Iowa Weather Myths and Old Wives Tales Debunked
In a column dedicated to winter forecasts and public mood, the author rakes the modern weather bureau for vague predictions and the chill factor while praising Iowa natives for their weather wisdom. He laments over-hyped forecasts, praises old instincts, and notes how senior citizens survive winters without today’s satellite led measures. The piece closes with a seasonal farewell and cheer.
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Everbody
Iowa
X rays and Christmas X factor illuminate human nature
A Los Angeles Times piece by Jenkin Lloyd Jones reflects on Roentgen's 1895 X ray discovery and the Christmas season. It connects scientific wonder with compassion and moral X factors, noting Hanukkah's growing prominence and the holiday’s transformative light. It also recalls the 1950 Nobel prize for cosmic microwave background radiation and quotes Penzias on love.
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Antiochus
Christ
Air Pollution Levels in Cedar Rapids Prompt Health Dept Call
A quick look at the Cedar Rapids air chart shows pollution levels across stations with 100 as the NAAQS benchmark. Pollutants listed include particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and ozone, with a Linn County Health Department contact at 398-3551 for questions. The report is compiled from data by the Health Department's Air Pollution Control Division.
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Linn County Health Department
Air Pollution Control Division
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Health Department
Way with words fast turn around a letter quirk and word roots
The writer discusses line breaks and syllable division in printing. Questions on wrong word division like catachrestic and other oddities are explored. Etymology notes trace Latin roots from affluere and confluence to modern English usages.
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E.G. Nelson
Mason City
Flow of Influence and The Ethereal Fluid of Power
The passage traces a progression from a physical flow to a shifted direction, then to a common word of the fourfold influence. The final concept envisions an ethereal stellar fluid shaping human actions and societal power, hinting at timocracy.
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Timocracy
Public Meetings This Week In Linn County Iowa
Over the holiday period Linn County offices observe closures. Cedar Rapids City Council holds sessions at City Hall on several mornings. Linn Board of Supervisors meets in regular session in Room 103 of the Courthouse. Linn County CETA Consortium Board convenes in the Courthouse first floor conference room. Courthouse closes at noon for New Year and reopens Tuesday Jan 2 at 8 am.
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Linn County Ceta Consortium Board
Linn County
Twiggy the Yorkie fights leash rule in court
In Philadelphia a 12-year-old Yorkshire terrier named Twiggy becomes the subject of a court dispute. Judges describe Twiggy as well behaved while her owners Maurice and Molly Kendall seek permission for regular walks inside and outside Kennedy House Apartments without a leash. The building rules ban such walks and an injunction request was taken under advisement by Judge James Cavanaugh.
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Philadelphia
Twiggy
Common Pleas Court
Paul Ribner
Harry Takiff
Maurice
Molly Kendall
Kennedy House Apartments
James Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Rockerville marshal braves danger in tourist town
Rockerville, S D AP report says marshal Johnny One Feather faces risks like his predecessors while guiding visitors and staging gunfight re enactions. He recalls injuries from past stunts and a riot with Hell's Angels, ending with his riot shell loaded revolver drive off the crowd. The town, founded in 1876, faded to few residents before a year ago sale to a Rapid City dealer and a Phoenix investor who hired One Feather as marshal.
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