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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1963
Page
6
The Cedar Rapids city council chose the quantity discount bidder for two paying contracts, saving about $10,000 and signaling that nonconforming bids will be rejected in the future. The episode highlights flaws in the original bid forms and suggests considering alternate combined bids to cut further costs.
Eisenhower and Kennedy stress voting rights as the key civil rights issue. The NAACP cites Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment to curb Southern voting denial, potentially reducing state representation and Senate influence if enforcement proceeds. The path faces congressional hurdles amid Southern strength, but court action could solidify constitutional rights in practice and law.
John Chamberlain argues U.S. anti Castro actions clash with broader policy on colonial independence. He notes U.N. support for independence in Angola contrasts with Portugal’s rule and Congo’s training camps for UPA fighters in Leopoldville. He casts doubt on Holden Roberto’s Angolan People's Union aims and questions if independence would bring stability.
The piece argues U.S. foreign policy hypocrisy in Congo and Angola, noting aid to the Congo regime while opposing Katanga secession and questioning Holden Roberto's democrat credentials amid Cuba policy and Caribbean operations.
Washington this week hears testimony before the joint Atomic Energy Committee led by Dr. Paul Tompkins on radioactive levels in the United States. The session follows rising atmospheric radioactivity from tests and a government-tilted view that a little more radiation poses no hazard.
Senators Dodd and Humphrey backed by 28 colleagues propose a first step ban on all atmospheric and underwater tests. The plan requires no on site inspections and aims to secure bipartisan Senate ratification, challenging Moscow to join a concrete U S commitment amid stalled Geneva negotiations. The effort emphasizes end to radioactive fallout and a world wide halt to multi megaton testing as a starting point. Moscow remains reluctant and insists on on site inspection for underground tests, while Khrushchev signals possible withdrawal if demands are not met. The initiative seeks a two thirds ban without on site checks and frames the issue as a test of Soviet willingness to cooperate. The outcome hinges on Soviet response to a unified U S front predicated on atmospheric and underwater bans.
In Cedar Rapids a reader urges keeping education separate from morality and assigns parental and church responsibility for character to families. She praises local schools, supports taxpayer-backed educator roles, and notes plans to attend a Women Overseas Service League convention in Chicago while intending to read Martha Cole’s article.
Ervin F Stepanek was chosen as director of the Community Welfare Foundation of Cedar Rapids replacing Frank C Welch who requested not to be reappointed. The piece notes other local civic changes including appointments at Coe College and Cedar Rapids recreation, plus a June registration drive for Linn county farm laborers.
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