Pro Cedar Rapids Gazette Editorial Page Supports Valley Road
A Cedar Rapids editorial urges public backing for the Cedar Valley Expressway, arguing the city must speak up to secure state and federal highway funding. It warns that delay or opposition could lose money and highlights the need for a public hearing to express support.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Road
Iowa
State Highway Commission
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Commission
The
Highway Commission
Citizens Committee
Reapportionment rehearing debate targets state legislatures
The piece argues the Supreme Court will not rehear reapportionment cases and condemns state legislatures for long delays in redrawing districts. It cites Iowa from 1902 to 1961 and Illinois for similar failures, urging accountability for constitutional duties in reapportionment.
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U.S . Supreme Court
Alabama
Florida
Supreme Court
Iowa
Illinois
Should Obey Water Law Urges Cedar Rapids Adherence
Glenn O. Mann from 326 Thirty-second Street NE argues city officials must enforce the water rebate law in Cedar Rapids and across Iowa without discrimination. He says laws protect citizens and officials alike and urges adherence as part of national heritage and honesty.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Glenn O. Mann
Thirty-second Street
Expressway Plan Sparks Local Debate in City
Rose R Blake of 913 Eighth Avenue SE denounces a proposed expressway route she says would ruin the city. She argues the road should circle the town rather than slice through its heart.
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Rose E. Blake
Eighth Avenue
Scranton Moves Toward 1968 Nomination on Barnstorm Tour
Gov William Scranton travels for Barry Goldwater in a bid to prove his loyalty to the GOP and position for a 1968 presidential bid. He praises Goldwater in some regions while avoiding heavy ties in liberal Connecticut, and signals possible party reform and a continued push after the 1966 end of his governorship.
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Leveland
Barry Goldwater
William Scranton
Bill Scranton
Scranton
Goldwater
United States
Connecticut
Sheraton-Cleveland
Johnson
Robert Taft, Jr
U.S. Senate
Bob
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Providence
R. I
Republican Party
Voter Registration Clarified by Cedar Rapids League
The League of Women Voters of Cedar Rapids explains that seasoned voters need not re register. The ongoing Registration Campaign targets residents who have never registered to vote in Cedar Rapids.
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The
League of Women Voters of
Cedar Rapids
Water Law Sparks Cedar Rapids Civic Complaint
A Cedar Rapids resident denounces an Iowa legislature action as dictatorial and discriminatory against taxpayers who paid yet lack water service. The writer questions water rate hikes tied to population growth and criticizes funding for projects like underground parking and the Cedar Valley Expressway.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley
Vietnam war inquiry clarifies origins and current struggle
The article explains Vietnam’s path from French rule to partition and the rise of Ho Chi Minh, then details the Viet Cong's strength, recruitment, and control areas. It notes U.S. involvement rising from 1,000 personnel in 1961 to about 19,500, and confirms continued American support to prevent communist expansion despite political instability in Saigon.
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Vietnam
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh
France
Dien Bien Phu
South
Bao Dai
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Ca Mau
U. S
Red North
A. Defense
Robert S McNamara
Johnson
Cabinet picks eyed by Goldwater aides in campaign
Senator Barry Goldwater discussed potential cabinet choices with aides during a campaign stop. He mentioned Richard Nixon for secretary of state and named figures for defense Lucius Clay, treasury Ralph Cordiner, attorney general Denison Kitchel, postmaster general F Clifton White, commerce Robert Galvin, interior Robert Smylie, agriculture Carl Curtis, H E W Clare Boothe Luce, UN envoy Walter Judd, and Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton as a possible secretary of labor, though no final decisions were made.
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Ashington
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Lucius Clay
Continental Can
U.S
Germany
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Ralph Cordiner
General Electric
G.O.P
Denison Kitchel
Phelps Dodge Copper
F. Clifton White
Citizens Committee For Goldwater and Miller
Motorola
Robert Galvin
James Rhodes
Ohio
Interior
Idaho
Robert Smylie
Nebraska
Carl Curtis
Clare Boothe Luce
Time-Life-Fortune
United Nations
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Campaigning in 1954 Gillette Hints on McCarthy Censure
The article notes U S Senator Guy M Gillette of Iowa saying it would be premature to judge the Watkins committee report on censure of Senator McCarthy until the Senate acts on it on November 8 1954. It also covers local winners and events in Cedar Rapids Independence and Iowa City including a million dollar Masonic library update and a 1944 Roosevelt Rough Riders football victory.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Watkins Committee
Sen
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
Loren Shepherd
Hazleton
Independence
Masonic Library
First Ave
Roosevelt High
Roughriders
Franklin
Lee Bailey
Iowa City
Robert T. Davis
Roy A. Ewers
E. B. Raymond
G.i.'s
Coe
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William L. Ryan
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Southeast Asia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Barry
Drew Pearson
G.I
Dietz Newland
Center Point
Robert Kafka
Calmar
William Carle
Paul Kellogg
Chicago
Polk School
Little Theater
Norma Lou Haegg
Dorothy Mesknes
Norman Rice
Robert Morris
James Bromwell
Red Cross
Washington
Waterloo
Joan Blackburn
Glen Blackburns
George Clark
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