Behind the Iron Curtain a Des Moines Visitor Relives 1963 Moscow Visit
Carroll McKibbin recalls witnessing Khrushchev wave goodbye in Des Moines in 1959 and May Day crowds in Red Square in 1963. He details a Geneva based trip organized by a Swiss Soviet friendship group, experiences in Kiev and Moscow, currency, propaganda, vending machines, and conversations with a Pravda journalist.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Des Moines
Red Square
Moscow
Drake University
Foreign Service
Geneva
Switzerland
Ussr
Vienna
Swissair
Aeroflot
Kiev
Soviet Union
United States
Alexander
Intourist
Foreign Exchange Counter
Friendship Society
Pravda
Iowa
Khrushchev
Roswell Garst
Coon Rapids
Moving the goal posts on River Front Crossings development
Susan Mims argues the City Council is shifting rules for River Front Crossings after May 29 vote delaying rezoning for Pentacrest Garden Apartments. The piece notes height concerns, promises to review Form Based Code, and questions impact on affordable housing, zoning timelines, and future development.
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Jim Throgmorton
Rockne Cole
Pauline Taylor
John Thomas
Pentacrest Garden
E. Court St
RFC
River Front
Burlington Street
US Woxman Music
Planning & Zoning Commission
Capitol Street
Court
Linn
Core 4
Thomas
Throgmorton
Chauncey
Daily Iowan
Cole
Iowa Coalition Against the Shadow
Tallor Build
Ings
South Linn Street
Taylor
Susan Mims
Iowa City
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