County government reorganization urged by Iowa judge
Judge Harvey Uhlenhopp told a League of Women Voters group that Iowa counties are a headless, fragmented system needing overhaul. He proposed internal and external reforms, including consolidating counties, possibly to about 33, and warned consolidation rules must be created.
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Lincoln
Prospects for Remote Options and Idea Promotion
A fragmented passage discusses expanding remote access and moving ideas forward. It highlights the need for practical methods to provide options and encourage dissemination of new concepts.
Eisenhower Signals Timetable For Nuclear Test Talks
President Eisenhower proposes a scientists conference to police a nuclear test suspension and sets a June start with a July first report and an August final report. Khrushchev’s reply may hinge on inspection rights while Washington points to broken agreements in past deals and urges concrete progress to ease global anxieties.
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Khrushchev
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U.S
Trip to Prague Shows Big Changes Under Iron Curtain
Drew Pearson reports easier travel behind the Iron Curtain, noting flights from Zurich to Prague, reduced border barriers, and changes in Czechoslovakia including currency controls, import limits, and lemon shortages. He recalls 1951 and 1923 history, mentions Stalin statue, Prague’s castle, Benes and Masaryk, and observes American tourists as a potential influence.
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Jan Masaryk
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North Africa
Pring
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U.S
No Man’s Land
Inter campus harmony urged by Cornell and Coe students
Ten years ago Cornell and Coe students backed a joint resolution to end campus conflict. The statement pledged no molestation of visiting students and no malicious visits between campuses, reflecting a cooperative campus atmosphere.
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Coe
Business Men Shy From Government Service Says Harvard Study
Roscoe Drummond reports a Harvard Business School survey showing a rising reluctance among business leaders to join or stay in government positions. The study notes a “frightening lack of interest” and shorter tenures, risking U S competitiveness against the Soviet Union and demanding a nationwide attitude shift toward public service.
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France Prepares for De Gaulle Return Across Nation
Marquis Childs reports French committees secretly forming to back General Charles de Gaulle. Composed of small businessmen, farmers, some civil servants, and pensioners, these groups express disillusionment with the current order and hope De Gaulle can restore France. The mood is fatalistic yet hopeful as Paris doubts the timing.
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De Gaulle Seen As France’s Unifying yet Uncertain Savior
Rightist factions band together to block reforms as Pflimlin’s government wavers. De Gaulle, at Colombey, works on his memoirs forecasting an apocalyptic shift away from party systems. He warns of a potential popular front while United States policy and Eisenhower’s era memories color his stance on North Africa and Algeria.
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Pflimlin
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Roosevelt
Churchill
North Africa
Eisenhower
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Buggy Baseball Barbs in Los Angeles
A humorous, strained description mocks a baseball scene in Los Angeles with odd phrases about nets and wallops. It absurdly suggests a Pekinese, a left fielder, and a line-drive homer being penalized by “Chinese portieres of the Bing dynasty” in a satire of the game.
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Los Angeles
Democratic Method in First Grade Class
In Raleigh a teacher and first grade pupils play with a stray cat. A boy suggests voting to determine the cat’s sex. The teacher accommodates and the class contemplates a vote as a light classroom moment.
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Raleigh, N.C
Raleigh
N.C
News and Observer
Cedar Rapids Attorney Ted Ruffin Remembers Cedar Rapids Roots
In an interview by Bruce Fishwild, Ted V Ruffin attorney born 1917 in Lake Charles La recalls moving to Cedar Rapids in 1929 and growing up in Oklahoma Panhandle before settling in Iowa He discusses law practice civic work with the Junior Chamber of Commerce and National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis his Jaycee presidency and views on city recreation and policies.
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