Hope for Hospital Specialist Settlement Gains Ground
An agreement reportedly reached between Iowa medical professionals and hospital trustees aims to settle the hospital specialist controversy. It would affirm doctors in charge of pathology and radiology as practicing physicians, while placing hospital control on laboratory administration. The deal may require legislative approval and could affect insurance handling for these services. Community Chest budgets are defended as realistic, with agencies absorbing funding shortfalls when goals fall short.
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Iowa
Drive Lags Again in Cedar Rapids Community Chest
The Cedar Rapids Marion area falls short of the $333,441 goal for the Community Chest drive with $226,619 collected, reaching 68 percent as of the latest report. The deadline remains Tuesday, and the weak showing raises concern over local generosity.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Erbe Will Enforce Liquor Law Through Local Cooperation
The incoming Iowa attorney general elect Norman Erbe says he will not crusade but enforce laws by partnering with local officials. He favors keeping enforcement in local hands unless invited or if local authorities falter, arguing the public safety department should hold final authority rather than the attorney general’s office. The paper agrees with clarifying law enforcement duties in Chapter 3 of the Iowa code.
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Iowa
Norman Erbe
Erbe
Public Safety Commissioner
Public Safety Department
Attorney General
Division of Criminal Investigation
Bureau of Investigation
Tight money era described in a housing loan tale
A friend pursues a $25,000 home with $10,000 down as lenders tighten. He faces 5 to 6 percent rates, forced life insurance adds, and monthly payment mandates, ending with no deal and ongoing rent. The piece defines tight money as persistent after 1956.
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Washington
Prices kept steady as OPA controls fade in Cedar Rapids
Ten years ago Cedar Rapids merchants and manufacturers pledged to hold prices voluntarily as OPA controls ended on November 11 hoping to curb inflation. They doubted a rush of scarce goods would appear immediately, while noting the transition risk.
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Cedar Rapids
Gloria Sheppard
Iowa State College
Hawkeye State
Our Navy Magazine
Cedar Rapids Young Men's Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Frank Nye
Ray Spielman
Robert Peck
Charles E. Severn
Harold Ward
Joseph Kitch
Coe College
Four Cabinet Posts Open as Eisenhower Considers Replacements
President Eisenhower faces four cabinet vacancies with Dulles Humphrey Wilson and Folsom leaning toward private life in 1957. Dulles illness and Suez tensions prompt possible new foreign policy leadership with Lodge Dewey or McCloy named as successors. Sidney Weinberg and Gen. Lucius Clay are coordinating replacements.
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John Foster Dulles
George Humphrey
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Charles E. Wilson
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Marion Folsom
Health
Welfare
Humphrey
Sinclair Weeks
George
Folsom
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Ike
Tom Dewey
John J. McCloy
Germany
Chase Bank
Sidney Weinberg
Iie
Weinberg
Treasury
Wilson
Defense Department
Lucius Clay
Continental Can
Clay
Army
Hoover Jr Leads Foreign Policy Revival During Dulles Illness
Herbert Hoover Jr acting secretary of state has steadied policy by delegating to country desks and staff experts. The Egypt Israel and Europe desks coordinate actions with Robert Murphy Douglas MacArthur II Lou Henderson and C Burke Elbrick shaping quick responses to crises such as Hungary and Suez.
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U.S
Herbert Hoover, Jr
John Foster Dulles
Young Hoover
State Department
Hoover
Robert Murphy
Douglas MacArthur II
Alben Barkley
Lou Henderson
Near East
C. Burke Elbrick
White House
Russia
Bulganin
Hungary
Britain
France
Suez
Eisenhower General Staff
Eisenhower victory and Democratic gains define 1956 elections
Washington reports two central facts from the 1956 elections. President Eisenhower won a massive coalition victory enhancing his authority, while the Democratic party secured a sweeping victory that gives it a nearly co equal voice in national affairs. The piece notes no new voting pattern, but a larger Eisenhower margin and a stronger Democratic presence in the Senate, House, and governor posts. It asserts the presidency benefits from broader support yet warns of looming legislative stalemate without cross party cooperation.
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Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Congress
Senate
House
Lincoln
White House
Republican Party
Eisenhower Faces Key Tests in Party Rebuilding After Landslide
The article argues Eisenhower's nationwide support could grant him leverage to push bipartisan policy, while midterm elections threaten unknown consequences. It notes a tougher, urgent task reshaping the Republican Party in his image, with varied explanations for poor congressional results despite a 57 percent victory.
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Eisenhower
Calcium myths and health beliefs in daily routines
Dr. Joseph Mother advises that crushing egg shells or lime water for calcium offers no real physiological benefit and may be a waste of effort. He notes most people are not calcium deficient and stresses that believing helps, not the dose itself. He adds arthritis can raise calcium deposits but calcium does not cause arthritis.
Political satire on U S campaigns and foreign influence
The piece likens U S voters to a fox passing policy around and mocks foreign meddling in elections. It recalls 1870 English envoy inquiries and compares campaigns to a Saturday night bath, urging independence from outside help and noting prudence in public scrutiny.
Communist Gangsters Drive Global Costs Under Iron Curtain
Merryle Rukeyser argues that illegitimate regimes behind the Iron Curtain impose massive economic and social costs worldwide. The piece cites Soviet mismanagement, chronic manpower shortages, and nonproductive military spending surpassing forty billion dollars annually, with broader effects on global inflation and civilian standards. It frames dictatorship as the core issue, warning against propaganda that masks brutal realities.
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Hungary
Romania
United States
Russia
China
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