State liquor stores may cut hours under Ray plan
A blue ribbon economy committee proposes shifting Iowa liquor stores to noon to 8 pm, cutting hours from 60 to 48 weekly. They urge restructuring the Liquor Control Commission, appointing a part time five member advisory board, and increasing efficiency to save over $1 million yearly. The panel emphasizes maintaining liquor sales and erasing slow inventory while raising some prices.
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Lown
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Committee of Iowa
No More Vietnams Policy drives US and USSR in Lockstep
The article argues Washington and Moscow pursue a parallel policy to avoid direct war, aiming to prevent nuclear conflict while aiding allies. It notes US focus on Asia and Soviet focus on the Middle East, with both sides wary of broader war. The piece explores Israeli Arab dynamics, Egyptian arms from the Soviets, and the risk of another Arab Israeli war if the no more Vietnams stance continues.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Middle East
Russia
Nixon
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
National 4 H Club Congress Draws 2500 Youths in Chicago
The largest youth demonstration ended without protests or violence. About 2,500 participants from all states Puerto Rico and Canada showcased 4 H Club skills including safe driving baking cake canning dressmaking photography crop judging livestock showing riding and dog training. The event highlighted learning by doing and drew praise for its orderly conduct.
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Chicago
Puerto Rico
Canada
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Pungent Prayer for Christmas Giving to Feed the World
A plea framed as a Christmas prayer urging action over helplessness. The speaker cites child hunger, war, and oppression, naming Kwashiorkor and urging support for CROP CARE UNICEF and church work. It vows to give and to pray, embodying biblical calls for peace, brotherhood, and justice.
Bursitis in the knee and pain relief guidance
A reader asks about knee bursitis recurring after cortisone shots and drainage. Dr Thosteson explains bursitis as fluid-filled sac inflammation from strain, kneeling, or overuse, and stresses rest and avoiding pressure on the knee while maintaining joint mobility. He notes corticosteroids offer short-term relief, fluid can be drained, but healing requires reducing strain and kneeling. The column covers home adjustments to protect the knee during arthritis and emphasizes not resuming full kneeling activity until healed.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Journal
My Lai
Vietnam
United States
Boonies
V.C
Letters to the editor touch on family history and Vietnam reflections
Readers seek help tracing early Muscatine ancestors including doctor Stephen Renegs Foulke who married Anna Briggs Eye in the 1870s and request local history on Muscatine County pioneers. In another letter a soldier describes infantry life in Vietnam, the harsh conditions, fear, and moral burden, urging understanding beyond enemy propaganda.
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Stephen Renegs Foulke
Salt Lake City
Muscatine
Anna Briggs Eye
Muscatine County
Keene
Coder Fine
Dale
Yesterday and Today in Brief Highlights Across Decades
A compact chronicle notes three days of wet gloom and reflections on personal fault finding. It recalls W H Hoopes attending Des Moines horticultural society in 75 years ago and local ads urging meals at Peek's Cafe. 25 years ago a pastor resigned to accept a Dodge City call, a birth announced at Hershey hospital, and an injury at Grain Processing Corp. Also 10 years ago Marie Lindsay was elected president elect of the County Extension Home Economists Association.
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W. H. Hoopes
Des Moines
State Horticultural Society
Phil J. Mackey
Julius Holm
Zion Lutheran Church
Mr. Holm
Dodge City
Kansas
Thomas Beveridge
Hershey Hospital
John Messenger
Park Ave
Grain Processing Corp
Marie Lindsay
County Extension Home Economists Association
Today in History on Friday December 12 1969
The page notes anniversaries and events on this date including John Jay born in New York City in 1745 Ludwig von Beethoven's first music lesson in Vienna in 1792 Japanese troops invading Korea in 1894 the Panay sunk in 1937 fierce Luzon fighting in 1941 a Pan American jetliner disaster near Caracas in 1969 with no survivors.
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Associated Press
United States
John Jay
New York City
Ludwig von Beethoven
Franz Joseph Haydn
Vienna
Korea
U.S
Panay
China
Luzon
Philippines
Caribbean Sea
Caracas
Prayer text seeks living in Christ and world belief
The note presents a devotional prayer asking for surrender to Christ the Range Finder living in the speaker, requesting divine redemption and heart purification in Jesus name Amen. It cites a Bible verse John 37:27 from Phillips and frames a personal surrender in faith.
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Father
John
Phillips
Christ
Jesus
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Lowa
Roscoe and
Geoffrey Drummond
The
Small Society
Suz
Brickman
BkiekKmann
Kwashiorkor
Unicef
Church
Phil E. Pierce
George C. Thosteson, M. D
Dr. Thesteson
A.W
D.C.M
J. F. O’brien
S. Rock
Minneapolis
Peek’s Cafe
East Second St
the Daily Prayer
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