Bad Judgment in Hospitality Room at Iowa Convention
An Iowa Tax Commission hospitality room controversy centers on Chairman Burrows. The room reportedly hosted by the commission at a Des Moines hotel drew scrutiny over public image versus private payment of 24 pounds and 80 dollars in liquor. The piece argues agencies should seek public relations through appropriate channels and to avoid hospitality rooms.
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Prentis
Iowa Tax Commission
Commission
Des Moines
Iowa State Assessors Association
Burrows
Tax Commission
Private club bias sparks debate on civil rights impact
Civil rights advocates target private clubs, arguing their exclusion influences public decisions through power networks. Critics warn protests threaten freedom of association, urging measured action to curb anti Jewish and anti Negro discrimination without coercive invasions into private groups.
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Eagles
Milwaukee
Elks Club
New York City
Wall Street Journal
Mobile Homes Considered For Low-Cost Urban Renewal
In Cedar Rapids the city council mulls mobile homes as a low-cost housing option for urban renewal. A writer defends mobile homes as safe with proper care, urges public education, and suggests a city vote on changes. A reader chastises a youth who stole a bicycle near St Patrick’s Church, listing vehicle license 6761 and demanding its return.
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Cedar Rapids
Editorial critique of Iowa voter views on local projects
A reader resents a Washington Post Evans Novak editorial shared via The Gazette and Cedar Rapids audience. The note questions the Iowa voter’s perspective on freshmen Democratic representatives and the prominence of local projects.
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The
Washington Post
Evans-Novak
Gazette
Atv Wife
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fragmented note questions courthouse column removal plan
The author argues against removing courthouse columns citing loss of setting and beauty. They dispute an architect’s suggestion to alter or remove structural elements for space or strengthening, asserting such changes would harm the building’s appearance and surroundings.
Vietnam issue boosts Johnson and Oregon race turns on Vietnam
Roscoe Drummond analyzes how U.S. voters view Vietnam policy as an asset to the Johnson administration and how the Manila conference might yield election dividends. In Oregon the Hatfield Duncan Senate race hinges on Vietnam, with Morse backing Hatfield and Duncan aligned with administration policy.
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Roscoe Drummond Ortland
Ure
Vietnam
Johnson
LBJ
Manila
Drummond
South Vietnam
Democratic Party
Congress
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Hatfield
Los Angeles
Senate
Duncan
Morse
President Johnson Urges Clergy Political Involvement in Debate
President Johnson tells bishops that ministers must engage in politics and social issues, drawing clash with church leaders who urge pulpit independence. The piece argues this blurs church state lines and risks compromising moral leadership amid civil rights tensions.
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David Lawrence Ashington
Congress of the
United States
Johnson
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Eisenhower Attacks Democrats Over Economic Bias
In this day 1956 campaign remarks President Eisenhower blasted the Democrats as spreading wicked nonsense and political bank. He charged the administration favored big business while claiming small business men and average taxpayers were better off under his policies.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Tration
Neighbors by George Clark 50th Anaomos reunion noted
Ana mosa high school class of 1906 observed their 50th reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Ellison in Martello. Weather figures from Cedar Rapids 1946 show two degrees below freezing with little city damage but crop losses for outskirts truck gardeners. Jim Wathan Hunter Flying Service says eighty percent of light planes sold in the region go to farmers. 1936 town factory employment rose 15 percent from 1935 with payrolls up 11 percent. 305 manufacturers surveyed employed 53,419 people with total wages of 1,044,155 and an average weekly wage of 22.79.
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H. Ellison
Martello
Cedar Rapids
Jim Wathan
Hunter Flying Service
State Labor Department
Birchers Disenchanted Suddenly
Rep. Alvin O Kanski campaigns for re election in Wisconsin but faces disruption from two Birchite women in Twin Falls who derail his talk by shouting about his voting record. Mrs O Kanski moved them to another room where the disturbance continued.
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Ashington
Alvin O’kanski
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Twin Falls
O'Kanski
Senators and audience clash over political labels
During a heated exchange Ev's Pinko Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson clashed with Mrs. O'Konski who declared, You are the kind of people who are ruining the country. There is nothing wrong with the congressman's votes. Senator Dirksen voted the same way. A hush followed before a spectator accused Dirksen of being a communist.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Powell's Quorum Antics Stir Washington Floor
On the house floor Rep Adam Clayton Powell drew laughs as Republicans mocked quorum calls during debates on the poverty bill. Powell paced like a caged panther while colleagues teased his presence at the majority table. The session saw partisan crossfire over program efficiency and poverty policy with hints of Shriver and Long personnel shifts. Powell’s theatrics and the GOP’s air of cooperation defined the mood as debate lingered without gripping attention.
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Mary MccGrory
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N
White House
House
Education and Labor Committee
New York
Sargent Shriver
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Labor
Shriver
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Thawatha
Mobile Home Park
Robert Armstrong
John Cabalka
Wildwood Drive
Mark Hatfield
Rep
Robert Duncan
Ala
Honoluld
Mr. Johnson
Lawrence
Washington
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
George Clark
Herman
Birchers
Powell
G.olp
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Paris
San Juan
State Department
GEO
Gillis Long
Ste
Long
Louisiana
Mide
Clayton Powell
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