Why America Leads in Home Ownership
Garden City Realtor Week highlights why many prefer owning a home. Charles Hager notes nearly 70 percent of families live in owner occupied housing, driven by privacy and security. Trends include condominium and cooperative ownership expanding from apartments to single family homes with shared grounds and common areas.
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Charles Hager
Garden City Board of Realtors
Garden City Board
Tager
Ouf
America
U.S. Census Bureau
América
Hager
Pastor Earns Honorary Degree at 81 in Missouri
The Rev. Leon F. Hanah received an honorary BA from Central Methodist College in Fayette at age 81 after enrolling as a freshman. A former 51-year steelworker in St. Louis, he paused study due to a heart attack last winter. The college also granted degrees to 150 seniors and honorary doctorates to publisher G. Duncan Bauman and Rev. Robert D. Brown.
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St. Louis
Globe- Democrat
Robert D.brown
Kirkwood United Methodist Church
Bauman
Penal Digest International formed by ex-convict in Iowa City
A new Iowa City monthly Penal Digest International targets inmates and officials nationwide. Publisher Joseph W. Grant, a former convict, leads the non profit Phase IV effort backing the 72 page tabloid. The paper features essays by a federal judge and a Hawaii expert, plus inmate poetry and photos including an electric chair. Grant, 40, formerly jailed for counterfeiting, seeks funding via subscriptions and donations to support breakfast programs and a private halfway house for ex convicts, hoping to expand youth outreach and court collaborations.
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Fred Karnes
Iowa City Press
Iowa City, Iowa
Penal Digest International
D Joseph W. Grant
Sarah’ T. Hugheson
Hubert Humphrey
Rex Metcher
Fletcher Cortinues
Mars
Indiana State Penitentiary
Terre Haute
Florida State Penitentiary
Raiford
John Ricardo
Grant
Minnesota
Fort Leavenworth Federal Prison
Phase IV
Penal Digest
Iowa City
Juvenile delinquent pens penal digest ad copy
A 17 year old high school drop out with a criminal record typeset the first Penal Digest issue and is back in school. The piece ends with a satirical pitch urging subscriptions via a convict themed ad line. The odd reflection on trouble and trust underscores the newspaper’s era voice.
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Penal Digest
Adams Opposes Texas Annexation in 1844 Speech
May 25, 1971 era recall notes Adams warned annexing Texas would provoke war with Mexico. Other history items include Philadelphia convention in 1787, Emerson birth in 1803, telegraph dispatch start in 1844, Winchester Civil War win in 1862, deadly 1955 tornadoes, Eisenhower U2 broadcast in 1960, Kennedy moon speech target, Uganda and Buganda, hijackings to Cuba.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
U.S
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Boston
John Quincy Adamis
Texas
Mexico
Washington
Baltimore Patriot
Onder
Stonewall Jackson
Torndadoes
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Dwight D .Eisenhower
Russia
John F. Kernedy
Uganda
Kingdom
Buganda
Cuba
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Leoti Band
Joanne Wiles
Bart Wiles
Leoti
John Phillip Sousa
Alvin Wilkin
Wichita County High School
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Town City
Garden City Telegram
Firestone Tire Arid Service
Ca Es
Aim
Aid Putton
Winchester
D & M Club
Holcomb
Telegram
Quott City
Satanta
Ganbin City
Garden City
Gardenland
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