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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1976
Page
2
A column of classified ads lists for sale items including ducks Goodyear tires and dolls clothes plus HUSKEE BILT buildings and a three bedroom house in Graettinger. Also open house notices in Ruthven with times and hosts Avon open houses and hospital thank you notes from locals in Graettinger and surrounding area.
The newspaper invites readers to place Christmas greetings in a public page. Submissions cost 1.25 dollars per 30 words and must be prepaid. All messages are due in the office by December 20.
Mike Mikkelsen announces Mrs. Hermansen of Emmetsburg as 1976 77 Easter Seal chairman for Palo Alto County. She will coordinate services for the handicapped and organize the 1977 Easter Seal campaign, with the Palo Alto County chapter part of Iowa Easter Seals.
Palo Alto County Hospital will halve its county tax request for 1977 78 by 10000 bringing it to 25000 for maintenance. The hospital plans a room rate increase from 51 to 58 per day to recover 25800 in unrecovered costs and cover higher supplies and federal minimum wage increases. Despite the hike the hospital remains among the lowest room rates in a 14 hospital region with several peers priced higher.
County engineer Bill Ellingrod outlined a $700,000 Secondary Road Program for 1977 with $300,000 from local funds and $400,000 from Farm-to-Market funds. The plan includes four miles of concrete paving along Rush Lake, five bridge projects, and four culverts across five townships, plus related receipts and balance details.
Dr Del Reiff, Buena Vista College lecturer and Denver management consultant, will lead a morning workshop on decision making techniques in Estherville on Wednesday December 8 at 7:30 p.m. The event in the Gardston Hotel Blue Room targets local government officials and residents across Emmet Kossuth and Palo Alto counties, as part of the Meeting Rural Needs and Problems program by Iowa Impact and Buena Vista College Storm Lake.
A cable spans more than 9,000 miles linking Australia to western Canada establishing a record for the longest undersea telephone connection. The route underscores advances in global telecommunication and international cooperation.
The earliest narrative film, The Great Train Robbery, released in 1903, marked cinema’s shift to storytelling with a linear plot and acted scenes. It established the standard for future narrative films and influenced the language of early cinema.
The Buena Vista College Christmas Concert directed by Robert Pfaltzgraff will be held Sunday December 12 in Schaller Memorial Chapel at 3 and 8 p.m. The choir performs sacred anthems from its planned program.
A study finds a vehicle costing 4,438 dollars to buy can reach 19,979 dollars after repairs done in parts by an auto shop. The finding highlights how cumulative service steps and component replacements inflate total expenditures.
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