Linda Faces Disability With Patient Courage and March of Dimes Support
The piece celebrates Linda, a five year old with spina bifida, as the 1981 National Poster Child for the March of Dimes. It recalls her surgeries, hydrocephalus treatment, and gradual use of braces and crutches, culminating in first steps without aids and enrollment in kindergarten. The article credits the March of Dimes Birth Defects Center and medical team for her progress and urges ongoing support for birth defect research and cures.
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Linda
Kennedy
Linds
Chilefarena Hospital
Calumbus Lehere
NatMental Foundation
March ‘Af Dimes
Linda i
Hydros Ewphalus
March of Dimes
Childern
Wood News
Dean
National Foundation
March — the Dimes
T'mi
Wanted trenching and sewer work by new method
Advertisement from D. Carter of Eagle Grove Iowa seeks trenching excavating sewer cleaning and septic tank pumping tree stump removal using a new method pneumatic tool rental and offers free estimates with contact numbers 794 or 488 at W Eagle Grove Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Carter
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Christmas in the Classroom and Church Bells
A 1969 Renwick Times piece recalls Christmastime in a school room with handmade decorations and a party. Students write about what Christmas means, citing gifts, Jesus birth, church services, decorating trees, caroling, and visiting family as core parts of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chriatman
Paul Bunyan
Peco
Bill
Pecos
Jesus
Christ
Marilyn Eape
Bethlehem
Iike
Reed
Diet and birth defects link explored by study
A report discusses how maternal diet affects fetal development, linking vitamin and mineral deficiencies to birth defects. Research funded by The March of Dimes uses radioactive tracing to show how nutrients influence embryonic cells, with experts stressing folic acid’s role. National centers for birth defects treatment and clinical study are listed in multiple cities.
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Wasional Foundation
Virginia Alpaar
The
National Foundation
Nelson
National Foundation -March of Dimes
Jackson
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Renwick
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Wayvare
Dorothy E. Breese
Awe
Roa
Christman
Jim Schipatlle
Renwick Times
Ata
Wisconsin Lumber Co
Renwick, Iowa
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Clarion
Tiny’s
BURK
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Compiex
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Sony
Monty
Rudy
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Case Farm Machinery
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Erwin
Berwick
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