God save the queen editorial stirs Iowa split over Queen
Le Mars readers denounce Adventure Lands of America purchase of the 1884 Queen steamer. Okoboji backers and a fan club push to keep and restore the vessel in Iowa waters amid council refusals and looming court action. The piece urges a legislature debate or boycotts to force a home return.
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le Mars
Lake Okoboji
Adventure Lands of America, Inc
Des Moines
Okoboji
Area Lakes
Adventure Lands
Queen
Iowa
G.k
Pollution and Recycling Push Prompts Community Action
A reader praises the League of Women Voters for sponsoring a recycling project at the armory and notes gleaming motivations for cleaner air water and land. They recall polluted shores of Lake Michigan and East Okoboji, urging early action despite imperfect solutions.
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League of Women Voters
Armory
Tin Pan Alley
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
East
Okoboji
May events and laundry tips in a small-town column
A local item notes May 8 American Legion auxiliary meeting at Mrs. Fred Haring Jr. home, May 16 League of Women Voters unit at Helen Kelly's with Ardella Hodgson, and May 17 unit meeting at Dixie Kooiker's with co hostesses. Also contains practical advice on phosphate free detergents and laundry boosters. Dennis the
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American Legion Auxiliary
Fred Haring Jr
League of Women Voters Unit
Helen Kelly's
Ardella Hodgson
Dixie Kooiker's
Lee Drive
Virginia Frank
Linda Dorweiler
Watergate farce or scandal in watergate mail bag
The writer argues Watergate is a national farce not a real scandal. He questions the motives of TV headlines and Nixon's role and notes the burglary seems petty with little secret value found. He cites political pressure and media hype inflating a minor police incident.
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Watergate
Nixon
Mayne opens Fort Dodge office for Sixth District
Congressman Wiley Mayne announces the Fort Dodge office at 404-406 Federal Building will open Monday May 7 with ceremonies at 3 30 p m The new facility will operate 8 30 am to 4 30 pm Monday through Friday and employs Jane Meythaler as receptionist She is a Badger native and Fort Dodge graduate now a legal secretary in Reynolds Thomas law office
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Cong
Mayne
Fort Dodge
Wiley Mayne
Federal Building
Webster
Winnebago
Sioux City
H. K
Jane) Meythaler
Badger
Fort Dodge Senior High School
Iowa Central Community College
Reynolds Thomas
Le Mars Daily Sentinel Local Notes May 4 1973
Le Mars Daily Sentinel reports on local civic items including Plymouth Manor Care Center employee Dennis Utecht completing a 12 lesson modified diets correspondence course from the Iowa State department of health. The notice lists staff roles and subscription rates for the newspaper.
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Dennis Utecht
Plymouth Manor
le Mars
Iowa State Department of Health
Spirit Lake cabin named to national historic register
The Abbie Gardner Spirit Lake log cabin near Arnolds Park has been named to the national register of historic places by the National Park Service. Owned by the State Historical Society of Iowa, the site recalls the 1857 Spirit Lake massacre and features a museum, proper furnishings, and a memorial.
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Spirit Lake Massacre
Abbie Gardner
National Park Service
Peter T. Harstad
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Arnolds Park
Spirit Lake
Iowa City
Abagail Gardner
Gardner
State of
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