Sumner Gazette Obituary and Classified Rates 1966
Local newspaper announces subscription rates and advertising policies. It lists rates for Bremer, Fayette, Chickasaw and Black Hawk counties in Iowa, plus elsewhere in the United States. Also notes obituaries cards of thanks and condolence notices, and requires signatures for letters. The issue date appears October 6, 1966.
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Hahing Co
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Bremer, Fayette, Chickasaw and Black Hawk Co
United States
Fire Prevention Week Calls for Cooperation and Hazards Check
Fire prevention emphasizes eliminating hazards around properties and adopting fire call cooperation. Report fires clearly, avoid obstructing responders, and give right of way to fire equipment. During Fire Prevention Week, inspect for hazards and cultivate a protecting attitude to aid future safety.
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Wittess
New United Fund solicits by mail to ease volunteer load
Sumner United Fund directors try a new approach asking residents to mail or drop off contributions at the First National Bank. The plan aims to reduce door-to-door soliciting by volunteers who tire of the task. The fund backs several local organizations and asks neighbors to mail a generous donation today.
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Sumner United Fund
First National Bank
Unity Fund
United Fund
Hospital Visitors and a Stranger’s Cancer Question
Looking Around this week reflects on hospital visitors as both cheerful aids and occasional irritants. A patient near death, sharing a solarium moment with another, overhears two men discussing surgeries and cancer in blunt terms that dampen the room’s mood.
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Solarium
Bevel
A Letter on Hunting Ethics and Hospital Guests
A musings style piece contrasts men’s hunting risks with modern safety. The author proposes a mock plan to reintroduce risk into hunting, including licensing and farmer protections, then shifts to etiquette for hospital visitors and the awkwardness of shared patient spaces. The writing blends humor with social critique and personal anecdotes from a hospital ward.
Campaign promises and taxes fuel lively Iowa race
A busy fall campaign looms in Iowa with Governor Harold Hughes attacking Governor candidate William Murray on a tax refund plan. Murray counters with claims of Hughes broken pledges on property tax relief as Nixon drives national attention and debates unfold. The Iowa State Bar backs retaining judges, while a separate tax assessment department is proposed by State Tax Commissioner X. T. Prentis.
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Waterloo
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Mason City
Ottumwa
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Iowa State Bar Association
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Supreme Court
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X. T. Prentis
State Tax Commission
Teve
ISU Instructors Grade Report Sparks Mixed Reactions
Iowa State University students released the first course and instructor evaluation rating. Four or more student reviews per instructor led to scores from C plus upward with some professors praised as knowledgeable yet unteachable. Efforts to bar discrimination against former convicts gain state support.
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Mount Ayr
Iowa State University
Ames
Towa State
ISU
Board of Control
State Parole Board
Governor's Committee On Corrections
Babson Comments on Japan's Postwar Recovery and Future Role
Babson Park Mass September 29. Japan faces ongoing problems but steadily regains influence in Asia. By next decade she could regain prewar status as a major world power. Industrialization and democracy drive a remarkable comeback with urban incomes rising 10.7 percent in six months. Premier Sato reports city households average 184.53 dollars per month, a new high for Japan though below U.S. levels.
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Far East
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U.S
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Pacific
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Moscow
West
China
Russia
Siberia
Career Day at Iowa State draws local attendees
Wendell Bohle Arlo Knoploh Dale Schnadt and Kenny Rieck plan to attend the first annual Career Day in Agricultural Education at Iowa State University Ames on a Saturday in October. The event is noted alongside local happenings from Sumner including a trap shoot and dairy cattle activity at Waterloo.
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Wendell Bohle
Arlo Knoploh
Dale Schnadt
Kenny Rieck
Iowa State University
Ames
Sumner Jaycees
Pennington Road
Waterloo
Sumner High
James Burr
Allen Elsamiller
Henry Elsamiller
Des Moines
John Mohr
U.S. Air Corps Reserve
Sumner
Montgomery
Ala
Rosalyn Glick
Everal Glick
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Glick
The oet's Corner Lilian Dirksen and Japan's rise
Lilian Dirksen, Sumner poet and Midwest laureate, appears in national and state poetry pageants with weekly features in the Sumner Crazette. The passage discusses Japan's postwar industrial rebirth, leadership potential, and shift toward a possible free world partnership, noting MacArthur's influence and Japan's crossroad position between East and West.
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Lilian Dirksen
Sumner
Sheis
Midwest
Chaparrel Poetry Society
Building a Home First With Heyer Sona Ad
A vintage Sumner community page urges readers to improve living by building a home rather than renting and promotes Heyer Sona’s building services. It notes auto buyers, silo construction, and local sports, while humor and ads blend with the call to prepare for winter coal deliveries and home improvements.
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