Cards and thanks to friends and helpers displayed
A collection of notices from Richfield Minnesota seeking a reliable local person to service and collect from automatic dispensers with capital and part time earnings offered. Also several sincere thank you notes for cards, gifts, flowers, and visits from relatives and friends after birthdays and hospital stays.
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P. O. Box
Richfield
Minn
Theo. Debel
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Iowa counties win large school budget increases
State Comptroller Marvin Selden Jr approved requests from Iowa's 99 counties to raise school budgets by a record 77,100,000 over statutory limits this year. He also allowed additional increases in county general fund 2,927,127 county poor fund 5,989,645 hospital emergency fund 531,900 and city emergency fund 4,550 over the limit.
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Marvin Selden, Jr
Iowa
Selden
Record Number Use Iowa State Parks During Past Year
Iowa State Conservation Commission reports record park usage with 7,304,929 visitors last year up from 6,650,000 in 1960. Camping rose from 166,000 to 240,000 as 18 parks with showers led a trend toward modern campgrounds. By mid summer this year 25 parks will offer updated facilities.
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Iowa State
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Iowa Parks
Che Tripoli Leader Tripoli Toward January 31 1962
A brief item notes activities of the Che Tripoli leader in Tripoli with reference to events around January 31 1962. The report lists local movements and political context affecting the region and parties involved.
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CHE
Tripoli
Towa
ISU Professor Seeks Democratic Bid for US Senator
ISU history professor E. Smith, 41, of Ames, plans to seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper. A longtime party activist, he has led Young Democrats, chaired the Story County Democratic Club, and serves as a Democratic precinct committeeman. Smith has a Navy background, a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and is active in the United Nations American Branch and local religious and community roles.
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Ames
Iowa State University
United States Senate
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
E. Smith
Young Democrats
Story County
Democratic Club
Speaker’s Bureau
Iowa
The
American Association For the United Nations
Tennessee
Smith
Maryville College
U. S. Navy
University of Chicago
Biography of Thomas Hart Benton A Missouri figure
The text outlines Benton's career across magazines and public service. It notes two summers with the U S State Department and lectures in Japan for the U S Information Service. It lists a 1964 55 Fulbright visiting professorship in Japan and Smith as a current analyst of world news for WOI radio and TV.
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Set
Thomas Hart Benton
Missouri
U. S. State Department
Japan
U. S. Information Service
Smith
WOI Radio and TV
One-Half of Iowa Towns Likely to Lose Population
A University of Iowa study shows half of Iowa towns may shrink in population from 1950 to 1960. Yet declines do not always signal worse welfare as 40 percent of towns losing people still saw higher retail sales due to increased farm purchases. The report notes 198 towns have populations under 200, with 102 losing residents in the decade.
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Iowa
Conrad Stucky
State University of Iowa Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Stucky
Iowa Farm Decline Casts Shadow On Small Towns
Iowa faces economic hollowing as small towns shrink and farms disappear. The pattern shows populations dropping from 120 to 80 to 40 in a decade in one town, with half the state’s population already in 15 counties. Out-migration and farm losses persist into the coming decades.
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Stucky
Centenarian Mary Weston Celebrates 103rd Birthday
Mrs Mary Weston of the Edgewood and Strawberry Point areas recently marked her 103rd birthday. Confined to a wheelchair after a cerebral hemorrhage nine years ago she still knits tats writes and plays dominoes. She credits her longevity to never drinking tea or coffee.
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Mary Weston
Edgewood
Strawberry Point
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