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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1968
Page
23
Analysis argues that redistributing federal revenues to states or schools faces practical flaws. It notes no-strings federal funds could be redirected to equal per pupil spending but warns loss in transit and tax resistance. Observes varied state needs and doubts a nationwide funding method fits all.
A discussion on three motorcycles in a single metered space questions parking laws and space efficiency. The piece asks how to apply curb rules and individual spaces to multiple bikes while noting motorcyclists deserve space too. A separate note then criticizes a Senate bill to shift interstate highways to heavier trucks, urging Iowa lawmakers to oppose it and warning of broader highway strain.
The Harris Poll shows former Gov George Wallace attracting about 10 million votes nationally on a third party line roughly 15 percent. Wallace siphons about two Democratic votes for each Wallace vote from Nixon or Rockefeller, potentially boosting the GOP by at least three points if Wallace were out of the race. He draws heavily from the South, rural areas, and white Protestants, with 85 percent of supporters Protestant and 99 percent white.
The 1968 race centers on how the United States should engage the communist world. Candidates Nixon and Humphrey avoid old slogans while debate sharpens on strategy toward Soviet and Chinese influence and global confrontation.
The article argues for two approaches to integrate Negro history into education: broad curriculum inclusion of black experiences from elementary to college levels, and dedicated courses in Negro or African history and black literature. It cites studies on reader representation, student interest, and debates over segregated courses, noting Yale and Fisk university efforts toward Afro American studies and a shift in textbook revisions.
A 1958 tornado ripped through Tama county farm land northwest of Toledo. At least a dozen farms were heavily damaged and one farm saw forty five trees uprooted. Cedar Rapids voters backed a 425000 bond issue for three new swimming pools with work to start in the fall. Three election questions passed with margins over 4 percent. B G Taylor of Cedar Rapids was elected grand master of the Iowa Negro Masons in Council Bluffs. B B Hickenlooper of Cedar Rapids was nominated for lieutenant governor at the Des Moines GOP convention. James Franken of Cedar Rapids was elected.
A Dubuque annual district summer meeting of the American Legion heard a warning from the Second Iowa district commander and Gov. Kraschel's public works appraisal committee in Des Moines that the ongoing emergency spending program, if continued, will eventually cause a breakdown of the economic system.
Comedian Red Skelton reaches Korea to perform for American forces amid reflection on the death of his son Richard at age nine from leukemia. The piece sketches broader political debates between Nixon and Humphrey on poverty, defense spending, and global politics influencing the upcoming election.
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