National flower debate stirs with Shasta Daisy push
The INSIDE column notes no official national flower, yet a movement favors the Shasta Daisy led by the NCCFTSH with roots tracing to San Mateo, Baywood Elementary, and branching to Massachusetts. The piece laughs at lobbyist zeal while predicting clashes with other flower factions and quirky anecdotes about a misdelivered million-dollar check from a confused donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
National Citizen’s Committee
Baywood
San Mateo
California
Massachussetts
Bay States
Luther Burbank
Nccftsh
Fox-Glove
West Freeble Garden Club
Cedar Rapids Metroland Police Log Shows Burglary and Vandalism
A Cedar Rapids report details an athletic goods theft, purse theft, and laundry loss, with a burglar absconding a tether ball setup despite a cemented pole. Additional complaints cover tent damage, fence cuts, window damage, and car headlight vandalism across several neighborhoods. The week ends with Navy sailor Terry D Brown, 320 16th St NE, selected for 38 weeks of advanced training in Monterey and Pensacola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Kieth Kock
Staub. Court N.E
Iim
Kock
Roger Anderson
Wyoming Drive
S.W
Anderson
Crandie Railway Company
10Th Street
14Th Avenue
Ken Miller
Thrifty
4Th Avenue
S.E
Melvin Lust
9Th Street
N.W
U.S. Navy
Citizen-Times
Terry D. Brown
16Th Street N.E
Naval Post Graduate School
Montery
Calif
Brown
Communications
Pensacola
Florida
Sermons For The Space Age Misuse Of Money And Talk
Rev Alexander George preaches on the misuse of wealth and speech. He urges Christians to guard every word and invest in eternal values. A tale from Malabar illustrates building a timeless kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander George
Malabar
South India
Tenzer Pushes Higher Social Security Death Benefit
New York congressman Herbert Tenzer files a bill to raise the lump sum death payment under Social Security from 255 to 312 immediately and to 368 by 1971. He cites rising funeral and medical costs since 1952 and notes about 600,000 families would benefit from the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Herbert Tenzer
Rep. Tenzer
Congress
Advisory Council On Social Security
Tenzer
Reader Letter Proposes School Names Coolidge or Kennedy
Frederick J. Miller of 515 A Avenue N.E. argues naming a proposed new high school should consider names like Coolidge or Kennedy, deeming the issue less important than streets and poverty in the city.
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Coolidge
Kennedy
Frederick
J. Miller
Avenue N.E
St Luke s Gets $1 Million Grant for Cedar Rapids Hospital Expansion
Congressman John C Culver announced a Hill Burton Act grant of one million dollars to St Lukes Methodist Hospital in Cedar Rapids for a 198 bed general addition. Total construction cost is about 5.646 million dollars. Funds are administered by the Public Health Service, HEW. A similar grant was made last month to Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Culver
St. Lukes Methodist Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Culver
Public Health Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mercy Hospital
Editorial: Labor, Farmers Reward Liberal Iowa Wins
Ethan M. Akin salutes labor and farm groups for electing liberal Iowa delegates and a progressive legislature. He notes the NFO rise, Cedar Rapids labor concerns with R J Reynolds takeovers, and the Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly scholarship program. He singles out Charles Varney of Clinton for steadiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Labor
Farmers Union
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Cedar Rapids
R.J. Reynolds Company
Penick
Ford Com Processing Corporation
Harvey
Vermont Maid Sump
Burlington, Vt
R.D. Davis Co
Hoboken
Idaho Potato Starch Co
College Inn Food Company
Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly
Iowa House of Representatives
Charles Varney
Clinton
Richard Radl
Lisbon
Also Mentioned on This Page
JoEllen Kessler
14Th Avenue S.W
Diane Sickles
4Th Street
ST. Lukes
GRANT
Ethan M. Akin
Citizen
Iowa
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