20 Jan 1966
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1966
Page
1
A reflective call to residents in Summer community to assess local decline in housing and business, urging active participation to reverse trends. It highlights assets like hospitals, schools, pools, parks, churches, utilities, and a strong fire department, and stresses welcoming newcomers to foster prosperity through cooperative effort.
A column argues the home church and school shape youth and weighs the proposed 400000 addition to the senior high school. It outlines reasons for space for industrial arts art gymnasium physics and other functions while urging removal of personal opposition and focusing on education.
University safety engineer Dr. Knapp reports winter gear enhances entanglement risk with power take off shafts on tractors. The study identifies shaft projections and misfits as primary hazards, while a separate job training program funded at 100000 dollars will place 200 Iowans with small firms. The report also covers Medicare-like additions for old age recipients, right to work advocacy, bank verification audits, and new state education appointees.
Governor with about 100 hours as single engine pilot may back up the highway commission plane. Commissioner Thompson says plans always called for him to serve as backup pilot while Ro bert Newman remains regular pilot. Hughes expresses concern about landing the state plane if the pilot is unavailable.
Reports from East of Town cover a debated school bond and sports emphasis, a proposed gym and girls athletic needs, plus several social gatherings. Readers note bridal showers, upcoming weddings, birthday anniversaries, and visits among families in Water loo Cedar Malls Hinton Oelwein and surrounding areas.
Babson Park Mass January 13 comment on U S Canada relations noting cordial diplomatic and economic ties but 4000 mile border presents stubborn issues. Both nations have made progress lowering tariffs and increasing trade yet aim to deepen economic cooperation amid global uncertainties.
A collage of Sumner Iowa items from January 1965 reports includes civic appointments, church calls, and local incidents. Mrs James Nelson becomes Hillcrest Home administrator. Firemen respond to gasoline spill at KC 68. Craig Iowa minister Rev Ervin Schemmel accepts Richfield call. Kroblin recovering in Sumner after Yugoslavia crash. Multiple fire, road, and social notes across Sumner area.
The Sumner poet Lillian Dirksen, famed regionally, is noted as Midwest poet laureate of the Chaparrel Poetry Society and her work runs weekly in the Sumner Gazette. Contained are quotations on friendship and endurance, plus a discussion of Canada U S economic ties and a possible North American common market forming by 1970, with Britain’s potential EU shift looming.
Twenty days of the New Year pass with talk of home building for 1966. Ads urge visiting for Heyer-Bilt Hoghouses and Terraflex Kitchen floors while quips and剪 stories mix with local sports scores and light humor.
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