Start of a New Period In Iowa Road Building
The 53rd Iowa General Assembly overhauled the road system, shifting funds to the primary road program, creating a state road use tax fund, and outlining distribution for roads, with about 14 million more dollars available over 20 years. It also funds road research and simplifies secondary road maintenance, while urging citizen action on reapportionment at the 1950 election.
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Iowa
Piaen
General Fund
Highway Department
New Deal
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Illinois House defeats constitutional convention proposal
The Illinois House of Representatives voted down Gov. Stevenson’s plan for a constitutional convention. The piece argues that distribution of legislative seats should reflect population shifts, noting many states face proportional representation issues similar to Iowa. It compares state constitutions to the federal model and explains the difficulty of equal representation.
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Illinois House of Representatives
Stevenson
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Senate
Legislative Branch
Where To Draw the Line in the Cold War
Former Undersecretary Will Clayton argues that the Soviet Union seeks to push democracies into excessive defense spending and capitalism into overextension. He says the line between restraint and excess is crucial, and questions exist on a failproof formula to gauge it.
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OVIET
Russia
Will Clayton
Clayton
Rent control in France long lasting and tough to exit
The Omaha World-Herald notes that prolonging rent control makes removal harder and cites France where rent control began in World War I and Paris housing is harder to obtain than in New York or Chicago. The Christian Science Monitor argues that business and government cooperation offers a democratic counter to totalitarianism.
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France
Paris
New York
Chicago
Omaha World-Herald
Christian Science Monitor
Radio Authority and Travel Domes Highlight Newswire Voices
The St Louis Post Dispatch warns radio power is a tool for revolution and counter revolution and radio station heads must accept responsibility for the authority of the radio word. The Baltimore Sun notes railroads add observation domes to passenger cars to satisfy traveler curiosity about past and future journeys.
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Voice of America
State Department
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Baltimore Sun
Wade's Wit and Cold War Satire Mix in Column
In a satirical travel through 1920s era quirks, Harry V. Wade riffs on Russian claims, sports salaries, fashion, and culture. The piece lampoons modern ambitions from oil wells to boy scouts, German divisions, and magazine vanity projects with sly humor.
How old is the typical mother in public imagination
A reader question asks how old people imagine the typical mother. The piece surveys attitudes toward motherhood age, suggesting common assumptions may imply a mid career age range. It notes cultural stereotypes while inviting readers to share their views.
Typical American debated as a moving target in essays
A critique argues against forcing people into fixed types. It notes that foreign observers stereotype Americans as work obsessed and restless, while warning that labels like Conservative or Liberal distort individual differences. The piece calls for seeing people beyond caricatures.
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Schlesinger
No Cowed Girls Around Here
A satirical column mocks sensational debates on American wives and courage, arguing against claims of widespread cowing. The writer claims no household is cowed and boasts of taking action if needed, framing the topic as a playful but pointed social jab.
Truman Aides Plot Spot Public Works Shift
Joseph Alsop reports on a faction within the Truman administration weighing a spot public works plan to ease unemployment in affected regions. The move follows a broader fight over wage and price controls and See bill revisions. Strong resistance comes from Sawyer Nourse and Snyder with Keyserling and Clark Clarke backing a different stance. The piece notes a trend toward a potential readjustment in heavy industry and a looming budget deficit, underscoring calls for a disciplined national economic policy.
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Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder
When the Painter Stays Too Long in the Kitchen
A homeowner recalls inviting a painter to refresh the woodwork and ending with a three week spree of decorating. Fanny chooses new wallpaper colors sparking a chain of jobs from linoleum to full refinishing. The narrator resists at times, but the decorators keep multiplying projects and the scene ends with the painters gone to “touch up the woodwork.”
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Fanny
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
I Hate Socialized Medicine Says Cedar Rapids Reader
Elmer Kurth of Cedar Rapids objects to socialized medicine and criticizes doctors for limited hours and perceived indifference. He cites emergency delays, unaffordable care, and a lack of home visits as threats to lives and laments a system favoring wealthier physicians.
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Elmer Kurth
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Private firms may service meters to cut police costs
A reader argues policing meter servicing is wasteful and suggests private contractors could handle collecting meter revenue at up to ten percent of income, questioning the need for trained officers to perform the task.
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F. W. Engberg
Seventh St. SE
Horse Car Service Recalled In Cedar Rapids Past
The Gazette recalls a 40 minute streetcar era along First Street and the Third Avenue Bridge. One man drove small horse cars, collected fares, and others remember late services. An Atlantic man’s mule foot incident drew nursing care, while a night school for foreign-born students is sponsored by the school board at Monroe and Madison.
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Cedar Rapids
First Street
Third Avenue Bridge
Atlantic
Monroe
Madison Schools
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