Neiman Marcus Christmas Preview Pushes Takeout Look Gifts
In a humorous UPI column, the 1976 Neiman Marcus Christmas Preview is praised for items that imitate takeout dining ware. The piece highlights porcelain mugs, cream and sugar servers, and other throwaway themed wares as satirical reflections of consumer culture. It muses on tableware crafted to resemble paper containers and fast food packaging, ending with a jab about Irish linen Kleenex as a future gag.
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Cousin Fermus
Bunky
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From Misfortune to Service Through Council on Aging
A 79 year old recent hospital patient recounts new independence after volunteers from the Council on Aging helped with chores, transportation, and therapy. After a year, she joined as a telecare volunteer, calling a senior daily to check well being and coordinating emergency response. Help us help by contributing to United Way and supporting 17 member agencies.
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World Bank Chief Promises More Aid at Softer Terms
World Bank President Robert McNamara pledged richer support for poor nations with easier lending rates once capitalization plans are agreed. He noted concerns that terms were hardening and that current rates around 8.9 percent may ease after reform.
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Philippines
World Bank
Robert McNamara
Bank
International Monetary Fund
IMF
McNamara
U.S
UAW Ford Council Approves New Contract
The 175 member National Ford Council ratified a tentative contract to end the Ford strike. About 170,000 Ford workers will vote on the pact starting this weekend with possible ratification by next Tuesday. Local disputes may delay full return to work.
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Ford Motor Co
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UAW
Leonard Woodcock
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Iowa County Grants Share From Federal Funds Listed
The Gazette outlines federal spending in Iowa by county for the last fiscal year, detailing grant programs across departments such as Agriculture HEW and Labor. Benton Johnson Linn and Linn show large totals with Iowa overall receiving significant support through food stamps school lunch and social security programs among others.
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Department of Interior
Department of Commerce
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Oelwein
Historic Preservation Division
State Historical Department
William Larrabee
Upper Iowa University
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Linn County
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Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
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Fayette
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Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
World nuclear stockpile at 15 tons per person
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reports global nuclear explosives totaling 15 tons of TNT per person, about 60 tons per capita for NATO and Warsaw Pact stockpiles. The finding appears in Armaments and Disarmament in the Nuclear Age, published for SIPRI's 10th anniversary.
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Sweden
UPI
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Diamond in Nose Leads to Theft Probe in Italy
In Vercrelli Angelo Antiero 37 was seen panting with a whistling sound as a police officer pinched his nose and a diamond popped out. He and two men were jailed for illegal possession of valuable property and later freed and sent to Naples amid prior theft records.
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UPI
Angelo Antiero
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