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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1964
Page
6
Iowa state board findings show larger high schools offer more courses with 50 to 60 options in schools of 300 to 600 students. Mergers increased variety from 11–26 to 29–36 courses per district after consolidation, suggesting district reorganization improves education quality.
In excerpts from 1956 to 1958, Lyndon Johnson, senators, and tributes describe Bobby Baker as a capable, trusted young aide. They portray him as loyal, efficient, and influential within the Johnson circle, while later calls for full disclosure suggest wary scrutiny of their relationship.
Mary McGrory reports New York Jews form a key voting bloc in the Keating Kennedy race. Keating hammers Interhandel I G Farben links while Kennedy defends support for Israel. Brooklyn workers press Kennedy for yard guarantees as Jewish leaders weigh loyalties and past voting patterns.
The piece contrasts Senator Kennedy and Congressman Keating as Kennedy presses for broad national power while Keating resists. Keating signals openness to a write in and relies on upstate Republican support and Democratic crossovers. Voters emphasize Kennedy's record and his Navy Yard pledge amid local loyalties and reform-group sentiment.
R. O. Ferguson argues Culver is a longtime Iowan with deep district ties and appeals for debate on local and national issues. He criticizes Bramwell’s campaign for avoiding issues and notes Culver’s education, Marine service, and service in Congress as solid grounding.
Governor Harold Hughes and Attorney General Evan Hultman, the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial nominees, say they favor holding a constitutional convention. Hughes cites governmental reorganization needs, referencing Michigan's Romney. Hultman supported a 1960 convention and would proceed, provided court resolution on reapportionment occurs first.
In Iowa City at the annual meeting Ken Bastian former Iowa basketball center from Cedar Rapids was elected president of the statewide club Shirley Hilsenbeck and Randy Shover both 6 and from Manchester were pictured at the Manchester Riding club horse show Harry A Palmer and Cr Robert Jones were honored by the Cedar Rapids chapter Order of DeMolay with the legion of honor degree for community service.
A Midland Schools fragment shows a personnel manager questioning a job applicant about tenure. The applicant replies he worked fifty five years at his last job and is forty five years old prompting bewildered cross questions and the word overtime.
The piece argues Britain's Conservatives gain momentum as October 15 elections approach. It notes Labour under Harold Wilson shifts away from steel nationalization after Gaitskell, while warning nationalization would jeopardize foreign markets. It cites steel industry evolution, Europe’s oxygen process, and global output outlook.
Drew Pearson recalls Chief Justice Earl Warren working nine months of overtime to complete the JFK assassination report at the request of President Johnson. Warren, 73, abandoned his usual summer rest to produce a grueling, controversial document while court colleagues criticized his outside duty.
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