22 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
1
The Sumner Gazette lists its role as the official paper for the town of Sumner and Bremer County and provides subscription rates of 4 dollars, 5 dollars, and 3 dollars for various terms. The notice emphasizes its local government and community purpose.
The article argues that executive sessions in city councils, counties, and school boards must be justified with written reasons and subject matter. It warns these closed talks can misinform the public, allow distortion of facts, and should only be used when open discussion would harm the public interest.
Community driven projects showcase time and imagination over money. Volunteers, including Park Board members, add rock gardens and a drainage ditch rip rap at the City Park. Arlin Schultz cleans a creek south of Third Street, mowing pasture, removing junk, and building a small dam to inspire others.
A reader observes persistent mosquitoes despite early season spraying and questions the effectiveness of control efforts. The note mentions nearby bird houses and community reliance on spraying to curb pests, reflecting mixed results and ongoing concern about mosquito management.
A playful note depicts a lone mosquito fleeing spray clashes with Martins, seeking office refuge and survival to propagate. The writer jokes that the insect aims to outlast the spray campaigns and spite the town’s efforts to curb the plague, while acknowledging outdoor annoyances and repellents.
After 20 weeks of lawmaking the legislature still has not resolved key welfare, education and state department funding. The House approved a 29.8 million welfare bill, amid cuts to Aid to Dependent Children. The Senate sent a 7.4 million conservation appropriation to the House, with splits from Gov. Hughes. An inquiry into the liquor commission was authorized, opposed by party leaders as a witch hunt.
Legislators push to reorganize state government merging boards into a new department while a conference committee handles property tax relief school aid and area vocational schools. The House and Senate debate funding for new buildings at regents institutions and set plans for a $4.5 million area schools appropriation.
Larry Kirchhoff, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Kirchhoff of Sumner, graduated Saturday from the Waterloo Technical School with a diploma in Electronic Technology after two years of study. The article lists numerous obituaries and local notices following the graduation segment.
Attorney General Richard Turner issued an opinion that Governor Harold Hughes exceeded his constitutional authority in starting the Town Comprehensive Alcoholism Project. Begun over a year ago with a federal grant of 640,000 dollars and about 17,000 dollars in state matching funds, the three year program faced a belated legislative approval bill that failed 17 to 11 in the House appropriations committee, short of the required votes to advance.
Tuesday and Thursday calls feature Mrs Chester Pals and Mrs Ada McConkey visiting households in Pinhook. Families and friends, including the Rieck and Young families, attended a Buffalo Lake wedding and a Waverly funeral this week, with several visits plus a Lake Minnesotan picnic in Charles City.
The Sumner poet Lillian Dirksen, renowned nationwide, serves as Midwest poet laureate of the Chaparrel Poetry Society. Her work appears weekly in periodicals, opening with reflections on praise, virtue, and humor. The verse includes a harvest time piece celebrating farmers and lasting marriage.
Answers explain eligibility for retirement benefits after 65 while employed, noting earnings limits and partial year income rules. Also covers medicare health insurance purchases, and clarifies that visiting nurse services are paid under medicare only when provided by a certified home health agency.
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