Standing on a Corner UCS Agency in Action
A northeast corner scene shows the Linn County Society for Crippled Children and Adults assisting disabled individuals arriving at the treatment center. The daily routine, six days a week for over 15 years, features staff in white coats delivering rehabilitation and community mobility aid such as ramps, braces, crutches, and wheelchairs.
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First Avenue
Fifth Street
UCS
Mabel
Crippled Children and Adults Treatment Center
Hope
Mabel Finds Independence Through Homebound Therapy
In a Linn County United Community Services feature, Mabel with multiple sclerosis benefits from warm water therapy and gym exercises to relearn movement and use a walker then a cane, enabling home independence and community participation. Alice, once homebound, also improves through similar care and leaves a large bequest to aid others, while bystanders offer help at a street corner as the 1970 UCS campaign begins.
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Mabel
Linn County Society For
UCS
Controversial Amchitka Nuclear Test Planned on Thursday
In Alaska, protestors face court threats as the Atomic Energy Commission prepares Milrow, a 1.2 megaton underground blast on Amchitka Island to assess site safety for potentially bigger devices up to three megatons. The event marks the largest US underground test efforts to date.
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Anchorage
Alaska
UPS
The
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Amchitka
Aleutian Chain
Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
AEC
Milrow
Nevada
Workshop Oct 7 For New School Board Members
New Cedar Johnson Linn and Washington county school board members are invited to a joint four county workshop on October 7. Ira E. Larson says the session will cover educational structure board meeting ethics finances and legal questions at Hawkeye Plaza 4401 Sixth Street Road SW at 7 30 p m.
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Cedar
Johnson
Linn
Washington
Ira E. Larson
Joint
Joint System
Hawkeye Plaza
Sixth Street Road
Ostrich Feathers Still in Demand in South Africa
In Port Elizabeth South Africa an AP report notes ostrich farming remains stable as demand persists for feathers eggs and eggshells despite the plume era fading. Prices have fallen from 300 to 36 dollars a pound for feathers.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Three Top Newsmen Set For Mt. Mercy Series
Mount Mercy college will host a lecture series featuring Sander Vanocur John Scali and Roger Mudd. Vanocur speaks November 17 at 8 p m on Analysis First Year Nixon Administration. Scali speaks January 8 on Beyond Vietnam the New Isolation. Mudd speaks March 4 on The American Campus Unrest or Revolution. Tickets three dollars per event. Reservations to Mount Mercy development office at 363 8213 ext 23.
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America
Vanocur
Northwestern
London School of Economics
Manchester Guardian
NBC News
John Scali
ABC News
Vietnam
Scali
U. S
Roger Mudd
Mount Mercy
Virgin Islands Draw Record Tourists in 12 Months
Charlotte Amalie, V I The American Virgin Islands drew more than a million tourists in the year ended June 30, a record figure. The department of commerce reports the tourism take reached 125 million dollars.
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American Virgin Islands
Department of Commerce
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OshKosh
Chambray
Work Jeans
Mt. Mercy
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Kennedy
Russia
Sander Vanocur
NBC
ABC
CBS
Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie, V. I
van Heusen
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