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Oelwein Daily Register

Location

Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1971

Page

2

Iowa urged to back highway billboard beautification plan

A Daily Register editorial urges Iowa lawmakers to support national highway beautification and billboard removal funding. It notes Iowa's D grade on outdoor advertising, cites Snarr Advertising leader Douglass T. Snarr, and calls readers to press Rep. John A. Blatnik for financing from the highway trust fund to avoid annual budget squeezes.

Douglass T. Snarr Snarr Advertising Salt Lake City Snarr Congress Transportation John Volpe Senate John A. Blatnik House Public Works Committee Washington, D. C Highway Trust Fund

Elderly anger fuels White House Conference keynote

Arthur Flemming, 66, former HEW secretary and Macalester president, led 1971 conference urged by Nixon. He warned of sub standard nursing homes and urged welfare reform and higher Social Security to aid the aged. Delegates numbering 3,500 from all states pressed for law to meet their needs.

Arthur Flemming Eisenhower White House Macalaster College Nixon

States Face Social Bankruptcy Need to Cut Services

The piece argues New York leaders and other officials warn of social bankruptcy from welfare spending. It urges federal takeover of welfare, cites looming deficits, and claims taxpayers reject new taxes. Call for cutting social services to avert broader national insolvency.

Nelson A. Rockefeller New York State Rockefeller

Dear Abby column on roommates and family duties

A 1971 Abby letter from Tyler Texas describes a college sophomore sharing digs with a girlfriend, creating a “common-law daughter-in-law.” Parents worry about finances, bus fare, and whether to treat her as family. Abby advises not funding a non marriage situation and to set boundaries. Letters from readers reflect varied views on marriage pace and family roles.

Cucase Tribune-M News Symd., Inc Abby Tyler Texas

Thanksgiving visits span multiple states and towns

Fayette residents Mr and Mrs Mike Lewis and family left after a week visiting in C R Lewis and Thomas Rubens homes. Others hosted or traveled for the holiday include the Campbell, Ashby, Castor, Marine, Chase and Lund families, with guests in Kansas City Indianapolis Red Wing and Cedar Falls. Kenneth J Thompson and five children plan to move after January 1.

Mike Lewis Gibbsboro N. J C. R. Lewis Thomas Rubens Mrs. Lewis Kansas City Michael Terry Lisa David Kristin Mike Ashby Spirit Lake Hadley Castor Jesup Pat Ashby Iowa Falls Barbara Ashby Cedar Falls Wesley Ashby S. E. Campbell Harry Holtsapple Red Wing Minn Dorothea Lund Roger Hampton Indianapolis Ind Duane Kenneth J. Thompson Waverly Bill Karen

Scouting Dee 4 Pack 184 Meets With Den Mother

Scouts Dee 4 Pack 184 meet their den mother Mrs Art Ladeburg. The boys worked on Christmas gifts for their mothers and went sliding. Tommy Mendez will bring treats next week.

Dee Art Ladeburg Tommy Mendez

Never Give Up in a Bridge Contract Play

North holds A A K H Z and W 75 AK Q 4 G Q E. South with A10974 QI2 853 BAG2Z. After 1C passes, the defense cashes AK of hearts and clubs, but a bold line ruffs and discards let declarer make a tough contract by ruffing in one hand and discarding from the other, proving perseverance can turn fate in bridge.

East West

Across clues puzzle with many entries

A compact list of crossword style clues covering across entries from Mahal Tara root energy to follow up with remaining sparse numbered items and hints. It reads like a filled crossword grid with definitions for ancient terms names places and descriptors in a mixed difficulty set.

Tara Root Tabasco

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