City county cooperation eyed for new courthouse and city hall
Black Hawk county supervisors and Waterloo city officials consider joint use of a single building to house courthouse and city hall. City has about 500000 set aside. supervisors seek viability and cost savings amid past bond rejections. Delegations study precedent in Illinois as federalism and states rights debate continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Iowa
Quincy
Taxpayer
Constitution Week Reflections On Ratification Debates
The article notes Constitution Week continuing as Congress set aside a week to honor the ratification of the U S Constitution. It recalls 1787 battles over a Bill of Rights Amendment procedure and federal versus state power. The big issue remains states rights and national authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
U.S
Hough
Congress
School Safety Needs Aid in Traffic Court and Patrol Efforts
Editorial urges harsher penalties for drivers endangering children near schools and calls for officers to curb unsafe crossing behavior. It warns against unnecessary red signals and patrolmen standing in streets, proposing parental involvement and dedicated patrols to establish a safety pattern for the year.
Diamonds and Cartels In Uncle Sam’s Gem Stockpile
Frederick C. Othman explains how the U S government acquired a box of industrial and gem diamonds from the British Diamond Syndicate and possibly others. He notes anti trust hearings reveal global cartel habits and ponders why the diamonds remain unclassified while Sen Kilgore and counsel probe the stockpile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam
Q. T
International Diamond Cartel
Judiciary Committee
Harley M. Kilgore
D-W
America
Sen. Kilgore
Diamond Cartel
Sigmund Timberg
U. N
Vu.s
Joseph Burns
Wrecking of 51 High School Building Planned
Ten year old item notes a 51 high school building slated for wrecking and removal from Greene Square by Guy Hawkins of Quincy Illinois within the next year. The report also recalls police traffic chief Gordon Hughes returning to duty after nearly three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Square
Guy Hawkins
Quincy, Il
Gordon Hughes
Ford funds under fire over The Fund for the Republic
Ford Motor Company criticizes The Fund for the Republic amid a $15 million donation dispute. Officials say the fund's left-leaning directors promote anti security program campaigns and deny rebuttals. Critics expect a congressional inquiry into alleged propagandizing and its impact on U.S. security policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford Motor Company
Fund For the Republic
U. S
Seaborn P. Collins
American Legion
Ford Foundation
The
Motor Company
Congressional
Soviet Kiss and Tell on Voice of America Vote
Roscoe Drummond assesses Soviet hints to U S lawmakers to abolish the Voice of America. He notes Khrushchev and Bulganin pressed senators Kefauver Malone and others, arguing VOA is wasteful, while highlighting Moscow’s costly jamming effort and the risks of capitulation to Soviet pressure.
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Czechoslovakia
Congress
United States
Moscow
Kremlin
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Dworshak
Idaho
King
North Dakota
Malone
Nevada
Kefauver
Tennessee
Frear
Delaware
Voice of America
Khrushchev
United States Information Program
Voice
America
Soviet Union
Russia
Sen. Kefauver
Sen. Malone
Calcium role in the body and cautions on pills
Dr. Molner explains calcium's essential functions in bone and growth, the limited benefit of pills for most, and the need for vitamin D and adequate protein. He warns against excessive supplement use, notes calcium’s reliance on diet, and emphasizes pregnancy, nursing, and aging considerations.
AFL rejects Russian look and defends free trade unionism
AFL committee led by Meany Woll and Dubinsky rejects inviting Soviet or other Iron Curtain delegations to the United States. It argues such visits serve totalitarian regimes and undermine free labor solidarity worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
American Federation of Labor
Geneva
Free Trade Union Committee
George Meany
Matthew Woll
David Dubinski
William Schnitzler
Jay Lovestone
Soviet
Russia
United States
Free Trade Union
Moscow
Ussr
America
Belgrade
William L. McGrath
Ll.s
Germany
Italy
Spain
Hitler
Mussolini
Franco
Khrushchev
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Ehmever
South
Frederick C.othman
Uncle Sam
Paris
Othman
Dan P. Ryan
Parkersburg Eclipse
Rotary
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Fred J. Kluss
Wilson and
Dan Kruidenier
Public Safety
George E. Farmer
Board of Adjustment
Farmer
B. B. Hickenlooper
Lester Brookman
Sor
Champaign
University of Illinois
Leo Klinger
George Dennis
James Sealy
Madison
Wisconsin University
Sea Scouts
Boy Scout Movement
Sea Scout Shipping Board
A. Tschirgi
Howard FE. Neff
Maurice Cahill
M. J. Skerik
George Clark
U.S. Pat. OF
News Syndicate Cofre
Peggy
By David Lawrence
Lawrence
Paul Hoffman
Studebaker-Packard Corporation
Hoffman
Fuchs
Rosenbergs
Klaus Fuchs
FBI
Joseph Petersen, Jr
Roscoe Drummond
Reds
Munich
Manila
Okinawa
Drummond
Dr. Joseph
DR. Molner
George E. Sokolsky
Sokolsky
McGrath
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