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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1966
Page
8
Kevin Kane, seven, of Fairbank, asked his parents for 50 cents to buy a rabbit at the Buchanan County Fair. Denied, he bought a free balloon at a political booth, sold it for a nickel, and repeated the steps until he accumulated the money to buy the rabbit.
New Bremen New York Lewis County Democrats boasted strong turnout at their annual picnic with nearly 200 attendees and a door prize drawing. The winning ticket belonged to Charles Shaver, Republican chairman for Lewis County, causing a noted bit of competition chatter.
George V. Kenyon Ashendon, a Boston resident in the South End, insists on living alone and cooking for himself at age 301. He described steak and sausage as his future and ate eight sausages for breakfast while planning chicken wings for dinner. After a career as a freelance photographer in Boston, he retired on old-age assistance.
The two day walkout at Acme Roofing Co ends after Theron Bodgett agrees to raise his sons Ronald and Richard, 25 and 26, with undisclosed terms. The brothers withdraw demands for paid vacations and holidays. current wage noted as 2.50 per hour.
Lewiston Idaho quick response by Fireman Robert W. Brock after a Tuesday night call about a leaking gasoline tank. He could not find the owner and sealed the hole with chewing gum before returning to the station.
Cape Kennedy Florida AP biologists plan to use Nimbus weather satellites to track migratory animals. Nimbus 3 launching next year will carry electronic packs on elephants whales turtles caribou and polar bears weighing about 25 pounds with hopes to reduce to two pounds. Packs beam location data twice daily to map routes and aid conservation.
The Senate approved its minimum wage bill 57 to 17, expanding coverage to about seven million workers and raising base pay from 1.25 to 1.60 an hour. Conference with the House will determine whether the 1.60 wage starts Feb 1, 1968, or a year later, with a Republican amendment limiting coverage for some businesses under debate. The measure also includes farm workers and workers in hotels, motels, restaurants, laundries, taxis, hospitals, and transit companies.
A 126 day labor dispute that halted publication of the World Journal Tribune nears closure after a tentative contract between the Pressmen's Union and the merged paper. Union President William J. Kennedy will seek member approval, with potential publishing by Sept 6 if ratified. Other unions still negotiating minor terms.
Charles Halonen of White Bear Lake and his wife Anna have 99 living grandchildren from seven sons and seven daughters, plus 12 from Anna and others from a first marriage. They expect four more before he turns 65, with many grandchildren spread across Minnesota and beyond. The couple credits God, avoids lavish gifts, and attends to the family in a modest, pragmatic fashion.
DETROIT AP Almost two years after Williams Laws lost his wallet and 115 while deer and antelope hunting near Gillette Wyoming he received a package in the mail containing his weatherbeaten wallet soaked and the 115 inside Law s 29 of Westland a Detroit suburb said it cost someone 145 to mail the package and he would like to meet the anonymous sender to thank and reward them
Time to Put the Dolls Bunny Rabbits and Teddy Bears to Bed Each afternoon Deanna Hilbrant aged 21 months naps with two friendly bears a stuffed rabbit and a plush guard at 104 Grover Street. Angie Chapman also keeps a lion and a bear in bed as she retires. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Chapman 34 Fletcher Avenue shares the animal friends in sleeptime rituals.
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