Uniform Monday holidays spread across states in 1971 plan
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports that a strong majority of National Chamber members backed uniform Monday holidays. Congress enacted a federal law covering DC and territories and many states followed with their own versions. The campaign aims to standardize long weekends with key dates set to specific Mondays.
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U.S
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Co-ops Grow Volume Yet Shakeups Limn Membership
Independence Bulletin Journal notes farmer cooperatives show dollar volume up 6 percent to exceed 16.5 billion, with 59 percent growth in a decade. Yet both co-op numbers and total membership edged down last year as Iowa Minnesota Indiana lead in membership. The piece cites Capitol Hill bureaucracy with 43 committees and about 260 subcommittees, and senators’ chairmanship reach.
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Indiana
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Good for students where are parents
Iowans can take heart from a University of Iowa campus boycott led by the student body president protesting planned budget appropriations. The dissent stayed orderly, though some radicals damaged the president’s office. Officials expect tuition rises with about 400 of 18,000 students hardest hit, but critics argue funds exist to ease hardship and question parental silence as legislators respond to those paying the bills.
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Storm Lake
Pilot- Tribune
University of Iowa
Iowa
Daily Sentinel earns national award for community service
Iowa Press Assn. president Robert K. Beck accepted a National Newspaper Assn. award in Atlantic City on behalf of the Daily Sentinel staff. The Le Mars paper, led by editor-publisher Carter Pitts, has now won 58 state and national honors, including a past bond-issue promotion award.
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Iowa Press Assn
Daily Sentinel
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Daily Jowegian
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Centerville
Carter Pitts
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le Mars
Sacred Heart Hospital
Bob Beck
Iowa Press Asn
Jack Lough
Albion
Neb
From a Grinnell Reader to Le Mars Sentinel
Former major thanks the Le Mars Daily Sentinel for coverage of Le Mars events. He and Ethel regret missing Memorial Day, the 50th Rotary anniversary, and the 100th celebration, praising the paper and hoping to visit Le Mars in the fall. He signs R J M Long Grinnell Iowa.
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le Mars
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R.J.M. Long Grinnell
Iowa
Diary of Civil War guard seeks lost leather notebook
Mrs Joel Shepherd Le Mars requests help locating a handwritten 1863 diary of William M Reid kept by an Illinois infantryman. The 7 by 4 inch book reportedly contains daily entries and may hold a Lincoln funeral clipping from a Waukegan paper. Readers are asked to return the diary if found.
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Kaitor
Grandfather
Joe Shepherd
William M. Reid
Abraham Lincoln
Waukegan, Ill
Waukegan
Lincoln
Illinois
William Reid
Appreciation Day Honors Dr. C A Nicoll in Panora
Hundreds of patients gathered for an appreciation day for General Practitioner Dr. C A Nicoll in Panora at the end of June. A reception followed in his honor as he marks 41 years of medical practice in the community.
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C. A. Nicoll
Panora
Nicoll
July Weather Bureau forecast maps show averages
Maps released by the Weather Bureau outline expected average temperature and precipitation through July 31. The forecast highlights trends for the month, signaling hotter periods and wetter spells, aiding planning for agriculture and daily activities.
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Weather Bureau
Five Generations of Algona Family Reunite With Twins
A five generation gathering in Algona brought together Misty and Michele Harris the youngest twins with Burt Harris their father their grandmother Mrs. Harris Harris and the great grandmother Mrs. Myrtle Farrington of Clarion plus great great grandmother Mrs. Anna Fosnaugh of Clarion.
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Misty
Michele Harris
Burt
Harris Harris
Mrs Thena Mehaffy Celebrates 96th Birthday
Mor honors Mrs Thena Mehaffy on her 96th birthday celebrated near Morning Sun. Neighbors recall her long residence and community involvement in the vicinity.
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