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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1963
Page
6
Lawrence F. Scalise, newly named director of Iowa’s law enforcement division of the liquor control commission, pledges strict enforcement. Gov Hughes and state leaders tout enforcement to restore respect for law and order, with penalties for midnight liquor service and clubs.
A Cedar Rapids city plan commission restates zoning changes with emphasis on public interest over private gain. The policy guides applicants, discourages minor deviations, and aligns with growth while supporting business and industry. The piece ends with a NASA note admitting height limits for moon mission astronauts.
A 1936 reminiscence links economic opportunity to reducing race strife. Lawrence article cites C Wilson Harder of the National Federation of Independent Business urging Kennedy to focus on full employment as the root solution. He argues belly racism drives violence, notes high Negro unemployment in Washington and northern cities, and warns against using civil rights as a political weapon without job growth. Organizational and political figures mentioned include John L. Lewis, Adam Clayton Powell, and Dr. Kenneth B. Clark.
A 1963 interview with a New York psychologist argues that job discrimination against Negroes and Puerto Ricans is deep in the North as well as the South. He calls for compensatory positive discrimination and active recruitment of Negroes into skilled roles, noting the need for broader economic growth to ease racial tensions.
John Chamberlain notes a past restraint of trade among China experts and editors who pushed a Mao Jeffersonian view. Valen tin Chu’s Ta Ta Tan Tan argues the great leap failed, citing the four pests campaign and sparrow decline, plus uranium in Sinkiang and Soviet help questions.
A Cedar Rapids reader denounces rocket plant explosions in West Virginia and Lab at Fort Detrick linked outbreaks. He cites deaths, injuries, and economic strain, urging a shift from military contracts to civilian growth and nuclear ban talks to curb global tensions.
Mrs. Young argues demographers' preferred method shows rising leukemia deaths in Iowa from 1944 to 1961. Death counts rise from 143 to 259 as midyear populations grow, suggesting an upward trend when standardized for population.
Farmers face squeezed margins as hogs cattle and milk fetch low prices. Between 1955 and 1960 Chicago top hog prices on May day ranged 15.75 to 21.75 dollars with a 17.89 average. by May 1 1963 the top was 14.50. Transportation costs and rising operating expenses deepen losses, arguing that current prices worsen past policy critiques.
Harvey Weiss won Cedar Rapids' first annual teen road race at the municipal airport with Bob Kalinsky second and Don Ellis third. Barbara Breheny was crowned Miss Iowa Press Photographer of 1953 at a banquet in Iowa City. Clayde Shelladay elected president of the Iowa State Elks Assn. Cedar Rapids received a youth activity plaque. Czech Memorial day observances followed a parade. Governor Hickenlooper planned to use a CAP plane. Florence Green won three crowns in 1933 Red Oak derby. Ralph Harman led SUI to golf victory with a 149 total. George Iekel elected state chief ranger of the Iowa Catholic Order of Foresters.
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