Cedar Rapids Should Preserve Nonpartisan City Elections
The article argues against changing Cedar Rapids city elections from nonpartisan to partisan. It cites Linn County Republicans urging no change and suggests Democrats would feel similarly after careful consideration. It asserts nonpartisan selection has worked well, reducing party influence and aiding informed voting.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Republican Central Committee
Democratic Central Committee
Local Control at Linn County ASCS Hearing Examines Structure
A Thursday hearing before the state Agricultural and Conservation Service committee scrutinized the Linn County ASCS office manager Gilbert Fridley suspension. The debate framed whether the county committee system, elected by farmers, truly governs federal farm programs or is impeded by internal politics and past misconduct claims.
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Linn County
ASCS
Gilbert Fridley
State Agricultural and Conservation Service Committee
Fridley
Alcs Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
New Deal Farm
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Ascs Committee
Farmer Committee
Baboon Trains On Cigarettes In Louisiana Study
Louisiana State University researchers in New Orleans taught a baboon to smoke for two months. The animal increased intake from eight to about sixteen cigarettes daily and began inhaling, with a first cough reported. No lung disease yet. officials caution against overinterpreting results.
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Louisiana State University Medical School
New Orleans
Kennedy Eyes 1968 Run Amid New York Politics
The piece profiles Senator Robert F. Kennedy's Washington operation in the Senate Office Building and weighs the 1968 presidential timetable against potential Republican gains. It analyzes Kennedy’s NYC base, party dynamics, and the impact of a Lindsay mayorship on Democratic strength in key states.
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Ashington
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
White House
New York
Ag Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Jack Kennedy
Bird
Robert Finch
Richard M. Nixon
Finch
Congress
Orange County
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Kennedys Enter 1972 Presidential Futurity
The Kennedys gain momentum as Edward Kennedy rises after a crash recovery and political shifts in Massachusetts. Edward Brooke provides Republican potential with his historic statewide appeal while Bobby Kennedy nears 40, hinting at a long 1972 or later bid. A new anti smoking group named the League to Save Mankind From Tobacco appears with ironic initials.
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Kennedys
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Teddy
Edward W. Brooke
New York
Carmine de Sapio
Robert Kennedy
League To Save Mankind
College Queens Debate Business Image at New York Forum
John Chamberlain reports on a forum at the Hall of Free Enterprise during the World's Fair where 50 college women discussed industry’s image. The panel found business has failed to persuade students, blaming professors and media, not the students, for the anti business stereotype.
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Hall of Free Enterprise
New York
College
Queens
U.S
America
United States
University of California At
Los Angeles
University of Florida
University of Connecticut
Vance Packard
Karl Marx
Henry Ford
Marx
California Democrats Seek Reagan Challenge for Governor
California Democrats say Ronald Reagan would help them mobilize against incumbent Pat Brown. They recall Johnson's landslide and push for a Reagan campaign, while Republicans jockey for position with George Christopher and Robert Finch eyeing statewide races.
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Los Angeles
California
Ronald Reagan
Pat Brown
Reagan
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
National
Eugene L. Wyman
Thomas H. Kuchel
Kuchel
Nelson A. Rockefeller
George Christopher
San Francisco
Tommy
North Western Left Hand Track Question in Merger
The Milwaukee and North Western merger would only require minor changes to signals and switches to align two systems. North Western now runs left hand on its Chicago main near stations while Milwaukee uses right hand operations. Officials deem the issue trivial and not a major barrier to the merger.
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North Western
Milwaukee Roads
Milwaukee
United States
The
Chicago
Milwaukee and North Western
Minneapolis & St. Louis
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Spencer-Roberts
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George Murphy
U. S. Senate
J. A. Leatham
Leatham
Christopher
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