Cedar Rapids School Budget Shows 641 664 Increase Explained
The Cedar Rapids 1963-64 budget set at 11 418 813 up 641 664 from 1962-63 faces a hearing Aug 5. A prior duplication of pension contributions in instructional service and state pension fund inflated totals by 411 500, now corrected. The true rise aligns with enrollment and staffing growth, pressing toward higher taxes and potential state aid.
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Cedar Rapids
School Board Business Office
Iowa
Fiscal Conflict's Backwash: Job Despair for Youth
The piece surveys how finance and monetary policy affect workers and youth, detailing debates among Rep. Wright Patman Sen. Paul Douglas and Leon Keyserling. It notes unemployment among teens at 18 percent and racial disparities, arguing policy may need drastic steps beyond rate hikes to avert social ills.
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Ress
Keyserling
Real Troupers save Carnival players after tent collapse
Director Don Tescher of Cedar Rapids Community Theater leads a brave cast through a rain disrupted show. A sudden squall wrecks the tent at 2 a.m. forcing a move to the auditorium with plans for repeat performances. The troupe earns standing applause for perseverance and community spirit.
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Doff
Don Tescher
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Tescher
Murrow seeks more TV aid amid opposition in Congress
Edward R. Murrow, leading Voice of America figure, faces resistance from the House Appropriations Committee as he requests 3 million dollars to expand U.S. televised broadcasts. He notes countries abroad seek U.S. film stories to counter criticism of race progress and Little Rock. The piece also recounts a Kennedy era joke from Jack Leonard.
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Clinton, Tenn
Jack Leonard
Danny
Kennedy
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Lyndon Johnson
Jack
Hart and Wallace clash over heaven and civil rights hearing
In a Senate commerce committee civil rights hearing, Sen. Hart questions Gov. Wallace about equal opportunity and even what heaven might be like, challenging Wallace's rigid views. The exchange shifts to northern segregation and the dangers faced in Birmingham, highlighting Hart as a rising, outspoken figure.
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Ashington
Heaven
Senate Commerce Committee
Michigan
Alabama
Paradise
George C. Wallace
Philip A. Hart
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Sen. Hart
Gov. Wallace
Free Enterprise
North
Wallace
Hart
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert Kennedy
Justice Department
Samuel J. Erwin, Jr
D-N.c
Senator Hart
Birmingham
Cuba
Man the Master in Fiction Dept Question
A shopper asks for a book titled Man the Master. The saleslady directs to the fiction department. This brief exchange appears in the Iowa State Traveler and reflects bookstore navigation.
City Junior tennis titles lead 1953 events strong
Bruce and Bob Boyson along with Georgia Dennis captured four of nine titles at the City Junior tennis tournament. Georgia teamed with Mimi Armstrong to win another on Memorial park municipal courts. Four others were recognized in river baptisms and a local hole-in-one contest highlighted Cedar Rapids civic notes from 1953.
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Bob Boyson
Georgia Dennis
Georgia
Mimi Armstrong
Memorial Park
Cedar River
Conrad Beach
Oma Kirk
Pentecostal Evangelical Church
Ellis Boulevard
I Avenue
George Beals
Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau
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Chamber of Commerce
Gene Chapman
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