Two Views on Iowa Highway Financing Debated
In Sibley and Cedar Rapids two leaders clash over funding Iowa roads. Hileman pushes a one-cent gas tax rise and long term plan. Phillips questions the need for such a hike, urging careful spending within current and future highway revenue while noting the distribution formula hampers progress.
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Sibley
Iowa
R. G. Hileman
Iowa Good Roads Association
Petroleum
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Robert C. Phillips
Iowa Petroleum Committee
Highway Commission
Hileman
Phillips
Legislative Highway Study Committee
Social Thirst Prompted by Cedar Rapids Workers Underage
A Cedar Rapids resident urges city action to address social needs of thousands of underage workers. The letter calls for more adult entertainment options, higher quality restaurants and clubs, and municipal events to alleviate a growing sense of discontent among youth awaiting adulthood. The writer plans to return in February to see progress.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather as a tool in cold war rhetoric on Hurricane Flora
The piece argues that Hurricane Flora is used in anti Castro talking points to stress the global communist threat. It notes four days of storms battered Cuba’s economy, blames Sabotage rhetoric, and suggests a theoretical future where weather manipulation could shape geopolitics. It concludes Flora harmed ordinary Cubans, not the political leadership.
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Flora
Cuba
Sahara
Soviet Union
Conant Urges Reform in Teacher Training and Private Schools
Former Harvard president James B. Conant argues that U.S. grammar and high schools suffer from weak teacher training. He notes private schools often deliver stronger, more subject mastery driven education. The piece discusses tax-support equity and democracy’s interest in universal access alongside school quality and choice.
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U.S
James B. Conant
Harvard
Manual Training Sparks Debate Over Education Focus
A reader disputes Mrs. Eleanor Hearst and argues for practical skills in high school. The letter advocates a technical track or county based programs to balance academics with hands on training and domestic crafts.
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Shepard
Eleanor Hearst
Gazette
No Assurance Yet of Eventual Winner
Analysis of October 1963 mood amid Cold War tensions. The piece argues the partial nuclear test ban does not end the war or guarantee victory. It urges maintaining space and defense programs, critiquing rushed optimism and warning against complacent triumphalism.
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Soviet Union
Bill Miller Called Laziest Ever G.O.P. Chairman Chair Up For Grilling
According to Drew Pearson a special blue ribbon GOP committee plans to replace Bill Miller as national chairman before the 1964 campaign. Miller, also a New York congressman, has neglected duties on Capitol Hill and at GOP headquarters. His aide William Warner let Goldwater supporters gain influence while Miller promised neutrality and scolded Dorothy Elston for backing Goldwater. A Meade Alcorn chaired panel may recommend a full time chairman if Miller does not resume leadership.
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Ashington
Bill Miller
Miller
New York
G.O.P
Capitol Hill
Republican National Committee
G.O.P. National Committee
William Warner
Warner
Barry Goldwater
Dorothy Elston
Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
George Hinman
Elston
Associated Press
Meade Alcorn
Roosevelt High elects student council officers for 1953
Roosevelt High School announces 1953 student council officers president David Snyder vice president Willard Holub secretary Marilyn Mueller and sergeant at arms Mike Travis. Virginia Race of Cedar Rapids was among seven candidates for 1953 Denison Homecoming queen in Granville Ohio.
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Roosevelt High School
David Snyder
Willard Holub
Marilyn Mueller
Mike Travis
Virginia Race of
Cedar Rapids
Denison University
Granville
Ohio
Neighbors nament at Davenport
The Mines team led by George E. Beattie Carl F. Jordan M O Reiff and Frank C Byers competed in the Davenport event.
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Davenport
the Mines
George E. Beattie
Carl F. Jordan
M. O. Reiff
Frank C. Byers
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John Chamberlain
Chamberlain Conant
Conant
Council of Basic Education
Sterling M. McMurrin
United States
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Calif
Mae Carden Center School
William S. White
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Laziest
Drew Pearson
Cornell College
U.S.O
Navy
Federal Reserve Bank
Junior Service League
Will H. Weise
George Clark
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