06 May 1968
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Newspaper
Iowa Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
1
Editorial notes a sustained rise in prices over 13 months and lists sharp percentage increases across clothing, footwear, medical care, home upkeep, auto repairs, gas, and furnishings. It highlights food price gains since 1961 and argues farm and household stress fueling near revolt.
A country editor keeps risky hours and creates chaos with a misworded classified ad. After multiple corrections the editor finally retracts and admits no sewing machine is for sale. The piece satirically highlights editing errors and a plan to dismiss a housekeeper.
Winter saw two community groups form in Le Mars from the night school: the Artists Guild of Le Mars and Le Mars Community Theater. In May the theater seeks memberships, with 40 backers pledging support in exchange for a season ticket to upcoming plays, while the artists group of about a dozen plans monthly meetings to continue painting drawing and clay work. Both aim to sustain local talent through group action and development.
In a six part series on the modular schedule, Le Mars Central junior high plans an advisoradvisee system to personalize guidance. Each teacher will advise about 25 students and meet regularly to help with schedules and issues, with counselors, principals, and advisors available to assist parents and students alike.
St James Catholic church will hold a mass on Sunday May 19 to honor 1968 graduates. A breakfast hosted by St James DCCW will follow. Graduates include Dave Burnes John Britton Tim Crowley James Elles Ames Gunther Donna Gaffey Carl Hartman Joanne Harms Brigid Lenihan Mark Masuen Jerry Meis Tom Mitchell Tom Moran Alice Overman Richard Phipps Randy Reuter Patricia Ruden Jerry Rounds Merle Schipper Daren Ann Sitzmann Julie Westergard.
Westmar College will present its annual spring concert on Tuesday May 15 at 8 30 p m in the gymnasium featuring the Westmar Singers and Chamber Singers. The program includes folk songs Broadway tunes sacred selections spirituals and madrigals.
In a full letters column, Harry J. Bradley Jr. defends reducing urban interchanges signs, arguing current excess confuses drivers and creates hazards at ramp ends while opposing new sign installations until existing ones are pruned. Mrs Ralph Davies of Wagner, S. D., returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs R A Manning.
A reader laments shifts in politics and local governance in Le Mars. Questions about representational duties, curfew support, youths and crime, time changes, fashion, taxes, bingo prizes, golf and Mother’s Day, ending with a quip about Confucius and action versus passivity.
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