Gasoline Tax Permanence and State Trends Highlight Iowa View
The Cedar Rapides Gazette notes that several states raised gasoline taxes while Iowa made the temporary fifth and sixth cent permanent. It explains how current revenue shifts under the 6 cent tax keep the secondary road fund intact and cites Iowa’s constitutional requirement that highway taxes stay with highways, then quips about reducing highway miles to tame costs.
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Alaska
Pennsylvania
Washington
Delaware
House
Senate
Minnesota
Vermont
California
Oklahoma
Iowa
Robert Blie
Cedar Rapids sells $1.9 million in bonds at bargain rates
Cedar Rapids issued 1.9 million dollars in airport and park improvement bonds this week, achieving rates of 2.975 and 2.74 percent. The city preserves its strong credit and tax exempt returns, contrasting with lower offers elsewhere. Total bonded debt now stands near 8.64 million, about half the legal limit, suggesting cautious use of debt and advocating pay-as-you-go financing when possible.
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Cedar Rapids
Lown City
Maunicipal
Congress
Local Civil Service Resigns. Cedar Rapids Officials Get Raises
Giles Joyce of the Civil Service Commission in Cedar Rapids resigned after more than seven years of service. In other city action, Chairman Carl Kirwin and Charles E. Severn, Fire Chief E. P. Kohnut, and Police Chief William J. Kudina received $420 annual raises to bring salaries to $5,400. Safety Commissioner Edward A. Prochaski cited alignment with other chiefs and meritorious service. The report also notes 1947 class play at McKinley and various Midwest Red Cross and commercial traveler news.
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Giles Joyce
Civil Service Commission
Cedar Rapids
Carl Kirwin
Charles E. Severn
E.P. Ko»hout
William J. Kudina
Edward A. Prochaskis
Pastoral Appointment and Honorary Degree News
10 20 30 Years Ago reports that the First Evangelical church in Gudar Ragilis named a new pastor. Keith Vawter learned he would be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Culver-Stockton College, Canton Missouri, at the May 26 commencement exercises.
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First Evangelical
Gudar Ragilis
Keith Vawter
Culver-Stockton College
Canton
Ugly Opportunists and the Misnomer of Intellectuals
The piece traces how the term intellectual evolved from class distinctions in czarist Russia to American use, contrasting genuine scholarship with modern claims of intellect. It cites Matthews and Buckley as examples and questions university standards and the breadth of true knowledge, recalling Greenwich Village prewar intellectual life and their broad curiosity across disciplines.
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Russia
Horatio Alger
Franklin D
Joe
J. B. Matthews
Willian F. Buckley, Jr
Yale
God
Matthews
Buckley
Europe
Asia
Greenwich Village
New York
Polly
Colony
Washington
Cuba
Laos
Korea
Roosevelt
Truman
Irony and upheaval mark Kennedy's Alabama actions
The piece outlines ironic twists around federal marshals sent to Alabama by Attorney General Kennedy to restore order amid mob violence. It cites Kennedy's past pleas for Meriwether to Alabama politicians, clashes with the Ku Klux Klan, and recent incidents at Maxwell Field and Montgomery sites. It notes Patterson's mob-linked past and Connor's prior ethics case, framing a tense, strained politics in Alabama.
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Ashington
Alabama
Robert Kennedy
U.S
Kennedy
Senate
Charles Meriwether
Pearson Bob Shelton
Ku Klux Klan
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Jacob Javits
New York
Meriwether
Air Force
Trony No
Ben Hardeman
Montgomery
Sens. Ili
Sparkman
Birmingham News
Patterson
Young Kennedy
John Patterson
Pries
Freedom Riders
Phenix City
Ala
Mitzi- Weber
Lnter
Povernor
Gene al Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Bobby
John
Eugene Bull Connor
Birmingham
Connor
No Scapegoat Needed Cuban Invasion Stirs Debate
A Cuban invasion episode prompts Senate testimony debate on who is responsible. Sen Gore criticizes the joint chiefs while Gen Lemnitzer and Allen Dulles testify in secret, leaving public judgment limited. The piece questions civilian hesitancy and CIA planning, noting a distant aircraft carrier failure to provide promised air support and urging President Kennedy to set a firmer policy for future covert actions.
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Ashington
Sen. Gate
Tennessee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sen. Gore
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lyman Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs
Uim
Gen. Lemnitzer
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate Committee
Cuba
Washington
Sen. Morse
Senate
Lemnitzer
Latin America
Fess
Kennedy
Maxwell D. Taylor
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Booth Tarkington
Gene Lilly
Violet Hanshaw
Marjorie Emerson
Wells C. Peck
Midwest Red Cross Conference
St. Louis
Iawa
Ed J. Mulgrew
Cuane
United Commercial Travelers In Convention
E. G. Pullen
Waterlow
Gorge Clark
Fat Owen Eve
Syed
George Sokolsky
Phonies
Bedfellows In Politics
Maxwell Field
Air University
Denzal Harvey
Philip Jeter
Maj. Harvey
United States
Montgomery Trailways
Henry C. S. Mays
Drew Pearson
Binfield
Florida
Esles
Mays
Figaro
Tawmoon
By David Lawrence
CIA
CTA
Senator Gore
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