No Passing Lines Policy Sparsely Explained
The Gazette reports on the Iowa Highway Commission's new policy to paint no passing lines to the right of the center line on certain highways citing inconsistent recent practice and a need for clear guidance. Residents like Roy Carson of Ely and motorists using the Highway 30 cutoff note near accidents and urge immediate yellow line placement where sight distance permits.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Gazette
Roy Carson
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
W. O. Price
Ames
Highway Commission
Price
Hunter's Airport
Carson
Iowa
Contortionist Vishinsky Plays Disarmament Card At U N
In the United Nations political committee on Monday, Andrei Vishinsky defended Soviet peace to attack Western unity treaties as undermining disarmament. V. K. Krishna Menon proposed an arms truce to freeze major weapons pending a global treaty. The exchange featured sharp U S rhetoric about international inspection and control versus Soviet labeling of deployments as police forces.
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Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations
U.N
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Vishinsky
Bloc
United States
Wadsworth
U.S
Silence as Cause Reckoned in Risky Absences
A terse statement notes that even missing provisions can be linked to harm or fatal outcomes if an accident occurs. It argues for proactive measures to prevent harm by ensuring essential safeguards are present. The focus rests on responsibility and preventative action.
Color Is Really Busting Out All Over
Frederick C. Othman riffs on color in everyday life and tax mail. He imagines government envelopes in bold colors signaling notices and refunds, and jokes about taxpayers receiving colored mail from officials and the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
T. Coleman Andrews
Internal Revenue Boys
Ez Benson
Nebraska
Anniversary program and local notices span Czechoslovak event to civic updates
About 800 attended a Czechoslovak independence anniversary program at the C S P S hall with T B Hlubucek presiding as Czech Alliance chair. A local lunch club poll favored Dewey 78 to Roosevelt 6. Also named was David G Bleakley as chairman for a servicemen's information center plan in Linn county.
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C.S.P.S. Hall
T. B. Hlubucek
Czech Alliance of
Linn County
Henry Haegg
C. J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
C. L. Rich
Mt. Vernon
al G. Keyes
J. W. Albright
Clare Marshall
James Yuill
Fred LeClerc
Frank Flack
Ike Golf Ball Sways Kansas Senator In Reelection Fight
In a row over farm policy, Senator Andy Schoeppel of Kansas shifted his vote after a round with President Eisenhower. A golf ball marked Mr. President influenced his stance on 90 percent price supports, while the grain cleanup order faced reversals. The piece also honors Charley Skouras, immigrant theater magnate and philanthropist, noting his rise and civic contributions.
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Washington
F Eisenhower
Senator Schoeppel
Kansas
Andy Schoeppel
Senate Agriculture Committee
Andy
Ike
Burning Tree
Eisenhower
Schoepel
White House
Walter Scott
Kansas City Grain Exchange
G.O.P. Debate Over Moderates and Old Guard Power
In a 1954 election snapshot Roscoe Drummond analyzes the battle within the Republican Party. The open contest is control of Congress, while beneath the surface lurks whether moderates or the Old Guard will shape policy and Eisenhower’s leadership. He cites Nixon’s stance that rightward drift risks a leftward swing and party exile, urging caution as votes approach.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Joseph Meek
Illinois
Sen
Guy Gordon
Oregon
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
John S. Cooper
Kentucky
Clifford Case
New Jersey
New Deal
Fisenhower
Nixon
Ism
Republican Party
Senate
Louis Harris
Copper sulfate emetic advised by famed pediatrician
Dr. Abra m Jacobi advocated one grain of copper sulfate dissolved in water as a rapid emetic for emergencies. The practice notes that copper sulfate and other common remedies can be poisonous in large doses and warns doctors that simple home remedies have become scarce or dangerous over the past decade.
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Abraham Jacobi
Pediatrics
Mail Bag on Nylon Hosiery Skin Trouble During War
A reader recalls a wartime skin condition from wearing nylon hose described as ring worm and notes X-ray treatment cleared it. After resuming nylons recently the same issue reappeared, while a respondent reports no reports of nylon related skin trouble.
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Readers call for harsher penalties on sex offenders
Two Cedar Rapids readers urge stronger laws and public disclosure of sex offense arrests to protect children. They advocate severe sentences, institutional commitment for unbalanced offenders, and publication of victims while shielding their names. Mrs. June Dunham and Mrs. Wm. H. White Jr. sign with addresses.
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Cedar Rapsids Gazette
Wm. H. White, Jr
Twelfth Avenue
BUGS BAER’s Crop Rotation at the Polls
The piece surveys U.S. politics with quips about Democratic control in Congress gilding the dome and filibusters. It contrasts urban cocktail politics with rural life, noting regional quirks from Pennsylvania to Missouri Iowa Illinois Arkansas and distant regions. It emphasizes travel, weather and distance as factors in campaigning.
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Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth Street
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