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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1970
Page
8
A reflective 1969 style musing piece surveys year end thoughts and scraps of social notes. It teases a Montana Blackfeet treaty memorial in cement, jokes about Jamaicans as robbers, and riffs on churchgoers, teaching tolerance, happiness factors, and a playful list of imagined headlines for 1970.
A collage of brief clippings notes long distances between relatives and lingering tempers. A humorous aside mentions a 747 fueling up with air force scale quotes. Kindergarten health class questions about baths highlight small town life. Riceville fire department honors J B Hendricks for 26 years of service. Subscriptions reminders flag expiration labels.
Local Christmas weekend visitors gathered at the Norris home in Van Horne Iowa including Paul Gleasing Paulette Dick Kemm and Jim from Van Horne. Omahan visitors attended with Larry Masters family. Many relatives from Crystal Lake Estherville Emmetsburg Jackson Minn and other towns joined festive meals and family gatherings at multiple homes including Petersen Mahan Olson Munson and Cavender households.
An ominous recruitment note urges readers to prepare for the computer age. It promises high paying careers and asks for a lead name, address, age, phone, and occupation at 3435 Broadway K. G. Mo. 64111. The message frames automation as a threat and a chance to qualify for future work.
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