Kathy Throssel Describes Austrian Farm Visit at Sixteen
Kathy Throssel, 16, recounts two months with a rural Austrian family under the Experiment in International Living program. She studied German in Vermont, faced culture shock, and toured Salzburg and Vienna, recalling farm life, school structure, and a hospital stay during a pork-filled visit to the Alps region.
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Kathy
Eldora
Vermont
Russia
Austria
Austrian Alps
Salzburg
Vienna
Vienna Boys
United States
Did You Hear Lazy Man Thought For the World
A quirky paragraph argues laughter at laziness, urges selflessness over self regard, and stresses Americans should highlight what makes the nation rather than goods. It muses on misery, pride, and social circles as a sieve for trouble and friendship.
Argentine youths in Iowa host hijack tale becomes a calm venturer
Ackley families host seven Argentine high school students arriving in Waterloo to study six months under Youth For Understanding after a Peru‑to Panama to Havana hijack. Pupils, five boys and two girls, recount a safe detainment in Cuba and a Cuba visit with Cuban peers. Pampillo, staying with the Scallon family in Ackley, adjusted quickly and enjoyed meals and a Havana University tour.
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Pampillo
Waterloo
Iowa
Cuba
Miami
Havana
Rights and crime sparkaited debate over capital punishment
The piece criticizes due process worries and argues for capital punishment to deter murder after Pamela Powers, 10, of Des Moines, was abducted and killed. It urges citizens to influence public opinion and emphasizes local action in Eldora to curb crime and improve education, noting Powers might have lived there.
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Pamela Powers
Des Moines
Anthony Williams
Reinbeck
Eldora
Snow For Sale Sign Delights Waverly Residents
A humor note appeared with recent snow and ice across the state. In Waverly a family snowed in long enough planted a sign in a snow pile reading SNOW FOR SALE, joking the idea might not be so bad after all.
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Austria
Idaho
Waverly
Crop Meetings At Eldora Alden Next Monday
Hardin county Farm Bureau Service Co will hold its seventh annual Crop Management Fertilizer Chemical Meetings Monday January 27 in Eldora and Alden. Sessions run 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m in the Farm Saved office basement Eldora and the American Le building at Alden.
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Alden
Farm Bureau Service Co
Hardin County
Mel
Farm Saved
American le
Eon
Orb
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