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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1973
Page
2
Dear Abby fans exchange letters on euthanasia with Living Will guidance and the harsh reactions from readers. A Durham correspondent argues for ending prolonged care, a Buffalo reader lashes out, while a clergyman supports dying with dignity and suffering as redemptive.
Erratic OCR fragment shows varying subscription prices for periods of six months and three months. Numbers include twelve dollars, six dollars fifty, four dollars, fourteen dollars, eight dollars, four dollars fifty, eighteen dollars, ten dollars, and five dollars seventy five cents. Names, dates, and clear context are missing.
Washington accuses Nixon aides of obstructing GAO access to records citing "increasing difficulties" in fraud and mismanagement probes. State, Defense, Treasury, CPB and even the IRS are named as uncooperative. Senate moves to raise milk prices via two dairy co-ops amid antitrust charges, threatening independent farmers. Obituaries, weddings, and family notices fill the rest of the page with local events and births.
A Senate debate over a massive omnibus farm bill saw anticonsumer dairy riders slipped into the Agricultural and Consumer Protection Act of 1973. Milk cooperatives backed by large spending pushed language benefiting the industry, while consumer senators warned of higher milk prices and potential antitrust actions being undermined. Footnotes note dairy imports restricted, possibly keeping prices high. DES MOINES AP reports Iowa highway deaths reach 301 year to date, up from 278 last year.
Sioux City крат notes weekend family visits. Mary Butters wed Myron Lockard at St. Pauls Lutheran Church Maynard with relatives from Sioux City Oakley Stillinger and Helen Clingman among attendees. Lisa Dramstad hospitalized in Iowa City while other notices cover regional visits and a Women’s Pioneer Group Retreat in Cedar Falls with Rev. Eugene Jakubek as retreat master.
Stanley resident Leon Heath son of Mr. and Mrs. William Heath has been chosen by Ross Reid American Legion Post No. 9 of Oelwein as a representative at Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge near Des Moines this week. Fellow representative is Steve Ramsey of Hazleton.
In a South cards bridge problem with North South vulnerable, the declarer can make six hearts by expert play. He wins clubs with A, draws trumps, discards diamonds and spades from dummy, then cashes clubs K and uses a spade trick to reach the slam. The key is assuming defender card splits and playing accordingly.
Boyle recalls mail insights and oddities in a New York AP column. He notes a lifetime whisker total of about 274 feet for the average man and jokes on urgency, taxes, and Sitting Bull misremembered as a Custer foe. Also mentions trolley revival amid fuel shortages and a six-city US trolley footprint. Folklore bits warn of luck with white butterflies and beetles. Local family visits report Marguerite Shew with son-in-law Kenneth Kelley and granddaughter Susan Harrington’s high school graduation in Sioux City.
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