Mental Health Week Highlights Iowa Needs Education
Iowa officials note high divorce rates and suicide in 1948, with about 7,000 Iowans in state hospital care. Commissioner Wal ter L. Bierring cites mental illness as a major drain on society. National Mental Health Week promotes education and clinics, including eight operating under the Iowa Mental Health Authority since 1947, with a new Independence screening clinic.
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Iowa
Towa
Iowa State Department of Health
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Don Hutchings
Iowa State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Independence
Iowa Mental Health Authority
Socialized medicine sparks debate in Midcentury Iowa groups
Iowa groups including the Iowa Society for Mental Hygiene study mental health and emotional development in Iowa children. Dr Bierring reminds Towans that community strength lies in its people. A Santa Ana reader denounces socialized medicine, blaming socialists and communists while praising current care funded by counties and workers. The letter also mentions a $2.50 check for the Times and plans to visit Graattinger in summer.
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Iowa Society For Mental Hygiene
Iowa Commission On Children and Youth
White House
Iowa
Bierring
Iowa Mental Health Authority
Towans
Beloved Readers Send Greetings and Subscriptions
From Kennewick Washington Mrs Len a Larson sends a check for 2.50 praising the Times and noting blooming flowers and familiar Graettinger friends. From San Francisco Tom Cullen sends 2.60 for another year and passes greetings to John and known neighbors as his mother reaches 90.
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Washington
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Times
Mia
Sullivan
Graettinger
Lena Larson
San Francisco
John
Zeta
Tom
Cullen
Golden Gate
Soldier And Dog Reunited After Remsen Bell Enterprise Ad
Corporal Gayle Dunnington of Sioux City sought his dog after abandoning it near Remsen during a Minnesota furlough. Five days of searching followed until a Remsen Bell Enterprise want ad led to the reunion, documented by local efforts and soldier relief.
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Gayle Dundington
Sioux City
Remsen
Dunnington
Remsen Bell Enterprise
Solidiers
Tomato a Wolf Peach Believed Poisonous Clew
A historical note explains the tomato was once called the wolf peach and considered poisonous. The term clew suggests an old belief about danger tied to this fruit.
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