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Newspaper

Citizen Times

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1965

Page

3

Boss Toad Heads Pond Government In Harmony Hall

A gurgling spring creates a pond near Buffalo Chip Nebraska that quickly hosts frogs fish ducks and birds. A noisy frog delegation elects a portly toad named Bobber as Boss Toad who proclaims the island seat of government and Harmony Hall as the public center with others paying for upkeep and services.

Buffalo Chip Nebraska Elco Bearfoot Lompock Locke Hobbes Bobber Pond Boss Toad Harmony Hall Pond Goverment

The Great Idea Day In Harmony Hall Pond

The pond creatures, led by Boss Toad, unveil The Great Idea to build a road through the pond to draw farmer traffic and gain funding. Frogs profit by stores and planning fees, while others worry as cars are evicted for questions before the road appears costly and ugly. The farmer’s visit looms as residents line the bank in hopeful parade.

Hamony Hall Harmony Hall Boss Toad Toad

Frog Leg Supper for Pond Help Prompts Curiosity

A taleabruptly shifts from a puzzled farmer and talking water creatures to a frog leg supper fundraiser for a pond road. Boss Toad smiles waxily as the farmer questions the odd project. Neighbors attend a benefit near the pond with music and a curious crowd.

Boss Toad George

Congressman objects to government sex life inquiries in employee tests

New Jersey congressman urged the Federal Government to end intimate psychological questionnaires for federal workers and applicants. He called the tests intrusive and unreliable, arguing that screening should rely on employment records and community knowledge instead. He noted public and private sectors adopting similar methods and urged a return to conventional screening.

Jersy Corellius Gallagher Public Service Gallagher State Department

Russians Score Gains In Missile Race

The Soviet Union displays a solid fuel missile akin to the U S Minuteman and a mobile intermediate range weapon with 1100 mile range. They show an antimissile intercept and announce a May 9 space event Lunik V. The United States must not relax as Soviet missile and space programs mature.

Soviet Union United States U.S Krush Nikita Kruschev

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