McGovern backs Chavez lettuce boycott amid Teamsters clash
George McGovern presses for Cesar Chavez led lettuce boycott, while Teamsters defend old contracts and dispute UFW dues. The bitter union fight leaves small lettuce farmers caught in the middle as the public largely withholds support. The boycott harms workers, growers, consumers, and McGovern’s campaign.
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George McGovern
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
McGovern
Cesar Chavez
Chavez
United Farm Workers
Teams
Ted Kennedy
Green Plymouth County Summer Recalled in Rainy Days
A Plymouth county observer notes cool damp weather turning Iowa fields lush and green. Moss on trees and toadstools dot lawns while tomato vines sprawl and ripening slows. Despite pockets of hail, crops remain beautiful as rain inspires thriving lawns and gardens.
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Amarillo
Tex
Ireland
Plymouth County
Iowa
Paradise
Le Mars Merchants Back Vacation Giveaway recipient thanks sponsors
In a mail bag note Mrs. John Lubben thanks the 21 Le Mars merchants who promoted a free Lake Okoboji family vacation won this summer. She notes her son and wife enjoyed golf, fishing, and the children had fun on rides at the amusement park.
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le Mars
Lake Okoboji
John Lubben
Second Ave
Wasmer Post Meeting Postponed One Week
The Wasmer Post 241 American Legion meeting scheduled for August 9 is postponed to August 16 due to Plymouth County Fair. The regular session will resume August 16 at 8 p.m. at the Legion club, and the monthly bulletin will be published.
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Wasmer Post
American Legion
Plymouth County
The
Legion Club
Merrill Woman’s Car Broken Into In Sioux City Theft
A rash of thefts and vandalism reports surfaced as Daryl Kuehn of Merrill reported her 1972 car was entered in the 1000 block of West Seventh Street between midnight and 1 a.m. Friday, with her purse holding $11 stolen. Also noted were visits by Mrs. Marjorie Rembe Mrs. Hazel Goodmanson and Mrs. Elsie Bettenberfer of Hawarden to Leora Laughton Sunday afternoon.
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Sioux City
Daryl Kuehn
Merrill
W. Seventh St
Marjorie Rembe
Hazel Goodmanson
Elsie Bettenberfer
Hawarden
Leora Laughton
Nice Girl Like You in Profiles of Liberated Women
Review of What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This by Joyce Teitz notes eleven interviews with professional women including a lawyer and a president. It contrasts their home duties with full time work and questions if readers feel unfulfilled by modern female roles.
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Iowa
Mary Ann Riley
Joyce Teitz
Coward
McCann
Jane Evans
I. Miller Shoes
Why-not fairs and primaries stir the reader’s thoughts
A reader’s brief column asks why fairs draw crowds while elections are treated as primers for winners. It ponders age focus, honesty in politics, capital punishment views on crime, and rising vandalism. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek quip about a bus driver.
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Plymouth County
Walmer post moves meeting and July events listed
Calendar notes an American Legion Walmer post regular meeting at Mrs. Alfred Kroepel’s home with a 6 30 p.m. potluck. It also lists an Aug 13 Visitation church Maryhill picnic and bazaar 4 to 8 p.m. and an Aug 16 Walmer post Legion monthly meeting at club rooms 8 p.m.
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Walmer Post
American Legion Regular Monthly
Alfred Kroepel
Central Ave
Visitation Church
Maryhill
American Legion
Sauity paper advertising and circulation details
The notice lists staff roles including editor and production managers and names Glada Koerselman Dick Koerselman and Wayne Schipper. It details subscription options for local and out of area, with carrier rates at two weeks eighty cents, three months five dollars twenty, nine months and twelve months varying, plus mail rates for Plymouth and adjoining counties and outside local areas.
Obesity linked to strokes and heart disease says Dr Lamb
Dear Dr Lamb explains that obesity raises atherosclerosis risk, increasing chances of strokes, heart disease, diabetes, and surgical complications. While some overweight people lack these issues and thin people may have them, overall obesity elevates medical risk and life-insurance weighting.
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Lawrence Lamb
M.D
Dr. Lamb
Arctic
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Editorial
Booth Vallentine
Iowa Farm Bureau
Rita
Glada Koerselman
Wasmer
Gordon R. Dickson
J. B. Lippincott Co
Mark Ten Roos
Earth
Earth-City
Robsow
lLizards
Alessandra Lavagnino
Harper and Row
Rome
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Steve McQuee
James Coburn Mennifer O'Neill
Dennis the Menace
By Ketcham
le Mars Daily Sentinel
Sauity Paper
Carter A. Pitts
Dick Koerselman
Tyd Verle Matzdorff
Wayne Schipper
le Mars, Merrill, Remsen and
Kingsley
Daily Sentinel
Plymouth
Roe
Dr. Lam
Doctor Lamb
County Medical Society
Chicago
Cook County Medical Society
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Arie J. Bomgaars
New York
First St. NW
Stool Bros. Body Shop
TT Cotte Minded Bank
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