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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1962
Page
7
The article argues the President must enforce federal court rulings over Governor Barnett and Mississippi officials. It warns that refusal would threaten the American system, and if necessary federal force should be used to ensure compliance, a showdown considered settled since the Civil War.
Mayor Johnson discusses potential unification of Hiawatha and Cedar Rapids amid shared growth, tax parity, and service needs. With Hiawatha’s 1500 population and similar levies, leaders urge open minds, coordinated northward development, and improved sewage handling to ease possible joint solutions.
The State Department of Public Safety faced criticism for forcing a middle name on all license applicants. Examiners inserted None or Only when absent, triggering protests from women. Attorney General ruled that women may use maiden or given names as middle names with no fraud intent, and men are covered too.
In 1963 the South faces a turning point as desegregation moves threaten Jim Crow strongholds from Birmingham to Albany. Cracks appear in Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina while leaders warn of intensified Negro voter registration drives and possible peaceful progress.
The piece argues Europe uses a two track education system emphasizing specialized study after high school, while the U S stresses liberal arts and broad social sciences. It questions policy on funding for social science and humanities versus physical sciences in the race with the Soviet Union.
Robert Kennedy argues in a new book that youth drives leaders, citing Reischauer and Meiji Japan to contrast vigor with age. He praises Bernard Baruch and Hoover’s late-life work, warns against intellectual rigidity in youth, and notes how electoral costs deter public service.
Weather bureau calls flood in daily as 75 000 calls stream into WE 6 1212 and other city services. Chief Francis Reichelderfer notes accuracy around 85 percent over 36 hours while lamenting clogged switchboards and public demand. He says the public uses weather forecasts for griping relief rather than judging the facts.
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