Red Cross Seeks Linn County Campaign for Disaster Fund
Linn county Red Cross directors approve contributing to a nine million dollar national emergency drive to replenish disaster relief and reserve funds. The local chapter plans an emergency drive under United Community Services, seeking $3,298 after Betsy credits, with past years showing significant local support to cover national quotas. Linn Countians pledge readiness to send gifts to the Cedar Rapids Red Cross for the fund.
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Linn County
Red Cross
American National Red Cross
Vietnam
Mississippi-Alabama
North Dakota
National Red Cross
National
Linn
Iowa
United Community Services
Linn County Red Cross
Granby Building
Cedar Rapids
Linn Countians
Lesson from History on Vietnam Policy and Elections
A discussion on the forthcoming election and the administration’s Vietnam policy notes that candidates should follow their convictions and, if aligned, support the President’s policy. It traces the pattern of public support for wartime actions across World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, citing past elections and a $4.8 billion Vietnam appropriation as proof of public confidence in the President’s course.
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Congress
Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Korea
Truman
Vietnam
Eisenhower
Toddville voters reject tie with Cedar Rapids dial system
In 1956 Toddville voters rejected tying their telephone system to Cedar Rapids after 87 ballots cast 43 for and 44 against. Other notes include Hawkeye Downs Shorthorn show winner Alice Brothers of Vinton, and local officials elected to the Eastern Iowa Umpires Association. The Cedar Rapids budget for 1946 runs about 1.88 million dollars, up from 1945-46. C. A. Shaffer seeks Linn county supervisor nomination.
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Toddville
Cedar Rapids
Alice Brothers of
Vinton
Hawkeye Downs
Emil Klumpard
Eastern Iowa Umpires Assn
Howdy Michael
Bob Jennings
Louis D. Burgus
Garth “Slim’’ West
The
Gazette
Miles Sutera
Robins
Linn County Farm Bureau
Johnson tightens grip on civil servants with White House meetings
President Johnson privately repositions mid level civil servants by summoning scores of GS 16 17 and 18 officials for brief chats with White House aides Watson and Jacobsen. Officials hear praise and a promise of White House access while careerists fear political pressure and loss of anonymity in a widening Johnson orbit.
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Ashington
Johnson
White House
W. Marvin Watson, Jr
Jake Jacobsen
Watson
Jacobsen
Big Brother
West Wing
Thea Watson
Johnson Administration
Johnson Orbit
Readers debate Gross and allies in Vietnam era words
The letter to the editor praises The Gazette for criticizing H. R. Gross while arguing Australia’s wheat trade with Communist China shows the value of allies in the Vietnam era. The writer urges backing allies to reduce American casualties. The notice then shifts to coin talk describing proof and mint sets, prices, and market activity amid mint production pauses and dealer competition.
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The
Gazette
Iowa
H. R. Gross
House of Representatives
Gross
Britain
China
Australia
Vietnam
Newsweek Magazine
Government coin set pricing dispute clarified
The letter argues a March 15 editorial misread price changes on government coin sets. It notes the Treasury raised mint and proof set prices and that the administration tried to hold lines elsewhere. It explains mint sets use regular coins, while proof sets differ.
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Treasury Department
Hypocrites oppose Bible reading in schools over modern ills
Joann Briggman of Manchester argues Bible reading should end in schools amid debates on church and state, calling for cleanup of filth in schools and newsstands. A separate letter from an Iowa reader questions Daylight Saving Time logic and recalls changing to Central Standard Time in 1965.
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Salisbury
Council of Churches In Re
Supreme Court
Jesus Christ
Council of Churches
Joann Briggman
Manchester
Iowa
Glasses question from a grandchild prompts pun
A boy asks about red marks beside his grandfather’s nose and learns the marks are from glasses. The child then asks glasses of what, eliciting a playful exchange that turns on the simple aging symbol of spectacles.
Californians fret polls and drab governors in early 1960s drama
Two Californians seek attention as polls dim their chances. Governor Edmund Brown faces a possible third term loss to George Christopher, while Christopher trails Ronald Reagan in a GOP primary. Christopher argues California Republicans do not know him well, Brown laments constant criticism while managing state affairs.
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Edmund G
Pat) Brown
George C. Christopher
San Francisco
Christopher
Ronald Reagan
McGrory Hach
California
Reagan
Death Valley
Sacramento
Brown
Vietnam
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
G.O.P
11Th Commandment
John Birch Society
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Michigan
Des Moines
Charles Byrnes
Catholic Youth Organization
East Side Parish
Immaculate Conception
Kenneth Suesens
Burlington
University of Iowa
Merle K. Knight
Decorah
George Clark
By Rowhend Evans
Robert Novak
Evans
Eign Aid
Great Society
ORG
Affayea
the People's Forum
Theodore Neilsen
Tenth Street
ADV Eee
Khrushchev
Henry Cabot Lodge
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