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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1975
Page
9
I advise discussing the situation with your mother before she moves in. She may choose to rent a nearby apartment or build a small adjoining unit so you both retain privacy yet stay close for help and companionship. Address letters Louisa Box 532 Orangeburg SC 29115.
Baseball notes from Bradenton Florida report the Pittsburgh Pirates seek a top pitcher to strengthen their staff for a possible World Series run. Danny Murtaugh is considering Sam McDowell, a right to improve control, weight down and sobriety aiding a return as a starter for the hometown club. If McDowell returns strong it would lift a lineup already featuring Stargell and Oliver as feared hitters.
The piece discusses a teen film about patricide and notes how blunt blurbs may draw viewers by warning parents. It then shifts to weather science, explaining how tornadoes form, conditions that breed them, and that spring to early summer months pose higher risk, with rare winter activity.
Found a brown plastic ornament key ring near the bottom of George's Hill owner may claim at Times office. Also notices including FOR SALE Skelly Service Station Graettinger contract possible contact Gladys Swift Ames TEN FOR SALE Co op portable dishwasher Top Load Phone 837 4629 WANT TO BUY 250 or 500 gal used L P Bulk tank Call 837 5556 after 6 pm Ken Rubel Jr FOR SALE Alfalfa Orchard Broom Hay Straw and Horse Hay Stanley Olson Phone 837 5595 NOTICE Jones Corn Beauty Shop closed until March 8
The Iowa State Highway Commission will accept sealed bids until 10:00 a.m. March 19, 1975, for two projects: a 14 stall masonry garage in Spirit Lake and a 12 stall masonry garage in West Burlington. Separate bids for general, mechanical, or electrical contracts may be submitted. Bids opened in Ames, plans and specs via C. H. Kies, Purchasing Dept.
Marine First Lieutenant Lawrence W. Van Wyhe has returned to El Toro California after cold weather training with Marine Air Support Squadron Three at Bridgeport California. He studied snowshoes skiing and survival techniques and is a 1971 Iowa State graduate who joined the Marine Corps in March 1972.
Jet aviation pioneer Fritz Wendel, who flew the Me 262 on July 18, 1942, died in Augsburg aged 59. The first jet pilot faced postwar scrutiny for serving Nazi leadership while his Me 262 development was delayed by Hitler’s strategic choices and political fear. Wendel’s historic flight occurred during Germany’s late war effort as Allied air offensives intensified.
A letter writer asks Louisa how to handle a grandmother moving in with two well behaved teens. The speaker fears clashes over teenager behavior and desires guidance on broaching the topic with his wife’s mother to avoid upsetting their home life.
An area advertisement for Thomas Organ Color-Glo urges readers to inspect a like new item at Carma Lou's House of Music located at 3907 Center Point Road N.E. Cedar Rapids Iowa 52402. It offers terms to the responsible party and requests cash or credit.
A fragment notes that commercial television dodges duties to the nation while chasing audiences and profits, reflecting broader criticism of TV's role and obligations during the era.
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