G E Cablevision referendum endorsed by local editor
The Cedar Rapids Gazette urges a yes vote on the G E Cablevision franchise arguing the company offers a fast reliable system and strong local commitment while warning that waiting for a supposedly better deal risks higher costs and loss of timely construction. It notes FCC regulation and Iowa public referendum rules may invite multiple applicants but favors G E given its track record and written commitments.
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A retrospective on Warren G. Harding’s 1920 nomination and presidency. The piece covers his rise, the 1920 landslide, cabinet figures like Hughes Hoover Mellon and Fall Daugherty, the Veterans Bureau corruption, and Harding’s sudden death in 1923 amid party anxieties.
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Andrew Jackson
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Warren
Nan Britton
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Los Angeles Times Syndiate
Age of Obsolescence Introduced by Politics Century
Politicians first marketed ideas with the expectation that voters would discard them for new offerings. The piece argues that the Age of Obsolescence began with political goods, not industrial products, and invokes the buyer beware maxim.
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