Leisure notes from Muscatine and Billings trip
Gil Dietzer shares vacation memories from Minnesota lake time and a conference in Billings, plus local Muscatine items. A kind stranger helps stranded traveler on I 30. a 17 year old Alex Nesterenko wins photography contest. discussion on meters for the levee parking lot and keeping free downtown parking. May address opinions to Traffic Committee at City Hall.
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Sué
Billings Gazette
George Pinkerton
Journal
Billings
Muscatine
Alex Nesterenko
D. Nesterenko
Rock Island Argus
Eastman Kodak
Alex
Levee Improvement Commission
Riverview Park
Levee Commission
City Hall
Gil Dietz
Rockefeller campaign gains as Rhodes withholds on Nixon
A Mason City Globe-Gazette report notes Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes introduced Rockefeller in Columbus calling him the greatest governor. Rhodes, Romney, and Agnew plan to avoid commitments until the convention, keeping Rockefeller alive as uncommitted delegates and Reagan potential rival loom on upcoming ballots.
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Mason City
Rhodes
Ohio
Nixon
George Romney
Michigan
Spira T. Agnew
Maryland
Miami Beach
Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Essence of Summer From the New York Times
A lyrical slice of July Sundays captures a sunlit day when cornfields glint with dew, elderberry blossoms foam beside a barn, and flowers blaze along roadsides. Birds call, dragonflies hover, and fireflies glow as a kitchen garden overflows, inviting long hours in shade with a sense of time lagging.
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The
New York Times
Language gaps split men and women warns professor
University of California scholars note that men and women interpret words like never and where did you get it differently. The article recalls Humpty Dumpty and Alice defending semantic accuracy, urging caution for self-satisfied males in language debates.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
University of California
Humpty-Dumpty
Alice
M60 Machinegun Manual Promoted by Government
The Government Printing Office list of Selected United States Government Publications includes an illustrated 158 page booklet titled M60 Machinegun. The brochure says it covers mechanical training marksmanship and fire technique. It is sold for one dollar amid gun control discussions.
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Wall Street Journal
United States
GPO
Rockefeller’s shifting stance tests GOP unity and Nixon race
The piece traces Nelson Rockefeller’s evolving position during 1960s GOP tensions as he first refused a candidacy, then signaled debate, and later backed away before unexpectedly shifting again. It cites endorsements by Eisenhower and Hatfield and frames Rockefeller as split between party loyalty and personal ambition.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Oregon
Nixon
Mark Hatfield
Hatfield
Vietnam
Eisenhower
Ike
Dear Abby Advice Column Highlights
Abigail Van Buren offers readers mixed dilemmas from remarriage to door etiquette and teen rebellion. A new wife confronts constant Betty talk from her husband while a teen-age rebellion tale ends with a mother asserting boundaries. The column ends inviting readers to mail questions for future guidance.
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
Betty
Los Angeles
Cal
River rising after heavy rains across the north
Our Yesterdays notes a fast rising river from heavy northern rains with only a temporary increase. It cites 75 years ago arrivals from Chicago and Kansas City, a Pershing army member in France, and shifts in butter lard oil prices. It also records a political appointment and a church wedding coming Sunday.
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W.H. Hoopes
Chica
Fred Bridgman
Kansas City
Pvt
Omer F. Hobert
Pershing
France
James Hobert
Fairport
Today in History remembers wars and events across eras
On this date July 27 significant milestones include the armistice ending the Korean War in 1953, the 1788 establishment of the forerunner to the State Department, Orville Wright’s 1910 flight record, Britain and Egypt agreeing on Suez terms, Austria’s sovereignty restoration, Nixon’s 1960 Republican nomination, Chennault’s 1960 death, Cambridge school integration talks, Detroit rioting a year ago, and a death toll note.
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Congress
Department of ‘Foreign Affairs
State Department
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Ft. Myer
Britain
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Suez Canal
Austria
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Claire L. Chennault
Flying Tigers
China
New Orleans
Cambridge
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Detroit
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Essence of
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Romney
Rocky
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Arbby
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Joe R. Hanely
Thomas W. Wallace
Schenectady
Virginia Kay Schauland
Atty
Orville E. Schauland
Mulberry Ave
Richard Baschky
Donald Baschky
San Diego
St. Mathias Church
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