40 Years Since Iwo Jima Flag Raising Remembered on Deck
A veteran recalls watching the Mount Suribachi flag rise during the Iwo Jima operation, describing rough seas, battered landing boats, and Marines enduring heavy casualties. He details the transformation of his ship from assault transport to a hospital, the frontline chaos, and the indelible image of the flag while tears flowed among the crew.
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Pacific
Mount
Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Japan
Mount Hot Rocks
Ottawa
Hatch
Mount Suribachi
Mirror Over Scale Guides Healthy Body Perception
Dear reader notes that weight can rise with muscle gain from weight training and advises focusing on body composition rather than scale weight. Muscle burns calories, fat stores fat, and a mirror reveals fitness. methods exist to estimate fat percentage, but not essential for overall health. A second letter highlights separate drinking cups to prevent disease in football teams, stressing hygiene as a performance factor.
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DR. Donohue
L.P.N
The View From Here On Behalf Of The 'Whams'
Stuart Aubrey argues that rural America is being systematically pushed aside by federal policy and corporate consolidation. He cites deregulation, Amtrak, post office cuts, public works funding, and revenue sharing as factors eroding small towns and farm communities, framing it as a Leninist “Who vs Whom” struggle.
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Stuart Aubrey Harris
Hill Street
Lenin
Nikolai Ilyich
Kremlin
Washington
America
Congress
White House
Dade County
Fla
Small Business Administration
Wattish Politics and Bennett in the Education Shuffle
Washington writer David S. Broder critiques William J. Bennett as a Watt-like figure in the new Reagan education push. He denounces proposed Pell Grant cuts and income caps as harming middle class families, arguing the policy undercuts access to college and risks turning Bennett into a political liability for Republicans.
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David S. Broder Washington
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
William J. Bennett
UFA
Jefferson
Bennett
James Watt
Reagan
Oregon State University
Corvallis
Jim Watt
Republican Party
Watt
Terrell Bell
Reagan Holds Firm on Free Enterprise Beliefs in News Conference
President Reagan defended free enterprise and a hard line stance on Nicaragua and the Soviet Union during a news conference. He blamed past policies for farm woes, proposed a $650 million short term aid but signaled long term exit from traditional farm programs. He argued the Sandinistas are a communist state and pledged support for anti-Sandinista rebels while warning about SALT II tensions and the dollar’s impact on other nations.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Washington (Ap
Nicaragua
Reagan
Soviet Union
America
United States
Anastasio Somoza
Prayer and Thought for the Day Reflections
The entry presents a devotional note citing Genesis 8 1 God recalls Noah and a prayer asking courage trusted care and timing through Jesus. It emphasizes God remembering his people and not forgetting them in daily contemplation.
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Jesus
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Page Summary
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for in town and surrounding areas with prices for one month to one year and different rates for out-of-area subscribers. Editor Robert B. Wellington signs the publication details and notes sales faxes are included.
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Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
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Stuart Awbrey
Senate Budget Committee
Fete Domenici
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David S. Broder
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Noah
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