Miss Muscatine Pageant Crown Goes To Betty Cleffman
Betty Cleffman wins the 1971 Miss Muscatine Pageant sponsored by the Jaycees before a crowd over 1,000. She will compete next summer in the Miss Iowa Pageant at Davenport and serves as a fine community representative during her reign. Retiring Miss Muscatine Theresa Bahr is praised for 23 official appearances. The Jaycees and scholarship contributors are thanked for funding and organizing the event, which offers $1,150 in scholarships to the top five winners.
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Betty Cleffman
The
Jaycees
Miss Cleffman
Davenport
Muscatine
Theresa Bahr
Lindsay shifts party to Democratic hope for Nixon era
Washington column analyzes Mayor John V. Lindsay who switched to the Democrats, assessing his nominating chances, influence on candidates, and potential paths to statewide office. It compares his move to Willkie in 1940 and discusses impacts on McGovern, Jackson, Humphrey, Bayh, Harris, and possible Kennedy entry. It notes Lindsay as a campaigner for the Democratic ticket and potential VP prospects.
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Roscoe Drummond
Washington
Nixon
John V. Lindsay
New York
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
F.D.R
GOP
Robert Taft
Senate
Thomas Dewey
New York County
Lindsay
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Democratic Party
Sens
George McGovern
Birch Bayh
Fred Harris
Muskie Jackson
Humphrey
Sen. McGovern
Kennedy
New York State
Makena Dreamers and the Maui Flower Children
A travelogue portrait of Maui’s Makena Beach where 90 Americans, mostly youths and a few families, live in a private enclave. They forsake modern amenities, envision a new world fueled by LSD, commune rituals, and communal sharing, while surrounding Molokini and Lua Makika watch from the shore. Nearby Molokai hosts 200 elders, tranquil but weathered, reflecting another generation’s quiet, lasting world.
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Wailuku
Maalaea Bay
Haleakala
Makena
Hawaiian
Maui
Mary Jane
Eden
Molokai
Dear Dr Thosteson Answers Health Questions
A reader column excerpt where Dr Thosteson discusses treatment for gonorrhea and syphilis, stating no pills cure venereal disease and penicillin injections are necessary. also addresses prolonged pregnancies, herpes cures by injections, and offers information on prostate health with a paid booklet request.
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Thosteson
Abandoned dogs found building a family in ravine den
Letter describes a dog abandoned near Wildcat Den state park who found shelter in a bulldozer-formed cave with five male puppies. The mother and pups were fed for six days, rescued, and brought home to a barn basement. They seek good homes for the five pups while the mother stays, hoping for a happy ending.
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Wildcat’ den State Park
Fidence
Mailbag musings spark offbeat truths and trends
HAL BOYLE notes from readers touch on college dropout causes mental illness and the push for year round schools. He cites tin can composition world drift days length and jokes about gender income myths while quoting Marlene Dietrich on tenderness as proof of love.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
Marene Dietrich
Political run for sheriff signals campaign
A historical note shows D G McCloud announcing intent to seek the sheriff’s office before the Republican convention. Other items record family births, funeral services for Elizabeth Rink, a national TT T camp in Davenport with Eva Nesbitt, storm damage in Muscatine, and the golden wedding of George Westaway and his wife at Conesville.
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D.G. McCloud
Sebastian Sechmer
West Eighth Street
Elizabeth Rink
W.F. Boston
Oregon St
T.T.T
States
Camp
Abe Lincoln
Davenport
Eva Nesbitt
Muscatine
Chapter M of
Conesville
George ¥. Westaway
Gidney Lake
Today in History Highlights and Milestones from 1914 to Vietnam
Today in history notes key events on August 17 across centuries. From Germany declaring war on Russia in 1914 to Cromwell’s victory at Preston in 1648, Davy Crockett’s birth in 1786, and modern events including de Gaulle commuting Petain’s sentence in 1945 and lunar rocket tests in 1958.
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Associated Press
Germany
Russia
Oliver Cromvyell
Duke of Hamilton
Charles de Gaulle
Marshal Henri Petain
Petain
U.S
Moon
West Yellowstone
Mont
Moscow
East
West Berlin
East Germany
Peking
Lin Piao
China
Pacific
South
Vietnam
Daily Prayer Reflects Christ Suffering And Example
A devotional prayer thanks God for the Bible message and Jesus life and teachings. It praises His self sacrificing love and resurrection and asks help to follow His example daily.
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Christ
Peter
Lord God
Jesus
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