Lessons From World War II Shaping Cold War Policy
The article argues Western nations learned from World War II to pressure West Germany back to sovereignty, warning harsh punitive measures could revive extremism. It credits Adenauer’s leadership and cautions against Soviet obstruction. It then promotes a fire safety school event scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday to learn best practices for risk management.
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Weimar Republic
Hitler
von Hindenburg
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn Republic
Free World
Fire Safety School Teaches Cedar Rapids Firms
The Cedar Rapids fire department and Iowa State College engineering extension service join to offer free fire safety training to industrial and commercial representatives. The program, begun in 1950, has grown yearly as attendees learn fire prevention methods and how fires have been reduced by new knowledge.
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Cedar Rapids Fire Department
Engineering Extension Service
Iowa State College
Public works blunder on Iowa highway 30 plan
The Iowa Highway Commission acknowledged a mistake in upgrading eight miles of highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids while leaving three miles east of highway 21 largely unchanged. Chief Engineer John Butter attributed the error to choosing urgency over equal modernization and said the three miles would be paved and widened to match the new eight miles.
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Cedar Rapids
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Mechanized play raises doubts about sports fun
A columnist cautions that American obsession with rules, resources, and devices is turning games into engineering. He notes Eisenhower’s golf swing measurement device and a patent hooded harness by a Pennsylvania inventor that Roblox-like guides the swing, threatening the spontaneity of play.
Why Make Work Out of Playing
A humorous reflection notes bugs but argues a nearly foolproof golf game would remove the fun of playing. It questions the appeal of a back-to-nature movement if golf becomes just a laborious task and wonders who would join such a movement or pay caddies.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
LaPlant Choate earns fourth Army Navy E award
The LaPlant Choate Manufacturing Company received its fourth Army Navy E award for wartime material essential to the war effort. Virgil Hammar led Classic league bowling with a 265. City clerk records show 408 new registrations and 203 address changes for the November 7 election. Tony Pastor and his Band of 1944 performed a one night stand at Danceland ballroom.
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LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Army-Navy
Virgil Hammar
Tony Pastor
Danceland Ballroom
Music program seeks instrument donations for needy pupils
Miss Alice Inskeep urged citizens to loan unused instruments to public schools to aid pupils with musical talent who cannot study due to cost. Miss Emeline Bethke joined the YWCA physical education staff. A pajama parade and snake dance in Iowa City led into a Homecoming pep rally with nearly 3,000 participants shouting cowbells and Beat Minnesota.
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Emeline Bethke
Ywca Physical Education Department
Iowa City
Minnesota
Henry C Wallace Dies in Washington at 30 Years Ago
Secretary of Agriculture Henry C Wallace died in Washington after a long cabinet career under President Coolidge. Frank Slaby departed for San Francisco to sail for the Orient on a winter cruise.
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Local Traffic Surveys Divide Cedar Rapids Iowa City
Two letters compare Cedar Rapids and Iowa City's handling of traffic surveys. Prochaska backs a local group over a $4000 expert survey, while Iowa City previews a study by Associated Consultants that cost $6800. Readers note potential biases and urge prudent spending on downtown traffic relief. A second letter recalls the 1954 end of steam trains and proposes placing a refurbished steam engine in Greene Square as a lasting civic monument to educate future generations.
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A Fair Deal for Ike
A columnist argues a Republican Congress would back Ike for the rest of his term while warning against a shift to handout policies. He cites West Coast conversations about public spending and urges voters to consider the dangers of deserting the president after 20 months.
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Latti more case stirs bias allegations before trial
Judge Youngdahl faces bias questions amid indictment of Latti more on perjury and Communist links. U S attorney Rover accuses the judge of partial rulings while Youngdahl defends neutrality and cites the McCarran Jenner findings as not controlling the trial. The dispute centers on handling of congressional testimony and the right to challenge a judge for bias.
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Free World
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High school football clash over Brady coach critique
William Brady, M D, defends his critique of high school coaches in a Boston Traveler column. He notes a rebuttal by Bob McCabe, then St. Columbkille’s coach, while condemning what he calls a university style burlesque that perverts education.
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St. Columbkille’s High
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Clay
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Alexandria
United Press
Bob McCabe
Apathetic Voters May Hand Democrats Congress Control
Washington report surveys forecasters on the 1954 midterm outcome. Democrats expected to win the House by 20 to 40 seats and the Senate by 3 to 5, with several gubernatorial gains possible. Apathy risks hurting the party in power as pro Eisenhower voters hesitate to back a Republican Congress.
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Unknown Quantity in a Circle in political column
BUGS BAER mocks Stevenson and Nixon as they fail to agree on a topic and platform. He says neither side is balanced and suggests letting them choose their subject. The piece hints at looming deadlines and political stakes ahead of the next election.
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