Iowans Invented TM Says Telegram Opinion
The piece mocks NBC coverage of Parsons College’s reborn Marahishi U in Fairfield Iowa. It notes nine City Council members meditated as viewers saw East meets West in a town wary of transcendental meditation and its patrons Mia Farrow and the Beatles. Tuesday commentary asserts Iowans and Nebraskans invented it.
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NBC
Flunkout U
Fairfield
Iowa
Parsons College
Marahishi U
Scuch
Mia Farrow
Beatles
NBC News
Nation's leaders urge tougher crackdown on career criminals
The Ford administration and top officials Saxbe and Kelly urged reforms to curb crime. They criticized easy bail and lenient plea bargains and pressed for faster trials, stricter sentencing, and reduced judicial discretion to curb habitual offenders. Public patience with the habitual criminal is growing.
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Ford
Atty
William Saxbe
FBI
Clarence M. Kelly
Washington
Kelly
Saxbe
Justice Department
Sam J. Ervin
North Carolina
Legislative
Messrs
Teaching an Old Dog and the Rattlesnake Candy Tale
A fragment notes Arizona discussions about rattlesnakes, predicting a common exchange on eating rattlesnakes. The snippet ends mid thought with a claim that rattlesmoke is said to taste good, followed by an inevitable, skeptical reply.
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Arizona
Will Rogers Memorial Commission coverage noted
Fragmentary text describes coverage of Will Rogers memorial commission announcements. It cites Brven Sterling editing and includes humorous remarks about radio broadcasts and a sports vibe, mentioning hometown and personal details amid unclear context and a date of October 3, 1533.
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Will Rogers Memorial Commission
Ty Brven Sterling
Rattlesnake Tastes Like Garlic Salt Says Columnist
In a desert camp, Jim Fiebig recalls an improvised dinner of rattlesnake cooked over a campfire. The companion notes it tastes bland, so garlic is added, and the narrator asks readers to imagine how snake flavors compare to chicken. The tasting ends with a garlic salt comparison.
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Gladys
Henry
Greeks of Note Across and Down Puzzle Findings
A crossword style grid lists Greek names and clues across and down. It includes references to philosophers, poets, islands, rulers, animals, distances, and common terms, indicating a mixed Greek theme with terms like Greek painter, Greek island, Greek fabulist, and various descriptors.
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Ib—of Troy
Spyle Witns
Direct hiccup cures highlighted by medical reader tips
A reader asks for hiccup treatment. Dr Lamb notes many remedies work best at onset. Methods include vinegar on a spoon or swallowing dry sugar to stimulate the throat, plus benign measures like breathing into a paper bag and avoiding stomach irritants.
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Lamb
Timin
Edgar Engleman
Miami School of Medicine
Generals heed privates in inflation battle at Ford summits
At a series of economic summits President Ford and aides missed the key issue boosting productivity in factories, mines and businesses to curb shortages and inflation. Labor voices offered anti infl ation ideas privately, but public attention focused on groups and politics, not workers’ practical proposals.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Industry
Comerce
Mr. Ford
Undramatic common sense boosts productivity in industry
Ray Cromley argues that simple, obvious measures beat dramatic schemes. Training workers and managers, better safety, and prepared back up for absences raise production more than new laws or currency shifts, while the link between safety and efficiency becomes clear across plants.
Older minds stay sharp beyond youth myth
The article cites Dr. Lissy F. Jarvik arguing that intellectual ability does not necessarily decline after adolescence. Studies tracking aging populations show no sustained loss of knowledge or reasoning into the 60s and 70s, with memory issues often tied to learning conditions, mood, or sensory problems rather than age.
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Lissy F. Jarvik
University of California In
Los Angeles
Jarvik
Anniversary of Strength Credit Union Day Observed
October 17 marks Credit Union Day highlighting a global co operative movement begun in Europe and expanding to Canada and the United States. It notes 28 million members in America, over $30 billion in assets across about 24 000 unions and the shift from a modest image to strong financial clout through member bonds.
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Europe
Canada
New Hampshire
Credit Urdon
United States
Credit Wurien
America
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Berrys World
Australia
Dr.Lamb
Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D
Ray Cromley
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Don Oakley
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