Shaff reapportionment plan faces Senate test in Iowa
Editorial warns the Shaff plan, a Stevens lineage, will fail to deliver fair reapportionment. It argues population as a basis belongs to the larger house and that counties should not dictate state representation, urging voters to reject the plan at the polls.
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Iowa
Iowa Senate
Stevens
Henry Stevens
Greene County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Sen
David Shaff
R-Clinton
Rep
Iowa House
Shaff
House of Representatives
Senate
No-Glass School Design Takes Hold Amid Cost Fears
The debate over school design shifts from glass walls to windowless plans with interior social areas and courtyards. Forced-air or air conditioning may address ventilation, with cost analyses to follow. Cedar Rapids two junior high projects open public design sessions next week inviting citizen input.
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Cedar Rapids
Truman School
West Post Road
Wright School
Council Street
Hollywood Avenue
Traffic Safety Scare Tactics Questioned by Expert
James R. Adams PhD argues scare techniques in traffic safety education are ineffective and harmful. He outlines three issues including emotional bias, inappropriate parent child modeling, and immunity from repetition citing Furnas 1935 and 1945 Reader's Digest pieces as examples.
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James R. Adams
J. C. Furnas
Reader's Digest
Furnas
Odds Are Poor in Tax-Cut Gamble
John S. Knight argues against large tax cuts citing higher state taxes rising education costs and bigger social security and defense spending. He warns that savings from tax cuts would be offset by increased spending deficits and foreign aid costs, concluding new expenditures will always emerge. A loose dollar in the treasury has little chance to be saved.
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Ennedy
Southeast Asia
United Nations
Bolshoi Versus Graham Dancers Highlight Cold War Cultural Exchange
A critique notes the Bolshoi Ballet in New York signals imperial Russia’s legacy, while Balanchine and Martha Graham showcase modern and inventive American dance abroad. The piece argues the U S and Soviet states use dance as soft power, with Graham and Balanchine proving more adaptable to modern themes and Western audiences.
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Bolshoi Ballet
New York
Soviet Union
George Balanchine
City Center
Martha Graham
Iron Curtain
America
Russia
Khrushchev
Balanchine
Israel
Judith
Ankara
Turkey
Athens
Greece
Zagreb
Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Poland
Sweden
Finland
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Miss Graham
Clytemnestra
Denver adopts housing code ticket system with fixed fines
A housing code violations bureau parallels the traffic bureau. For certain code violations a ticket is issued with a fixed predetermined fine, making enforcement more routine. Denver borrows the traffic tool to simplify penalties and collect fines.
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Denver
Editorial on Bird Call Tapes and Denver Housing Codes
The piece contrasts cautionary notes on bird distress-call recordings with an endorsement of Denver’s housing code enforcement program. It highlights a London firm marketing bird repellent systems and details Denver’s administrative structure, inspector training, and the impact of code enforcement over seven years including inspections, demolitions, and the clouding of titles for violations.
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London
Trix-Sappho
Ernest Thompson Seton
Old Silverspot
American Public Health Association
Denver
Saete
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Long Island University
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Ism
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Detroit Free Press
Bolshoi Group
U.S
John Chamberlain
Soviets
United States
Chamberlain
Christian Science Monitor
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