Meat price controls and Iowa misstatements spark critique
The piece argues meat price controls may lift soon but warns decontrol could ease shortages and politics. It then blasts Life magazine for Iowa inaccuracies on geography, populations, and institutions, noting errors about Des Moines, Council Bluffs, 99 fairs, and Iowa State College.
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Life misstates Iowa history in nine page Life layout
Iowa residents push back at Life magazine for inaccuracies in a recent nine page pictorial on the state's centennial. Errors cited include population figures for 1846 and mischaracterizations of Marquette and Joliet's observations of Iowa’s terrain as they navigated the Mississippi River bluffs.
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Columbus Day Revisited Courage of Columbus Remembered
The piece notes Columbus sighted land 454 years ago and proved the world’s roundness, but admits historical misconceptions. It emphasizes Columbus’s courage, the ongoing reexamination of his voyage, and the enduring honor given to him on Columbus Day regardless of commercial outcomes.
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Public Contact Will Test Your Temper and Patience
A columnist warns that dealing with the public requires extroversion and thick skin. He cites Buill Jones as a cautionary example of patience lost to criticism and unfairness, noting that even charity work can not salvage a temper that undermines business and profits. The piece urges staying pleasant, tolerating rudeness, and maintaining courtesy to earn customers’ money.
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Out of the Past Words as Means Not Ends in Language
A reflective column stresses language as an instrument of conviction, urging use of words as tools to shape understanding rather than as ends in themselves. The piece emphasizes clarity, precision, and purposeful communication.
Bugs Baer Cartoon Caption Play on Guns and Lawyers
A humorous cartoon caption riffs on gun lore and legal battles in office settings. It jokes that the bravest man smoked a clay pipe while a woman shutters him with a handbag weapon. The piece notes more shootings in lawyers offices than elsewhere and ends with a quip urging safer pursuits.
Election Looks Brighter To G O P Than They Let On
PAUL MALLON reports Halleck privately predicted a sweeping GOP victory on November 5, with a strong House majority and a possible Senate edge. He cites union splits and Democratic weakness, noting key gains expected in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and California, while Illinois and Indiana offer smaller hopes.
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King Ranch Dominates Texas Tour With Beef Threats
A junket of New York Boston and Washington newsmen toured the King ranch in Texas where owner Dick Kleburg warned that cattlemen will withhold beef unless Washington stops political meddling. He boasted vast ranch wealth and royalties from Humble Oil while recalling past corruption in Congress. King ranch foremen spoke of strikes and cattlemen withholding prime steers until market access improves.
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Personal Health Notes on Alcohol Effects and Degeneracy
Dr. Wm. Brady contends alcohol use reveals social and health harms. He defines terms like defective and degenerate in physical health terms and argues alcohol numbs sensibility, fueling inferiority complexes and deceptive self-perception among “defectives” and “sophomorons.”
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Pendulum Swinging Far Right in Ohio
Marquis Childs reports Ohio politics tilt toward the right as polls show Gov. Lausche at risk of defeat. The piece compares Lausche’s liberal-to-right shift, GOP rivals Bricker and Taft, and warns of a potential Republican sweep affecting Senate and House seats, with Taft’s foreign policy stance drawing sharp critique.
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Radio Notes and Comment Aaughn Monroe Winter Series Launch
Aaughn Monroe begins a CBS WMT winter series Saturday at 6 30 PM with the Monroe orchestra and guest stars, Shirley Booth and Oscar Levant headlining the first show. Betty Norton and the Moon Maids provide vocal support as the program replaces the Tony Martin slot. Also on air this Saturday Walter Pidgeon stars in Death Takes a Holiday on Hollywood Star Time at 7 PM, Paul Muni Anne Baxter Otto in Angel on My Shoulder on This Is Hollywood at 9 15 PM, and Sherlock Holmes returns with Tom Conway replacing Basil Rathbone at 8 30 PM on ABC. Theater of the Air opens its 1946-47 season on Mutual WGN at 9 with Vagabond King featuring Marion Claire and Thomas L. Mel, Henry Weber conducting.
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All Star 2 Hour Show To Aid Community Campaign
A two hour all star program will air Saturday night on multiple networks to boost the Community campaign. WBBM carries 10:10 to midnight featuring Ann Sothern Meredith Willson Lauritz Melchior Gracie Allen and others with a comedy mystery directed by William Spier. MBS airs 10:30 to midnight WGN and NBC carry at 11 to midnight ABC carries 11 to midnight.
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Programs hour by hour on Oct 1 1964 list schedule
Hour by hour listing shows Rogers BER ip schedule for October 1 1964 with times and program descriptions.
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