Cedar Rapids fights Dutch elm disease with city effort
Cedar Rapids has avoided an earlier elm disease outbreak and now strengthens preventive work. Parks Commissioner Gardner leads city efforts including tree trimming spraying and removal of dead trees on public property. Private property owners bear responsibility for trees beyond city care as experts warn no cure exists and all must cooperate to protect the elm population.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Park and Arborist Department
Gardner
Women in Space and 60 Percent Rule Debates
The piece argues the Soviet Union would envy ground rules for space budget debates and notes Russia’s push for a female spaceflight. It ponders outcomes of a one or two woman crew and cites cultural views. It also reports Iowa's Sioux Center bond defeat by one vote, illustrating the 60 percent threshold controversy.
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Andre Maurois
Outer Space
NCE
Iowa
Sioux Center
Intelligence Breakthrough Shifts Global Power Balance
Marquis Childs reports a 1961 US intelligence breakthrough that altered the balance of power, with NATO officials questioning earlier missiles gaps. The piece notes Khrushchev's pressure, Cuba crisis lessons, and the risk of tying foreign policy to domestic racial issues as Kennedy weighs a European trip.
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CNN
America
Kennedy
United States
Washington
NATO
Ottawa
Dean Rusk
Athens
Canada Seeks Full OAS Membership After Pearson Talks
Prime Minister Lester Pearson plans to present Canada’s bid for full Organization of American States membership to Parliament following Hyannis Port discussions with President Kennedy. Despite Quebecist opposition and Cuba trade concerns, Pearson contends he has the votes. London backs broader British Commonwealth entry as regional moves align.
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Partment
Canada
Alliance For Progress
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Hyannis Port
Pearson
OAS
Quebec
Cuba
London
Jamaica
Bustamante
Trinidad- Tobago
Ike Eases Barbs At ABA Talk With Hughes And Dulles
At the American Booksellers Association convention Ike Eisenhower’s former speechwriter Emmet Hughes drew criticism as Ike praised his own forthcoming memoirs and praised Allen Dulles. He recounted discussions over Guatemala and Cuba and implied cautious support for action, while signaling a rebuke of Hughes and the current administration.
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Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Ike
Hughes
Joe McCarthy
Joe
John Foster Dulles
Formosa
Middle East
Emmet Hughes
CIA
Eisenhower
Guatemala
White House
Cuba
Soviet Union Faces Pay Up Dues in UN Crisis
The United Nations confronts a Khrushchev driven bid to force a financial veto over UN costs. Moscow seeks to tie its veto power to the General Assembly while smaller nations resist. If the Soviets refuse to pay by 1964 they risk losing voting rights or leaving the U.N. entirely.
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Ashington
United Nations
Khrushchev
Moscow
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Security Council
Middle East
Congo
Asia
Africa
U.N
Communist Bloc
Cedar Rapids Health Panel Drops Placard Warnings
City board of health and council in 1953 decide warnings for mumps measles and chicken pox on residences are no longer required. The move follows advice from doctors and public health officials as part of local health policy.
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Board of Health
George Miller
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Speedway
David Unzeitig
Des Moines
Iowa
W. H. Stepanek
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Drummond
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Linn County Highway Safety Commission
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New York
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