Letter to Dear Aunt Sadie high school merit rankings
The Muscatine Journal reprints a letter discussing which states produce the best high school students based on the National GILDIETZ Merit Scholarship tests. Iowa and Illinois place in the top 10, with Iowa ninth and Illinois eighth, amid eastern states. The piece also includes a string of light jokes and a stray line about a nephew.
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Muscatine
Sadie
LEE
Mississippi
Gil Dietz
Council For Basic Education
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Ilinois
Inois
Open end war feared as Viet Nam stalemate grows
Billings Gazette notes air power and arms advantages with a U S buildup urged toward ending the war. Australia’s Prime Minister Holt warns guerrilla action could extend indefinitely even after large scale fighting ends. Mansfield frames the conflict as an open end war with prolonged manpower demands.
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Viet Nam
Washington
U.S
Harold Holt
Australia
Holt
Sen. Mansfield
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India Walks Beside Us Yet With Caution
The Star Courier notes India advised Miss Reita Faria, Miss World, not to visit Vietnam to entertain U S troops during Christmas. India opposes bombing of North Vietnamese targets, signaling a stance that allies may withhold active support amid wartime pressures.
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Kewanee Star Courier
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India
Reita Faria
Viet Nam
Spoiling the Game? Art debate at federal Salt Lake City sculpture
Sacramento Bee notes readers puzzled by a nameless abstract sculpture unveiled at a federal building in Salt Lake City. One observer calls it a forest of monkey wrenches, while architect Wesley Budd insists it has no name and represents nothing. The Louisville Times questions Budd’s aim.
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Calif. Bee
Federal
Salt Lake City
Wesley Budd
Louisville Times
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Rubbish Champion and the Litter Gap Across Nations
From Helma Independent Record and Cartersville Herald, the note cites Keep America Beautiful stats showing the United States as the world’s rubbish champion with about 1000 pounds per person yearly, India at 200 pounds, Canada at 10 pounds, and the U.S. spending over a billion annually on litter efforts, while Canada is urged to pursue a different leadership.
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Helma Independent
U.S
Keep America Beautiful Inc
United States
India
Canada
Teeth extraction offered with new pain gas
A past note praises Dr C Thomas for teeth extractions using his pain annihilating gas, claiming no harm from the procedure. It references dental rooms and adds nostalgic mentions from years ago about patients and social happenings in the community.
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C. Thomas
A Conservative View of Harold Howe I as Education Commissioner
Washington asks whether Har old Howe favors school integration measures while noting his reluctance to push busing or mandatory district reorganization. The piece questions his authority and hints that his historical stance on neighborhood schools could reappear as federal pressure shifts in Congress.
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Harold Howe I
U.S
Howe
U. S. News & World Report
J. J. Kilpatrick
Mr. Howe
Harold Howe
Dr Crane's James Wait Aims High In Gospel Work
Dr Crane recalls James Wait a Scot transfer who studied at Moody Bible Institute and drives 40 miles from Cedar Lake Indiana each Sunday to preach to about 150 alcoholics on Chicago's Skid Row. He views this as a personal hobby and says he often helps backsliders find the right path while noting modern morals test the church.
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Chicago
Cedar Lake
Ind
Dr. Crane
Divine Sparks In Youth And A Psychology Tale
An old essay contrasts Descartes and a belief in Divine Sparks guiding unselfish acts, praising mothers, and warning against cynicism about youth. A Michigan college psychology exercise shows students favored a chapter on “Psychology Goes to Church” as the most impactful, illustrating enduring idealism.
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Mussolini
Nero
Michigan
Jesus
Descartes
Dear Abby and Dear Misled: Lessons From School Socialtings
Dear Abby counsels a friend about faking pregnancy through pillows and hospital checks to adopt a child next February. The second letter urges boys to date beyond height, praising plain girls who become wives of successful men, warning against dismissing appearances.
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Water quality standards urged by Iowa Wildlife Federation
The Iowa Wildlife Federation urges the Water Pollution Control Council to establish strong water quality standards, opposing any deals that could lower quality for municipal, agricultural, or industrial sectors. The group supports upgrading health, recreation, wildlife, and esthetic values and asks minorities not to freeload in this public effort.
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Iowa Wildlife Federation
Iowa
Federation
Water Pollution Control Council
M. E. Clark
Iowa Wildlife Federation, Inc
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Cedar Rapids
Prayer for forgiveness and leadership amid crime
A religious reflection cites Saul’s vision on the road to Damascus and pleads for divine forgiveness for contaminating the world with sin. It requests Christian leaders be granted power to curb crime and hatred and asks believers for courage to serve God through faith in Jesus Christ.
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