Debate Grows Over Shaff Reapportionment Plan in Iowa
In Iowa a campaign forms to urge voters to reject the Shaff reapportionment plan in a December 3 special election. Opponents plan a June 19 strategy session at the Fort Des Moines hotel while supporters cite a Farm Bureau push backing Shaff. The piece notes Shaff’s claim of an alliance against the plan and argues the real opposition seeks a fairer system beyond keeping minority control.
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Aule
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
David O. Shaff
Clinton
Shaff
Judiciary
Iowa liquor law faces self justifications by overzealous officials
A business reader criticizes Des Moines enforcement actions that add restrictive interpretations to the new liquor law. He argues officials risk undermining the law’s aim to improve Iowa’s image by imposing extra limits on saloon signs and naming. The piece urges strict but sensible enforcement without overreach.
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Picagunish
Des Moines
Iowa
Courtesy and courtesy bring goodwill to Cedar Rapids
A letter from Thomas E Savard of International Falls Minn recalls a late night parking ban and a tow from a Cedar Rapids street. He paid 7 50 for the tow and noted curt police replies. Readers pledge to show courtesy to residents and visitors alike.
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Curtesy
Thomas E. Savard
International Falls
Minn
People’s Forum
Politicians Press Nuclear Fallout Safety Gaps
Congressmen pressed Dr. Paul Tompkins as to why no official danger point guidelines exist for radioactive fallout. He promised recommendations next year but admitted figures would not be fixed. Senators noted growing public concern over rising iodine 131 levels in Salt Lake City Kansas City and Des Moines with past high counts in St. Louis.
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Ashington
Atomic Energy Commission
Public Health Service
United States
Russia
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Mel Price
Paul Tompkins
Federal Radiation Council
Tompkins
Joint Atomic Energy Committee of Congress
Salt Lake City
Kansas City
Des Moines
St. Louis
Holifield and
Price
Dr. Tompkins
George Aiken
R-Vt
Congress Open to a National Lottery Says Rep. Fine
Rep. Paul A. Fine drives a push for a U S national lottery with referendums and a five member federal lottery commission. He warns lawmakers and the public about hypocrisy while outlining tax exemptions and age limits. UPI reporters find broad congressional disapproval of lotteries.
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Ashington
Congress
Paul A. Fine
R-N.y
Dublin
England
United States
Ireland
Canada
West Germany
France
Italy
Spain
Sweden
New Hampshire
Fine
UPI
North Begins To Know Fear Of the Racial Issue
A national view of Kennedy civil rights policy shows both parties wary, with the North feeling threatened by new racial dynamics. Attorney General Kennedy faces northern extremist attack while moderates fear the growth of leadership competition among Negro leaders and possible white counter reactions in the North.
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Ashington
Senate
Kennedy
North
South
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
John Kennedy
George Wallace
Alabama
Virtue's Price in Amish Life Questioned
A New York Times reporter asks Amish farmer Christ Stoltzfus in Pennsylvania if Amish life with horse and buggy remains feasible. He says life is better without cars and money but notes more leisure invites mischief, while imagining a nation living Amish.
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New York Times
Christ Stoltzfus
Pennsylvania
Mr. Stoltzfus
Cedar Rapids News and Notes from 1953
Highlights include Earle Muzzy named president of Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids plant successor to R. Douglas Stuart who becomes Canadian ambassador. Gas price war confined to four dealers at 17.9 cents per gallon. Craig Huston reelected Footlighters president with Forbes Osberg as VP. Grocery stores consider half day closings. Dick Rozek sets Junior Legion strikeout record with 15 as Armstrong beats Smulekoff's 7 to 4. Veterans visit plants to discuss war-time product needs.
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Earle Muzzy
Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids
R. Douglas Stuart
Canada
Marion
Community Theater
Craig Huston
Footlighters
Forbes Osberg
Linn County
Sokol Hall
W. T. Shipe
Dick Rozek
Junior Legion
Armstrong
Smulekoff
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Drew Pearson
Pearson
Lees
By Harry Ferguson
United Press International
U.S. Treasury
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Fino
Ways and Means
Great Britain
Nellie McGrail
Reddish
George Washington
Cumberland Mountains
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Benjamin Franklin
New York City
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
Charles T. Howard
New Orleans
Howard
Louisiana
Supreme Court
William S. White
Omahe World-Herald
The
State Conservation Board
Floyd A. Nagler
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Ottumwa
John Bormann
Assembly of
Knights of Columbus
Fayette County
George Clark
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