Water a World Wide Problem
This piece discusses the Colorado River water dispute between California and Arizona and broader concerns over future water availability. It notes ancient civilizations fell in droughts, cites Iowa’s drought worries, and describes cities seeking distant sources, ocean desalination advances, and ongoing efforts to preserve stream flows as population grows.
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Supreme Court
Colorado River
California
Arizona
Iowa
Metro
Toe
Alabama Students Embrace Integration Amid Turmoil
The University of Alabama earns praise for its students handling of two Negro enrollees as integration advances at a rapid pace. The piece criticizes the governor’s theatrics and warns of inevitable trouble, urging preparation by those involved to sustain progress toward equality.
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University of Alabama
Alabama
A Time Of Crisis Across Great Powers
The era shows many powers entangled in crises: the United States faces racial strife, Britain battles moral decay, France endures political threats to its president, Germany fears leadership transition, and communist nations confront unrest from scarce consumer goods. Nuclear warfare looms as an overarching, unprecedented danger.
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U. S
Tax Reform Mostly Talk
A comparative look at state legislatures and Congress shows extensive discussion on tax reform but little substantive action. While sessions generate rhetoric and small changes, actual reforms remain negligible and taxes often rise instead.
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Congress
Girl wins 1962 tobacco contest at Hopkinsville
Brenda Utley a 15 year old wins the district 4-H tobacco growing contest in Hopkinsville Kentucky stating she does not care about growing tobacco but likes the money the prize provides.
Atlantic News-Telegraph Advertisement Rates Displayed
The Atlantic News Telegraph lists subscription rates for carriers and mail in Cass County and surrounding areas, outlining prices by duration and region including Iowa and Canada. Rates vary from monthly to yearly with different charges for nearby counties and distant locations.
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Walnut St
Atlantic
Iow
News
Cass
Iowa
U. S
Canada
War worries echo in a grandson to future generations
Drew Pearson writes a fatherly letter to his grandson Drew Arnold about dangers of repeating world conflict. He recalls World War I lessons from Swarthmore and the Phoenix June 9 1919 issue, warns of nuclear threats, and cites Kennedy Khrushchev dialogue. He urges responsibility to Carry On and not let past soldiers down.
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Drew Pearson
Drew Arnold
Kennedy
Swarthmore
the Phoenix
William Tomlinson
St. Nazaire
France
U.S
United States
William S. Hull
Russell Terradell
Trenton
N.J
Russia
United State
Khrushchev
Cuba
Bell-McClure Syndicate
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
A reflective poem about valuing lasting friendships, neighborly love, and service over wealth or status. The speaker desires a life remembered for kindness, beauty, and aiding others, aiming to leave a grace-filled memory beyond mere survival.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Honor guest missing at Scottsville banquet
Scottsville police held a banquet to honor Chief Louis Borders but he was away on an out of town business trip and did not attend as the guest of honor.
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Scottsville, Ky
Scottsville
Louis Borders
Wea Pass Opening leads in a tough bridge hand
In a recent team match at first table South pushed into four spades redoubled. West led a diamond, declarer misread a singleton, and after several plays the defense won six tricks. South later avoided down three in another similar hand, ending on a four digit deficit. Both declarers could have made by winning the diamond lead and proper plays, switching to a plus score.
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North
West
Declarer
East
King
Van Buren County Studies Attract Industry Lures
Van Buren County launches a two month survey of labor potential with TENCO aims to halt outmigration. A TEAM from the Iowa Employment Security Commission notes limited electrical capacity but strong medical facilities and plans to shape county development associations. Surveys will span Wayne Appanoose Lucas Monroe Wapello Marion Keokuk and Mahaska with university and state agencies aiding.
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Eeosauqua
van Buren County
Ten County Development Association
TENCO
Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Keosauqua
van Buren
Davis County
Edwin Emerson
Emerson
Wayne
Appanoose
Lucas
Monroe
Wapello
Marion
Keokuk
Mahaska
Ten Years Ago and Thirty Years Ago Notices
A historical note recalls Colleen Stolk going to Colorado for summer work at a resort and Rev Frank Dennis attending the Des Moines Methodist conference. Mary Margaret Jacobsen and Dorothy Sharp visited Omaha family. Separately, Bert Bacon from Sedalia visited Grant relatives, marking past community ties.
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Coleen Stolk
Casey
Colorado
Frank Dennis
Grant
Des Moines
Mary Margaret Jacobsen
Dorothy Sharp
Walnut
Omaha
Vanceil Mueller
Dennis McElfish
Fort Leavenworth Kan
Eugene McElfish
Massena
Bert Bacon
Sedalia
M. M. McCue
White youth enrolls at Negro college in Alabama case
In Huntsville Alabama a white youth enrolled at a Negro college while two Negro students enrolled at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa under court order. The white student Robert Mickey aged 29 a chemistry teacher from Lincoln Nebraska signed up Tuesday for summer classes at Alabama A&M under a National Science Foundation grant.
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Huntsville
Ala
University of Alabama At
Tusca
Loosa
Robert Mickey
Ulicn
Neb
Alabama \&M
National Science Foundation
Tell Us Your Unusual Story for Farm Magazine
A farm magazine seeks reader contributions of true stories from the local area. Readers should share early days, ancestral tales, unusual happenings, or youthful adventures. Submit your narrative written by you or provide facts for the editor to craft.
Kennedy urges end to discrimination in nationwide address
President Kennedy used a national broadcast to urge an end to racial discrimination amid rising tensions and riots. He blamed all states, urged white Americans to cooperate, backed civil rights with executive force, and called on Congress to pass laws to overcome segregation. The speech followed the Alabama admission scene and echoed earlier wartime calls for federal action.
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Washington
Kennedy
South
Congress
University of Alabama
George le Wallace
M. Kennedy
United States
Dwight D
Eisenhower
Relief of Pre Menstrual Tension at Medical College
A joint study by endocrinologists psychiatrists and physicians at the Medical College of Georgia reports progress in easing pre menstrual tension. Headache insomnia and nervous tension respond to new drugs though the full cause remains unclear. Drugs will be available through physicians to bring placidity and comfort to many women.
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Drege
Medical College of Georgia
Yes Gyndicate, Inc
Congress urged to empower federal suit in civil rights cases
A discussion argues Congress should authorize federal action to sue in any case of denied Negro civil rights in education, not only in select areas, as most plaintiffs cannot afford private suits. Kennedy unlikely to request such authority. In Phoenix a barber shop sign reads: Twenty barbers continuous conversation.
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Congress
Kennedy
Phoenix, Ariz
Phoenix
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