Judges for Judiciary President Kennedy’s Opportunity
The New York Times says Kennedy must appoint only those of unquestioned ability to fill 95 new federal judgeships. The piece notes past political patronage, ABA calls for merit, and Kennedy’s pledge to prioritize qualifications over party. It stresses the unprecedented number of vacancies and hopes for nonpartisan, capable jurists.
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Kennedy
New York Times
Congress
Iowa
Eisenhower
American Bar Association
John J. Randall
Cedar Rapids
ABA
Randall
U.S. Senate
Spendthrift Taxpayers Urged to Scrutinize Local Budgets
Iowa officials urge careful review of local budgets and summer hearings. The argument that cities counties and schools overtaxed last year is debated as semantics. Some balance supports tighter estimates and using year end surpluses to trim next year’s levy, while underspending is praised as prudent. A Sioux City concert metaphor underscores fear of missteps in budgeting decisions.
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Iowa Taxpayers Association
Iowa
Taxpayers’ Unit
Fis
John Birch Society
Committee On un-American Activities
George E. Kennan
Russia
West
Kennan
U.S
Yugoslavia
Comintern
Communist International
Windstorm damages Cedar Rapids storefronts and more
Down town Cedar Rapids suffered thousands of dollars in damage as wind ripped plate glass from storefronts. A large cottonwood toppled onto the Donald L. Stone home in Marion. The Linn county supervisors enlisted two SAI professors to study sewage drainage beyond Cedar Rapids city limits.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Donald L. Stone
Marion
Linn County Board of Supervisors
SAI
Robert F. Ray
M. Dean Zenor
Cedar Rapids Wind Damages Trees Amid Iowa Rail Plant Work
Ten to thirty years ago a strong wind swept through Cedar Rapids causing extensive area damage with uprooted trees. Concurrently work started on a $144,000 improvement program at the Iowa Railway and Light Co. power plant.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Railway and Light Co
Apathy and Cold War tensions echo in Teheran secrets
A reader letter argues apathy weakens the nation while reflecting on Cold War tensions. The piece cites Kennan on Soviet aims, Teheran diplomacy, and Roosevelt Stalin talks revealing how wartime decisions shaped Poland, borders, and the postwar bloc in Eastern Europe.
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U.S
Teheran
Ashington
State Department
Josef Stalin
Poland
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
Marshal Stalin
Oder
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
Husband Sneaks Out Weekly to Return for Surprise Party
A wife insists on a weekly night alone, and after seven years her husband returns to a welcome home party she organized. He objects, asking why on Tuesday. The tale ends with a comic clash over timing and reunion plans.
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Smith
Linking Militants Unite on Racial Issues in 1960s South
The article surveys conservative action groups amid desegregation battles, noting shared anti federal intervention views and opposition to integration. It details Birch Society, Citizens Councils, Ku Klux Klan, and Black Muslims, naming leaders Robert Welch Elijah Muhammad and Elijah Poole, their aims, and regional strength.
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United States
South
Birch Society
Birchers
Birch
Robert Welch
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Welch
Greenwood
Miss
Association of Citizens Councils
Federal Republic
Elmore County
Alabama
White Citizens Council
Russia
Alabama Citizens Councils
Alabama Knights of the
U.S
Ku Klux Klan Inc
Robert M. Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Grand
Shelton
Elijah Poole
Poole
Fard Muhammad
Allah
Earth
Elijah Muhammad
Chicago
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Sioux City
Iowa Black
Smiths and Welders Assn
Henry Malek
D. H. Moran
W. J. Kacena
J. S. Miller
Bob Roberts
Gus Kallander
E. E. Hruska
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
John E. Cuddeback
Berkeley, Calif
Eugene
Seveitaha of
Mid-Continent Petroleum
North
George Clark
George Sokolsky
Sokolsky
Staten Island
Seraglio
Socrates
Christopher Columbus
Roscoe Drummond
South Vietnam
Laos
Moscow
America
By David Lawrence
Hitler
Britain
Roosevelt
New York Daily News
White House
President Roosevelt
Charles E. Bohlen
Vienna
Nikita Khrushchev
Joe Stalin
Jules Loh
AP Newsfeature
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