Iowa Senate Race Heats Up Between Stanley and Hughes
The Iowa U S Senate race to replace Bourke Hick enlooper shapes as a close contest. David Stanley campaigned statewide for a year and won the primary with about 58 percent of the vote. Harold E. Hughes, the governor, is viewed as the likely favorite by many Iowans. The campaign will focus on Vietnam, spending, law and order, and farming issues as voters await November.
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Iowa
U. S. Senate
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Lowe
Harold E. Hughes
David Stanley
Muscatine
Towa
Senate
Stanley
James Bromwell
Dayton Countryman
William Plymar
Bromwell
Adair
Polk
Bramwell
Lion County
Sioux County
Polk County
Hughes
Towans
Eugene McCarthy
What To Do About Hunger
New York laments hunger as a global crisis with rising births and deaths and calls for action. It notes that nutrition, soil, and food distribution shape survival, warns of waste and inequality, and recalls a Front Page anecdote about balancing human interest with hard truth.
Odds Against TV Debates Grow as Bill Stalls in House
Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin says passage of a bill to allow televised debates between presidential nominees is unlikely. The measure, approved by the Senate, would exempt networks from equal time rules, but time and political backing from Humphrey and Nixon are needed. Networks may offer Wallace 30 minutes per hour, aiding a bipartisan push if Congress lifts the rules.
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Robert A. Hunt
Associated Press
Washington
Lionel van Deerlin
Dcalif
House Commerce Committee
Addar
Senate
van Deerlin
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Commerce Committee
George C. Wallace
House
Humphrey
Nixon
House Committee
John E. Moss
California
Congress
Wallace
John F. Kennedy
Snakebite first aid and tourniquet use advised by Dr Melner
Dear readers ask about treating venomous bites while delaying hospital care. Dr Melner says prompt first aid remains essential applying tourniquets properly and loosening every 10 15 minutes, with immobilization and minimal movement to slow venom spread. If possible summon a doctor quickly and keep the patient quiet.
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Dr. Melner
Arevey
Unwritten Letter to a Kindergarten Teacher
A mother writes to Miss Williams about her son Bobby starting kindergarten. She reflects on separation, hopes for his growth, and asks for patience and kindness as Bobby learns to adapt, while acknowledging her own role as his first teacher and advocate. The piece explores parental pride, anxiety, and the shared responsibility of education.
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Miss Williams
Bobby
Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation Celebration Planned
Our Yesterdays notes a celebration in honor of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation set for the 22nd. Items from 75, 23, and 10 years earlier reference Muscatine World’s Fair visitors, a local Red Cross Nurses Aides effort, and a memorial service for Louis R. Cohn.
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Abraham Lincoln
John Mittman
George
Fred Nieitzel
Albert Bauerbach
F. Mittman
H. Reik
W. Holtzhauer
E Eveling
Muscatine
J. L. Giesler
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Alabama
Clarence Ellman
H. G. Johnson
Red Cross Nurses
The
Fine Arts Club
George M. Wittich
Louis R. Cohn
St. Louis
Today in History highlights from 1774 to 1965
Boarded events span Continental Congress convening in Philadelphia in 1774, Penny arrest in London in 1670, 1905 Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo Japanese War, WWI city capture of Reims, U S neutrality in WWII, Leningrad shelling, Wake Island flag, Quemoy Matsu support, Birmingham school integration, and AEC nuclear weapons program.
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Associated Press
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
William Penn
Grace Church Street
London
Portsmouth
N.H
Reims
United States
Board of Education
Birmingham
Ala
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
The Daily Prayer on Faith and Divine Power
The text presents a prayer asking forgiveness for not uniting spiritual resources and for lack of faith. It seeks greater confidence in God as the source of all strength and asks that His power work through believers, aligning with the biblical idea that those who receive Him become sons of God.
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Jim Bishop
New York
Asia
Biafra
North Atlantic Ocean
Canada
Guatemala
Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Justin
Small Society
Brickmare
Joseph G. Molner
M.D
Br. Moiner
Krebiozen
F.R
American Cancer Society
Dr. Motter
Dr. Mother
Willliams
Leningrad
Wake Island
Soviet Union
China
Quemoy and
Matsu
the Daily Prayer
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