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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1958
Page
4
A writer praises the Iowa Highway Commission for handling vast road projects with careful planning and hard work. Storming through cedar habitats and northern districts, they note new four lane arteries and urban facilities shaping Cedar Rapids growth, while state officials allocate funds to meet needs in orderly fashion.
The crisis in Lebanon pits pro Western and Communist-backed forces as Dag Hammarskjold visits the region and U N observers weigh steps. US support under Eisenhower Doctrine looms, with Syrian troops active and Western nations wary of allowing Lebanon to fall under rebel influence.
National and international excitement masks a government winding up its current fiscal year with about 4 billion dollars in the red. Next year is projected to be worse, heading for a deficit twice this year’s. Politicians in both parties show restraint on tax cuts during an election year.
Norman Vincent Peale explains that victorious faith grants inner power to face life boldly. He recounts Fritz Frey’s tale of his father who read the Bible during illness and gained fearlessness, asserting faith as a practical way of life to achieve meaningful goals.
The Gazettes readers proposed odd nicknames for Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany including Hill tha Babysitter Willan the Mun lex and Sit the Vile The items appear amid a batch of war fund notes and local civic items such as a Red Cross drive totaling 4090 dollars chaired by A O Hensing and a state Republican primary where W S Menyon led with 127 900 votes Also mentioned are Fannie Ward at the Palace Theater and a fire station bronze tablet whose omitted builder name sparked discussion The National Council of Defense begins infant registrations for county 1 to 5 years old as part of Baby Sayliy project
AP reports Michigan Democrat Pat McNamara, a former pipefitter and long-time union ally, resists new labor measures and refuses to serve as a union spokesman. His stance, rooted in the CIO era, clashes with party leaders while he disputes calls to tighten laws and support secret ballots in elections.
Lawyer Samuel Untermyer held a carpenter’s injury case after a fall from a rook and won. He billed the carpenter $5,400, a large share of the settlement, prompting disbelief and a sharp retort about who was more to blame.
A friend notes Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s improving docked performance after his thirtieth birthday. Schweitzer answers that as he ages each year people say he looks better than the previous year. He calls the compliment an insult, asking if he really looked so awful at twenty?
Prof Leslie G Moeller, director of the University of Town School of Journalism, argues that freedom in the United States is under greater challenge than ever. He surveys public attitudes toward freedom of the press, information access, and civil liberties, noting reluctance to speak out and the need for active citizen defense of democratic rights.
The text outlines three overlapping groups shaping freedom: policy definers who initiate and constrain access, active defenders of freedom who use it, and ordinary citizens who appear in news. It notes government stress and the tendency toward greater control, suggesting business power may resist broader freedom.
An interview with Gontdulin, editor of the Manchester Democrat Radio, explores his career, the papers he runs, and Manchester’s challenges. He praises industry as a key to growth, notes 40 skilled workers leave town, and cites Henderson Manufacturing’s move from Cedar Rapids as a payoff of local support. He emphasizes business-side expertise, the need for all-department capability in a weekly, and a focus on reader engagement. The piece includes his background, merger views, and editorial practices.
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