Sound veto of Iowa airlines tax bill on ground of provisions
Governor Loveless vetoed a bill taxing airlines in Iowa arguing the three factor formula and 65 percent city share conflict with local tax policy and delayed outcomes of a Civil Aeronautics Board case. He urged keeping revenue at airports and using a feeder airline pattern to foster progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overnor Loveless
Iowa
House
Senate
State General Fund
Taxation Study Committee
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Board
Safety stance ignores driver effort in car crashes
Traffic safety experts argue 15 to 20 factors contribute to collisions and blame the car itself as the constant. President Stevens of the Automobile Safety Association says campaigns focus on driver education and enforcement, not on making vehicles foolproof, noting human risk and appetite for speed undermine toasting safety comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Stevens
The
Automobile Safety Association
Aims for 10,000 Jobs Spur Growth in Iowa
Former Governor Hoegh aimed to create 10,000 jobs in Iowa with industry and labor support. Cedar Rapids attracted multiple new plants contributing to about a quarter of the goal. The Iowa Development Commission reports 10,150 more employed in March 1957 than March 1956, suggesting progress toward the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emember
Hoegh
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Development Commission
Congress Gears Up For Budget Battles And Building Plans
Congress returns from a long weekend with a flood of bills and looming battles over school construction and integration. Hoover Commission notes suggest billions can be saved, while investigations into unions and taxes proceed. Capitol improvements spark debate over costs, space, and perks.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Hoover Commission
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
John McClellan
D-Ark
Dave Beck
Dave, Jr
Teamsters
McClellan
Bakers’ Union
Harry Byrd
D-Va
America
Senate
House
Capitol
Capitol Plaza
School board approves 10acre tract for new Buchanan school
The Cedar Rapids area item notes the school board approved purchasing about ten acres south of Meadow Brook Drive for a new Buchanan school, netting about eight acres after city street extensions. Purchase price listed as 17500 dollars.
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Buchanan
Meadowbrook Drive
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Charlene Stettler
Belle Plaine
Iowa State College
Iowa Daily Press Women’s Association
Medical Qs and Answers on Skin, Thyroid, and Breast Procedures
A reader asks about a child with possible athlete’s foot and the need for a skin specialist. The column explains thyroid adenoma is usually removed surgically due to malignancy risk and recurrence absence, and discusses breast reduction risks, success, and the role of dieting for weight loss.
Czech Monument Is Backstop In Lidice Ill
Washington columnist Drew Pearson recalls the Lidice backstop near Joliet Illinois once a monument to 173 Czechs murdered by the Nazis after aiding Heydrich’s killers. He notes the symbol of freedom once honored by Willkie and Roosevelt now used as a baseball marker amid cigarette butts and litter.
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Washington
Joliet
Ill
Wendell Willkie
Hitler
Pearl Harbor
Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Czechoslovakia
Willkie
Roosevelt
Symbol to Remember Lidice Housing Plan Sparks US Speech
A proposed Joliet NL housing project named Lidice sparks remarks from Wendell Willkie and a telegraphed message from Franklin Roosevelt calling Lidice a symbol of human freedom. A Czech refugee, Charles Burian, who survived Hitler, is noted in the continuation.
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America
Gael Sullivan
Joliet
Wendell Willkie
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
United States
Lidice
Charles Burian
Stassen Granted Authority on H Bomb Test Limits
President Eisenhower orders Harold Stassen to seek midway limits on nuclear tests while retaining authority to limit but not abolish tests. The American embassy reports Khrushchev widened control of the Kremlin after the Hungarian upheaval and now acts as Russia’s backstage dictator.
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Harold Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Russia
Cedar Rapids artist Marvin Cone reflects on art and life
Professor Marvin Cone of Coe College in Cedar Rapids discusses starting as an artist in 1919, teaching, abstract painting, and the Little Gallery era. He notes Cedar Rapids could have a museum, favors a campus centered art center, and recalls travel to Mexico and southern France with Grant Wood.
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Marvin Cone
Coe College
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Chicago Art Institute
Coe
Little Gallery
Grant Wood
Turner Alley
Art Association
Mexico
France
Atlantic Ocean
Paris
Ike’s Rising Power Shapes 1960 Republican Ticket
In this analysis Stewart Alsop argues Eisenhower’s late push to defend his program expands his power. The President reportedly aims to influence 1960 candidates, with Nixon on a tentative list while Knowland is unlikely. Ike’s patronage, media access, and decisive party control could force delegates and party leaders to bow to his choice.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
White House
Richard Nixon
William Knowland
Franklin Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
James Cox
League of Nations
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Truman
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Meade Alcorn
Buggy Baer Automations and The Automaton Dilemma
A witty op ed questions automation's value in modern life and compares it to past attempts. It jokes about machines predicting thoughts and guiding human actions while noting machines do not think yet may reflect human habits. The piece muses on future tech and the quirks of round numbers.
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Frederick C.othman
Congressional
Othman
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Emil Klumpar
Grant High School
University of Iowa
Franklin High School
Frontier Park
Middle West
John H. Mitchell
A. R. Zuercher
Linn County Medical Society
B. G. Broghammer
Knights of Columbus
Louis C. Novak
Red Cross
Ruth Zika
Chicago Normal School of Physical Education
Margaret Chesbro
California
Dr. Joseph
S.J
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Washington Pipeline
George Clark
David Turner
W. R. Boyd
Georges Braque
Donald Key
By Stewart Alsop
Ike
Bugs” Baer
Simon
Ephraim Totterer
Mauch Chunk
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