joe Barr
Indiana
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