Meat Ad Sparks Protests Over Meat Alternatives
An eastern Giant Food advert urging consumers to try non meat proteins provokes a Sioux County protest in Washington. Iowa shoppers increasingly substitute chicken, fish, eggs, dairy, beans, and peanut butter as beef prices rise. Retail beef prices climb 3.9 percent in February while farmers’ receipts rise only 1.2 percent.
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All Giant Food, Inc
Iowa
Sioux County
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Giant Food, Inc
America
Wall Street Journal
U.S. Department of Agriculture
FDA Sets Filth Thresholds in Food and Assembly Line Soul
A 1964 warning explodes the veil on permissible impurities in processed foods with examples from the FDA. The piece contrasts safer limits with consumer unease as readers confront dirt, mold, and insect fragments in common items. It then shifts to Don Oakley’s Assembly Line Flow, examining the tension between mass production and worker pride at General Motors Lordstown Vega plant. Despite automation, workers strike over speed and dehumanizing routines, prompting discussion of team-based car assembly being piloted in Europe as a possible fix.
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Ralph Nader
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
General Motors
Vega
Lordstown
Ohio
Europe
Henry Ford
Muskie and McGovern Face Tough Wisconsin Test in Senate Race
In Wisconsin the presidential primary becomes a crucible as Muskie fights fatigue and protests while Humphrey lobbies for momentum. McGovern pushes a tax overhaul plan and Wallace plots a strategic, low-key run. The crowded field tests candidates’ stamina under a high political heat.
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Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Humphrey
George McGovern
Manchester Union
Madison
Wisconsin Resources Conservation Council
Congress
Conservation Conference
George Wallace
America
Wallace
Campaigning to end Iowa dog killing law faces petition push
Des Moines couple Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker lead a petition drive to amend a 1921 Iowa statute allowing any person to kill a dog over six months old if it lacks a license. They seek to outlaw such killings and protect domesticated animals while urging humane euthanasia by authorities.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Robert Walker
General Assembly
Humane Society
Pathos in Ulster Growing Up Ready To Die
Jack Anderson reports from Belfast on Tony Lewis and the IRA funeral scene. He notes mourners of all ages, including youths and children in IRA uniforms, as British troops watch, umbrellas shield photographers, and locals describe the cycle of recruitment and internment. The piece contrasts hope and tragedy in a city scarred by conflict.
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Ashington
I.R.A
Belfast
George Clifford
Tony Lewis
Lewis
Long Kesh
Edward Heath
Falls Road
Children’s Hospital
Geraldine
Ireland
United Feature Syndicate
Hanoi Poised for Attack But Offensive Delayed
Washington officials fear a major North Vietnamese offensive remains imminent in spring. The plan targets the central highlands the DMZ central coastal plains and Saigon with up to 35 000 regulars poised north of Vietnam. Analysts warn a superficial success could rattle ARVN morale Saigon control and U.S. politics ahead of the presidential campaign.
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Ashington
South Vietnam
Washington
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Nixon
China
U.S
White House
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Saigon
Central Highlands
Dmz
Demilitarized Zone
North
Central
Binh Dinh
Pentagon
Throwaway trouble and a campus plan clash in Cedar Rapids
A reader laments disposal issues with a plastic wastebasket filled with junk at his Cedar Rapids home. The Gazette readers weigh in, while Coe College faces opposition to a citywide summer school plan supported by Dean Carson Veach and President Leo Nussbaum, with a narrow faculty vote against cooperation.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Coe
Mount Mercy
Kirkwood Colleges
Cosmos
Carson W. Veach
Veach
Leo Nussbaum
Carson Veach
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