Editorial: GOP seeks to strip Hughes patronage power
The Cedar Rapids Gazette editorial argues against House Republicans who consider abolishing the state personnel director and transferring duties to the state executive council. It notes the council's GOP majority and warns that removing patronage power could cause chaos and hurt hiring policy reforms. The piece urges civil service reform instead and questions Republicans' judgement.
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Hoegh
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Senate
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Loveless
Erbe
Prune the Regulators with a Super Agency Gleam
Washington report notes President Kennedy may seek a new central watchdog to regulate regulators. The piece argues such an agency would create parallel powers, lower regulator quality, and expand government costs, urging pruning or abolition of bodies like the ICC and SEC instead.
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Kennedy
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Parkinson
I.C.C
Bobby Kennedy
Department of Justice
Parley in Costa Rica Yields Fuzzy Cuba Policy Outlook
The Costa Rica inter American conference leaves U S policy toward Castro unclear and split between hard and soft lines. The Kennedy mission is seen as a diplomatic success but critics say the meeting produced little move to weaken Soviet influence in Cuba.
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Kennedy
Costa Rica
Cuba
Mexico
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
United States
Cedar Rapids housing code urged to curb blight and improve lives
A Cedar Rapids editor argues for enacting a city housing code aligned with 1913 Iowa standards for health and safety. He cites hundreds of illegal units, unsafe frame houses, and lack of plumbing, urging gradual compliance, budgeted improvements, and a Better Housing board to grant hardship extensions.
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Cedar Rapids
Eldon Colton
Iowa
Better Housing Board
Stretching Teacher Talent In Cedar Rapids Data Initiative
Cedar Rapids school system partners with the SUI Measurement Research Center on a data processing project to cut clerical costs and boost instructional time. Electronic record keeping could speed attendance, report cards, grading, inventory, purchasing, and budgeting, allowing teachers to focus more on teaching as recruitment strains budgets.
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Cedar Rapids
SUI Measurement Research Center
Spring's grip grows as drivers reveal hidden signals
The writer uses a whimsical, evolving scene of a driver lowering a car window and eventually extending an arm from the roof, a comical metaphor for spring arrival. The piece notes small gestures as signs that warmer days are coming.
Foreign Aid Reform Proposals and Burden Shifts
The speaker supports trimming foreign aid by about 500 million dollars, endorses General Clay's plan, and argues allies and former enemies benefiting from aid must now bear more responsibility. Military aid should be reduced as recipient countries increase self reliance in equipment and manpower.
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Clay
College Bill Would Aid Dependents in College Debated
The Riley bill H.F. 53 offers a per dependent tax deduction of 37.50 for Iowan taxpayers supporting college students. Supporters call the goal laudable but opponents seek defeat citing potential costs and unintended effects.
All-State Basketball Picks Highlight 1953 Iowa Players
Eastern Iowa members named to the 1953 all state teams by the Iowa Daily Press Assn include Ray Nissen Oelwein on first team Norman Doc Paul Clarence and Curt Hoeppner Dinsdale on second team Dick Wright Garnaville third team and Dick Weibold Toledo on fourth team Also 1943 Bob Fee named to second all state team Cornel College notes and Linn county Iowa State College Alumni elected Rollo S Pickford president Public notices include Dairydale school sale and a Marion mayoral election in 1933 Rotarian talk referenced no imminent war with Japan and warned of future danger if Japan pursued its destiny.
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Iowa Daily Press Assn
Ray Nissen
Oelwein
Norman
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Paul
Clarence
Curt Hoeppner
Dinsdale
Dick Wright
Garnaville
Dick Weibold
Toledo
Iowa House
Senate
Cornell College
Armstrong Hall
Bob Fee
Immaculate Conception High School
Iowa Daily Press Association
Rollo S. Pickford
Linn County Association of Iowa State College
Dairydale School
Board of Education
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