Iowa Focuses On Senior Citizens Month And Aging Studies
Iowa highlights Senior Citizens Month with a focus on aging issues. The state hosts the University of Iowa Institute of Gerontology and a 1957 legislature study committee gathering data for a report due by October 1. The panel surveys private nursing homes, county homes, and nonprofit aging facilities, noting gaps in coverage and areas needing thorough study.
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University of Iowa
Iowa Nursing Home Association
IRS Censorship by Taxation Draws Fire Over Private Utilities
The piece argues IRS rulings on marketing by private power firms amount to government censorship, likening tax policy to suppressing free speech. It contends weather-related failures and tax subsidies by public power create unfair competition, and urges rejecting bureaucratic overreach.
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Truman Heads for France for Rest and Reflection
President Truman sails toward France for a vacation rather than to press policy or confront concerns. The trip aims to relax the leader after wartime duties and engage in informal discussions with European allies.
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Harry Truman
France
Law Blocks Citizens from Policy Role
The House Committee on Un American Activities may expand the Logan Act to bar American citizens from hosting or discussing with foreign government representatives actions aimed at influencing U S policy. A prominent industrialist was subpoenaed as part of the inquiry into whether such intercourse should be prohibited.
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Eastern Iowa Band Festival grows with 30 ensembles in Cedar Rapids
Ten years ago Cedar Rapids hosted the third annual Eastern Iowa Band festival featuring thirty queens, thirty three bands and bugle corps with nearly two thousand young musicians expected to participate. Cochairmen Charles Hastings and Jack Hart led event sponsorship by the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Elkport
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Roland Smith
Iowa City
Iowa Restaurant Owners Association
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Center Point
Elizabeth Billings
Coggon
Junior Gazette
Prompt Air Safety Bill Urges Prompt Congressional Action
By W. A. Patterson President United Air Lines calls for immediate congressional action on a proposed federal aviation agency to unify air traffic control. He notes deadly Las Vegas and Maryland crashes, urges centralized authority, CAB and CAA reform, and swift passage of the bill to improve safety and future operations.
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Can De Gaulle Unite Knots In Algeria And Europe
Paris wonders what General de Gaulle can do if he returns to power. He faces a failed Algerian settlement, integration debates with Moslems, and a European alliance seen differently from the United States. Obstacles include settlers and army resistance, cost of rights, and economic reform hurdles.
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Algiers
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Mediterranean
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Hans Speidel
Brave Sailor Loyal to His Teeth After Whisky Shot
A frightened sailor avoided a tooth extraction until a sympathetic dentist gave him a large whiskey shot. The sailor, still wary, vowed no one would mess with his teeth, even with pain.
No way back to 24 except memories in Stratton
Kenneth Reid, district manager of the Social Security Administration in Cedar Rapids, reflects on his Nebraska roots Stratton and Pender, his entry into Social Security from a Civil Service exam, and pivotal changes like disability payments. He discusses record challenges, need for birth proof, vacation habits, one way streets, and hopes to relive youth at 24.
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Social Security Administration
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