Beardsley’s Iowa third term fate linked to Eisenhower era
Post election analysis shows Governor Beardsley rode Eisenhower’s popularity to re election alongside other Republicans who trailed the ticket. The piece notes Iowa has had three term ambitions before and that no anti third term tradition governs the governorship. It ends with a cautious call to scrutinize Western alliance leverage.
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Beardsley
Eisenhower
Jawa
Samuel Kirkwood
Albert Cummins
John Hammil
Britain Faces Winter Without Coal Shortage Hope
A British Information Service note says half year figures balanced payments with the world excluding U S aid and pledge a winter with no coal shortage yet warns that U S defense aid skews interpretation. Images from a Communist economic conference show Britain signing deals with Russia and satellites while troops fight in Korea.
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Russia
Great Britain
Korea
Britain
City considers redrawing Cedar Rapids precinct boundaries
The Cedar Rapids City Council urges a survey of precinct lines after noting registration ranges from 1 186 to 2 815 and election turnout varied with 2 256 at Sixth precinct and 908 at Eighteenth. It proposes hiring University of Iowa Institute of Public Affairs to draft nonpartisan boundary proposals.
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Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Institute of Public Affairs
Institute
Eisenhower Truman liaison plan signals new cooperative era
The article discusses a potential near seamless transition between President Truman and President-elect Eisenhower with liaison teams in state and defense, and the budget bureau. It notes this could create concrete continuity in government and warns liaison members lack formal authority for actions before January 20. The piece stresses Eisenhower must clarify responsibilities.
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Truman
Eisenhower
State
Defense Departments
Budget Bureau
Big cities or farms why distance lends enchantment
The author reflects on liking distance from big cities yet feeling at ease only in smaller cities. He argues both rural and urban life offer anxieties from competition and anonymity, preferring a middle ground where people know you without invading privacy.
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Washington
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Cedar Rapids War Chest drive nears goal in 1943 campaign
More than 1,000 workers joined a campaign to raise 179272 dollars by November 20. Ray Allen received notice of a new Iowa ordnance company to be formed in December. Linn county food dealers were urged to support the voluntary meat program.
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Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
Food Requirements Committee
Lind
Personal Health Competition We Americans Overemphasize
Dr Brady argues that fifty years of hyper competition fostered by parental and societal pressure creates neurotics and psychosomatic illness. He cites the drive for top grades wealth and fame as unrealistic aims fueling family conflicts and risky behavior.
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Mortimer Snords
Brady
Congress
Niacin does not aid tuberculosis treatment
Niacin or nicotinic acid is a B vitamin essential to prevent pellagra but offers no specific benefit in tuberculosis unless a patient has endured a niacin deficient diet for a long period.
Revolt Against Corruption Explains Eisenhower Victory
George E. Sokolski argues the 1952 landslide was a popular revolt against Korea policy, communism, and government corruption. He says voters distrusted Truman Democrats, opposed Hiss and McCarthy era intrigues, and wanted reform, not a Taft or Truman machine captive. The piece asserts moral voters chose change over continued corruption.
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Alger Hiss
Lattimore
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Stevenson
Skeletons in Harry's Closet Rattle Nation After Campaign Fold
The author riffs on Truman era history noting two new families in a DC home and a dubious White House renovation. The piece questions what the president may have hidden and jabs at legacy and publicity surrounding his Sunday coalition and White House piano claim.
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Harry Truman
McCarthy Still a Big Problem for Senate Democrats
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin won re election to a second six year term despite trailing by as many as 200000 votes on the Republican ticket. The result fuels fear and caution among surviving Democrats as lawmakers debate whether to expose the records on McCarthy held by a Senate subcommittee.
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William Benton
D-Conn
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Oklahoma
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For Hection Jobless Will the ghost writers for the defeated candidate become ghost ghost writers
The Chicago Tribune asks whether writers who contributed to a failed campaign could retain influence or be labeled as ghost writers after the defeat. The piece weighs political reputations and the lasting impact of campaign messaging on public perception.
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Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Walter George
D-Ga
Senate
McCarthy
Chicago Tribune
Washington society titillates over Mamie Eisenhower
Washington society wrestles with Mamie Eisenhower as they anticipate her White House role. The piece recalls Mamie’s wartime life at the Wardman Park hotel and ponders whether she will be cordial or aloof with social elites. It notes a secret AEC vote favoring private industry access to atomic research with safeguards.
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Henry Smyth
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