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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1958
Page
6
Marion and Cedar Rapids officials should consider joint guidance staff and shared facilities to address cross border growth. The piece argues for wider regional cooperation in Linn county and notes the practical and financial benefits of cooperative planning over isolation.
University of Iowa hosts a Humanities Society talk by Prof. Stow Persons who challenges pollsters framing questions and argues public opinion as the community's ultimate will. He notes surveys condition respondents and raise questions about the authenticity and influence of polling.
Iowa records 20 day May deaths at 20, totaling 20, down sharply from 42 in the year prior. Officials call the 52 percent drop astonishing and credit efforts of man such as the point system and radar enforcement. The year to May 20 totals 204 fatalities, 25 fewer than last year, with 22 fewer in the first 20 days of May.
Washington reports that ARPA scientists are designing a very large satellite with shape varying in space and ground views. Rep. Flood questions size while Dr. York explains orbital duration depends on altitude. Plans include tests with monkeys to prove return capability before manned flight, and possible moon photography via airborne telecast.
Cedar Rapids celebrated the White Friday safety drive climax as almost 3 000 vehicles were tested at a safety lane while the city maintained a no reportable accident record for over 24 hours. Frank P. Siebert elected president of Battery E 126th Field Artillery Association. Linn county bond debt drops below one million for the first time in 20 years. Mid payments bring total bonded obligation to 991 000 as of January 1 1925. Dr Harry M Gage of Coe College named to ACE commission on teacher education. Attorney J M Grimm returns from Jacksonville Florida after attending the Order of Railway Conductors convention. Mrs W E Rorabaugh leaves for Wesley to visit daughter Ena Rorabaugh a local teacher.
Washington observers say Moscow risks a backfire as Nixon's Latin American tour stirs anti Communist sentiment. Caracas violence and Venezuela’s junta resignations highlight growing opposition to Communist influence and stricter measures against Communist parties across the region.
Reader asks about lingual tonsils on the back of the tongue and when to remove them, noting they resemble extra tonsils and may become infected. Advice covers hair plucking on the lip, root removal vs shaft breakage, electrolysis as a method, and cautions against altering moles with hairs.
Dr John J. Murray discusses the recurring idea of a single ruler seizing power in France. He recalls Napoleon Bonaparte and notes de Gaulle as a potential leader, while warning that opposition labels him fascist though he opposed fascists in 1940. The piece situates the concept in revolutionary roots and modern politics.
The passage traces how leaders on horseback like Cavaignac and Louis Napoleon III promised reform after 1815. It notes Napoleon III’s rise through a coup on December 2, 1851, his mass support, and the appeal of the Napoleonic legend.
The piece titled 800 Feet of Artistic Brush Against the Grain features a blackbird skeleton and a woman in white amid whirling figures. Critics call it absurd and expect banners declaring post no Picassos on London walls.
Verne H Balster, retired owner of Balster Furniture Co, of Marion, recalls family roots in Maquoketa Lost Nation and five-store expansion. He discusses retirement, travel since 1936 including Europe and Latin America, and views on Cedar Rapids Marion merger and recalling great baseball memories including Ruth Gehrig and classic Iowa games.
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