Demonstration on Telephonic Evidence in Mundt Committee Hearings
The piece critiques the Mundt committee for handling transcribed telephone conversations and questions the legality of monitoring calls without consent. It argues for wide congressional debate, notes potential public insight from airing calls, and highlights the challenge reporters face in accurately informing the public about Washington.
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Mundt
Congress
House
Washington
Four-year terms criticized by Nebraska congressman Hruska
A Cedar Rapids reader bulletin by Congressman Roman L. Hruska argues four-year terms would help bad congressmen stay too long, while two-year terms keep members more responsive to constituents. He calls for campaign limits to reduce excess campaigning.
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Congress
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
Cedar Rapids
Hruska
House
Who Are the Bad Drivers
A 1953 Iowa Department of Public Safety report on motor vehicle accidents shows males account for far more crashes than females, with 685 fatal male drivers to 75 fatal female drivers. The 25 34 age group posts the highest accident rate, challenging beliefs about teen and women drivers.
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Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Four Year Terms for Congress: A Progressive Proposal
The author argues for four-year congressional terms to avoid governance gridlock during midterm shifts. They note the President's four-year term and the need for stable time to implement programs. A two-year cycle risks a stalled government and partisan swings, suggesting a four-year experimental period to test better governance.
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Congress
Mundt hearings show senate limits and the price of talk
The Mundt committee hearings reveal flaws in investigating bodies amid praise for restraint but criticism for self serving talk. Senators’ verbose grammar and televised excess dilute core issues while many still deceive with platitudes. Readers see the danger of grandstanding over substance in a political climate of 1954.
This Day Ten Years Ago Cedar Rapids News Highlights
Ten years ago the community joined in church services across creeds to pray for Allied forces landing in France. FBI agent E E Kuhnel urged vigilance against saboteurs during the D-day period. William L Fahey elected grand knight of Cedar Rapids council 909 Knights of Columbus. A Dil linger member Tommy Carroll was shot by police in Waterloo while reaching for a gun. CCC trainees from Cedar Rapids to be discharged June 30 after Mill Creek dam work. Captain Roy W Vrba reelected president of the Iowa State Association of Fire Fighters.
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Cedar Rapids
Europe
E. E. Kuhnel
FBI
Iowa
William L. Fahey
Knights of Columbus
Tommy Carroll
Dillinger
Waterloo
St. Francis Hospital
CCC
Solon
Mill Creek
Roy W. Vrba
Iowa State Association of Fire Fighters
Foreign Aid Debate Tests European Defense Community
Marquis Childs assesses how much foreign aid the United States should provide while the European Defense Community treaty lingers. He notes French and Italian delays, Socialist support, and rising Western alliance strains as Adenauer faces domestic pressure, with the risk of a weaker alliance and possible push toward unilateral action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Europe
Asia
French Assembly
Western
France
Italy
West
Ance
French Socialist Party Congress
Socialist Congress
America
Western Alliance
Ions Tos Congress
Dilemma for Ike's Voters
Washington voters who helped Eisenhower win in 1952 face a choice in the 1954 congressional elections. Records show Republican backing of Ike is strong, but Democratic votes often provided the decisive support for his victories, raising questions about how far more GOP seats will translate into more Ike policy.
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Congress
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Congressional Quarterly
Lican House of Representatives
Senate Banking Committee
House
Correction on pulmotor claim by Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Ambulance Service rejects the pulmotor as dangerous and states it uses Stevens on Resuscitator oxygen equipment approved by the AMA. Since 1947 they have revived many patients in cases of drowning smoke gas heart attack and respiratory failure.
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Ambulance Service
American Medical Association
Council On Physical Medicine
the Gazette
Hospital Week
American Red Cross
Robert L. Tow
General Mgr
First Aid Instructor Ambulance Service Company
Bugsy Baer and the Bribery Debate in Oil History
This excerpt reflects on political scandal and corruption in U S oil reserves, referencing Teapot Dome and naval oil interests. It contrasts the two party system with oversight while noting personal ambitions and public trust in a critical, satirical tone.
What is beriberi and its causes
Beriberi is a nutritional deficiency disease causing extreme weakness and disability. It arises not from rice or wheat themselves but from removing virtually all vitamin B1 in milling and refining processes, making refined white rice and white flour deficient. Historically linked to famine, outbreaks have appeared worldwide, including Africa and the Americas.
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India
China
Philippines
Japan
Malaya
Africa
Brazil
Paraguay
Uruguay
Seattle
San Francisco
Bangor
Maine
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