Judge rules Detroit workers cannot be forced to pay union fees
Michigan circuit judge Neil Fitzgerald blocked Detroit from collecting labor union dues from city employees who refused to pay. He ordered the city to stop collecting fees and refund those already taken. The decision questions compulsory unionism for public workers amid rising government employment and declining union membership.
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Michigan
Neil Fitzgerald
Detroit
American Federation of State
Fitzgerald
County Union A. study panel urges county mergers
A legislative study committee in Iowa proposes a consolidation study before any new county courthouse is built. If a county seeks a courthouse, it should first study possible merger with an adjoining county to ease burdens. Constitutional rules require favorable votes in all involved counties, but no mechanism exists yet to manage such mergers.
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Iowa
Merging Iowa Counties Sparks Fight Over County Seat
The Kossuth County Advance notes that merging counties cannot fix a county seat by law as the constitution prohibits it. Thus, the merged entity would clash between existing seats in Lee and Pottawattamie counties and provoke competition affecting voting outcomes. County pride could fuel merger disputes.
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Iowa
Lee
Pottawattamie
Help for problem drinker promoted in Sioux county
Letter to the editor urges contacting the Alcoholic Counseling and Education Center for Sioux county to help problem drinkers. It notes confidential case handling, possible medical care, and local treatment funded by Iowa law. Office listed in Hawarden with contact details and address. Also reports a traffic collision involving Kenneth Glen Marsden and Delores Ann Hoxie with charges and vehicle damages.
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Sioux ‘County
Alcoholic Counseling and Education Center For
Sioux County
Iowa
American Legion
Ninth
Alcohol Counseling and Education Center
P.O
Hawarden
Take Stock in America Advertisers Laud Savings Bonds Drive
A letter to the editor from Elmer L. Rustad and James Fish praises newspaper support for the U.S. savings bonds 1971 campaign. They note 52 billion dollars in securities, payroll savings growth, and a goal of expanding sales through targeted newspaper ads created by Leo Burnett Go. The campaign emphasizes informing small savers and strengthening public debt management.
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Advertising Council
Treasury ‘Department
United States Savings
Leo Burnett
Council
America
Dilemma of Naa slow learner
The piece critiques educational practices that push bright children into special education, citing Agatha Townsend’s essay and five fault lines such as rigid ability grouping and overemphasis on gifted students. It notes researchers Regina Berger and Muriel Karlin identifying six traits common to slow learners, including poverty backgrounds.
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Ismerica
Raubinger and Rowe
Agatha Townsend
America
Regina Berger
Muriel Karlin
Reaching the slow learner through empathetic teaching
The text argues slow learners face communication, motivation, and literacy gaps but can become assets with respectful teaching and supportive programs. It cites Karlin and Berger seven methods, from teaching at the child's level to linking work to life, plus Bruner's view that relevance makes school learning meaningful.
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Floyd Patterson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Edison
Karlin and Berger
Jerome Bruner
Harvard University
Lisa Lancaster Wins Pixie Pete Doll in Plymouth County
Lisa Lancaster daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lancaster of 125 Fifth St NW Le Mars has been named Winner of the Pixie Pete doll from the Plymouth county Easter Seal society. The result was announced on Dad Luken’s chatterbox program. Chairman Mrs W G Bolser praised broad county participation and a prior Daily Sentinel feature showed Pixie Pete crafted at a Cedar Rapids golden age center.
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Plymouth County Easter Seal Society
Lisa Lancaster
Robert Lancaster
Fifth St
le Mars
Dad Luken
W. G. Bolser
Plymouth County
Daily Sentinel
Cedar Rapids
Le Mars Daily Sentinel Subscriptions and Rates
Le Mars Daily Sentinel lists subscription options for Le Mars Merrill and Remsen readers with carrier and mail rates. Rates shown include two weeks by carrier, nine months, three months, and annual mail prices, plus local and adjoining counties pricing and individual service member plans.
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le Mars, Merrill and
Remsen
Daily Sentinel
BOC
Plymouth
Thanking Le Mars Press for citizenship day space
Marta and Rafael J. Rodriguez thank the Le Mars newspaper for space and kindness on the citizenship day. They wish all staff continued success in the future.
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Marta and
Rafael J. Rodriguez le Mars
Calendar notes for school concerts and dances
Calendar entries list a junior high band and choir concert at Carey gym at 8 p m on December 16 and a Sno Ball dance for seniors at the high school cafeteria at 8 p m on December 23.
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Carey
Street people rooted in capitalism says reader
A New York Times letter responds to a story about self-styled street people rejecting society. Otto F. Reiss argues that in a wealthy laissez faire United States the urban poor rely on free food, crash pads, cheap cars, and drug money, challenging the notion of rejection of bourgeois values.
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New York Times
Le Mars Central Junior High Chorus Broom Sale Success
The Le Mars Central junior high school chorus thanks the community for support after a successful broom sale. R. Murray Central junior high school.
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le Mars Central Junior High School
R. Murray Central Junior High School
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Editorial
Noby Booth Wallentine
Farm Bureau
Kossuth County
Avre
Kenneth Glen Marsden
Sixth St
First Ave. NW
Lawrence Stengel
Delores Ann Hoxie
Third Ave
First Ave
Marsden
Hoxie
Lester Marsden
Red Oak
Elmer L. Rustad
U.S. Sayings Bonds
James, Fish
General Mills, Inc
U.S. Savings Bonds Campaign
By Virgil W. Dorweiler
Goon
Joey
Santa
Dennis the Menace
By Ketcham
Pixie Pete
le Mars Daily Sentinel
Wecesses Eee
Glada Koersalman
Dick Koarselman
Peecaeses Worle Matzdorts Teeereee CalStienel
Arie J. Bomgaars
New York ‘Life Insurance
First
A-C Loan & Finance. Co
Central Ave
Eagles Hall
2As
Junior High Chorus
Mount Drug CO
Naked Angels
Dirty Dingus Magee
Hells Angels
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