New Cedar Rapids population surge reshapes city life
Cedar Rapids has about 105 711 residents after a federal census update with roughly 2 200 growth since 1960. Chamber counts show 1 868 new families moved in during the first nine months of 1966 and 1 883 in 1965, signaling a large influx since 1950 and affecting local politics, advertising, and community outlook.
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Edar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
L. J. Storey
Marcus
Iowa Theater
University of Iowa Highlanders Called to Define Roles
An Iowa group, the University of Iowa Scottish Highlanders, faces questions about whether they should promote private interests or campaigns. Recent Cedar Rapids appearances at a department store promo and a Kennedy rally prompt calls for a clear line between public duties and private promotion.
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The
Highlanders
Highlander
Cedar Rapids
Lindale Plaza
Robert F. Kennedy
John Culver
B. B. Hickenlooper
Robert M. L. Johnson
University
Iowa
Georgia Races Shift as Maddox Likely to Lose
In Atlanta Georgia the race for governor appears to tilt away from Lester Maddox toward Republican Howard Roy Callaway. A confidential Quayle poll shows Callaway at 44 percent to Maddox 32 percent with many undecided, prompting cross-party efforts to curb Maddox’s rise.
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Tlanta
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Howard Roy Callaway
Atlanta
Maddox
Ellis Arnall
Quayle
Callaway
Bill Amos
Amos
Arnall
Dirksen Supports Manila Talks Right at Manila Conference
The Republican Senate leader Everett Dirksen backs President Johnson’s Manila trip as a bipartisan step toward Asian led peace. The piece argues a united Asian initiative offers a stronger path to ending the Vietnam conflict, with Johnson warning the meeting is only a start and that the agenda focuses on durable peace, regional development, and closer Asian ties.
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Ashington
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Manila
U.S
Dirksen
Johnson
Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Marcos
United States
Asia
Philippines
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
Japan
Drummond
Western Pacific
Kennedy
Mr. Johnson
Comparison of Party Views Platforms Call for Governmental Change
The piece outlines Republican and Democratic positions on Iowa government reform. It covers reducing legislature size, single member districts, open government, ethics, merit systems, IPERS, court reform, local government home rule, and constitutional amendments. It notes party pledges on reapportionment, consolidation, and long-range planning.
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Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Democratic Party
General Assembly
Hughes
61St General Assembly
Iowa Legislature Adopts Reforms In 1965 Session
In spring 1965 the newly elected Democratic legislature under Governor Hughes moved Iowa toward modern government. It ended secrecy in legislative committees and shifted long held administrative duties from the legislature to the state executive, aiming to modernize the state's 19th century system.
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Iowa
State Tax Commission
Iowa Public Employees Retirement System
IPERS
Coe freshmen win pushball. Homecoming events noted
Freshmen at Coe College defeated sophomores in the traditional pushball contest at Poe Field signaling the Homecoming weekend. The page also lists election and civic items including radio staff in a queen ball, civil defense consolidation, reapportionment steps, and Masonic activities.
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Coe
Poe Field
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University of Iowa
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Oliver Quayle
Novak
Barry Goldwater
Congress
South
Republican Callaway
Herman Talmadge
Evans
By Roscoe Drummona
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
the Gazette
Collins Radio
Allied Industrial League
Bob McLaud
Joyce Davison
Civil Defense
National Guard
Legislative Research Bureau
Nun
E Corps
Fred H. Nolte
Stuart
Earl B. Delzell
Floyd Philbrick
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Masonic Hall
Clan of
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Lettermen’s Organization
Ralph Colton
Irvin Nelson
Dick Beall
Berry F. Halden
Chariton
Louis Murphy
Marion
George Clark
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