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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
6
Legal notice fragment shows parties Allen Klapp and Pany with addresses in Chicago New York Detroit San Francisco and California. Source provides minimal context on action. no court or filing details present.
A columnist analyzes the Iowa taxation study committee proposal to finance capital improvements at state universities by a $90 a year building fee added to tuition. The piece argues the plan shifts funding from legislators to students, risks higher costs for low income students, and urges comparing tuition shares over decades and with other states.
Eisenhower argues the issue of continuing U S aid to Yugoslavia must be reconsidered in light of Tito's renewed friendliness with Moscow. He warns Tito has always played both sides and questions whether his army would resist Soviet incursion or aid Russian forces. He contends further spending on Tito is unwarranted.
The piece argues younger Russians, educated under Stalinist narrative, are shocked to learn of his realpolitik and purges. It notes Litvinov and Molotov’s fates, Khrushchev’s shifts, and Tito’s reception, framing collective leadership as replacing old brutality with restraint while warning of distorted historical memory.
H R Green Engineering presented legal descriptions of the combined Cedar Rapids school district and Memorial Commission recreational site to representatives for approval of the tract purchase. The item was part of a series of local civic updates including alumni events and school leadership changes.
Washington reports a three to nine split in the Supreme Court as Justice Warren Douglas and Black accept the Communist line that they are a political party. The court upheld a California employer’s firing of an employee for Communist party membership, while other justices concurred with the ruling. The piece argues this reveals conflicts with the First and Fourteenth Amendments and warns against government-backed discrimination by ideology.
JOSEPH ALSOP reports from Karamaneh near Jericho on Palestinian refugees living in UN camps across Jordan and neighbors. The camp hosts describe daily ration limits and limited services while anger at dispossession fuels calls for justice and return to Palestine.
Drew Pearson reports AFL-CIO leaders led by Meany support a purge of labor bosses with outside business interests. He notes Jim Hoffa clashes with the anti-conflict stance, detailing Hoffa family ties to Test Fleet and profits from a 1950s Flint strike, and a 1954 Senate inquiry ending abruptly.
A humorous look at the 1956 elections and global politics. The author riffs on world affairs and U S voters shaping the future, with satirical asides about Lenin Stalin and postwar Europe. The piece blends breezy wit with a cityscape backdrop.
A reader asks why her weight stays low at five feet seven with five children and a habit of smoking. Dr. Joseph Mason explains frame weight ranges, potential gains after quitting smoking, and TB risk, then urges a medical exam for a reader reporting sinus trouble with blood in phlegm and nasal discharge.
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