Forthright Farm Bureau urges Benson to clarify farm program views
The Iowa Farm Bureau through President E. Howard Hill asks Secretary Benson to clear up public misunderstanding about farm programs. Hill defends agriculture against portrayals as pampered and greedy, notes Congress backs subsidies, and warns all groups may see the truth differently.
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
E. Howard Hill
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
Farm Bureau
Keep Conservation Out of Politics
The Iowa state conservation commission relieved Bruce Stiles after 11 years as director while he faced major surgery. The Sioux City Journal calls the move a firing and urges Gov Loveless to maintain progressive, science based policies and to keep the department free of politics and politics driven staffing.
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State Conservation Commission
Bruce Stiles
Stiles
Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Erwin D. Sias
Sioux City Journal
Iowa
Commission
Sias
Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Department
Conservation Commission
Queen Elizabeth Frightfully Excited During Chicago Visit
Queen Elizabeth visiting Chicago said she was frightfully excited by the city. W Averell Harriman commented on talks with Premier Khrushchev describing them as terror and noting the difference between fright and terror.
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Queen Elizabeth
Chicago
W. Averell Harriman
Khrushchev
Nixon Backers Seek Early Lock on 1960 Republican Nomination
Nixon's top supporters push for binding pledges to secure the 633 delegate threshold at the 1960 GOP convention. They claim 1,000 delegates could be available, but Nixon avoids explicit commitments, preferring an open convention free of preemptive deals and emphasizing campaign unity over pressure tactics.
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Ashington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Republican Party
Rockefeller
We Should Bone Up on Homework Sokolsky Critique
A Christian Nationalist Crusade table of Supreme Court decisions is cited to claim anti Red and pro Red biases among justices. The piece argues readers should study decisions and history, noting dangers of conflating anti communism with civil rights limits and stressing the need to preserve republican government while fighting communism.
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Supreme Court
Democrat Party
Sen. Eastland
Mississippi
Committee On the Judiciary
Congressional Record
United States
Karl Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Congress
Russia
FBI
Secret Union Vote Is the Answer to Steel Crisis
A nationwide steel strike threatens 8 to 12 weeks of disruption with millions in losses and rising imports. The piece examines the Taft Hartley cooling off provisions, past presidential actions, and a proposed law to require secret worker votes before a strike, arguing democracy in labor matters could stabilize the economy.
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Ashington
Truman
Supreme Court
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Steelworkers Union
David McDonald
Berlin crisis at Geneva sees path to indefinite suspension
Western Powers push for a Berlin settlement framework at Geneva resuming talks. A proposed plan would place East and West Germany on a joint commission to study unity while suspending Berlin disputes. The approach follows weeks of defense cuts and fiscal strains in the United States amid a recovering economy.
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Ashington
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Geneva
Berlin
West Germany
Herter
Eisenhower
Record of 1949-50 city budget optimism and cold war notes
Finance Commissioner L. D. Burgus forecasts a sufficient property value rise to offset growing city expenditures and expects only small tax increases in 1950-51. The piece also recalls local athletic results, personnel changes at Cedar Rapids’ Bohemian newspaper, and reflects on postwar Berlin tensions with Khrushchev, Herter, and Gromyko.
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L. D. Burgus
Playground Commission
Coe
Caroline’ Pederson
Roosevelt
Roger Scoles
Cedar Rapids
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J. V. Stodola
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