We want to 'pull together' on I 380 routing
In a Cedar Rapids and Oelwein editorial response to Bill Severin of the Waterloo Courier we urge Waterloo to join Cedar Rapids and Oelwein in shaping the diagonal versus gateway I 380 route. We argue the northeast Iowa region benefits from unity, oppose isolating towns, and call for cooperation to ease highway commission decisions.
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Oelwein
Daily Register
Bill Severin
Waterloo Courier
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Waterloo
Independence
Decorah
Iowa
Iowa City
Bill
Highway Commission
Nixon’s Warsaw and Tehran Welcome Examined
The piece contrasts in Tehran and Warsaw how thousands greet President Nixon with joy while noting political risks and restraint. It highlights Iranians as allies who welcomed his Middle East focus and Polish crowds of about 300,000 under Communism, with potential danger from lower level officials despite public warmth.
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Iran
Poland
Tehran
Warsaw
Nixon
Middle East
Moscow
Nixons
Edward Gierek
Leonid Brezhnev
Tran
Too long to grow up at Brooklyn College 1972 speech
Harvard historian Oscar Handlin told Brooklyn College graduates that today’s seniors take too long to mature. He noted earlier his question Are the Colleges Killing Education now dropped as a statement. He blamed trends in educational theory and administration for delaying real learning.
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Oscar Handlin
Harvard
Brooklyn College
Handlin
Fayette County civic platform boosts industry and parks
Daily Register outlines a civic platform emphasizing support for existing industry, promotion of new industries, organized tree replanting, and a community center. It notes plans for widening South Fredrick Avenue, planning for Oelwein’s 1973 centennial, staggered council terms, and backing for Three Crosses Ranch to aid needy boys.
Nixon Moscow address on war in Vietnam fuels caution
Washington notes that President Nixon reported to Congress on the Moscow summit with optimism for US Soviet ties but offered no new details on Vietnam. The piece critiques Congress’s limited role in foreign commitments and recalls Washington's Farewell Address warning against entangling alliances. Jim Graham spent weekend with his parents as Peter Kuhlman wed Vicki Rabine in Dexter Minnesota.
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Washington
Nixon
Moscow
Congress
Soviet Union
United States
Vietnam
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
George Washington
Jim Graham
Town City
John Graham
Herb Scholbrock
Peter Kuhlman
Vicki Rabine
Dexter, Minn
Heath leadership scarred by British coal strike contrasts with U.S. view
Henry J. Taylor reports from London on Prime Minister Edward Heath, still healing from the coal strike disaster that tested his government. Heath is portrayed as a steady yet controversial reformer who faced union power, pushed new labor laws, and steered Britain toward the Common Market while stabilizing the currency and inflation.
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London
Edward Heath
Nelson
Nixon
Heath
Newcastle
Mr. Heath
Harold Wilson
Labor
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Brolly
Inns of Court
United Kingdom
Labor Party
Britain
United Feature Syndicate
Stolen flowers prompt graveyard theft accusations
A reader addresses the editor accusing a neighbor of taking flowers from Kimberly Schwartz's grave and mentions her parents C.R. Sanborn of Cedar Rapids. The note recalls a Monday visit to her sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs John Brown, as context for the complaint. Hanna-Barbera
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C.R. Sanborn
Cedar Rapids
John Brown
Hanna-Barbera
Ballot order changes in Iowa could shift congressional races
Des Moines IA November voters face a ballot order change listing President and vice president, the Senate, Congress, governor and state offices before other contests. Republicans hope Miller can rally second and fourth district voters against Clark while Democrats seek to drive Culver and Smith through the ticket. The Iowa Code printing contract stays with Wallace-Homestead after competitive bids, saving about 125000 despite a larger 5120 page code.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Towans
Congress
Senate
Jack Miller
Dick Clark
D-Marion
Ted Ellsworth
Dubuque
John Kyl
Bloomfield
John Culver
Cedar Rapids
Neal Smith
Altoona
Culver
Smith
Stanley McCausland
General Services Department
Iowa
Kingsport Press
McCausland
Wallace-Homestead
Tennessee
North western Bell names Ellis construction foreman
Dennis R. Ellis a La Porte City native is named construction foreman for Northwestern Bell in Marshalltown overseeing maintenance of aerial and underground telephone lines. He joined the company in 1965 as a Waterloo lineman and has held roles as cable splicer installer-repairman and equipment maintainer. His family will move to Marshalltown once housing is arranged.
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Dennis R. Ellis
First St. N.E
Northwestern Bell
Marshalltown
la Porte City
Ellis
Waterloo
Oelwein
Boy Scouts
Paul Galer
Ninth Ave. S.E
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Chicago Tribune
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Henry J. Taylor
Open Forum
Kimberly Schwartz
Hazleton Briefs
Blondie
PaGwoop
Maggie
Mel
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George McManus
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