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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1968
Page
3
Sumner and Le Roy region items detail a Sumner businessman’s death and veterans hospital passing, local marriages including Judy Laabs and Chris Paine, and several military and community notices. Speeches, reunions, and family events feature multiple local names and places across Iowa communities.
Citizens of the Future family from Rockford hosted weekend guests in the Claude Waskow home. Olive Mae Lease visited Mrs. Emil Lawton and Mrs. Emma Livingston hosted the Fortnightly club on August 1. Other guests included families from Quincy Davenport Jesup and Rockford with birthday observance noted.
A unique four generation group from Joice lingers over a round at Rice Lake Golf and Country Club. Evan Christianson 80 now in Arizona Royden Christianson Roger Christianson and Eric Christianson join for a family game. Ancient texts from 2250 B C note a Babylonian Egypt drug trade.
Library News by Elinor Block notes a new Iowa history book "Iowa Inside Out" by Herbert Hake with his illustrations and travels. It lists Iowa related sources and stories including the Barber brothers, Annals of Iowa, Palimpsest, and The Iowan, plus a profile of the Pennsylvania Kid at Britt's hoboe convention and his favorite authors.
Mrs Harold Bowen of rural Marion delivered one of 12 giant cucumbers to the newspaper office. It measured 16 inches long.
Boatswain's Mate Third Class Lloyd A. Dillavou earned the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V for heroism on duty in the Mekong Delta south of Saigon. He is the son of Mrs. Pearl Black of Scranton.
The text notes that a global crisis expands geographic awareness as a context for future generations. It forecasts 3.5 million children reaching adulthood within the year and 7 million parents reacting with concern or fear as events unfold.
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