Schwengel pushes education tax credit platform move
Iowa Congressman Schwengel will ask the Republican platform committee to endorse federal legislation for tax credits to help finance college education. He cites rising college costs and support from Senator Hickenlooper who notes the 1962 Declaration of Principles endorsing educational tax credits as a possible basis for the 1964 platform.
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Iowa
Republican National Convention Platform Committee
University of Iowa
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Hickenlooper
Platform Committee
Republican Party
Gentlemen’s Agreement Guides Park Plot Development Near Memorial
The Memorial commission and the city parks department reach a handshake solution for a six acre plot near Memorial Stadium. The plan covers grading tree removal landscaping playground and picnic facilities with possible drum corps use and a flexible termination option. Cautions are raised about lack of formal contract and long term stability but progress is seen as preferable to standoff.
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City Parks Department
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Park Department
Russians Face Farm Exodus Slowing Soviet Agricultural Drive
A0124 word summary: Excerpts describe Russia's push for mass farming with more fertilizer plants and irrigation, but a brain drain from villages to cities weakens labor on farms. It notes overmanned state farms, high rural employment, and Western observers questioning if Soviet methods match Western gains, with Khrushchev mixing pay incentives and structural challenges.
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Molodoi Kommunist
Matrena Ivanovna Gorshkova
Smolensk
Evdokya
Europe
America
West
United States
State Farm Sales Debate Slated For Further Study
Governor Hughes and the state board of control favor analyzing the potential sale of portions of 12 000 acres of farms. Some farms loss making. others argue land remains valuable for institutional programs and food supply. Carroll Price opposes sales citing undervalued gains. Further fact gathering deemed wise.
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Hughes
State Board of Control
Ing
Carroll Price
Implied Consent Foe Urges Iowa Liquor Law Revision
A reader argues the implied consent provision of Iowa’s liquor-by-the-drink law tramples liberties and constitutional rights. The letter calls for removing the clause, cites Fifth Amendment concerns, cites Sen Schroeder and public welfare fears, and urges civic action including contacting lawmakers and boycotts. It also critiques a Thursday billboard cartoon about thank-you notes to taxpayers as absurd.
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Schroeder
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
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Bob Hunter
Mansfield Emerges as Possible Johnson VP Choice
President Johnson weighs many candidates for vice president and has privately considered Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana. The move reflects a broader search balancing regional, religious, and civil rights factors as the 1964 convention approaches.
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Ashington
Johnson
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Mansfield
Atlantic City
N.J
Inee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Goldwater
Scranton
G.O.P
Disarmament Echoes as Hollywood Party Analogy
The Danville Virginia Commercial Appeal likens disarmament to a party where no one arrives until others come, using a social metaphor to critique the slow progress and collective hesitation on weapons reduction.
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Danville
1954 City hall workers seek 40 hour week
Forty seven city hall employes and officials petitioned the city council for a 40 hour work week in 1955. The proposal would close city hall all day Saturdays replacing the then schedule from 8 a.m. to noon.
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