Cedar Rapids Hospital Campaign Sets Local Record
The $1,750,000 United Hospital drive drew pledges totaling $1,983,548 at a Cedar Rapids meeting, the most ever raised in the area for a single fund drive. Campaign leaders John Locher and Robert Armstrong and Beaver and Associates earned high praise for their roles in securing broad community support and funding from Hill-Burton and hospital sponsors to address critical local facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Hospital
Cedar Rapids
John Locher
Robert Armstrong
Beaver and Associates
Hill-Burton
Lump Sum Appropriation Encourages Regents Discretion
The Iowa Senate appropriations committee favors a 10 million lump sum for the Board of Regents to allocate among state higher education projects. This departs from earmarked funding, trusting the board to spend where needed most, a shift supporters say restores proper judgment and reduces waste.
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Ecision
Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee
Board of Regents
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Open Skies plan prompts skeptical laughter from Americans
The article mocks the Soviet Open Skies proposal as lopsided and self serving. It argues the plan would inspect large areas of the United States including key atomic and industrial sites while omitting major Soviet war industry, ending with a collective American reaction of a hearty horse laugh.
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Soviet Union
United Nations Disarmament Subcommittee
Kremlin
Siberia
Kamchatka
Russia
Soviet Empire
Ural Mountain
United States
Chicago
Congress Death by Folding and Calendars Costs
Frederick C. Othman notes government calendars and folding room mailings cost on the order of half a million dollars annually. He highlights calendar artwork, distribution to constituents, and rising mail volumes as evidence of waste and calls for tighter spending oversight.
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Washington
Theovernment Printing Office
Thealls
Uts
Senate
House
Ralph R. Roberts
Appropriations Subcommittee
John J. Rooney
W. F. Norrell
D-Ark
Rooney
Roberts
Proponents push Cedar Rapids merger and light project delays
A decade ago Marion supporters told of needing 54 more signatures to trigger a binding election on merging with Cedar Rapids, amid opposition citing a rocky start. First Avenue lighting projects faced shipment delays, while Iowa lawmakers split seven to one on rent control and a related bill. Norman Paula starred in a Cedar Rapids Symphony concert.
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Marion
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Iowa
Congress
House
Norman Paula
Franklin High School
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Health Q and A on smoking, cancer, and diabetes tips
Dr. Joseph answers readers on quitting cigarettes by stopping inhalation or switching, discusses bladder tumor malignancy and basal cell cancer as slow growing and curable with removal or X-ray, and advises diabetes patients to balance diet while controlling sugar with insulin.
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B. L
C.R
Plot Foiled in Jordan Drama by Joseph Alsop
Amman watches as a coup attempt by Jordan's Arab nationalists tied to Cairo and the Kremlin is foiled. King Hussein's energy and Saudi awareness prevent a broader shift toward Egyptian domination across the region. The episode may reshape Middle East strategy after Suez, but Jordan's stability remains uncertain for months.
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Joseph Alsop
Jordan
Amman
Hussein
Arab Legion
Nasser
Sinai
Kremlin
Cairo
Communist Party
Egypt
Faisal
Iraq
Gulf Coast
Saudi Arabia
United States
Saud
Syria
Poker and a Poker Player in the Classroom
A psychologist says a good poker player could hold an executive job. A student asks what such a person would want with a job, prompting a brief exchange about skills and suitability during a class in Mellen.
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Mellen
Wis
Weekly Record
Safeguards for Labor Funds Spark Congressional Debate
Congress weighs reforms to protect union welfare and political funds amid racketeering probes. Support grows for registering and disclosing union finances to the SEC and restricting investments. Debates center on limiting union political spending to reflect contributors' wishes rather than leaders, with testimony highlighting misused dues.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Dave Beck
Securities and Exchange Commission
S.E.C
District of Columbia
Congressional Quarterly
Dog Burial Reveals Ancient Bond In Italian Necropolis
A tomb in Mirabella Italy near a gorge uncovers a necropolis dating to 4000 B C. A large sepulcher held a crouched chieftain figure with flint arrows a copper knife jars and a baton symbol of authority. At his feet lay his dog.
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Mirabella
Italy
Trotsky Lumped At Curb Service In Union Square Riot
A 1917 Union Square clash between Communists and New York mounted police ended with police striking protesters and Trotsky involved in a mural of insults and violence as a waiter figure figures in a seedy tale of revolution and exile.
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Union Square
New York Mounted Police
Knudsen of Universal Engineering Led Cedar Rapids Growth
Herbert J. Knudsen, president of Universal Engineering Corp, discusses Cedar Rapids bonds, travel, and the rock crushing business. He recalls Chicago roots, municipal securities work, and his role with Pettibone Mulliken Corp. He praises the city’s credit, road programs, and plans for a speed skating rink in the northeast park.
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Herbert J. Knudsen
Universal Engineering Corporation
C Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Secre
Utah Radio Products Company
of Chicago Stock Exchange
Midwest Stock Exchange
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International News Service
Allen Klapp
The
Frederick C.othman
Congressional
Othman
Joseph E. Coenen
Cedar Rapids Postal Employes Credit Union
Iowa Credit Union League
R. T. Moore
Birkenhead
England
Iowa State Federation of Labor
J. C. Lewis
Walter F. Shadle
Federation
W L. E. Garwood
Essor
Coecole
Iowa Association of Economists and Sociologists
Ames
Paul Engle
Washington High School
Barber College
Foreign Service
Dr. Joseph
George Clark
Roscoe Drummond
Drummond
Frank W. Brewster
Western Conference of Teamsters
Seattle
Brewster
Bugs” Baer
New York
Ceremany
Moscow
Stalin
Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Universal
Pettibone Mulliken Corporation
U. S
Canada
Universal and Pettibone
Iowa Skating Association
Qucie Trimble
Ann Cooper
Dave Arends
Russ Wiley
Herbert J. Knudten
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