Illness hits Marion schools with rising absentee rates
Vernon junior high reports 115 of 555 students ill as Marion district and Linn-Mar schools struggle with high absence. Longfellow Washington Starry Irving Lincoln Emerson elementary losses rise. high school sees about 75 absent. Sales, meetings, and local notices pepper the page as community organizations run events and services.
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Ayub Khan to meet opponents as Karachi riots flare
President Ayub Khan agrees to talks with left wing rivals to end the crisis. Bhutto arrives in Karachi to press the fight as rioting erupts with Pathan loyalists clashing with anti-government demonstrators.
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UPI
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1968 Balance of Payments Shows Small U.S. Surplus
The Commerce Department reports a 1968 balance of payments surplus of 190 million dollars, the first since 1957, but warns it is not a sign the dollar drain has ended. Gold reserves fell about 1.2 billion, and exports barely topped imports by under 100 million, though a December quarter produced a 960 million surplus to offset earlier deficits.
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Commerce Department
United States
U.S
Iowa
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Lemon Home Mix NeoCitran Ad Claims Fast Cold Relief
An advertisement promotes NeoCitran lemon flavored home mix for quick relief from cold and flu symptoms. It describes a prepared concentrate that dissolves in hot water, promises rapid easing of coughing, sneezing, fever, and sinus congestion, and offers refunds on empty box returns with no prescription required.
Iowa String Quartet Concert Rescheduled in Iowa City
The Iowa String Quartet concert, postponed after January ice storms, will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. in MacBride Auditorium. No tickets are required. Violinists Allen Ohmes and John Ferrell, violist William Preucil, and cellist Charles Wendt will perform with Pianini Stradivarius instruments on loan from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
Photographs by Mrs. Sidney Mead Shown in Iowa City
Twenty black and white prints by Mrs. Sidney Mead, University of Iowa photography student, are exhibited at the GAP gallery in the Congregational church Iowa City through Thursday. The show features portraits and prints made with double exposure and double printing for special effects. Mead previously worked fifteen years as a housing agency photographer in Chicago on slum clearance and redevelopment projects.
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Iowa City
Sidney Mead
University of Iowa
GAP Gallery
Congregational Church
Israeli planes strike guerrillas inside Jordan
Israeli jets bombed guerrilla positions in Jordan after an attack on an Israeli patrol in the Beisan valley. Ground troops returned fire with some planes called in. No Israeli casualties reported.
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Jordan
Beisan
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