Voting urged as editors push turnout in local columns
The Osceola Record notes editors urge readers to vote next Tuesday amid heavy election advertising. It references five minute poll limits, discusses historical editor attitudes, and highlights a local feature where Methodist Jr High students rewrote the Ten Commandments in their own words stressing modern moral focus.
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Wen
Ag Z Watter
Osceola
Ten Commandents
Methodist Sunday School
Donors In Nixon Re Election Wing Gave 3.5 Million
Thirteen wealthy donors led by W Clement Stone contributed 3.5 million dollars to Nixon s re election effort. A list of 283 donors who gave five million overall from Jan 1 1971 to March 9 1972 was released under a settlement with Common Cause. The disclosure omits later donors until the April 7 deadline. Arthur K Watson ambassador to France tops government officials on the list with 180 000. Four dairy committees added 282 500 after a favorable milk price ruling. Richard M Sealeir Mellon heir appeared with 800 000. The article notes party origins and the 1854 formation of the Republican Party.
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Nixon relies on surrogates as poll lead widens
Analyzing the 1972 campaign, Nixon trails or leads depending on Gallup polls. Surrogates including cabinet members, governors, and senators carry his message while Nixon campaigns sparingly. McGovern criticizes equal media time for surrogates, saying the White House coordinated effort is unprecedented. The ROTATE surrogates total 35 governors and eight Cabinet secretaries among others.
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Priest slain in California parish confessional box
A Roman Catholic priest, 68 year old Henri Tomei, assistant pastor at St Marys Church in Los Gatos, California, was fatally stabbed in the confessional box. He was stabbed at least four times as police investigated the incident.
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Area Counselor Conference Set at Elks Country Club
Platte College with Columbus high School and Central Nebraska Technical College will host a Counselors Conference on vocational opportunities at the Elks Country Club on Nov 4. A panel will include Bill Floyd Ponglas Lomason Sid Mason Dale Electronics Mark Boettcher Weerts Boettcher Real Estate and Insurance Steve Brase and Bob Woboril. Morning sessions cover job opportunities followed by tours of Douglas Lomason and Dale Electronics.
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Dale Electronics
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Behlen
St. Mary
Bob Woboril
Douglas and
Flatie College
James Fisher
Seeing-eye dogs origins and first U S school
TheSeeing eye founded by Dorothy Harrison Custis in 1929 Morristown Nal was the first guide dog school in the United States. Post war efforts in Germany introduced dogs to aid blinded veterans while most blind people still rely on canes as only a small percentage succeed with guide dogs.
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Disabled voter urging others to cast ballots
Fairfield AP reports William B. Clarke III a 24 year old quadripelegic who votes by absentee ballot and encourages others to vote. He uses a mouth operated wand to press a lever and speaks via a mic from his hospital release anniversary while supporting GOP outreach and voter questions.
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GOP
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Fairfield
McKinney
Dave Broadhead
Bill Clarke
Preliminary hearing set in Des Moines bank robbery case
Donald Robert Cady, 44, faces a preliminary hearing in Des Moines on charges of aiding and abetting the May 16 robbery of the Host Des Moines National Bank Pleasant Hill branch. FBI reports say about $16,295 was taken and not recovered. Several co defendants from Des Moines and Burlington have pleaded guilty or await sentencing. Winders trials are set for next week.
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