Erskine School progress reassures Cedar Rapids on schedule
Cedar Rapids board building committee chair B A Jensen reports the Erskine school site is on track despite a water problem two weeks behind. He expects completion by the 1955 opening, preventing kindergarten overflow at Grant Wood into next year and prompting continued regular progress reports to the public.
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Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood School
Erksine
Citizens School Committee
Parker
Jensen
Peaking of the point of law in drunk driving case
A man pleads innocent to drunken driving in Scott county and is released on bond. Reports say he has four prior convictions, with three being second offenses. The Iowa statute prescribes penalties escalating from first to third offenses, illustrating the ordinal sequence in sentencing.
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Iowa
Scott
Woodrow Wilson
Red threats overshadow push for postwar pacts on West German rearmament
The Soviet response to Western moves on German rearmament and a possible security conference shows belligerent diplomacy. Moscow warns of reprisals and blocks a top level Four Power meeting while nine nations pace ratification of pacts letting West Germany regain sovereignty and arms.
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Russia
Berlin
U.N
Kremlin
Moscow
Cedar Rapids-Marian Community Chest Surpasses Goal
The Cedar Rapids- Marion Community Chest exceeded its $270,362 goal by $32.50 after three weeks of hard work by volunteers and leaders. General Chairman John Tuthill and Executive Director Robert H. Caldwell led the drive, praising the persistent team for reaching the target in a wealthy community.
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Cedar Rapids- Marion
John Tuthill
Robert H. Caldwell
Not All in Our Heads
A 1954 King Features Syndicate essay argues society may overuse psychiatrists and questions whether too many specialists create needless mental distress. The narrator recalls past days when blues were common and muses on possible alternatives to psychiatric intervention.
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Poe
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Cedar Rapids honors first resident in U S Senate
Ten years ago Cedar Rapids hosted a banquet honoring its first native to reach the U S Senate Gary B Hickenlooper. The Olivet Presbyterian choir led by Mrs D Keith Irwin performed The Song of Thanksgiving at the event.
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Win
Wil
Lam B. Quarton
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
United States Senate
Gary
B. B. Hickenlooper
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Keith Irwin
J. H. Maunder
L. M. Gorman
Hidden Crisis on Formosa Drags On Anew
The piece analyzes the Formosa crisis with a sinking of a Nationalist destroyer escort as a trigger. It outlines Joint Chiefs and Ridgway disagreements, a presidential veto, and options from bombardment to withdrawal. It notes Dulles hints and the risk of a broader war, plus political pressures in Congress.
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Washington
China
Asia
Quemoy
Washington Post
Times-Herald
Chalmers Roberts
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chiang Kaishek
National Security Council
Denver
Joint Chiefs
Ridgway
Chiang
John Foster Dulles
Formosa
Dulles
Europe
America
Pescadores
State Department
Generalissimo
United States
Can We Co Exist Peacefully The Knowland Debate
Senator Knowland calls for an open discussion of what peaceful co existence with Soviet Russia means. He argues the West must prevent misinterpretation and potential aggression while stressing the need to deter a third world war. The White House and Dulles favor clear debate on Moscow's sincerity and the limits of détente.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
Knowland
R-Calif
White House
Senate
Dulles
Ress
Moscow
Free World
Soviet Union
United States
Far East
Southeast Asia
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Soviet Russia
Britain
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
America
Red China
United Nations
Hennings
Missouri
Asia
Bugs Baer Question Roosevelts Hold In This Race
The piece notes Franklin Roosevelt losing in New York while James Roosevelt wins in California. It credits Franklin’s Gulf Stream advantage and notes campaign missteps such as handshakes and cigars. It remarks on the Roosevelt name shining on the Pacific coast and in the East. It mentions Franklin's Wall Street law office and plans for 1956.
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Roosevelts
Franklin
New York
Jimmie
California
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Wall Street
Personal Health: Yoga Variants and Natural Eating
In a discussion on yoga varieties from bhakti to hatha, the author notes support for natural eating using plain wheat and belly breathing while opposing artificial bowel manipulation and enemas, criticizing extreme dietary practices. The piece defends natural bodily regulation and questions yoga’s departure from natural methods.
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Webster
Topsy
Army indoctrination pamphlet prompts questions on democracy
George Sokols ky critiques a 1940s Army information program, noting the Sokol sky National Security Training Commission report promotes nonmilitary indoctrination. He questions democratic precepts, democratic responsibility, and the bias toward Protestant norms in civilian lectures for reservists.
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Soviet Russia
Julius Ochs Adler
United States
John Foster Dulles
Army Reserve
Congress
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