It Started in 1910 Father’s Day Origin Then Boom
It began in 1910 when two Spokane women sought recognition for a widowed father and formed Father’s Day. Today it’s a billion-dollar business, driven by promotion from the Father’s Day Council and National Retail Merchants Association. Gift range spans ties to cars, with analysts noting higher men’s merchandise sales than Mothers Day. A card seller laments women’s card purchases as minimal.
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New York
Spokane
Wash
John Bruce Dodd
Father's Day Council Inc
National
Retail Merchant's Association
Burston
The
Merchant Association
Ape Parel
Versailles Poultry Days Omelet Recipe Revealed
In Versailles Ohio AP notes a massive omelet for Poultry Days using ninety dozen eggs four gallons of milk two gallons of oil and seasonings. The mix cooks in a three foot three inch skillet over a large charcoal fire with chair man Ralph Strome and crew. The skillet由 cast by Greenville company and transported by flatbed truck.
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Versailles. Ohio
Versailles
Ohio
Ralph Strome
Greenville
Task of Mercy In Pikeville Firefighters Free Trapped Man
James Merida sat with a five foot hole beneath his house after a passerby called for help. Firefighters crawled into the hole and freed him as they completed their rescue in a tense moment sparked by the homeowner digging a drainage ditch under his home.
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Pikeville
API
James Merida
Merida
Father's Day Thoroughbred Races At Miles Park
A thoroughbred named "Father's Day" races at Miles Park Louisville with young Robert Parrett sending an early Fathers Day greeting card as his father jockey Bobby Parrett watches AP Wirephoto
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Miles Park
Louisville
Robert Parrett
Bobby Parrett
Miss Muscatine Pageant Finals Tonight
Miss Iowa Pamela Ericson and Miss Muscatine Linda Ka mer will headline the finale to name a new Miss Muscatine for 1967. Thirteen contestants took part in Friday’s opening at the high school auditorium. The 8 o’clock finale features swimsuit and evening gown rounds, then five finalists perform talent before the judges to determine the winner.
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Iowa
Pamela Ericson
Linda Kamer
Kosygin Leads Soviet Push at UN Emergency Session
World leaders gather in New York for a UN General Assembly emergency session. Kosygin will push Israel's withdrawal from Arab lands, with U S and Israeli spokespeople expected as business opens. Johnson's possible participation remains undecided. Kosygin intends a peaceful Middle East solution and rules out a Johnson meeting.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N. Y
U.N. General Assembly
Alexei N. Kosygin
Israel
United States
Soviet Union
Kosygin
New York
Abba Eban
Middle East
Paris
Charles Gaulle
United Nations General Assembly
Johnson
de Gaulle
Harold Wilson
Security Council
U.S
Mideast
General Assembly
Kasygin
France
Legislature Adjournment Remains Uncertain in Des Moines
AP report outlines the stalled adjournment timeline at the Iowa Legislature with House and Senate schedules in flux. Senators debate liquor tax measures into the night while leaders push for a set finish date amid partisan frustration and procedural criticism.
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Chad Skaggs
Associated Press
DES Moines
Statehouse
Vegas
Senate
House
William Denman
Andrew Frommelt
Screen Test for Sewer Lines in Muscatine
Plans to run television cameras through Muscatine sewer lines for inspection by American Pipe Services Co under city contract. Cameras will reveal obstructions, roots, breaks, and leaks while guided remotely from above ground. two weeks of preparations and weather delays noted.
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Muscatine
American Pipe Services Co
Minneapolis
William McElwee
McElwee
Father’s Day Gifts From Two Daughters Highlight Joy
June 18 marks Father’s Day with two brown-eyed girls Lynne six and Beth three presenting gifts to their father Duane Goodken of 1220 Mulberry Ave. The girls’ mother helped wrap the boxes as the nation prepares for dad appreciation.
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Atty
Duane Goodken
Mulberry Ave
Lynne
Beth
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