Letter to Aunt Sadie from Muscatine
Dear Aunt Sadie greetings from Muscatine on the Mississippi River. The column notes city hall’s clean grounds thanks to custodian Clarence Van Auken, mentions Playboy letters and local gossip, and describes near misses at the Third and Cedar corner. It also reports rising property taxes despite relief efforts, citing Ray Edwards of the Iowa Taxpayers Association.
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Sadie
Muscatine
Mississippi River
City Hall
Clarence
Pete” van Auken
Third St
Sycamore St
van Auken
Third and Cedar
Iowa
Ray Edwards
Des Moines
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Gil Dietz
Changing American families shift in size roles and income
Ottumwa Courier notes from Ronald Pitzer of the University of Minnesota that U S families have grown from 35 million to 59 million households since the 1940s while farm households declined from 7 million to 3 million. Median age at first marriage rose for men to 22.8 in 1966 and women to 20.5. schooling improved with 10 percent college graduates. About 35 percent of wives work, median family income rose to 7436 in 1966. Despite high divorce, life expectancy growth supports longer marriages and a more stable family unit.
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Ronald Pitzer
U. S. Agriculture Dept
University of Minnesota
U. S
University of Wisconsin
William L. O'Neill
Tax surcharge battle framed by warning on stalled projects
Budget Director Charles Swick warned that a six billion dollar federal cut could halt uncompleted public works in progress. The Senate House conference endorsed a ten percent surtax but tied it to the large spending cut, a condition seen as politically pivotal as lawmakers weigh the risk to ongoing projects.
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Charles Swick
Congress
Senate House Conference Committee
Johnson
Zwick
Congressional UFOing and a Congressional probe
The piece notes Rep. J Edward Roush calls for a Congressional investigation into unidentified flying objects challenging the Air Force led University of Colorado study The Indiana Democrat argues Congress should take over the inquiry The column pokes fun at the difficulties of identifying UFOs and doubts a congressional probe would yield clear results are political in an election year and would likely conclude UFOs do not vote
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J. Edward Roush
Roush
University of Colorado
Air Force
Indiana Democrat
Congress
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Congressional
UN debates Rhodesia sanctions amid accusations of hypocrisy
The United Nations Security Council weighs punitive measures against Rhodesia with two veto-ready resolutions. Critics defend the Afro-Asian push as failing to prove a threat, while questioning double standards and the efficacy of sanctions.
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James J. Kilpatrick
United Nations
N.Y
Congress
Oregon
Security Council
Rhodesia
Portugal
South Africa
Great Britain
Latin America
Britain
The
Dean Acheson
Reporter Magazine
George Ball
Arthur Goldberg
U.S
Council
Tan Smith
Acid and pernicious anemia guidance from Dr. Moiner
Dear Dr Moiner explains how acid tablets aid digestion, the role of intrinsic factor in pernicious anemia, and that Vitamin B12 or liver shots both work. Raw eggs and molasses do not help blood counts. cooked eggs are safer to avoid salmonella. Also clarifies bilateral broncho pneumonia with lung fibrosis unknown cause and notes on diet and leg cramps booklet offer.
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Dr. Moiner
Dear Abby Advice Baffles Readers on Public Affection
Abigail Van Buren compiles letters from readers on social norms and relationships. A married woman seeks guidance for her husband who in public touches her inappropriately, another struggles with a controlling mother, a teen seeks romance, and a reader questions traditional wedding language.
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
George
Ashamd
Today in History highlights and dates for 1968
A compact digest of notable events on May 25 from 1787 delegates framing the U S Constitution to 1968 headlines. It notes Emerson born in Boston in 1803, Adams opposing Texas annexation, a 1644 telegraph dispatch, Winchester Civil War clash in 1862, 1955 deadly tornadoes across four states, Eisenhower U2 broadcast in 1960, and regional political shifts and evacuations in Africa and the Middle East across recent years.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
U.S
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Boston
John Quincy Adams
Texas
Mexico
Washington
Baltimore Patriot
Stonewall Jackson
Winchester
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Amintore
Fanfani
Christian Democratic Party
Italy
Grant Colfax And Vic Victory Ratification Meeting
May 3rd Col William Smyth Republican candidate for congress and other eminent speakers will attend and address the meeting. Also notes on past local events including a Morning passenger, a buggie purchase, a new business in Muscatine, and a children's day program at First Presbyterian church with decor committee and guest missionary speaker from Africa.
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Grant
Colfax
Wm. Smyth
Congress
First Presbyterian Church
M.F. Oldenberg
Fred Vander Ploeg
Lax Boston
Ruth Stelzer Christensen
Africa
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Zion Lutheran Church
The Daily Prayer Invocation and Message
Christ Jesus is described as God’s equal who emptied himself to become a servant. The prayer thanks the Father for grace through the Son and asks to manifest Christ in living. It concludes invoking Josue and Aer in Jesus name.
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Christ Jesus
God
Christ
Josue
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