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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1956
Page
6
The piece discusses the conflict between seeking greater government services and resisting higher taxes. It argues for efficiency gains to fund services, possible budget cuts to nonessential programs, and cautions against combining tax cuts with spending increases. It uses GE and general budgeting examples to illustrate cash flow needs in large organizations.
A column notes that even wealthy entities and average Americans must dip into finances to meet the income tax deadline, with the topic underscoring a billion-dollar stake and national concern.
Clement, a Louisiana registrar of voters, enforces a constitutional test for all applicants to register. The law, written to disqualify Black voters, applies equally to whites and Negroes, sparking fury from white supremacists who insist it targets only Black applicants. The outcome may cost her job.
Norman Vincent Peale reflects on a train trip aboard the Silver Meteor with an engineer and a Jacksonville dispatcher. He likens rail supervision to divine guidance, urging daily prayer to stay connected with the Great Dispatcher and improve life decisions.
Judge Ball defeated Mayor Roth in the city primary by 505 votes. Councilmen Hughes and McDuff trailed opponents. Cedar Rapids voters backed Mrs. Mary Zick Andre for school director for three years along with Cyrus Metcalf Jr and Frank Randall. Plans for a new dam inspection and transfer on March 28 by Iowa Railway and Light Co. Construction finished but river clearance held up the suspension.
Growth projections suggest Cedar Rapids will surpass 95 000 residents by 1960 with about 5 800 more jobs and 2 800 more school children. The city expects 3 340 new homes and a city zone population near 100 000 as annexation and zoning align with expanding industry and commerce.
By Bem Price, AP writer, profiles Southern attitudes toward segregation after the 1954 Brown ruling. He recalls Birmingham roots, friendships across racial lines, and the growing pressure to choose sides. Alabama figures like Charles Nice express cautious moderation amid rising sectional tensions.
A call to free American industry from restraints urging pared government spending and sustained private investment. The writer argues that growth in population, homes, business, and services requires higher public outlays, financed by taxes and donations, and notes Cedar Rapids can absorb the expansion with added valuations and jobs.
City Assessor Jim Scolaro notes six year growth in real and personal property values with a 130 million base for 1960. He cites a possible 10 percent base increase from a legislative proposal and a pending annexation adding about 5 million, potentially lifting valuation to 145 to 150 million.
Voters mostly support African independence and opposing colonial rule. Seventy two back independence with European interests considered, four back allied wishes, sixteen support independence movements, two leave Africa alone, eight abstain. Some write in favor UN trusteeship and end to colonialism. Results will go to state department and Iowa congressional delegation.
A Marion survey gathers views from residents Ralph Lanford, Mrs. Clark Floyd, Willie Wright Jr, Mrs. Lonn ie Herdliska, David Coupland on top inventions. Responses include electric light, automatic washing machines, nuclear submarine, polio vaccine, radio, and the automobile with notes on daily impact and national defense.
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