Brag Corner Wants Pictures for Grandchildren
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VA Expenditures Top $212 Million in 1976 for Iowa
The Veterans Administration disbursed over 212.6 million in Iowa in fiscal year 1976, up 17.8 million from the prior year. Des Moines VA Regional Office Director Bob Winters cited 89.6 million for disability compensation and pensions, 47.8 million for GI Bill programs, and 61.3 million for VA hospital and regional office operations. Additional sums covered GI insurance, direct home loans, and construction costs. Palo Alto County tallies totaled 625,876 across compensation, vocational rehab, and insurance.
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Bob Winters
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Palo Alto
Iowa farmers named to represent state in Hawaii
Ten Iowa farmers were elected December 9 to represent the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation at the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Honolulu Hawaii January 9 to 12 The delegates listed include Ryne Olson Muscatine Dean Kleckner Rudd Robert Joslin Clarence Elwin Tritle Spirit Lake Earl Hawthorn Leon Elmer Jensen Shelby Gene Black Barnum Stanford Holton Forest City Philip Stillman Emmetsburg and Frank Lindemann DeWitt The delegates were chosen at Des Moines during the Iowa Farm Bureau 58th annual meeting.
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Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Honolulu
Hawaii
Ryne Olson
Muscatine
Dean Kleckner
Rudd
Robert Joslin
Clarence
Elwin Tritle
Spirit Lake
Earl Hawthorn
Leon
Elmer Jensen
Shelby
Gene Black
Barnum
Stanford Holton
Forest City
Philip Stillman
Emmetsburg
Frank Lindemann
DeWitt
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Sounds Of Christmas at ILCC Concert
Iowa Lakes Community College invites the public to the Sounds of Christmas concert on Sunday December 12 at 2 30 p m in Roosevelt auditorium Estherville featuring the College Choir directed by Ken Van Der Sloot and the Concert Band led by Mike Day performing traditional and contemporary pieces.
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Fine Arts/Communications Department
Iowa Lakes Community College
Roosevelt Auditorium
Estherville
Music Department
Ken van der Sloot
Mike Day
Hospitals in Des Moines Iowa City and Knoxville regional office noted
Iowa health facilities including Des Moines and Iowa City hospitals and a regional Des Moines office are highlighted in the report. The item details the network's reach across the state, naming Des Moines and Knoxville locations and a Des Moines regional office.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa City
Knoxville
Listening to High Fidelity Systems Before Replacing Old Players
The column notes Confucius quote on pleasure and urges readers to consider a modern high fidelity component system for music before replacing an old record player. It emphasizes evaluating sound quality and components in a period voice.
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Confucius
Origins of McIntosh and Delicious Apples
Garden Talk recounts how McIntosh rose from John McIntosh in Ontario after discovering a wild cluster in 1796 and Allan McIntosh propagating it after a 1893 fire nearly destroyed the tree. It also tells of Jesse Hiatt, a Quaker who bred Red Delicious via seed planting and naming it Hawkeye before C. M. Stark popularized the name Delicious.
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John Mz.Intosh
United Empire
Mohawk Valley
Matilda
Dundas Co
Ontario
Canada
McIntosh Corners
John
John McIntosh
McIntosh
Cloby
Allan
Jesse Hiatt
Hiatt
C. M. Stark
No disguise can conceal love, La Rochefoucauld quote
A concise aphorism states that true affection cannot be hidden or pretended, suggesting that genuine emotion surfaces despite attempts at disguise or denial. The line highlights love's persistent honesty over deception.
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