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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1963
Page
6
The piece argues Governor Wallace will file a suit challenging the law used to mobilize federal troops to restore order in Birmingham. It says segregationists should abandon futile resistance by legal action and prepare for the coming era of guaranteed Negro rights in law and practice.
Des Moines age 76, Agnes Samuelson, Shenandoah native and longtime advocate for better schools, died Sunday. She rose from country schoolteacher to Page County superintendent, state superintendent, executive secretary of the Iowa State Education Association, and National Education Association president in 1935-36. Her life and work are featured in The Palimpsest.
As the school year nears end teachers face a real work load including summer courses travel and extended summer programs. A Winnetka study notes teachers average over 48 hours weekly challenging the idea of a short vacation. Pay and worth of tasks remain the core question.
The piece recalls Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo New York to Paris flight, noting it took 33 hours 29 minutes to cover 3,610 miles. It compares Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper’s planned 34 hour 22 orbit to the earlier feat and cites Science magazine on the fading awe of repeated milestones.
Marquis Childs examines whether reconciliation between Negroes and whites can arise within the American system, focusing on Birmingham as a test case. He notes the rise of the Black Muslim movement, its secrecy, and potential to provoke violence, while contrasting Christian heritage with Muslim critiques of Christianity as a colonial tool.
The piece argues that anti white rhetoric and color movements abroad echo unrest linked to Birmingham and Little Rock. It notes federal intervention under Eisenhower during Civil Rights crises, critiques government restraint, and contrasts Oxford with Birmingham while warning against perceived federal limits and states rights as a national vulnerability.
Roscoe Drummond reports on Richard Nixon leaving California for New York after a candid interview. Pat Nixon, backing the move, cited the aim to shield the family from political heat and the risk of Nixon remaining a potential candidate.
Bruce Brossat analyzes how right wing critics target the Council of State Governments and the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations as collectivist plots to undermine federal power. The piece contrasts state cooperation with accusations of communism and notes Nixon’s stance while detailing economic and personal reasons behind his California departure and move toward New York law practice.
A visiting guest remarks on a small girl as not very pretty. The girl replies that she is awfully smart, turning the comment into a playful exchange that highlights her quick, clever reply.
In a 1953 Marengo city council session George Fiser was chosen to fill the remaining term as mayor after Clarence Wandling resigned. The Cedar Rapids area notes include Shriners parade, operetta casting, and local school fund profits.
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