Hoeven and the Young Turks face shifting GOP leadership
The piece reflects on Rep. Charles Hoeven’s removal as Iowa Sixth district leader and the rise of “Young Turks” within the GOP. It compares past power shifts from Joe Martin to Charlie Halleck, suggesting leadership churn mirrors public mood and may threaten Halleck unless he heeds newer voices.
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Nough
Charles Hoeven
Iowa
House
Hoeven
Charlie Halleck
Indiana
Charlie Hoeven
Des Moines
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Rural cities concept seen to boost small towns in Midwest
Nebraska and Iowa legislators discuss a rural cities idea to unite two or more towns with surrounding farmland. The plan aims to share medical services schools libraries and recreation while fostering cooperation over rivalry. It notes potential governmental mergers and legislative groundwork and urges early discussion.
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WO Nebraska
Richard Marvel
William Brandt
Iowa
Nebraska
Midwest
The People's Forum Advocates Higher Sales Tax
A letter argues that raising the sales tax would fund schools and welfare, making everyone pay their share including those in rentals or trailers. It compares to gas tax fairness and criticizes property tax, praising Mr Hart and the city bus drivers for their service.
Good Samaritan Bus Driver Helped Me To Hospital
A reader thanks Mr. Robert Hart, a Mound Farm bus driver, for aiding after a slip on ice on January 14 at 12:25 p.m. The driver heard a cry for help, assisted the fallen person, and kindly arranged hospital care at St Luke’s, including nurse and wheelchair transfer.
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Robert Hart
Mound Farm
St. Luke’s Hospital
Praise for City Street Department Work on Icy Spots
A reader commends the city street department for addressing icy spots, ruts, and street problems. The letter highlights courteous service from Mr Stolba, Mr Eggleston, and other street workers, praising the department for preventing skids and damage and noting detergents and bleach as cheaper than medical costs.
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Stolba
Eggleston
Gazette Readers Thank Governing State House Support
A long time subscriber from Eastern Iowa thanks The Gazette for its news coverage while they are away from home. The letter praises the paper as unequaled for state house reporting and expresses appreciation for continued readership over 35 years.
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Gazette
State House
Iowa
The
Tax Cut Outlook Hinges on Defense Space Budgets
Kennedys tax cut plan faces two main premises defense and space spending must be cut or held in check and tax reduction must stimulate growth to raise revenue. Congress will demand concrete Pentagon justification and greater deficit reduction before approving a 1963 tax cut.
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Ashington
Kennedy
Congress
Pentagon
Rockefeller Faces Four-Party GOP Challenge for 1964 Nomination
In a test of party unity, Nelson Rockefeller must unite a fractured Republican Party to win the 1964 nomination. The piece notes the four-party dynamic within the GOP, state vs national bases, and budget pressures as Rockefeller weighs national issues such as Cuba and Kennedy’s economy while balancing diverse party factions.
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Lbany
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
Herbert Hoover
General Eisenhower
Gov. Rockefeller
Thomas E. Dewey
Richard M. Nixon
New York State
New York
Washington
James MacGregor Burns
America
Congressional Democrats
Congressional Republicans
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio
Rockefeller
Cuba
Kennedy
Admiral Rickover Renown Weight Reducer Pledges Labeled
The piece profiles Admiral Hyman Rickover promoting a personal weight loss pledge and distributing copies to signers’ wives. It notes about a thousand participants and contrasts with former practices of senate space committee leadership under Bob Kerr. It also mentions Donovan Castro talks and Clinton Anderson’s new chairmanship.
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Rickover
Senate Space Committee
Sen
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
O.K
Bob Kerr
Anderson
Educational TV Network Drive Sought by Iowa Legislature
A 1953 item notes a committee of 10 appointed to lead a drive in the Iowa legislature for approval of a statewide educational television network. Other brief items mention 1952 farm loan borrowing, a Queen for a Day on KCRG, and various local civic notes from 1943 and 1933.
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Hawkeye National Farm Loan Assn
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Harold McTavish
Floyd Clement
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids
Mutual
KCRG
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Pearson
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Drew Pearson
Fidel Castro
Castro
Donovan
Hall Manufacturing Co
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Sunshine Mission Board of Directors
L. D., Burgus
James Killian
Arthur Hunt
Fred A. Small
Milo E. Wenger
O. J. Larson
O. A. Prather
Robert Downing
Donald DeFore
Darryl Horsfall
Joe Felter
Franklin Roosevelt
Marion Hepner
Order of Rainbow For
Masonic Hall
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