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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1955
Page
6
The editorial lauds the Cedar Rapids city council for rescinding a zoning ordinance that allowed residential areas to host bus bench sign boards. It argues benches harm neighborhood allure, favors local, active cultural development over subsidies and central cultural centers, and urges better community activities rather than handouts.
The proposal to create a U S cabinet post to subsidize arts faces two pitfalls. Subsidy likely won’t boost enthusiasm and may dull private initiative while making taxpayers fund activities regardless of value. Government payrolls could lower artistic standards and invite political influence over talent.
A columnist argues Iowa drivers, especially Cedar Rapids, weave between lanes and stray onto wrong ones. The piece calls for education and enforcement to promote lane discipline, noting officers should model proper lane use to set an example.
Editorial clarifies that a creeper lane near Muscatine is not Iowa's first while noting Governor Hoegh announced it as the initial test. The true first creeper lane is planned on Highway 90 between Des Moines and Dexter and is currently being paved. The piece emphasizes the test's potential for safer highways with minimal cost.
Frederick C. Othman mocks Congress for overusing ice funds and wasting on office clocks, restaurant subsidies, mailing lists, and repairs. He notes 1954 costs totaling 33 769 340 dollars for running the House, including painting the dome and repairing a big canvas.
Letters mailed to area residents near Reed park explain plans to develop the park as a playground and request contributions to finance the project. Sponsored by the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.
Roscoe Drummond argues for intensified nationwide civil defense tests and congressional action to fund detailed evacuation surveys of 100 critical targets. He cites Governor Peterson on basements, transport, shelter, and food needs, and urges realism over fatalism to save lives.
In New York three foreign ministers weigh Soviet goals at Geneva. They expect no major decisions yet and emphasize shaping procedures for the Four Power summit. MacMillan notes signs of cautious Soviet flexibility while warning against over-optimism.
Wm. Brody, M.D. discusses cod liver oil as a sovereign remedy for chronic joint disability once labeled rheumatism. He notes high vitamin A and D and iodine content, the shift to tasteless tablets, and the move away from oil preparations as obsolete for prevention or treatment.
The piece reports rapid disclosure of U S Air Force F-100 plans and blueprints to Japan with a raid on the henhouse cited as the cause. It suggests the Pentagon may operate a lending library while microfilm goes wide screen, risking relations with Moscow and Asian allies.
A Houston police lieutenant says the gem theft investigation considers the possibility of an inside job or involvement by someone outside the house. The remark reflects an ongoing police hunch in the case reported by the New York World-Telegram and Sun.
Stewart Alsop argues that abandoning Quemoy and the Matsus under pressure from the United States would embolden Peiping and undermine Formosa. He traces a four act pattern of pressure, promises, and retreat from 1953 to 1954, warning of dangerous consequences for U.S. credibility and regional stability.
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