Governor proposes statewide rubella vaccination for Iowa children
Iowa Governor Robert Ray seeks contingency funding to launch a rubella inoculation program for about 650,000 children aged 1 to 13, aiming to prevent birth defects from maternal exposure. Estimated total cost 728000 dollars, with funds from Public Health Service, federal allocations, and volunteer contributions to cover the rest.
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Ray
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Boycott boomerang stain on unions over GE and grapes
The piece argues AFL-CIO boycott tactics harm both workers and consumers. It cites GE product protests and the California grape boycott led by Cesar Chavez as misread leverage. It warns of long term damage to union credibility, consumer choice, and potential political backlash benefiting opponents.
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George Meany
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United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
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San Joaquin Valley
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Nixon
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Back in School and Rail Subsidy Warning
The Mason City Globe Gazette notes an Interstate Commerce Commission study public July 17 warns intercity passenger service may not survive years without federal aid. Eight major railroads carried over 40 percent of noncommuter passenger traffic in 1968 and could save about $118 million annually if passenger service ended.
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Commerce Magazine
Interstate Commerce Commission
The Southern Strategy and Phillips Political Math
A critique of Kevin Phillips The Emerging Republican Majority arguing his book captures trends, not moral dictates. It frames the Nixon reelection as a hunt for voting majorities, noting shifts toward the South and West while warning against overreliance on liberal urban support.
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Vanity Fair
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Heartland
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Wallace
Richard Nixon
Harlem
Detroit
Boston
Fallen stomach and constipation advice to elderly reader
A doctor explains that a “fallen stomach” is typically a sagging of tissues with age and not a health danger, suggests a firm girdle for support, and notes no diet is required unless constipation is present. For constipation, increase bulk foods, fluids, and prune products, and consider weight to aid support. Acknowledge that the issue is not serious.
Exercise is Not His Bag In Chicago Fitness Class
A Chicago AP column recalls a man over 60 who attends biweekly 45 minute fitness classes. He endures intense routines, breathless and sweaty, and questions his slow progress while the instructor turns to volleyball. He savors TV comfort over another grueling workout.
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Chicago
Healey seeks to keep street sprinkling apparatus
Mrs Ellen Healey widow of Patrick Healey announces arrangements to continue possession of the street sprinkling apparatus and will have an attentive person attend to the business next season. The note recounts past local events and community notices from 75 to 10 years ago, including mumps, temple meetings, factory progress, and farm labor demand in the Muscatine area.
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Ellen Healey
Patrick Healey
Irvin Temple No. 91
Rathborne Sisters
Nascatine
State Employment Service Office
Today in History highlights from 1853 to 1964 events
On this date in 1853 a workers rebellion in Paris was crushed by Louis Napoleon. George Washington bade farewell in 1783. Britain established Queens land in 1816. Boss Tweed escaped in 1875. In 1942 American bombers hit Italy first time. Roosevelt met Churchill and Inonu in 1943 Cairo. British and Greek forces clashed in Athens 1944. Eisenhower arrived in Rome ten years ago. FBI arrested two in Mississippi in 1965. Pope Paul VI spoke against dissent in 1966.
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George Washington
New York
Britain
Queensland
New York City
Tammany
Boss Tweed
William Marcy Tweed
Spain
Ital
Ian Mainland
Franklin D Roosevelt
Cairo
Winston Churchill
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Lettise Las Party
Athens
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rome
Europe
Asia
Africa
FBI
Mississippi
T Hee
Paul VI
Prayer Fragment from Daily Devotional Text
Fragmentary religious text invoking constant prayer for all saints and neighbors. Includes a prayer for wisdom, discernment, and perseverance to support brethren in faith. Source reads as a portion of Ephesians 6:18 style invocation and petitions for divine insight and steadfast supplication.
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