Public opinion on metric system nudges passage
A Cedar Rapids Gazette editorial notes a Gallup poll showing 55.2 percent of Americans favor adopting the metric system while 34.5 percent oppose and 71 percent are unaware or unable to describe it. It warns of public ignorance despite rising exposure through industry and education and suggests highway kilometer markings could spark curiosity and momentum for legislation.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gallup
U.S
The Small Society by Brickman
The Muscatine Journal presents The Small Society by Brickman, a local feature exploring community circles and civic life. William L. Fahy and Max Christy oversee publishing while Gil Dietz and Harold Blake guide editorial, with David White handling advertising and Wendell Grinstead circulation.
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Muscatine Journal
LEE
William L. Fahy
Max Christy
Gil Dietz
Harold Blake
David White
Wendell Grinstead
Does diabetes ever get cured or just controlled
A doctor explains that diabetes is not cured even when blood sugar returns to normal. The pancreas may still be unable to produce sufficient insulin. With proper treatment and diet, patients can control sugar levels and lead active lives, but stopping medication or overeating risks relapse.
Crossword by THOMAS JOSEPH
Crossword by THOMAS JOSEPH ACROSS clues fill a large puzzle with many entries and a cryptogram quote by Robert Frost. The page also presents a daily Cryptoquote puzzle and a playful riddle section titled Picture tiddle with multiple short wordplay prompts.
Columbus Business Women Mark 25th Anniversary Event
The Columbus Business Women celebrated their 25th anniversary with a meeting in the Peoples National Bank community room. Charter members Johanna Bayer and Lois Houseal received special recognition with silver pins, as Marsha Gerot presided. The program featured music by the Moonlighters, dance numbers, original poem Memories by Hortense Tisor, a style show, and a piano accompaniment by Charlotte Morrison. The group, formed in 1948, recalled past events and noted ongoing community work including seniors dinners, Columbus Day events, Easter Egg Hunts, and annual celebrations. Officers are Marsha Gerot, Sue Wellington, and Brenda Snyder. About 50 people attended and refreshments followed.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus
Peoples National Bank
Johanna Bayer
Lois Houseal
Marsha Gerot
Grace Stacy
Ruth Dircks
Marge Williams
Audrey Cecil
Hortense Tisor
Lois Ross
Sue Wellington
Brenda Snyder
Connie Lewis
Genevieve Krouth
Beth Keller
Charlotte Morrison
Siome Roundy
Myrtle French
Burlington
Johanna Boyer
Main Street
Chautauqua Park
Mary Bowen
Ancestral Market Echoes From Yesteryears
A hometown column cites 110 25 24 and 1 year ago notes with notices of a seven pound hog’s death at Rothchilds and a store crowding boast about shopper loyalty. It records resignations, appointments, engagements, and marriages tied to local figures and places.
Walden Nurseries letter calls for personal responsibility after cemetery thefts
In a December letter Walton Nurseries laments tree thefts in eastern Town, noting the loss of a Moerheim blue spruce at the Wilton grave site of Parker W. Walton. The writer condemns desecration as vulgar, argues for collective duty, and questions how mentorship and fiduciary duties shape individual worth. Steven W. Hinkhouse signs as representative.
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Walton
Moerheim
Wilton
Parker W. Walton
Arthur Miller
Market Prices At National Stockyard II Hogs Cattle Veer
Estimated Tuesday receipts at National Stockyard II include 6000 hogs 1500 cattle and 300 sheep with hogs active and weights under 450 pounds weak to 40 lower while over 450 pounds rise up to 1.00 higher Cattle receipts around 2500 with slaughter steers and heifers in demand and higher than last Tuesday cows up to 1.00 higher bulls steady Prices list ranges for various hogs cattle and bull classes across weight brackets reflecting mixed demand and regional quote activity by 1 end of report.
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National Stockyard II
U.S
Twi Lite Stellgaters at Morgan Trucking and Bob's Landscaping
Reading from a fragmentary sports page, teams like Morgan Trucking and Bob's Landscaping appear with player names Katie Honts Mavis Erwin and Mary Kinkeld. Scores listed include figures such as George Kook Dick Rauschenberger and Morgan references.
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Morgan Trucking
Bob's Landscaping
Bosch Post Control
N Ind
Molasses Corp
Koenig’s
Farrail
Barton Bait Shop
Katie Honts
Mavis Erwin
Mary Kinkeld
Mighman
gameGeorge Kook
Buck Rinceld
Silver wings to Osweiler Obituaries and funerals 208
Second Lt. Patrick Osweiler son of Mrs Evelyn C Osweiler Muscatine Iowa has been awarded his silver wings at Sheppard AFB Texas upon graduation from US Air Force pilot training Lt Osweiler is being assigned to Elmendorf AFB Alaska for flying duty with a unit of the Alaskan Air Command A 1969 graduate of Keota Iowa High School he earned his B A degree in political Science from the University of Iowa and was commissioned there through the Air Force ROTC program His wife Shari is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Cyril Kelly Rt 1 North English
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Patrick Osweiler
Evelyn GC
Osweiler
Muscatine
Iowa
Sheppard Afb
U.S. Air Force
Elmendorf Afb
Alaska
Alaskan Air Command
Keota
Towa
University of Iowa
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Shari
Cyril Kelly
Rt. 1
North English
Westmer High yearbooks on sale for 1973 74
Westmer High School announces orders open for the 1973 74 yearbook. Price is 6 dollars with payment due at order. A 1 dollar late fee applies to orders placed after January 1. Final order deadline to be announced. Books may be ordered at the Joy high school.
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Hoy
Leroy Erickson
Westmer High School
Joy
Hospitals Muscatine General Admitted and Dismissed
Theresa Fuha of 205 E. 5th Street admitted at Muscatine General. Bert Boatwright of Saltillo Tennessee dismissed. Georgia Creamer of 1403 Oak Street dismissed. Mrs Darrell Kingrey and daughter of Pleasant Valley admitted. Mrs Gordon Bishop and son of 600 F. Loth Street dismissed. Glenn Gabbert of 2217 New Hampshire admitted. George Crook of 612 W 8th Street admitted. John Daniels of 1341 Orange Street admitted.
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Bert Boatwright
Saltillo
Tenn
Georgia Creamer
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Pleasant Valley
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F. Loth
Glenn Gabbert
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