10 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Iowa Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1969
Page
1
Industrial News Review notes Sears Roebuck opens 150 of its 821 department stores on Sundays through 1969, citing consumer demand and stockholder pressure. The piece argues free markets reward meeting customer wants with low prices, while inflation can obscure these dynamics.
The piece argues that humane acts by U S Army personnel in Vietnam shape local support and victory more than bullets. It contrasts small kindnesses such as apologizing for a chicken incident and reimbursing a farmer with killings and dehumanizing terms toward Vietnamese. It stresses that respecting locals can curb Viet Cong strength and sustain a legitimate local government.
Iowa's civilian workforce reached 1,243,100 in October, up 11,800 from September. Farm workers for fall harvesting and plowing lifted agricultural employment by 15,400, while nonfarm wage and salary employment fell 1,000. Manufacturing lost 700 workers to total 222,400. nonmanufacturing declined by 300 to 662,700. During the same period, the number of
Good advertising and pictures helped the hospital bazaar become a huge success. Mrs. Dale Zimmerman thanks the staff and newspaper for support and notes the bazaar’s success and appreciation for coverage and assistance.
Social events list December activities at Hammer's restaurant Calvary United Methodist Church and Liberty township Farm Bureau. Happy Hour hosts Mrs Jones and Mrs Ann Witt invite gifts for orphans, pageant at 7 p.m., and a 1 p.m. Farm Bureau meeting with four Christmas dishes to bring.
The Church Women United five star unit thanks the Le Mars Daily Sentinel for its news coverage of their local group. The executive board reviewed the past year’s activities, including May Fellowship World Community Day World Day of Prayer migrant fund an Indian scholarship and Christian causeways, and planned work for the coming year.
U S district court Judge William C Hanson set March 5 1970 as trial date in the antitrust suit filed last February by the Justice Department against Iowa Beef Packers Inc and Blue Ribbon Beef Packers Inc. The government alleges the merger would lessen regional competition in an 10 county NW Iowa beef market and could spur further consolidations. Iowa Beef Packers operates several plants in Dakota City Denison and Fort Dodge while Blue Ribbon has plants in Mason City and Le Mars.
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