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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1962

Page

2

Wage Mix of City Pay Scales Spurs Employee Reactions

A preliminary city wage survey on job classifications and pay divisions prompts varied employee responses at city hall. The plan includes 40 grades with starting salaries from 200 to 825 dollars monthly, rising to 249 and 1020 dollars respectively, while top earners reach about 12 240 dollars a year.

Lazette City Hall Washington Sen Yarborough D-Texas Billie Lot Sea-St Tel Texas Dallas News Estes’ Journal of Expenditures

Amish Leaders Weigh Future of Their School in Hazleton Area

Two Amish leaders met Arch Grimes and the Oelwein school board to discuss options after Hazleton district reorganization. They can keep a private school or join the community district with 180 teaching days, science classes, and transport of seventh and eighth graders to a central school.

Fhe Oelwein Arch Grimes State Department of Public Instruction Hazleton

Iowa U Sets Race Free-Choice Rules for Campus Groups

The University of Iowa announces that student organizations must admit members without regard to race color or national origin or lose official recognition. A policy by the student faculty committee on student life applies to existing groups and all new ones. Groups have until 1965 to demonstrate free choice and file constitutions by laws and membership documents.

Iowa City UPI University of Iowa

The Holts Move Prompt Cat Pursuit Across States

Lou Holt moved on April 18 to Jasper Arkansas after retiring in Lander Wyoming. Movers failed to capture the Holt family cat during the move. Mary Holt returned from a 1,500 mile trip to recover the pet, spending five minutes and 15 cents on Ilver to trap it. Amish elders have not yet decided, saying they must confer with others in the community.

Lander Wyo Lou Holt Jasper Ark Holt Mary

Mayor Bars Newsmen From Informal Council Meetings

The Cedar Rapids mayor bans news representatives from informal city council sessions held at the Holiday Inn. Reporters describe the move as an attempt to curb coverage and require off the record confirmation for any actions. The shift to a closed venue followed a late site change ordered by Mayor Johnson.

Bob Johnson The Gazette Cedar Rapids Holiday Inn First Street City Hall Johnson City S Hall

Plane Missing on Search Nine Aboard in Mexico Mission

Harlingen air base officials say a T-29 navigation training plane with nine aboard is overdue on a search mission for a civilian aircraft missing since Saturday southwest of Tampico. Colonel James Newsome confirmed the search is underway and the civilian craft was a single-engine plane piloted by a Donna, Texas, man.

Harlingen

Eisenhower Score Revealed at Eldorado Golf Club

Palm Desert California AP report reveals President Eisenhower’s golf score at Eldorado Country Club. Manager William Daugherty says he typically shoots in the 80s and notes a 75 in the day prior to departure left the president pleased and considering skipping the trip.

Palm Desert Calif APJ Eisenhower Eldorado Country Club William Daugherty

IT Cheated on My Taxes Letter Teases Payment Plan

A humorous note to the IRS jokes about an unnamed cheating incident and a staged payment of 25 dollars with a promise to send the balance if sleep does not return, reflecting a playful earlier era mail joke. The fragment suggests a readers’ chuckle about tax payable anxiety.

Internal Revenue

Soviet envoy backs political Laos settlement after talks

Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin conferred with Secretary Rusk for 35 minutes in Washington and indicated Moscow supports a political settlement in Laos. He cited Vienna accords and a government of national union as paths forward while signaling that sending troops to Thailand would not help.

Washington Anatoly Dobrynin Rusk Russia Laos Dobrynin Khrushchev U.S Vienna Thailand Doebrynin Kennedy Averell Harriman George Ball Government of National Union Harriman

U S Marines to Thailand Amid Laos Tensions

President Kennedy ordered 1800 U S Marines to Thailand as a precaution against Laos cross border actions. Forces will be airlifted to Bangkok with 1200 additional army units from the Pacific and a dedicated air support group. General Harkins will command U S forces in Thailand and South Vietnam.

Washington Kennedy U. S Thailand Defense Department Ota Ae Duhl Laos White House Bangkok Naval Base Valley Forge Defense McNamara Seventh Fleet Pacific Area Pacific Air Force Paul Harkins U.S South Vietnam Pentagon James Richardson U.S. Army Pacific Harkins Penttagon

Record Production and Personal Income Rise in April 1962

The Federal Reserve reports April output at a record 17.0 with 17.1 percent above 1957 average. Personal income rose to 438.7 billion dollars, up 2.8 billion, driven by wages in manufacturing. The first quarter 1962 balance of payments deficit fell to 1.8 billion annual rate from 5.8 billion. Retail sales up 1 percent helped by auto showroom demand.

Washington Federal Reserve Board Board Secretary of Commerce Dodges Hodges

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