Demand for library services grows amid staff shortages across the nation
The American Library Association reports a rush to learn straining libraries with about 10 000 librarians needed, including 5 000 vacant positions. Rising student reading, adult courses, and technical reading boost demand while Brooklyn libraries tighten card checks as 10 percent of 200 000 volumes vanish yearly. Public access and legal borrowing remain best for minds.
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Linn County
American Library Association
Chicago
U.S
Brooklyn
N.Y
Library Service
Iowa Welcomes Council of State Governments Delegation
The Iowa City Council hosts a Midwestern regional meeting in Davenport spanning four days starting Sunday. Delegations from 11 states attend as the Council of State Governments, a body credited with ideas on highway markings and driver tests, while opposing a December plan to create a supra supreme court and other federal overhauls. Iowa lawmakers declined action on two resolutions, signaling disapproval but welcoming the visiting officials.
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OWA
Council of State Governments
Davenport
Chicago
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Midwest
Iowa
Plan Seeks Swift Civil Rights Bill Passage Despite Senate Hurdles
Washington observers describe a strategic push to pass the civil rights program in basic form. The plan targets House action after a tax cut vote, then moves to the Senate around mid September, aiming to minimize amendments and avoid collapse amid filibuster tensions.
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Ashington
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
John McCormack
Carl Albert
Hubert Humphrey
Lincoln
Proclaim Throughout the Land on Civil Rights and Economy
Conscientious leaders in congress weigh whether civil rights gains or economic uplift for Black workers should take precedence. Negro leaders insist both are equally vital, while fear of stalling broader legislation threatens vocational education redevelopment mass transit and a tax cut. The split mirrors national stagnation.
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Congress
Policy Undercut in South Vietnam Threatens Victory
William S White argues U S policy in South Vietnam risks collapse under criticism of Ngo Dinh Diem and religious tensions. He warns a failure here could invite broader communist expansion, undermine U S aims, and force costly interventions despite a path to limited war.
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Ashington
South Vietnam
United States
Southeast Asia
Free World
Korea
Orient
Kennedy
Vietnam
Globe
Ngo Dinh Diem
Stalin
Russia
Hitler
With New Republican Citizens Committee Eisenhower's New Role
Roscoe Drummond notes a Citizens Committee formed to push GOP policy beyond criticism. They seek concrete steps to boost the economy and foreign policy positions, urging clearer plans on tax cuts civil rights and anti Castro moves rather than generalities.
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Ashington
New Chance for Elderly In Retirement Second Career
The columnist argues 65 and older can pursue second careers and meaningful community work. Cites Franklin Henry Wallace Harriman Lodge and Rockefeller as examples of public service and later life engagement. Encourages retirees to do good turns and contribute beyond wealth.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Henry Wallace
United States
Iowa
Rockefeller
Averill Harriman
Lodge
South Vietnam
YMCA Senior Men's Club Leads Local Elderly Aid
The Cedar Rapids YMCA started the Senior Men's Christian Club in 1956 under General Secretary E. B. Zeller. Since 1957 president I. T. Willson has guided 85 members with 16 deaths, meeting weekly for speakers, games, and cards in an unpaid facility. The article also notes the Republican Citizens Committee forming a Critical Issues Council led by Dr. Milton Eisenhower to study national problems and prepare position papers for the party with expert help.
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Cedar Rapids
YMCA
Republican Citizens Committee
Gen. Eisenhower
Critical Issues Council
Hershey
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Citizens Committee
Eisenhower
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Arthur Burns
U.S
When the girls at the office call you Sir
A brief wry line from the Iowa State Traveler noting a man’s aging prospects and the joke about social security as a future landmark.
Detective John Hanna promoted to Inspector of Detectives
In 1953 Cedar Rapids city council promoted Detective John Hanna to inspector of detectives. The post had been vacant since former Inspector Frank Bukacek retired in April.
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John Hanna
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bukacek
Joe Stanka
Daryl
Burlington
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