Council Choices Keying On Ability Experience
In the Oct 19 city primary five council seats face another ballot. Incumbents Warren Schaefer Oberthien Phillips Rennis plus challengers McNamara Bergen Moore Brown and others compete. Voters should weigh leadership experience municipal track records and potential to handle expanding civic duties.
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Donald Canney
Hag
Public Improvements Commissioner
Canmmey
Walter Meiramara
General Assembly
McNamara
Harold Schaefer
Stewart Shank
Ruth Martwig
Academe
Schaefer
John Oberthien
Floyd Bergen
Oak Hill
Bergen
Oberthien
Public Improvements
Richard Phillips
Phillips
Richard Neil Moore
Stan Rennis
Raymond G. Brown
West Side Park Department
Kennedy and Ribicoff Ireland resolution stirs British press
American senators Kennedy and Ribicoff proposed a withdrawal of British troops from Northern Ireland drawing sharp editorials in The Daily Telegraph Yorkshire Post and The Daily Express. The British papers slammed the move as misguided and harmful to Anglo American ties while the American Embassy stressed no shift in policy. The episode is framed as a political maneuver rather than a statement of U.S. policy.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Northern Ireland
Great Britain
Kennedy
Abraham Ribicoff
America
Ireland
Britain
Vietnam
Yorkshire Post
Daily Express
London
Kennedy-Ribicoff
U.S
Teen hair fashion sparks dating tensions in youth culture
In a column by Carl Riblet Jr from Lon Arowies Timer Syndicate, a teen boy with a feminine hairstyle explains that girls avoid him unless he styles his hair, implying women may influence male self-image and dating choices. The piece reflects gender expectations and social pressure.
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Carl Riblet, Jr
Stronger Drive Against Cancer Urged in National Plan
A congressional proposal for a national cancer attack program seeks expanded funding for research and application. The plan, praised by Elmer Bobst and Mary Lasker, envisions a Manhattan Project scale effort with $400 million this year, $500 million in 1973, and $600 million by June 30, 1973, but faces political pushback over priorities, administration control, and potential partisan use.
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Congress
Senate
Nixon
Elmer Bobst
Ich
Bobst
Mary Lasker
Laurance Rockefeller
En Garde with Cancer Speaks to Cut Red Tape
A critic urges dismantling research bottlenecks in cancer work, comparing the stubborn delays to a long vigil ended by a decisive victory. The message calls to stop bureaucratic quarreling and push the work forward with urgency.
Army clamps down on haircuts amid Westmoreland clash
General Westmoreland orders a strict haircut policy as an army recruitment ad realigns to standard styles. A circular explains the photo does not depict a compliant recruit. The memo warns of firm action against violations and lax enforcement amidst broader service issues.
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Geneval Westmoreland
Army
Westmoreland
Hiss Chambers battle remembered in Kilpatrick piece
Washington writer James J Kilpatrick revisits the Alger Hiss case with Whittaker Chambers as the central witness. The essay contrasts public memory, the 1950 perjury conviction, and ongoing claims of a frame‑up while praising Chambers as one of America’s noblest figures.
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James J. Kilpatrick
Washington
Alger Hiss
England
Alfred Friendly
Hiss
Bilderbergs
Council of Foreign Relations
Whittaker Chambers
Friendly
Jehns Hopkins
Iliss
Lewisburg
Chambers
Pene
Woodstock
America
Waskoghen Yar
Educational funding stirs Catholic school showdown in public debate
J J Earley argues government aid to religious schools prompts a crisis as Catholic institutions face closure at a daily rate. The letter cites the Declaration of Independence, separation of church and state, and calls for continued government support to uphold religious education and freedom.
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God
Supreme Court
Hite
J. J. Earley
Thirteenth. Street
Pastor Receives Coupon Drive For HACAP Senior Bus
A letter from Mrs. Helen Koht initiates a campaign titled Project Two Million B.C. to gather Betty Crocker coupons for a new HACAP senior citizens bus. Debra Hardy, Frances Franks, and Ant Huber are noted supporters as thousands of coupons pour into HACAP, aiding travel to weekly meetings and sites of interest.
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B.C
Betty Crocker
HACAP
Linn County
Helen Koht
Betty Oes
Debra Hardy
Frances Franks
Jane Boyd
Ant Huber
Jolly 6 Club
Remembrance Editor Note and Corrections
A reader recalls past letters about feeding birds and mentions L of 221 Twenty fourth Street NW to Cotas Rapids who was injured protecting a small dog. Readers are asked to send cards or remembrances to his home. The note also corrects a previously printed name Hubert Welch to John Welch at Faylor school.
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Twenty-fourth Street
Cotas Rapids
People’s Forum
Faylor School
Hubert Welch Lly
John't Welch
Flaine
Searching To the Editor for Scleroderma Support
A reader seeks contact with others afflicted by scleroderma and invites correspondence. Mrs. John Bartet Gardner Center Church Road New Castle Pennsylvania 18101.
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John Bartet Gardner
Church Road
New Castle
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
George Bernard Shaw
Lon Arowies
Timer Syndicate
Marquis Childs
Wyistinston
Newsweek
Stewart Alsop
Iam the Beast
Ceuit
Sappe
Pete
Wiespa
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Institute
American Cancer Society
White House
Cnniral
NIH
National Cancer Advisory Council
En Garde
Ashington
William Westmoreland
Rational Magazines
Belle McClure Syndicate
Tale Traveter
Anderson
Hiss-Chambers
Starvard Law
Justice Holmes
Ite
Communist Party
Mitor
Harold Ware
House
American Activities Committee
John McDowell
Miss
Potomac
James J, Kilpatrick
the People's Forum
Salem Methodist Church
Central City
Coggon
Chain Lakes
Hacap Center
Jane Hoyd
Mildred Jeffrey
Dally Sixty Club
C Street
John McFatridge
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