Senate OKs mobile home travel on narrow Iowa highways
The Iowa Senate backed a bill to legalize moving oversized mobile homes up to 14 feet 5 inches wide and 85 feet long on selected routes with daylight hours and escort. The bill’s timing hinges on publication or July 1, with routes and permits set by the highways commission. Critics warn of increased traffic hazards and fear broader trailer length limits.
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Ray
Iowa Highway Commission
Neighbor Like States Iowa and South Carolina in Congress
The piece contrasts Iowa and South Carolina as blended regions with coastal access and industry, noting 1970 populations around 3.0, 2.8, and 2.6 million. It highlights forested land, Revolutionary history, insurance, and commuter ties to New York, plus military and industrial profiles. The text mentions equal representation in the U.S. House for six citizens per state alongside Oklahoma.
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Iowa
Connecticut
New England
New York
South Carolina
Congress
Oklahoma
U.S. House of Representatives
Iowa constitution revision urged by Lucken plan
Former State Sen. J Henry Lucken of LeMars proposals for a study committee to simplify and shorten the 1857 Iowa Constitution include adding a team ticket for governor and lieutenant governor. Advocates say prune dead material and revise to reflect amendments and U S constitutional changes.
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THNO
Iowa
J. Henry Lucken
LeMars
Overidentification To Cash Checks Draws Reader's Complaint
A reader questions why two identifications are required to cash a payroll check at a discount store invoking company policy. She notes Iowa licenses reveal personal data and suggests security risks. The letter contrasts with coverage of Scout events in Galena Iowa and asks why peaceful youth activity receives little news.
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Iowa
Assembly of Youth
Galena
Cedar Rapids
Canney
America
Reasons for Vietnam Policy Mockery by Dandy Aides
A New York Times Service piece satirizes Jim Dandy assistant secretary of state and his staff for crafting hollow justifications for U S involvement in Vietnam. It recalls earlier era lineups such as keeping China from thinking America a paper tiger and preventing dominoes from falling. The article mocks the shifting rationales from Nixon to future administrations and notes plans to rework bloodbath and other motives for public appeal.
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Jim Dandy
Arabian Sea
Dandy
Vietnam
Nixon
Hud
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Dean Rusk
State
Eisenhower
Johnson
Hitler
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Gazette Forum Letters Policy
Editorial page invites readers to submit letters on issues or events not personalities. Letters should stay focused on a single topic for readership impact. Each writer is limited to about 400 words and one letter per month, with name address signature and telephone number for authenticity. Anonymous publication is discouraged and letters may be shortened.
Americans Struggle To Face Up To Death
Editorial on death as a social topic. Introduction of thanatology and its advocates. Notes on fear of dying, need for communication with the dying, and the role of living and society in confronting mortality. Quotes from Kurt Vonnegut and Lifton. Ends with reflections on the nature of deaths, especially among the young.
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Austin H. Kutscher
Columbia University
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Kurt Vonnegut
Robert Jay Lifton
Socrates
Catherine Drinker Bowen
John Quincy Adams
Earth
Cedar Rapids Faces Crossing Upgrade and Railline Orders
The 1961 city council resolution urges rubber crossing at Fourth Street SE as Fourth Avenue extends to the Union Depot site and directs Rock Island and North Western Railways to use continuous rails through the crossing.
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Cedar Rapids
Fourth Street
Fourth Avenue
Union Depot
Rock Island and
North Western
War drives drive for oil as 1941 veto blocks bonus plan
Town Gov George A Wilson vetoed a bill to pay a 25 000 bonus from the state treasury to the first operator to bring a worthwhile oil well into production in the state. By order of President Roosevelt the maritime commission began rounding up two million tons of cargo ships to carry war materials abroad and bring back raw stocks for defense.
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George
A. Wilson
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
FBI overreach debated as crime fight intensifies
William F Buckley Jr argues that the FBI is under pressure from rising conventional and ideological crime. He cites Oswald, Boggs, and King, noting the FBI's data gathering approach and defending ongoing police work while acknowledging limits on government intrusion.
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