Cedar Rapids projected to outpace Iowa growth despite prior forecast
The U S Census Bureau outlook suggests Cedar Rapids will lead Iowa in population growth to 1975 with a 10.7 percent rise, exceeding other cities and surpassing earlier NPA projections. While nationally modest, the Iowa pace signals ongoing expansion for the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area and its surrounding communities, with hopeful signs on coping mechanisms amid debate.
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National Planning Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. News & World Report
Census Bureau
Davenport
Quad Cities
Des Moines
Waterloo
Sioux City
Dubuque
Wichita
Kaw
Spokane
Wash
NPA
Restoration of Arts Council funds praised by Iowa legislature
The Iowa joint appropriations subcommittee reversed a plan to strip the State Arts Council of all funds for the next two years. The $50,000 grant falls short of the council’s request and Governor Ray’s proposal but is better than zero and may encourage future support for arts promotion.
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Iowa
Senate-House
State Arts Council
Ray
Arts Council
Republican Leaders Break With Nixon on Electoral Reform
Washington reports indicate key Republicans, Senator Bellman of Oklahoma and House GOP leader Gerald Ford, favor scrapping the current system for direct popular election. Nixon is seen as likely to support direct election over the proportional plan he sent to Congress, despite polls showing public preference for direct election.
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Washington
Nixon
Bellman
Oklahoma
House
Gerald Ford
Congress
Desegregation Plan Faces Uniform Backlash in Martin County
In Martin County North Carolina HEW Secretary Robert Finch promotes an approved desegregation plan. The plan envisions 25 percent of black students in white classes and 50 mixed teacher exchanges with two new integrated high schools funded by a $3.5 million bond. White militants push private schooling prospects while blacks fault the plan as insufficient. School board chair Leroy Harrison launches a publicity drive to win broad support amid fears of a white and black boycott and stubborn real estate tax resistance.
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Ee N.C
HEW
Robert Finch
Martin County School Board
Finch
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Raleigh
Tobacco-And-Peanut
Rosalie Hassell
Harrison
Martin County
About Ike You Could Believe Him By Roscoe Drummond
Washington Ike cared about civilian control and kept the Pentagon from being the manager. He earned total credibility and trust, admitting U2 flights and guiding foreign policy through crises in Berlin Lebanon and with the Soviets. He helped the GOP shed isolationism, backed welfare legislation, and remained a great American in the eyes of many.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Ike
Pentagon
White House
Russia
Eisenhower
G.O.P
Joe McCarthy
Senate
House
Washington Post
Medicaid Cuts Spark Letter to Editor About Eligibility
A reader laments February Medicaid removals affecting over 2000 people including her and her disabled daughter. She questions residents’ qualifying amounts, cites Social Security payments, and criticizes welfare and student newspaper funding while urging support for vulnerable youths and broader social involvement. The letter warns of ongoing rights claims and political stances surrounding welfare and Vietnam.
Pool Proposal for Cedar Rapids Youth Recreation
A speaker urges Cedar Rapids to address crime by providing wholesome activities for youth through an all year pool with a domed roof of glass or plastic. Using an existing pool is proposed to cut costs while offering youth and their dates a constructive social space.
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Cedar Rapids
Women’s Rights Argument From a Reader Letter
A reader urges women to voice views on equality, contrasting men’s freedom to stay out with women’s restrictions at home. The writer argues for parity in personal liberty and questions double standards, inviting replies from women.
Editorial defense of Daily Iowan raises concerns over obscenity
The March 19 editorial defending the Daily Iowan’s front page obscene poem is criticized for exposing younger readers and for seeming to act as a radical left house organ. The writer accuses the paper of being a mouthpiece for figures like Dick Gregory and Ed Hoffmans and questions the university mission of free exchange of views.
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Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
The
Iowan
Radical Left
Dick Gregory
Ed Hoffmans
Notable Cedar Rapids Community Highlights of 1959
The year saw Charles McGrew named 1959 commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars post 788 in Cedar Rapids, succeeding Robert Safely, while a near full house applauded Arsenic and Old Lace at Cedar Rapids Community Theater directed by Don Tescher with leads Sue Thompson Elaine Burns Bill Jack Rogers and John Fisher. Over 2,000 children joined an Easter egg hunt at Ellis Park hosted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The 1949 senate rent control compromise bill passed after defeating a GOP bid to return it to conference. it still governs under modified controls with approval from the house and President Truman. William Cooney of Marengo earned March driver of the month honors from the Iowa Motor Truck Association after 20 years of safe driving. Katherine Franken of Cedar Rapids was elected regent of the Iowa Daughters of American Colonists, with Dorothy Peak Robertson of Cedar Rapids as corresponding secretary. Mrs. B. B. Hickenlooper left Cedar Rapids for Des Moines to join Lt. Governor Hickenlooper after a short stay at home. Troop 22, sponsored by St. Wenceslaus Catholic.
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Charles McGrew
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cedar Rapids
Robert Safely
Don Tescher
Sue Thompson
Eileen Burns
Bill Jack Rodgers
John Fisher
Senate
Conference Committee
House
Truman
William Cooney
Marengo
Iowa Motor Truck Assn
Cooney
Katherine Franken
B. B. Hickenlooper
Des Moines
Hickenlooper
St. Wenceslaus Catholic
Scoutmaster Milo Skala Leads Cedar Rapids Scouts to Honor
In Cedar Rapids area, Scout master Milo Skala led a group to win first place in advancement at the March court of honor held at Franklin High School. Winter returned to Iowa with wet snow while the southeast saw rain. The weather bureau forecast more snow as the storm moved across the state.
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Milo Skala
Cedar Rapids
Franklin High School
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Rules Chief Obstructs Education How Seniority Power Stops the Show
Washington reports 79 year old Rep. William Colmer chairs the rules committee blocking a five year extension of federal school aid led by Rep. Carl Perkins. Perkins and other leaders urge Colmer to return to Washington before Easter. Colmer declines citing his Mississippi district interests tied to Keesler air base. Bell-McClure Syndicate
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Ashington
William Colmer
Mississippi
House Rules Committee
Rep
Carl Perkins
Kentucky
Education and Labor Committee
Congress
Colmer
Perkins
John McCormack
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Hale Boggs
D-La
Albert
Ray Madden
Indiana
Boggs
Keesler Air Force Base
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Hope
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Novak
Evans
Roscoe Drummond
Winston Churchill
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Walter Bedell Smith
Dulles
Churchill
West Berlin
U.S
Lebanon
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
the People’s Forum
Welfare Office
Vietnam
Elaine Smith Walker
Iowa Daughters of American Colonists
Dorothy Peak Robertson
George Clark
Pascagoula
McCormack
Bill
Laster
Carl
Chairman Colmer
Bell-McClure Syndicate
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