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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1950
Page
6
The article targets Senator Connally and his hostile stance toward minority input on foreign policy. It calls for bipartisan compromise, notes the need for thorough debate on American policy, and stresses unity amid rising partisan discord. It also references housing code debates and a new course for diplomatic freshmen.
Frank Kerekes assistant dean at Iowa State outlines revival of the proposed state building code. The code, drawn by a committee, was rejected by the 1949 legislature, and now faces another review ahead of the 1951 session.
A Cedar Rapids reader, a local businessman known for timely civic support, sends a dollar and urges others to contribute to the Community Chest deficit. He likens the appeal to annual Camp Good Health fund drives and asks all voluntary gifts go to Chest headquarters. The paper endorses organized, unified campaigns over new collections. A side note ponders a hypothetical if motorcar design had frozen in 1905.
The columnist rails against Reds expanding in Tibet and abroad, touting a private Shangri la as a sanctuary. He denounces communism’s advances, defends American resilience, and imagines Tibet’s remote refuge as a personal retreat from global turmoil.
Ten years ago reporters collected local resident views on the new product Spam paying $1 and $2 for opinions in the business district. At an annual Cedar Rapids meeting T N McClure of Morningside College was elected chairman and P N Russell of William Penn College was named secretary treasurer of the Iowa Association of Educational Business Officers.
President Truman abandons the Brannan farm plan and the Ewing health plan as political poison. He faces a new Senate balance led by Taft, with potential to reshape foreign and defense policy. Sacrificing Acheson and civil rights measures may be used to survive Senate opposition and preserve Western alliance.
An overweight man on a Davenport Daily Times column laments rude crowding as he notes men push ahead of women and, most angrily, ahead of his wife, prompting a discussion about etiquette and fairness on public transport.
George E. Sokosky argues that Max Lowenthal’s recalled details are unreliable while criticizing FBI performance. He notes Lowenthal’s vague references to 1940s government work and questions why certain histories of espionage were not pursued, suggesting selective memory affects judgment.
Soviet weapons captured in Korea astonish U S ordnance officers at Aberdeen Maryland. Tests on mortars burp guns and rifles reveal heavier firepower and unfamiliar designs that shift views on Soviet capabilities. Also recounts a fake warning of an imminent national air raid that caused a Washington panic before being traced to an American tourist in India.
A reminiscence recalls O Learys in Philadelphia and the Public Ledger editor known as Old Pony Jackson. The narrator explains how a chance reading habit and a dusty education formed his craft, describing long afternoons in a bookstore and the ritual of selecting one paragraph per book.
The article traces the shift from pathology based on tissue changes to physiological understanding. It notes early doctors relied on structural diagnosis and digitalis prescriptions, while modern practice assesses cardiac reserve and prescribes appropriate exercise for longer, healthier life.
Two year old child eats burned match ends and ashes prompting a Medical Q and A. An infant often eats dirt sand ashes plaster or charcoal with little harm or significance. A reader reports leg swelling improving after iodized ration. doctors say iodin ration is food not medicine and aids healing in varicose ulcers.
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