Nuclear power near Cedar Rapids aims for strict safety
Iowa Electric plans a Cedar Rapids area plant with stringent safety design. An Atomic Energy Commission review will take about 12 months, with hearings and detailed evaluations before permits. Public understanding is boosted by tables explaining dose comparisons to natural background radiation.
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Iowa Electric
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Iowa
United States
Sensible Approach to Vietnam Talks Sees Practical Path
The piece notes President Thieu proposed the South and North Vietnamese front negotiations with allied backers behind them. It argues this could render the dispute manageable, but predicts Hanoi and Washington will reject the approach in favor of harsher methods.
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Thieu
Hanoi
Washington
York
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Harlem Wants Him Powell Resentable
In Washington commentary notes Rep. Adam Clayton Powell faces expulsion controversy but Harlem voters reelect him. The piece compares districts and cites Powell’s landmark labor and education legislation, alongside departures of Leonard Marks USIA director and George Christian White House press secretary.
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Ashington
Washington
Rep
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
House of Representatives
Powell
Congress
Charleston
S.C
Mendel Rivers
House Labor and Education Committee
Sen
Lister Hill
Alabama
Fanfair
Leonard Marks
U.S. Information Agency
Bill Benton
USIA
Marks
George Christian
Johnson
White House
Steve Early
FDR
No Title Kickoff Pushes Nixon Leftward
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report adviser Lt. Gov. Robert Finch urges Nixon to move left to broaden support beyond the South and border states. Finch may resign to join Washington and push a more liberal, less cautious course without embracing New Left extremes.
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Ashington
Richard M. Nixon
Robert Finch
California
Finch
Nixon
Washington
Thurmond
White House
Electoral College
Illinois
Daley
Humphrey
Post Election Reflections Point to Nixon Era Tensions
The piece assesses post election mood and predicts Nixon’s administration balancing act between right and left. It notes Agnew’s role as potential learning ground, hints at Moynihan and Garment as liberal allies, and weighs cabinet choices from Rockefeller to Rockefellers while aiming to bring the South back into the union.
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Nixon
White House
Daniel P
Pat) Moynihan
Harvard
Leonard Garment
Garment
Richard Goodwin
Kennedy
Manhattan
John Gardner
Johnson
Nelson Rockefeller
Defense
William Scranton
George Romney
Commerce
George Humphrey
Treasury
George Champion
Chase Manhattan Bank
Maurice Stans
Eisenhower
Treasury Post
Post Office
Stans
Chase Manhattan
David Rockefeller
Rockefellers
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Jacob Javits
New York
Thurmond
Wilson Praises Cedar Rapids Growth and Community Partners
Wilson executive praises Cedar Rapids for strong civic effort and education gains after a 5.9 million school bond. He notes Iowa Electric’s 100 million atomic plant near town, Wilson’s million-dollar Cedar Rapids expansion, and aims to reach a 2 billion dollar firm size by 1975 while urging shared civic obligation.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Iowa
Iowa 4-H Foundation
Iowa State University
College of Agriculture
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Jack Anderson
LBJ
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Bell-McClure Syndicate
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Ing
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House
Dean Rusk
Walt Rostow
New York Times Service
Publishers Hall Syndicate
Russell
Novak
Evans
Industry
Roy V. Edwards
Wilson & Company
Life Magazine
United States Department of Commerce
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