31 Aug 1965
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1965
Page
1
A Pella newspaper page presents a policy statement inviting reader comment on issues, emphasizing balanced coverage and space for opinions. It explains that columns may carry external views, subject to editorial standards, and invites signatures from contributors.
The Pella Chronicle reports a busy Chamber week launching a map rack service with state highway maps and tourist brochures for residents and visitors. Nearby road improvements southwest of town are discussed, plus a survey cost of 25,000 dollars and census figures on income. The piece notes a film company aiming to shoot in Iowa and reports on cigarette tax receipts rising 60 percent and Hoover commemorative stamps. Governor mansion security upgrades include new lighting and an iron fence.
On Friday, August 13 in braska, a wide range of new products for the coming fall winter and spring seasons was introduced and demonstrated under actual field operating conditions in competition with other makes of machines in the same size classes. Newspapers are the only medium offering the magnetic appeal of classified ads.
Guest editorial by Bob Pratt argues fall 1965 opens a new movie house in Pella and urges a linked community theater program. He laments TV sitcoms and sentimental films, praising live theater as creative expression that draws outward, diverse audiences, and shared emotional experience in the arts.
An impassioned appeal argues that a Pella community theater would enrich audiences with deeper insights into human character and culture, elevate civic pride, and benefit participants by fostering shared goals among residents. The writer urges neighbors to support and join the effort.
A column notes how overdue bills hurt debtors and creditors with two agency letters cited. It contrasts old and new judge selection methods under Iowa politics, questioning democracy as insiders back winners for governor appointments.
The Iowa court reform law aimed to depoliticize judges and modernize the system, but three years in it has not removed judges from politics or improved quality. The reform appears to have shifted political affiliations and kept the judiciary entangled in politics.
Several editorials rail at a Supreme Court ruling nullifying a federal ban on Communist Party members serving as labor union officers. Voices from West Point Mississippi Oklahoma and California mock trend predictions and warn inflationary pressures could upend the economy unless action is taken.
Condensed Iowa press notes report on highway rest area plans with 25 000 per unit ten units across five locations pay phones vending machines and staffing ideas. State Fair anticipation revenue and exhibits. hunting limits and season dates. Nixon fundraiser dinner in Des Moines. college presidents salaries rising. Iowa Supreme Court retirements. rural poverty survey for CAP in four southern counties pending federal approval.
William A. Van Zee owner and LeRoy A. Van Zee service manager of Van Zee Implement Company attended Oliver Corporation field demonstrations. The events were part of the 1965 Growing O Campaign at the University of Nebraska Field Laboratory in Mead Nebraska.
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