Regrading McKinley I as Cedar Rapids bond proposal stirs plan
Waldo Berger reopens idea to convert McKinley junior high into a large elementary to ease overcrowding and replace Jackson Tyler as part of a $544 million school bond. Critics warn a 900 to 1,000 pupil elementary would strain administration and walking safety, risking broad opposition in the bond vote.
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Cedar Rapids
Waldo Berger
McKinley
Jackson
Tyler
Johnson
Buchanan
Cedar Rapids Ball Park Beer Permit Seen as Experimental
A Cedar Rapids memorial commission proposal to permit beer sales at Memorial Stadium faces questions about crowd behavior and youth exposure. Supporters argue it could boost attendance and save the minor league franchise if carefully policed, with a council option to cancel if harm exceeds benefit.
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Memorial Commission
Cedar Rapids Ball Park
Ball Park
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Stadium
Advertising blooms in Soviet consumerism shadowing Kremlin
A Moscow eight page supplement to Vechernyaya is selling out as advertising expands in the Soviet Union. First issues of 100,000 copies fetch 2 cents and buyers seek jewelry appliances furniture and clothes. The trend signals incentives rising and demand shaping supply in a managed economy.
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Kremlin
Moscow
Vechernyaya
Soviet Union
Toolmen Seek Union Representation in Local Dispute
A readers letter argues the NLRB ruling on Square D and Tool and Die Makers was misrepresented. It urges a skilled trade union for tool makers, cites wage concerns, potential harmony with management, and notes D elements of the case.
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NLRB
The
Gazette
Tool and Die
International Assn. of
Teamsters Union
IBEW
National Labor Relations Board
TATC
Square D Co
EAM
1958 Iowa scholarships proposed in Cedar Rapids
A two way push for a system of state and private college scholarships and loans in Iowa was proposed in Cedar Rapids with support from Gov. Herschel Loveless and the Iowa Conference of the American Association of University Professors. The Eastside Recreation Center was unveiled to the public at Coe College with the playground commission hosting.
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Cedar Rapids
Herschel Loveless
Iowa Conference
The
American Association of University Professors
Coe College
Eastside
Seventeenth Street
Playground Commission
Formaerly Fire Station
Bohemia aid worker honored in 10-20-30 Years Ago feature
A profile praises a man who spent years and thousands aiding orphans in Bohemia. A tornado hit Columbus Kansas destroying a school and 30 structures, killing two children and injuring 37. Iowa's commerce commission notes 47 percent of farm families have electric service and two years grant of franchises for nearly 0,000 miles of cooperative transmission lines.
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Bohemia
Columbus
Kan
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa
First speeding ticket reflections from a 12 year driver
The writer admits a 14 mph over limit speeding offense in a school zone and weighs the consequences. He recalls driving 4,000 days without incident and views the $15 fine as a lesson in responsibility, hoping it protects others. He signs as TATC and Roy E. Pugh, president.
Cedar Rapids unionist recalls NFO ties and 50th WWI reunion
Ward J. Hauskins reflects on involvement with the National Farmers Organization in Iowa during the 1950s and warns against radicalism harming aid efforts. He proposes a Cedar Rapids reunion for veterans of the 1918 unit, naming several former comrades and offering to attend on July 4, 1963.
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C.I.0
National Farmers Organization
Iowa
N.F.O
National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson Barracks
Edward Lundquist
Peter Hack
Emery Hansen
Joe Dvorek
The
Gazette
Portage
Ind
Dade City
Emphasizing Limitations McCarthy on President Power
Senator Eugene McCarthy argues a presidential office must be restrained by the will of the people not personal power. He urges leaders to unite the nation, end the war, restore civil rights, reduce prices, and realign national priorities toward justice and freedom. He stresses leadership by hope, conscience, and public trust.
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United States
N.F.O
Ward J. Hauskins
Third Street
U.S
America
Senate
Springtime mood tugs at Washington amid campaign anxieties
James Reston writes of an early spring awakening in Washington with forsythia and blossoms at the White House. The piece notes a nation unsettled by war in Vietnam and by political jitters among Johnson Kennedy Nixon Rockefeller McCarthy, as voters react to intangible fears shaping the presidential race.
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John F. Kennedy
Ashington
Washington
White House
Treasury
Kennedy
McCarthy
Nixon
Rockefeller
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George Clark
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Square D
Roy E. Pugh
Walford
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