Act Now on Roads and Interstate Highway Confusion
The House Roads subcommittee split over a Fallon bill provision to fund interstate construction with up to 90 percent reimbursement, then reversed it. A Steed proposal to study the issue by Jan 2, 1958 was approved, prompting calls for clear action. A toll road fate in Iowa hangs on Congress, as the public waits for decisive highway policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley
New York
Steed
Oklahoma
Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Iowa
Margaret Truman to Wed Clifton Daniel Jr in Private Wedding
The piece chronicles Margaret Truman, daughter of the President, choosing true love over a White House ceremony. After seven years in the public eye, she appears set to marry New York newspaperman Clifton Daniel Jr. at a future private wedding. The story contrasts her romance with the publicized Monaco prince tale and notes her traditional, unassuming nature.
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White House
Independence
Margaret
Tiny
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Margaret Truman
Clifton Daniel
New York
Miss Truman
Tex Grantham Dies A Prominent Iowa Republican Publicist
Tex Grantham died at his Florida home after a long career in Iowa politics. He rose from Cedar Rapids journalism to editor of The Observer in DeWitt, then became publicity director for the Republican state central committee and helped recapture the statehouse in 1938. His work established durable public relations foundations for Iowa Republicans.
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Tex” Grantham
Florida
Iowa
Republican State Central Committee
Cedar Rapids
Republican
DeWitt
The
Observer
Des Moines
State Central Committee
Tex
Statehouse
Tex Grantham
Camp Fire Girls Celebrate Forty Sixth Anniversary
The Camp Fire Girls mark their 46th founding anniversary since March 17 1910 when Dr. and Mrs. Luther Halsey Gulick led the movement. In Ce Gar Rapids many alumnae credit Camp Fire for mentoring strong mothers and leaders and shaping better citizens.
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Camp Fire Girls
Luther Halsey Gulick
Ce- Gar Rapids
Galicks
Landon Sees Tough Battle for Kansas
In Topeka Alf Landon and Gov Fred Hall discuss farm belt resentments and GOP prospects in Kansas. Landon notes similarities to 1930 with farm price gaps and party dissension while Hall promotes labor-friendly progressivism and energy against old guard Republicans.
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Landon
Kansas
Washington
Topeka
Kans
G.O.P
Alf Landon
Fred Hall
Republican Party
Receve Magill
Senate
Breuth
Hall
Ike
Alf
Boeing
Old Guard
William On White
Henry Allen
California
Cedar Rapids Police Target Speeders in Drive
Ten years ago Cedar Rapids police tagged 14 motorists to curb speeding as part of a citywide drive. Captain Steve Stolba called speeding a growing evil amid ongoing traffic concerns.
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Cedar Rapids
Steve Stolba
Iowa
Cedar River
John E. Hutchins
Frances Magnes
Lucius Pryor
Coe College
Forensic Association of Iowa
Coe
Great Art Director Finley Retires From National Gallery
Washington critics hail David Edward Finley as the guiding force behind the National Gallery of Art. He transformed Mellon generosity into a national treasure and pursued acquisitions, exhibitions, and alliances that elevated the gallery to world stature.
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Washington
National Gallery of Art
Constitution Avenue
David Edward Finley
National Gallery
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Capitol
Joseph Alsop
White House
Finley
Mellon Gallery
Andrew W. Mellon
Great Gallery
Mellon
Treasury
Louvre
Prado
National Gallery of London
Hermitage
Moscow
Pitti
Florence
Catherine the Great
Chester Dale
J. P. Morgan
Ghirlandaio
Switzerland
Mr. Morgan
Baron Thyssen
Cyprus policy spark exalts British position in Mediterranean
Washington voices clash as 18 U.S. senators urge Britain to cede Cyprus alleging Greek majority ties. The British deportation of Archbishop Makarios leads to state department cautious responses amid Cold War tensions and Cyprus as a strategic base.
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Washington
Cyprus
Great Britain
United States
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
U. S
Mediterranean
State Department
Lawrence
Wisconsin
McCarthy
America
Britain
Senate
Poland
Warsaw
Palestine
Philippines
Makarios
North Africa
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Cancer fears and early detection guidance from Dr. Joseph
A reader asks if cancer is contagious and how to reduce fear of patients. The doctor says cancer is not contagious, isolation is unnecessary, and early detection offers many cures. Other questions cover infant ventilation, prostate surgery, and the ineffectiveness of copper remedies for rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F
Cedar Rapids Shopping Center Debate Spells Growth
In letters to the editor Cedar Rapids residents advocate for new shopping centers to spur growth. They argue outskirts venues attract customers, support loop trading, and need better parking and transit. Local merchants are urged to expand and adapt to a growing city.
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Cedar Rapids
City Plan Commission
Sears
United States
H. Owen Hofoed
Oakland Road
First
Third Avenues
Eighth Street E
Alvin Edaburn
Center Point
Modern Missionaries and Communist Infiltration Debate
Mrs. Bud Noble of Mount Vernon argues that missions modernize too much and fail to provide true gospel transformation. She criticizes theological seminaries for producing leaders who preach social gospel and warn of Communist influence and juvenile delinquency due to lost belief in hell as described in the Bible.
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Jesus Christ
Bud Noble
Mt. Vernon
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Pearson
Teddy Roosevelt
Pontiac, Mich
Arthur C. Deamer
E. R. Moore
Board of Education
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Paul H. Huston
G. T. McKibben
W. E. Lamey
E. Hollingsworth
Marion
Alice Inskeep
Music Educators
Iowa City
Joe Benes
Waconia Sorghum Mills Company
Maurice Cahill
American Legion
Dysart
Charles Clark
Coe College Tennis Am
George Clark
Jimmy
Joseph and
Stewart
Joseph A. Widener
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Widener
Roosevelt
U.S. Treasury
Michelangelo
Italy
By David Lawrence
Dr. Joseph
P. B
the People's Forum
Fourth Street
John I. Smith
Wellington Street
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