Paving program in Cedar Rapids aims for systematic planning
The Cedar Rapids 1961 paving program expands about 19 miles costing nearly 1.9 million dollars. The plan relies on property owner petitions, but a shift to council initiated projects could improve efficiency and long term city growth. Officials urge stronger leadership, formal priority setting, and phased funding from gas tax to open arteries and realign streets.
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Cedar Rapids
Stolba
Iowa
Congress Opposes Farm Policy Shifts Across Administrations
A Washington columnist criticizes Congress for resisting farm policy reforms across Benson Freeman and Kennedy administrations. The piece argues high price supports sustain subsidies and surpluses, while plans to give producers more control yield vague proposals. It labels current policy as a deteriorating mix of rigid supports and delayed programs.
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Ashington
Congress
Ezra Benson
Orville Freeman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Benson
Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Kennedy-Freeman
U.S
Wonder If Jack Wants Us to Go Ahead
A critical view on farm policy argues there is no restraint on overproduction and that organized farm voters dominate Congress. The piece cites Benson, Nixon, Kennedy, and voter trends, asserting that calls for crop controls are unpopular and that ending high price supports is the likely outcome.
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Jack
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Benson
Nixon
Kennedy
What It Takes Faith and Inner Strength
A preacher extols inner resilience as the priceless ingredient of character. He cites a college friend who, after family tragedy, vowed to raise his siblings and rebuild his town’s faith in him, succeeding through faith and effort to become a respected, content man at forty five.
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Walter Hampton
Quarreling over Panmunjom Armistice Continues in Korea
An editor's tour report describes the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea at Panmunjom. It explains MAC composition and meetings at JSA, the split center of the zone, and contrasts Freedom Village with Propaganda Village across the line.
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Anmunjom
Korea
North
South Korea
Korean Peoples Army
United Nations Command
Military Armistice Commission
MAC
Joint Security Area
JSA
Panmunjom
Tae Song Dong
WEBER
Freedom Village
Propaganda Village
UN Command
Taxes Rise on Gasoline Cigarettes and Sales in 18 States
The Commerce Clearing House maps show 23 tax boosts this year affecting travelers, with cigarette taxes up to 8 cents a pack in several states, gas taxes rising in New Jersey Pennsylvania and Washington, and road sales taxes increasing in Connecticut Illinois Michigan Utah and West Virginia. Local levies and varied state actions are not fully shown.
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INCE
Commerce Clearing House
CCH
Nevada
Alaska
Maryland
New Mexico
Virginia
Connecticut
Missouri
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Idaho
Illinois
Maine
Washington
West Virginia
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Utah
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Berlin
L.B.J
Los Angeles
Roscoe Drummond
Democratic Farm Program
Federal
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Panmunjon
Harrison Weber
The
Iowa Daily Press Association
Pacific
Commerce Clearing House, Inc
Wall Street Journal
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