Lake Macbride Road Project Delayed by Budget and Weather
The Lake Macbride paving project faces scheduling limits due to small contract size and limited annual funds for park and institutional roads. Contractor availability and drying weather in spring or fall push work to summer, with Lake Macbride slated to finish early July ahead of schedule.
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E’ve
Lake Macbride Park
van Snyder
Iowa Highway Commission
Lake Macbride
Old Man Sun
Highway Commission
Iowa
Board of Control
Board of Regents
The
Vining Iowa School Faces Change In Six Grade One-Room Lesson
Parents in Vining near Tama debate closing a two room school where one teacher handles six grades for twenty pupils. Opponents fear longer bus rides to Chelsea and reduced personalized teaching while advocates argue for better education in modern facilities and economies. The issue reflects ongoing Iowa push to evolve schooling beyond a one room format though resistances linger.
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Vining
Tama
Lown
Chelsea
Iowa
Bever Park Zoo Under Fire Over Animal Treatment
A reader describes nightly abuse of animals at Bever Park Zoo including children provoking a lion and a chimp. The writer urges removal of the zoo or humane transformation and calls for a stationed police officer to educate visitors and protect the animals daily.
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Bever Park Zoo
Lion Cage
Leon
Grandmother
Harry
Bever Park
Park Commission
Dust Hazards Noted On Robins Road After Accident
Mrs. Ben Purath reports thick dust on Robins Road near Robins Lake after a recent wreck. She urges city action to oil the rock road, citing visibility danger and health concerns for residents amid heavy weekend traffic.
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Robins Lake
Robins Road
Profumo Crisis Tests Britain's Pride and Establishment
Marquis Childs argues the Profumo affair unsettles Britain's ruling elite and national pride. The piece surveys public cynicism, constitutional norms, royal image, and calls for a broader, more inclusive political framework as Britain confronts political and social change.
Italian Communist Leader Mario Alocate Governs In Italy
Mario Alocate editor of l Unita and a Siena deputy discusses Italy s Communist Party position after a strong April election showing. Born in Naples and a former anti fascist prisoner, he rose through resistance work and now champions the party s appeal to intellectuals and youth.
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OME
Mario Alocate
l’'Unita
Communist Party
Siena
Italy
Kennedy
l'Unita
Paese Sera
Europe
Naples
University of
Rome
Herman Melville
F. Scott Fitzgerald
America
Alocate
Christian Democrats
Pope John
England
Germany
Holland
RAI
Gian-Carlo Pajetta
Turin
Mr. Alocate
Political views mix with Italian communists in 1950s analysis
In a reflective appraisal from 1953, a commentator cites President Kennedy as a new sympathetic leader and notes Italian communists sometimes diverge from Moscow line. He recounts Hungary's crisis, Togliatti’s press briefing, and farmer resistance to land reform, while Cedar Rapids oleomargarine and Des Moines trading stamps issues surface.
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Italy
Alocate
Moscow
Khrushchev
Palmiro Togliatti
Hungary
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
Neighbors aid camp near Muscatine and 1943 events
The report lists community efforts including neighbors helping build a camp for the Iowa Conservative Baptist Assn near Muscatine and a toy donation from Hanford post No. 5, American Legion to Camp Good Health. It also notes the Cedar Rapids Sokol Assn. anniversary, local political shifts, and wartime commentary.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Conservative Baptist Assn
Camp Good Health
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Germany
Webb blocks woman astronaut training amid space race fever
Jim Webb head of the National Space Agency refuses to allow American women to train as astronauts citing a rule that only veteran jet test pilots qualify. The history of repeated appeals, embassy cables about Soviet plans to launch a Russian woman, and growing protest from would be female pilots are noted as tensions rise.
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John Osborne
Ashington
Jim Webb
National Space Agency
Webb
Washington
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Moscow
U.S
Jimmy Webb
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Eedur Rapids Gazette
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Ben Purath
First Avenue
Profumo Case
Marquis Childs
ONDON
Foundations
Christine Keeler
Keeler
United States
Sunday News of the World
Thunderer
London Times
Hampshire
Eugen Ivanov
John Profumo
Miss Keeler
Britain
Lord Astor
Cliveden
Astor
Stephen Ward
Profumo
Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
Old Boy
TV Wit
Mary McGrory
McGrory
Arthur Madsen
Linn County
Mercury
George Clark
Drew Pearson
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