Akron Register Tribune Subscription Rates
The Akron Register Tribune lists subscription fees of 2.50 per year and 1.25 for six months in Plymouth Sioux and Woodbury Counties Iowa and Union County S J 3.00 per year elsewhere. Published every Thursday in Akron Plymouth County Iowa entered as second class mail matter September 26 1901.
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Plymouth
Sioux
Woodbury
Iowa
Union County
S. J
Akron
Plymouth County
Westfield Write Ups Show Youth Service and Local News
Westfield Congregational church welcomed youth led service by Pilgrim Fellowship members Carolyn Ross Beverly Postlewaite Suzette Hoffman Terry Morehead and Gordon Knapp. Guest speakers included W L Walter Benjamin and James Marks. The item notes community visits, funerals, and club activities including the Westfield Tuesday Club meeting and Thirteen-hour Devotions at St Catherine's Church. A radar burglar alarm device and local wildlife sighting accompany the community notices.
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Westfield
Mra
Besule Buryanek
Robertsdale
Alabama
Pilgrim Fellowship
Westfield Congregational Church
Carolyn Ross
Beverly Postlewaite
Suzette Hoffman
Terry Morehead
Gordon Knapp
W. L. Walter Benjamin
Morningside College
James Marks
Gayville
M. D
Lena Lilly
Lilly
Delbert Maynard
Dave Claussen
Bloomfield
Nebr
Clare Lilly
Hawarden
Lester Sanford
Ivyl Knapp
Les Cornwell
Fort Dodge
Paul Lilly
Boone
Arch Lilly
Bert Wilcox
Ross Wilcox
Neenah
Wis
Daffodil Rose
Hinsdale
Ill
Dwight Brown
Albert Harrington
Cecil Harrington
Louis Beaulieu
LeMars
Ed Lovell
Oklahoma
Myrtle Taylor
John Conway
Killean
Texas
M. W. Conway
Farrel
Brungville
Clara Mackay
Nickels For Nurses
World Friendship
Evelyn Banks
St. Catherine's Catholic Church
Father Krasnica
C. S. BR
Redemptionist
F. L. McGillen
Detroit
Mich
McGillien
Way Back Yonder Items of Interest Gleached from Akron
Notes from Akron Register Tribune columns recount ten and five decades of local life. Obituaries, births, military burial, and school sports mix with farm deeds and church bazaars. The item highlights residents like Clyde Kinser and families from Hawarden LeMars and Akron.
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Akron Register- Tribune
Kenneth Bennett
D. K. Bennett
Chatsworth
Hawarden
A. L
L. C
M. O. Nelson
Orin Harris
Akron
Martha Meyer
Henry
LeMars
Theodore Meyer
Preston
Township Lutheran Church
Gustavus Adolphus College
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Clyde P. Kinser
Milwaukee Railroad
Meckling
3. D
Arden Boetger
Arthur Friske
Gordon Rossow
Des Moines
A.H
Moville
James
Avery Small
Second Session of the 87th Congress Opens in 1961
The Second Session of the 87th Congress opened with routine ceremonies and Speaker McCormack of Massachusetts elected to replace the late Rayburn. President Kennedy delivered the State of the Union urging strong defense and proposals on education reform, medical care linked to Social Security, and tax rate powers, while warning against U N funding proposals and Cuba. The piece also covers a breakfast with Kennedy, foreign policy concerns, farm program extensions, and budget projections including a record peacetime budget and potential deficits. It notes partisan tension over executive power on tariffs and the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act.
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McCormack
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Rayburn
Kennedy
Congress
United States
United Nations
House
Senate
State
State Rusk
Defense
MaNamara
Central Intelligence
McClune
Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Laos
Cuba
Berlin
Treasury
Eisenhower
Byrd
Virginia
The
Iowa publisher to conduct orient tour of Asia and Hawaii
Chariton publisher John Baldridge will lead an Orient tour for Midwesterners departing Gestile on April 21. The 98 day trip by jet visits Japan Formosa Hong Kong Macao Thailand Cambodia Viet Nam and the Philippines plus Hawaii with stays at a Japanese inn and a Thai palace lunch Thai dancing and a Kabuki theatre visit. Special arrangements available for specific Asia interests with information from Baldridge Chariton Iowa.
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Iowa
Orient Tour
John Baldridge
Chariton
Gestile
Hawaii
Japan
Formosa
Hong Kong
Macao
Thailand
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Philippines
Bangkok
Kabuki National Theatre
Baldridge
Asia
Ares
Towa
Viggi Rasmussen Retires After 43 Years as Lineman
Viggi Rasmussen of Elk Horn retired from the Maine & Elk Horn Telephone Co after starting as a lineman in 1919 and serving 42 years, leaving the firm on January 1, 1962.
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Viggi Rasmussen
Elk Horn
Maine & Elk Horn Telephone Co
Sacred Lily Blooms At Red Oak Home Prompting Removal
Mrs Velma Howell of Red Oak reports her six foot sacred lily recently bloomed and produced an unpleasant odor. The tall plant showed no foliage or branches and lacked visible roots, leading to decision to remove it from the house.
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Velma Howell
Red Oak
Ford to unveil broad range of sports vehicles in 68th year
Ford plans a broad range of sports type vehicles in its 68th year, with complete details and photographs released in mid February. The cars will be staged for pale in Ford dealerships early in April. Iscacca described the lineup as the broadest in the company’s history.
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FORD
Los Angeles
Calif
Ford Division
Lee A. Tacocca
Ford Motor Company
Tacocca
Chicago
Iacocca
Iscacca
Army to Build All-Plastic Car For Ultra Cheap Production
The Army develops an experimental all plastic car with parts so cheap that a failing engine would be discarded rather than repaired. Production costs run about 1300 dollars versus about 2700 dollars for a jeep, says Fleet Owner.
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McGraw-Hill Publication
Jeep
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H. D. Barr
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Jos. I. McCorkell
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M. M. Nesler
Kitty
John R. Jeffers
Wm. Bly
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Akron Public School Library Fund
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Jo-Ann Cafe
Myron’s Tavern
Nielsem Service
Imm. Luth. Church
Borchers Gr
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Johnny’s Market
Hoffman's Trucking
Dirka Motor Tree
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Delores Schuchard
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Jack Smith
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Akron Feed Mills
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Don Caskey
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Daryll Smith
Sonny Lennon
Owa
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Jalie Roberts
Inturence Counsal Old Equity Life
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Wren Heixa Nett
Sioux City Auditorium
Mpion Miss Neff
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Childrn
Rees
Farmers’ Co-Op
Akhon
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Dobbs
Reaton
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Web
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Arnold Knecht
Bellett Ds
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Donald Willer
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