The River's Comeback On Mississippi towboats and barges reappear at Lock 16
Observers note busier river traffic with multiple towboats and barges moving upstream and downstream. Corps of Engineers data show recent weeks near record volumes of cargo and total barges, reflecting a revival after rail and dam projects expanded nine foot channel. The piece traces Iowa and Midwest river usage from native and early settlement trade to modern coastal commerce.
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Mississippi River
Corps of Engineers
Iowa
Doers Over Talkers In Watts Camp Initiative
The column praises local self starters like Ted Watkins and Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty for hands on solutions to Watts slum issues. It contrasts national protests led by Abernathy with community efforts turning Saugus Rehabilitation Center into a 3000 child summer camp.
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Washington
Congress
Ralph D. Abernathy
Tring
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Yorty
Ted Watkins
Watts
Watkins
Saugus
Bouquet Canyon
Valencia Valley
Robert Goe
New York City
John Lindsay
Dr. Abernathy
Catskills
Harlem
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Bronx
Welfare Square program shows dignity through work
George W. Cornell reports on the Mormon Church's relief system that undercuts handouts by offering work. At Welfare Square Salt Lake City up to 80,000 clients are aided by a vast network of farms plants and stores while preserving recipients pride and privacy with bishop led aid and thousands of volunteers.
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George W. Cornell
Welfare Square
Salt Lake City
Lee
Church
Bishops
Thomas
Monson
Council of 12
Hands Sensitive to Soaps and Detergents
A reader asks how to toughen sensitive hands after dermatitis from cleaning fluids. Dr Motner advises minimizing exposure, using gloves, and applying silicone lotions as a protective coating. medications to harden skin are not advised. If needed, gloves remain the remedy, with caution to avoid irritants.
Economic Loss Of May Mishaps Over 1 Billion
New York AP figures show May traffic accidents cost the nation over 1 billion dollars. The Insurance Information Institute estimates 1.092 billion in losses, up 30 million from May 1967, due to rises in deaths, accidents, and injuries. Five month total reaches 4.991 billion, up 300 million from last year.
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New York
Insurance Information Institute
Tast
Institute
How To Name Agencies New York AP
An AP analysis of how acronyms shape agency names shows a trend from global bodies to local groups. The piece notes historic and modern examples like AID AID, VIS TA, NLRB, WPA, and playful crafts such as HOPE KEEP REACH CORE and START. It ends with a tongue in cheek proposal for SLOTH Society for Lazy Or Tired Housewives.
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New York
AID Agency For International Development
National
VISTA
America
Franklin de Yano
Roosevelt
Sloth—Society For
Weekend Baptist excursion sets sail from Muscatine
A brief note from Our Yesterdays recalls the Baptist excursion leaving Wednesday morning at 7 30 AM. Park Place clubs have leased a rent room over Swan’s jewelry store as headquarters for the group.
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Park Place
Swan
Today in History Highlights From July 17, 1968
On this date in history President Truman Churchill and Stalin met at Potsdam to plan postwar policy. Other events include Spain’s 1898 surrender to the US in Cuba, 1936 start of the Spanish Civil War, 1940 FDR third term nomination, 1955 Idaho’s Area powered by atomic energy, 1962 Senate blocks Medicare bill, 1965 US B 52 strikes in Vietnam, 1965 Jordan troop deployment, 1975 SEC questions NYSE investor protections, 1960s unrest in Newark and other cities.
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Associated ‘Press
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Potsdam
Berlin
United States
Santago
Cuba
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Area
Idaho
U.S. Senate
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Guam
Vietnam
Jordan
Hussein
United Arab Republic
U.S. Securities and Exchang Commission
New York Stock Exchange
Newark
N.J
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Ailee
Mississippi
Middlewest
John Chamberlain
The
Small Society
Brickman
HIS Union
Paul Mak Sears
Harold B. ‘Lee
Ruling Council of 12
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormons
Joseph G. Motner
M.D
Dr. Motner
Dr. Mother
N.B.G
F.T.N
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Muscatine Board of Health
St. Mathias Parish
W. L. Hanon
George Zoller
Anna Hendriks
Birthday Club
Zoller
Locust Street
Harry Hahn
Lulu Nyenhuis
William van Ysseldyk
Lillie Friederichsen
John Wickey
Robert Harbaugh
Elmer Funk
George Meerdink
Orville Ketchum
Gladys Heitz
John Hendriks
C. P. Hanley
Washington, D. C
Muscatine
Dennis the Menace
Polace
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