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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1961
Page
6
The piece argues Castro’s demand amounts to extortion or ransom for 1200 captives. It weighs legal language, moral duty, and international backlash, warning that backing Castro risks hemispheric disaster and a boomerang effect on Cuba.
The text analyzes Khrushchev’s stance on art and literature in the Soviet Union, arguing that creative work is tightly aligned with Communist ideology. It notes artists are urged to merge with party aims while allegedly enjoying unrestricted freedom within sanctioned limits, ending with a wry aside about avoiding literary critique.
In 1956 the Defense Department attempted to curb interservice rivalry by restricting the army to missiles under 200 miles. Wernher von Braun defended Redstone as essential for long range rockets and satellite work while Medaris, then at Redstone Arsenal, warned that government indecision impeded progress and cost resources.
The Vienna summit left Kennedy and Khrushchev warning of possible war over Berlin while seeking paths on Laos and Cuba. Kennedy stressed US resolve to stay in Berlin and warned war could erupt if needed. Khrushchev pledged action to back East Germany if required and eyed a neutral Laos settlement.
The reader asks about corns and calluses and foot itching with advice to check shoe fit and possible arch problems. Another reader queries whether tea kettle mineral deposits cause gall stones and if tea dregs affect risk. The response notes possible skin conditions and urges medical evaluation.
A reader questions George Sokolsky's claim that FDR's rise was a sin and argues the Hoover era worsened unemployment and hardship. The letter highlights Roose velt era gains such as social security wage and hour laws federal deposit insurance and farm electrification and challenges Harding Coolidge and Hoover legacies for average Americans.
A reader urges Cedar Rapids traffic officers to stop speeding motorists in residential zones. The writer notes drivers travel 10 15 and 20 mph where 30 mph is posted and complains motorists focus on speedometers rather than the road, risking accidents as the city grows toward a big city status.
A $5 rose bush and a peony plant were stolen from a daughter's grave at Linwood. The grieving family laments the audacity of the theft and hopes the plants do not regrow, seeking accountability for the crime.
Leonard Bruce was elected commander of the Hanford post of the American Legion. Officiating officers named included Wendl Kulish Leo C Ruby and Harry Strother as vice commanders Joe Makek finance officer Ed Kuba historian the Rev Z F Pauk chaplain Russell Manatt adjutant Joe McIvor sergeant at arms.
Ten to twenty to thirty years ago a group of five farmers filed a petition asking the court to restrain the Cedar County county board of supervisors county auditor and county treasurer from making further payments of appropriations to the Cedar County Farm Bureau.
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