Civic Center Site Debate Hinges on Cedar Rapids Location
A Cedar Rapids civic auditorium project faces a central question of site with Fifth Avenue SE and First Avenue proposals pitted. Experts favor a downtown central site for accessibility traffic and convention use, while both avenues have merits and demerits in a balanced debate.
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Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenue SE
First Avenue
Hawkeye Downs
Memorial Stadium
Fifth Avenue
Citizens’ Committee
Kremlin Power Struggle Hint Seen in Supreme Soviet Session
The Supreme Soviet opens its summer session in Moscow with 1,517 members and routine approval of Communist Party proposals. Kremlinologists expect signals about a leadership shuffle, noting Khrushchev era policy shifts and Brezhnev Kosygin plans as context for possible changes before the 1971 75 five year plan.
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Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Communist Party Central Committee
Communist Party
Russia
Anatole Shub
Washington Post
Kremlin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Brezhnev-Kosygin
Middle East
Czechoslovakia
Finch Survives Desegregation Battle Amid Policy Clash
HEW Secretary Robert Finch won a tentative victory in the school desegregation fight by blocking a southern oriented revision. The July 3 policy statement preserves ambiguity to satisfy liberal and conservative aims, keeping gradual change and delays possible while asserting commitment to ending discrimination.
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Ashington
Robert Finch
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Nixon
Finch
Ray Price
South
White House
Washington
Justice Department
Banking lobby blocks Nixon push on bank holding rules
A Senate Banking Committee session saw lobbyists from First National City Bank and others push to expand bank holding company reach. They won votes with Republican and several Democrat defections, defeating the Nixon administration aligned Patman bill aiming to sever banks from nonbanking ventures.
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Ashington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Texas
Jack Yingling
First National City Bank of
New York
John Holton
American Bankers Association
Matt Hale
ABA
Don Rogers
Association of Registered Bank Holding Companies
Robert Oliver
Sperry and Hutchinson, Inc
S and H Green Stamp Company
Treasury Department
William Widnall
New Jersey
Henry Reuss
Wisconsin
Tom Rees
Richard Hanna
California
Lenore Sullivan
Missouri
Patman
Critics Question Cedar Rapids School Board Appointments
A reader voices concern over Cedar Rapids school board choices citing many nonlocal administrators, outside Iowa hires, and favoritism. The letter argues promotions should favor locally devoted educators and questions the board’s power distribution and selection criteria.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Whisker Dip In Fashion Sparks Mustache Cup Talk
Observation notes beard and mustache trend revival suggesting the mustache cup could return to prevent facial hair from contact with liquids. The piece evokes old style etiquette while predicting renewed interest in a once common accessory.
River patrol announced for Iowa City area by police chief
Police Chief O A White announced a 1959 river patrol to cover from the Coralville power dam to the hydraulics lab dam in Iowa City with Sgt Fred Lewis assigned to the task. Cedar Rapids considers a six story parking ramp on First Street West between Second and Third Avenues with potential city buyout for the site.
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Iowa River Patrol
O. A. White
Iowa City
Fred Lewis
Coralville
Hydraulics Laboratory
First Street
Second
Third Avenues
Cedar Rapids
Bur gus draws up long term plan for city funds
Finance Commissioner L D Bur gus filed for public inspection a 10 20 30 years plan stating that $827 293 must be raised by taxation Local grocery ad lists butter 23 cents per pound coffee 3 pounds 35 cents baby beef roast 17 cents a pound potatoes 25 cents a peck and oranges 10 cents a dozen
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L. D. Burgus
Nixon’s Secret Deals Undercut Public Confidence in Washington
The piece surveys claims of secret dealings by executive officers with foreign governments, Pentagon blunders, and doctored intelligence reports aimed at swaying Congress. It notes Fulbright and Stratton critiques, the Tonkin Gulf power, and rising partisan tensions as scrutiny increases.
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York
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. William Fulbright
U.S
Thailand
Senate
Spain
Samuel 8. Stratton
New York
House
Armed Services Committee
Defense
Laird
Robert Donovan
Los Angeles Times
Nixon
Republican ‘Party
Vietnam
Pentagon
Johnson
Fulbright
Rogers
Stratton Subcommittee
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the People's Forum
Lowa Supreme Court
Linn County
Charles Vyskocil
Jacquelyn Pachta
Darrell Gladwin
Richard
Donnie Vyskocil
University of Iowa
Jack Wishmier
SUI
van Meter
New Hampton High School
John Varran
Iowa Golf Assn
Mason City
George Clark
Gence
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Saigon
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