Eisenhower condemns spending for spending's sake in Post essay
In a Saturday Evening Post piece Dwight D. Eisenhower denounces the administration's fiscal policy as extravagant and wasteful. He urges tax cuts paired with spending reductions and warns against subsidies, space programs, and costly defense with little return. He urges citizens to write to their representatives to push for restraint.
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New York
Dwight Eisenhower
Saturday Evening Post
Eisenhower
U.S
Washington
Congress
Driver education eyed to cut teen insurance costs
A national study suggests universal driver education could save the U S about 7.7 million dollars yearly in premiums. Jefferson high School students heard Tom Donovan of the Cedar Rapids Association of Independent Agents explain that insurers offer a 10 percent reduction for teens who complete approved courses. The Cedar Rapids group spoke at a school meeting after a request from local schools.
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U.S
Jefferson High School
Tom Donovan
The
Cedar Rapids Assn. of Independent Agents
Drivers education drives down costs in youth insurance
Speakers discuss insurance problems with students citing a national study. In 1961 over 1,000,000 youths reached driving age but 39 percent took driver education training meeting standards. The remaining 61 percent paid extra premiums totaling 7.7 million dollars. by 1970 this could rise to 369.5 million in premiums for ages 16 to 25. Donovan urged high school driver training as essential to avoid losses in lives or dollars.
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Donovan
Britain to streamline police by merging units
Home Secretary Henry Brooke rejects a single national force but backs merging some of Britain's 158 police units to simplify the police structure.
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London
Britain
Home
Henry Brooke
C R Adjustment Board Grants Three Waiver Requests
The C R Adjustment Board granted waivers for Delbert Clark to build two seven story apartment towers at 1932 and 1944 First Avenue NE with a 15 foot rear yard on the former and 25 feet on the latter. Front setback 68 feet, side yards 62 feet, and 46 feet between buildings. Other waivers include Bruce A West for 32 foot wide houses on two 40 foot Lennox Place lots and St Mark's Methodist Church for a five foot roof overhang over the front setback line.
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Board of Adjustment
Delbert Clark
First Avenue NE
First Avenue
Bruce A. West
Lennox Place
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Work Weekend At Camp Wapsie Y Aims For Outdoor Upgrades
Jim Springer of Camp Wapsie Y outlines a men’s work weekend with tasks from waterfront building to plumbing and wiring plus tree trimming and wood chopping. The event starts Saturday at 8 a.m. with a chapel service Sunday morning. A separate boys outing on May 30 offers hiking, boating and camp activities.
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Camp Wapsie-Y
Jim Springer
Camp
Wapsie-Y
YMCA
Central City
Art Holmberg
Springer
Empire
U.S. Cancels Nevada Nuclear Test Blast Trio
Washington AP reports the United States abruptly canceled a trio of explosions at the Nevada nuclear testing site. The decision followed news that President Kennedy is considering a new note from unidentified sources.
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Washington
U.S
Nevada
Kennedy
Khrushchev on test ban talks and U.S. tests
White House denies link between Khrushchev negotiations and U.S. test activities. AEC and Defense Department cancel three small detonations this month including two nuclear devices and one chemical explosive. Moscow radio criticizes U.S. tests as aiming to improve weapons. Khrushchev’s letter does not alter Soviet stance on a ban. Mexico plans to export 1,250,000 cattle to the United States this year.
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Khrushchev
White House
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Moscow Radio
U.S
Ussr
Cattle Export Notes From Veracruz Dispatch
Veracruzan AP report notes the National Livestock authorities coordinating cattle exports to buyers abroad from Veracruz port. Officials discuss shipment volumes and safety inspections as trade resumes amid regional market demand and regulatory oversight.
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Veracruz
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Lindale Plaza
42Nd Street
Smulekoff
Howe
ALF
Big Smulekoff's
Smulekoff's
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