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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1967
Page
6
Walter Reuther seeks a halt to bombing of North Vietnam to exhaust all options for new initiatives before a conference table. The piece questions the feasibility and logic of delaying peace talks and notes lack of favorable enemy response.
Iowa State University President Parks will decide on Don Smith readmission based on sincerity, not political pressure from Rep Paul McCray who argued against admitting the former student body president. Smith has a strong scholastic record and deserves a chance to finish. The dispute highlights tensions between state legislators and university governance over admissions policy.
Director J. R. Coupal Jr reports rapid progress in removing most crossovers on state highways. A few vital ones will be barricaded to prevent unauthorized crossings. The move aims to reduce traffic hazards and promote safer driving.
Roscoe Drummond argues public support for meaningful gun-control legislation is rising while federal action stalls. He cites polls, high-profile shootings, and state successes to urge passage of a broad gun-control law, including banning mail-order purchases and stricter interstate regulation.
Ev Dirksen uses political shell game to back Nixon on the 1968 ticket while engineering a hard line on Vietnam. He backs Charles Percy as a favorite son, and plans to anoint Ronald Reagan at Eureka College as a dramatic homecoming cue.
The piece describes Powerhand as far right on domestic issues and predicts moderates would back Nixon if Nixon vs Reagan occurred. It notes Dirksen and Johnson as loyal Washington figures and suggests Show Business will stay influential, with Dirksen's re election seen as likely and a long senate tenure ahead.
U S officials study a bold plan to send South Vietnamese troops into Laos to interdict the Ho Chi Minh trail and close the North South supply neck. The proposal, supported at high levels, signals Johnson’s long haul in the Vietnam war and faces legal and strategic challenges.
A 1957 snapshot shows a city hall election among six candidates including a lathe operator, with other contenders listed. Civil Service announced six patrol officers eligible for lieutenant, traffic safety and education. Coralville dam project moves closer after Col. Leaf’s recommendation. dam site at Turkey river entry near Iowa City. Linn County UI club elects J W Albright president. J Rompot re elected head of Western Bohemian Fraternal Assn in Omaha. 1937 debate noted as lengthy.
Mervin Severance arrives in Cedar Rapids to direct the Community Players first production of the year Ah Wilderness by Eugene O Neill scheduled for November 1 2 and 3. The report also notes a survey of farm tenancy in Iowa.
Russell Baker argues that modern travel renders distance meaningless and introduces the agomin unit. He applies it to Clive's show schedule to demonstrate the models' journey equals about 16.5 miles in New York rush hour terms, not epic transatlantic travel.
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