13 Dec 1966
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Newspaper
Iowa Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1966
Page
1
An anonymous reader urges Emmetsburg Reposter readers to fill a Government Poverty application to qualify for a grant. Questions ask about eating, income, shopping, and reasons one might not qualify. A bonus offer promises $1000 if three friends qualify, with slogans Poverty Means Prosperity and Be Somebody Be a Povert.
Denison Review notes President LBJ ordered the Agriculture Department to cut spending by about 500000 dollars over six months and cut other federal programs including highway construction to curb inflation. The piece argues bureaucrats will trim essential farm programs like the F H A operating loan while resisting workforce cuts, urging immediate staff reductions to match spending cuts.
Three cheerful letters from Le Mars express Christmas wishes. Barry Becker asks for a two neck electric guitar a drum set boots and games plus mentions his dog Dylan and siblings Randy Tom Sherry and cousin Kim. Mary McInnis asks for a kissing doll hopping jackshoes a Ken doll and to remember family. Linda Ereking requests Heidi and Jan with magic house garden dishes clay set and purse.
A farmer asks to borrow a crosscut saw claiming it is to cut a watermelon. Sam delays, replying he is halfway through a carrot. A temperance speaker with a red nose tries to virtue signal, then a heckler asks which saloon he has never visited.
Iowa Daily Press Association reports a proposed Department of Employment to consolidate eight agencies. It would create four divisions Employment Security Industrial Safety Industrial Relations and Administration. IPERS would move from Employment Security to the state personnel office with unemployment insurance oversight.
At Sioux City area facilities Mark Horsley of Merrill was discharged from St Luke Methodist hospital on Saturday. Stephanie Woehler of Le Mars remains a patient at St Luke Lutheran hospital. Soren Olaf Rasmussen of Hinton was admitted Sunday to St Luke Lutheran hospital. Hazel Blake of Akron was discharged from St Vincent hospital on Saturday. Pamela Kale of Merrill was discharged from St Vincent hospital. Iola Ford of Kingsley was ...
Patty Johnson age five requests a five year diary a stuffed animal and a jewelry box Alvin ten asks for a service station set and skates Randy eight seeks an erector set and a sled Karen six wants a doll a doll buggy and a jumping rope The note lists siblings Patty Alvin Randy Karen Johnson Merrill as the family name and location.
Le Mars Daily Sentinel lists multiple fines from Mayor Scholer’s court for speeding violations and related infractions across several towns. Names include Rodney G. Andermacht, Ronald Le Mulvihill, Roger Arlyn Scheffer, William O. Moeller, Stephen Craig Leonard, Ray Harold Johnson, Ronald Lee Bouma, William J. Staph, Michael R. Mackey, Cornelius Jensen, Warren Lee Frankhorst, Robert G. Storey, Earl Robert Sorgdrager, Dennis Schuette, Randy Lee Klein, Cletus Sitzman, Stanley Holzman, Darrel Dean Roepke, and others with speeds ranging from 57 to 90 mph and fines plus costs varying from $5 to $30. The section includes overtime parking fines and standard newspaper masthead details for Le Mars Daily Sentinel.
Three brief letters from Le Mars youngsters dated early December describe gifts they hope for. Susan Sordrager asks for a piano walking doll and a hands down game. Dorothy Rounds requests a Suzy Homemaker store and a typewriter. Steve Freking wishes for a Freese queen basketball Twister and a wagon with a motorific race set.
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