School Standards Debate Shapes Iowa Education Funding
The Iowa effort to define and implement school standards drives public school aid policy. The State Board of Public Instruction and an advisory committee are crafting 82 tentative standards while considering financing, with 23 million currently directed to districts and a proposed rise to 53 million, underscoring the need for clear criteria before 1959 legislative decisions.
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Iowa Department of Public Instruction
State Board of Public Instruction
Iowa
Ministers Back School Reopening in Faubus Clash
Arkansas clergy rebut Gov. Faubus after he accuses Presbyterians of Communism drawing sharper public opposition. North Little Rock Methodist ministers demand apology and some pastors call for reopening schools while noting the proposed Billy Graham meeting to defuse the crisis was withdrawn.
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Washington
Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Francis Cherry
Cherry
Worth Gibson
Jesse Johnson
Joseph E. Taylor
Bob Edwards
E. B. Williams
Kenneth Shablin
Ministerial Alliance
Presbyterians
Presbyterian Synod
Billy Graham
Tealing
Nationalist leadership hints at air attack to break Quemoy blockade
In Formosa, Gen Chen Cheng warned U S officials that air power may be used to break the artillery siege of Quemoy if no other solution arises. He said the two week limit could extend to three or four, depending on Washington policy, while noting supply via LSTs keeps Quemoy’s garrison and civilians alive but not capable of offensive action.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taiwan Strait
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Free China
Chen Cheng
Everett Drumright
Cheng
Drumright
Washington
Sosery Aisor Chen Cheng
Free Chinese Navy
Ambassador Drumright
Chiang Kaishek
Iowa Weathered Recession Better Than Many States
Iowa's income growth during the first half of 1958 doubled from 1957 while national growth declined. Cash farm income surged 21.3 percent helped by bank debits up 7.9 percent and manufacturing payrolls rising 2.8 percent, indicating the agricultural sector cushioned the state against the downturn.
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Iowa
Iowa Business Digest
Khrushchev Calls Russian School Reforms
Khrushchev documents faults in the Soviet system arguing for a drastic overhaul. He says the current program overproduces highly educated theorists and underproduces workers, aiming to shift toward practical education similar to the United States.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Ussr
Russia
United States
Cedar Rapids Life Agent Charles Kuttler Reflects on Career
Charles A. Kuttler, general agent for National Life Insurance, discusses his career path from teaching to selling life insurance, his view on ideal coverage, rate factors, and plans for retirement. He covers office territory in northeast Iowa, hobbies, and sports interests, including season tickets for Iowa games.
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Charles A. Kuttler
The
National Life Insurance Company
Dows Building
Garden Drive
Grandview
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Oregon
Iowa
Free Campaign Mail Sparks Tax Protest in Iowa District
Reader letters attack Rep. Henry O. Talle for sending a free pre election catalog funded by taxpayers. The writer accuses Talle of tax on supporters and argues to repeal the “Talle tax” by retiring the congressman. Also included is a beer tax note discussing Iowa's 5 percent by volume standard.
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Henry O. Talle
M.C
Talle
Congressman Talle
85Th Congress
Iowa
Loveless
Murray
Frank J. Upah
Staub Court
Iowa Supreme Court to Rule on Beer Intoxication Status
The Gazette reports the Iowa supreme court will determine whether Iowa beer qualifies as intoxicating. The case centers on defining intoxicating strength and its impact on local brewers and consumers.
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the Gazette
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Nosebleeds in a 16 year old boy concern but not urgent
Worry less, but seek care for persistent or severe nosebleeds. Minor ulceration can cause bleeding and is usually cleared by cautery. A single-sided breast development in a 12 year old is common. wait a year or so and consult a family doctor if uneven growth persists.
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Gail
Conservation Comes First in Switzer Plea at State Convention
Democratic candidate Carroll O Switzer told the state convention that conservation should be free of politics and noted only a portion of a 1 750 000 appropriation for state conservation had been used. The era item lists other local notes from 1948 including homecoming queen Lois Bammert and appointments to the state bar and school councils.
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Izaak Walton League
Carroll O. Switzer
Lois Bammert
McKinley High School
David M. Elderkin
Robert Peterson
Roosevelt High School
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the Gedur Rapide Gazette
Mr. Nehru
Drew Pearson
Joseph Also
National Life
Davenport
Des Moines
Dan Hinson
C. A, Kuttler
the People’s Forum
J.H. Bell
Cedar Rapids P.S
Dr. Joseph
Allamakee
Waukon
PWA
Omaha
Sidney Comley
George van Ness
McLean, Ill
Central City
Alma Turechek
New York
J. K. Hawkins
First Methodist Church
Clinton
Trinity Methodist Church
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