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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1962
Page
10
Goku Roberts, an insurance counselor in Equity Life Evanston, offers a six point Christmas shopping checklist. Practical, personal, pleasing, permanent, priced appropriately, and prompt are advised to ensure gifts fit recipients and arrive on time.
The State Health department requests a $1 million annual state appropriation, about $300000 above current levels, to meet rising service demands. Health Commissioner Edmund Zemmer argues the extra funds are essential for expanded operations.
Nine thousand nine hundred ten Iowans and 460 non Iowans pledged eyes to the Iowa Lions Eye Bank at the State University of Iowa Hospital. Since 1955 the SUI Eye Bank has received 373 eyes and aided corneal transplants, with counties including Bremer and Clinton contributing donors.
A Boy Scout troop is being organized at the State Training School for Boys at Eldora. The program will serve as an incentive for boys to improve themselves at the school.
Preliminary results show major support for continuing deductions from wool payments for marketing promotion. Emil Thoms announces, with 86,239 producers voting for and 12,117 against, representing 87.7 and 12.3 percent respectively, under the National Wool Act of 1954 for 1962 to 1965.
On January 30 1948 Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in India by a Hindu fanatic marking a pivotal moment in the independence era. The event sparked national mourning and heightened tensions across political and religious lines as leaders condemned the act.
In Iowa, 87.1 percent of 8,938 producers voted in favor of continuing deductions from wool payments. The 762,847 sheep and lambs represented 89.8 percent of the voting stock favored the deductions. Similar referendums had previously passed in 1955 and 1959. Nevada means snow covered.
The Iowa Bureau of Labor reports 6,775 youth employment permits issued in 1961, a 22 percent drop from 1960. Separately, noting a historical point, Wyoming granted women voting rights when it was still a territory.
Bob Garton of Chariton was recently named national and international champion and speaker of Toastmasters International. The group represents an 80,000 member organization.
Mrs. Laura Ringo of Grinn grows two large gourds this summer. The bigger gourd measures 48 inches in length and weighs 12 pounds while the other weighs nine pounds.
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