Outside Owner Trend in Cedar Rapids and Iowa
Editorial notes from the Wall Street Journal discuss growing outside ownership of major local industries, highlighting Cedar Rapids examples like Amana Refrigeration and Iowa Steel and Iron Works. The piece argues community impact depends on local response and corporate citizenship, citing McCord Corporation and Amana's growth after joining Raytheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street Journal
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cyril L. Kegler
Bishop Buffets, Inc
Amana
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Raytheon
Kegler
Finance Committee
E. Paul Casey
McCord Corporation
Century Engineering Company
McCord
Casey
George C. Foerstner
Amana Refrigeration
Bequest By Don Oakley N This Day Of Life And Nature
A historical note recalls Charles Lounsbury Wiliston Fish and his Harper's Weekly printed will of 1898. The document bequeaths to children fields daisies dandelions creeks and golden sands with dragonflies willows and clouds, plus endless days and the Milky Way for childhood wonder. It also grants boys shared fields hills streams ponds and woods for boyhood play and nature’s creatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lounsbury
Lounsbury
Williston Fish
Chicago
Harper's Weekly
Lounsbury Heirs Reflect on World He Left
The passage invites reminiscence of love and beauty as the stars fade, promising memory to those no longer youth or lovers. It contends the heirs have not always valued the rare world Lounsbury bequeathed, urging appreciation of enduring art and emotion.
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Lounsbury
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Forum letter critiques campaign finance and local lake development
Dorothy Thomas of Delhi urges campaign reforms to limit money in politics and notes concerns over Interstate’s lake area development and dam maintenance. She cites maintenance costs, public access rights, and private sale negotiations as part of a broader critique of how public resources are managed and who bears costs.
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Interstate
Dorothy Thomas
Delhi Recreation Association, Inc
Delhi
Not a liar? Truth hides in politics and polls
A quoted critique catalogs four truths about politicians and lies. It contrasts honesty in candidates with the belief that truth is found by concealment, noting types of deception from lies to statistics and praising wary skepticism toward public statements.
Delhi Deal On Interstate Power Dam Sale
The Interstate Power Company seeks to stop power production at the Maquoketa river dam near Delhi and sell the dam and submerged land to two brothers. The project created a lake that benefited over 900 families with homes cottages and resorts. The brothers plan to charge property owners for water access and develop lake areas, while still generating electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Power Company
Maquoketa
Delhi
Interstate
Iowa
Holdings Challenged Rail Land Misused
Investigators review claims that the Southern Pacific railroad still holds millions of acres from a 19th century grant used for mining and development in Nevada and California. Groups accuse the land of generating profits while forgoing sale to settlers, prompting an interior inquiry and a bureau probe.
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Ashington
Congress
Southern Pacific Railroad
Nevada
California
Southern Pacific
National Coalition For Land Reform
California Coalition of
Interior
Rogers Morton
Bureau of Land Management
Signal politics show communists mean business
Ray Cromley argues that Asian communist leaders signal clearly when they want to convey a point. He cites WWII and Cold War negotiator experience with China Laos Cambodia North Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh to say Hanoi signals were not peace signals in 1968 1969. He insists true signals would prompt a U S reaction and joint moves at Paris talks.
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Ashington
China
Ho Chij Minh
Laos
Thailand
Sargent Shriver
Averell Harriman
Nixon
Hanoi
Cambodia
State
Defense Department
South Vietnam
Paris
Washington
Harriman
U.S
Newspaper Enterprise Association
McGovern Turn Point Seen As Campaign Shifts
Senator George McGovern appears to move from defensive to pragmatic campaigning after a New York speech that critics called a turning point. The Latent weakness in polls shows Nixon leading by about 34 points, though advisers see a slim path to narrowing the gap before election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
George McGovern
South Dakota
Nixon
McGovern
Eagleton
Saigon
Peoria
New York Society of Security Analysts
New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
South Vietnam
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Alfred E. Smith
Gallup
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By Don Oakley
the People's Forum
Great Britain
Middle America
Harry Truman
Delaware County
By Carl Riblet, Jr
Interocean Press Syndicate
Holdings Challenged
By Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Jack
Anderson
By Ray Cromley
Ray Cromley
R. W. Apple
New York Times Service
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