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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1963
Page
6
Editorial argues Khrushchev Castro accord signals Moscow backing for Castro and questions its impact on Sino Russian lines. It challenges Kennedy administration’s Cuba policy and urges focusing on US prestige and strategic posture rather than Khrushchev’s face-saving moves.
The piece argues cheating on examinations stems from home and school influences, including parental pressure and lax policing. It cites New York City where 512 assistant principal candidates retook exams after leaked questions and urges firm enforcement and clear guidance from authorities to restore academic integrity.
The New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell announces a forthcoming conference trip to Geneva in Switzerland and says he will pay his wife’s way. He notes past taxpayer funded trips and frames this as a personal expense while studying topics for potential legislation.
A portrait of a versatile farmer who runs farm, home, and business, blending science and purchasing acumen with production skill. He faces price-cost pressures, drought risks, and long hours, yet maintains ambition and resilience, returning to market optimism at noon.
Washington observes mounting pressure as Gov. George Wallace defies courts to block two Black students from entering the University of Alabama. The Kennedy administration signals potential federal sanctions, threatening a legislative clash that could end the wart of Northern and Southern factions. The era of cautious accommodation ends as passions surge.
The piece laments the erosion of moderate Southern influence in the U S Senate. It warns that extremism threatens rational compromise and may push moderates into private life, risking a loss of balance after a long postwar pattern. It invokes Appomattox as a metaphor for perceived surrender to outsiders and opportunists.
A dozen states have approved resolutions to call a national convention to consider three amendments aimed at limiting federal power. The plan would let states propose and ratify amendments, strip federal control over legislative apportionment, and allow a state controlled court to override some Supreme Court decisions. Critics include President Kennedy and Chief Justice Warren, with debate mostly muted as supporters press legislatures.
A congressional hearing highlighted the nation’s illiteracy crisis, with Commissioner Francis Keppel calling for $5 million next year to fund state reading and writing programs for adults. He linked literacy to the space age and argued a robust education system underpins national strength amid rising training needs.
The final Crandie passenger run set for May 30 shows 259 of 296 tickets sold. Alfred N. Scales of Iowa City, first passenger on the 1904 trip, reserved a seat for the last voyage. Airline processing switches to the new Municipal airport terminal by nightfall.
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