This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1961
Page
6
The Iowa fireworks row prompts concern over sparker safety and law loopholes amid July Fourth plans. The piece warns lawmakers to reconsider. fire officials urge restraint and safety while exploring space law questions, deeming current rules risky and ill conceived.
Iowa’s 281 of 562 high school districts offered summer programs last year, serving 73.4 percent of the state’s high school enrollment across 88 counties. Cedar Rapids and other large districts have long offered summer work, aiding faster advancement, remediation, and exposure to new fields. Yet enrollment remains a small share of regular-year totals, requiring effort to convince students that summer study is worthwhile.
The Cleveland Indians assign pitcher Billy Joe Davidson to the Cedar Rapids farm team in the Three I league with a reported bonus of 120000, a record payout. Beef prices may rise as Office of Price Stabilization forces slaughterers to operate under price ceilings. Iowa Supreme Court says All Iowa Fairgrounds can be leased for auto races in non fair time. Dr C H Geiger named acting president of Coe College while awaiting successor. Robert Vernon tops SUI brain derby ratings in American government and physics tests. Ashley chapter D A R awards high school scholastic honors to Kathleen James Betty Curnutt Mary Ellen Dill Joanne Snenicka. Mayor Huston proposes over 5 million dollars added to Cedar Rapids tax rolls.
Mrs Merton F Seely and Rachel Witwer left for Montreal to sail for Liverpool and tour Europe, while 7 large industrial properties faced increased assessments that failed at a council meeting for lack of a second.
A Washington AGU column argues U.S. support for military rulers abroad bred anti democratic regimes. It recalls Rafael Trujillo’s rise after marine training in Santo Domingo, highlighting how U.S. policy favored toughness over governance. The piece links similar patterns to Nicaragua Spain Laos South Vietnam.
A wide survey argues that West Africa benefits from long colonial education and rising self rule while South Africa and Rhodesia remain dominated by European minorities. Belgium and Portugal face questions over Congo and Angola, and U.N. trusteeship is urged for gradual self government with foreign aid as needed.
A reader from Mount Vernon urges support for a tractor exchange with Cuba to free 1,200 prisoners, arguing faith and evangelism over weapons to meet communism and calling for God guided decisions.
E D McLaughlin of Montice praises a new flag displayed on Memorial Day by his grandchildren aged 7 and 5. He notes the importance of showing national emblem and plans to buy more flags for family members while commending the effort to provide affordable flags for citizens.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.