Letter to Aunt Sadie recalls job training tale
In a Muscatine Journal letter dated December 11 1965 Gil Dietz writes of a local widow who starts secretarial and bookkeeping training in Davenport under the Federal Manpower Development and Training Act. He notes state and federal aid covering tuition transportation and subsistence and cites regional figures on trained unemployed residents and the program’s reach. He ends with a separate observation from a St Louis County Medical Society bulletin on shifting identity and labels.
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American Institute of Commerce
Davenport
Iowa
Cloyce Rudolph
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Muscatine
Rudolph
St. Louis County Medical Society Bulletin
Arkansas
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Kansas
Gil Dietz
Soviet move toward free market yields odd consumer wins
The Wall Street Journal notes Pravda reports defective domino sets rejected by customers, suggesting shifts toward market freedoms in the Soviet Union. The piece implies consumers may prevail when government retracts its propping role and stops rigging outcomes.
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Wall Street Journal
Soviet Union
Pravda
Making Profit On Wall From LaCrosse Tribune
East German officials sign another accord with West Berlin to permit 800000 West Berliners to visit relatives in East Berlin over Christmas. The holiday plan, a border guard death nearby, is a business arrangement generating about 25 million dollars for the Soviet zone as visitors exchange marks for devalued currency and bring in goods.
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LaCrosses
Wis
Tribune
West Berlin
Computer Aided Redistricting Aims to End Gerrymandering
The Advisory Council on Reapportionment urges New York State to use modern computer technology to redraw Senate and Assembly districts. It argues this innovation could curb entrenched partisan gerrymandering and reduce protracted litigation, urging the Legislature to oversee reapportionment with advanced tools instead of courts.
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New York Times
Advisory Council On
New York State
Senate
Assembly
Junk Mail From Congress Delays Christmas Deliveries
A Washington dispatch reports house press room workers face record mail volume with reports from Washington backing up 12.5 million pieces of legislative junk mail. Much may miss Christmas delivery, while free items from members of Congress add bulk at the peak season.
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Billings
Mont. Gazette
Post Office
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
Inspiration Point Reframed As Time Turns Over The Moon
The Monroe Journal notes a shift in inspiration as romantic symbols fade. It suggests lunar imagery once sparked love will soon resemble a routine airport, reflecting changing cultural touchstones and modern detachment.
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Monroe
Ala
Journal
Congregational Church Pews to be Rented for Year
In Muscatine historical notes, the Congregational Church will rent pews for the current year starting Monday at 7 o'clock. The item appears among brief notes recalling events from various years and local happenings.
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Congregational Church
Tillie
Hoopes
Max D. Risinger
Jesup
Ja. Consoli
Clifford W. Thomas
Mus‘satine
Board of Education
Mission Circle
First Congregational Church
John Robbins
East Highth Street
Muscatine High School
Fred G. Messenger
Nancy Clelland
David Allison
Daren Kempt Wame
Ida Inbaugh
Norris Cleiland Ome
A Millennium of Thinking in Congress
A conservative column imagines a month long parliamentary retreat where Congress and leading figures abandon work to reflect. It derides constant busyness, cites McNamara and Lady Bird as distractions, and warns such a hiatus could refine the Republic amid overwhelming demands and rapid change. The author cites William Vogt on modern overpopulation and pollution, noting committees and a President speak on environmental issues but lack consensus on good laws. Solomon's proverb about vision closes the piece.
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Republic
McNamara
Fowler
Ladybird
Vogt
Why Church Men Should Be Super Salesmen
Dr Cranes Joe Roberts addressed the laymen banquet of his church in northwestern Indiana. More than 300 clergy and laymen attended the Valparaiso University dining hall as Roberts urged Christian missionaries to China to win converts through emotion and service. He argued selling is about belief and popular personality, noting deeds like feeding starving Chinese children win trust more than debate.
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Joe Roberts
Indiana
Valparaiso University
China
Compliment Club and Golden Pen aid sales and youth outreach
The speaker promotes a social sales approach using a Compliment Club newspaper booklet to encourage friendly gesture and church engagement. It includes the League of the Golden Pen letter-writing corollary and recommends including it in Sunday School and Young People groups. Also distributed are 200-point Tests for Sweethearts and a Logical Proof of God booklet for teens.
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Northwestern University
God
Dear Abby column excerpts and reader questions
A collection of Dear Abby letters about marriage, divorce, nose jobs, and relationship advice. A wife congratulates herself for not blocking her husband's divorce while another woman asks whether to reveal a nose job. The column also covers a sister seeking support to keep a failing marriage and the clergy's counsel to let go.
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Abby
Nellie
How Marriage Changes Men by Hal Boyle
New York AP column notes marriage shifts a man from gallant suitor to ordinary husband. Examples: fewer flowers, rising costs, weaker pace, price-focused memories, and a calmer, less romantic demeanor. The piece concludes the change is simply that he started acting normally after marriage.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Behold I stand at the door prayer reflection
The Daily Prayer cites Revelation 3 20 RSV and asks readers to open their hearts to Christ inviting Him to be their divine companion at all times in Jesus name Amen
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Christ
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