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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1963
Page
6
A patient at University hospital in Iowa City expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for cards gifts and visits and to blood donors and all doctors. Special thanks go to Rev Kra mer and ministers for visits and prayers. The note is signed by Harry Meyer.
The American Legion Auxiliary gathered at Tripoli Town Hall to discuss a Christmas seat meeting in New Hampshire and a county Legion Auxiliary meeting set for September 19 at 8 p.m. in Sumner. A tentative September 28 teen-hop is planned. The unit received a metal storage cabinet as a memorial to Emma Kelsey, a 40-year faithful member. Meeting time shifts to 7:30 p.m., October provides guest night with a special program. Hostesses were L. H. Fink, Minnie Schumacher, and Lawrence Black. James Madison Randolph is noted as the first baby born in the White House on January 17, 1806.
A look back at late nineteenth century phonograph and telephone rivals. The gramophone and Bell’s telephone spurred era defining songs from The Wonderful Telephone to Help Me Telstar as technology reshaped music and predictions of future comms surface.
Iowa Attorney General Hultman ruled that public funds cannot be used to support ecclesiastical or sectarian institutions. The Carroll County Board of Education had tentatively planned to rent a vacant Catholic grade school classroom in Carroll. The opinion clarifies state law and aims to prevent public money flowing to religiously affiliated facilities.
Bernard F. Nowack, longtime director of research and statistics for the Iowa Development Commission, will retire April 1. He has served as assistant director since 1945 and acting director in 1953, pioneering industrial development research and compiling data that underpins Iowa's efforts to attract new industry and assist manufacturers.
Twin sisters Mrs Joseph Meyer of San Lorenzo California and Mrs Curtis Johnson of Minneapolis Minnesota were reunited in Dyersville after 43 years apart. They had been separated at 18 months old and met again to celebrate their 45th birthday.
The 115 pound spherical Injun II research satellite from the State University of Iowa Iowa City shows the most complex electronic design among its peers. It was launched December 13 1962 from the Pacific Missile Range, marking a notable achievement for university-led space work.
The Bremer County Farm Bureau legislative committee met in Oelwein on Sept. 3 to discuss a district program promoting a yes vote on the Shaff plan. Glen Taylor and Ken Langer of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation presented material and a chart talk. A county program will be developed for urban and rural residents. members include Allen Casady, Wm. Burman, John Jensen, Milton Meyer, Ray Lageschulte, K. H. Hoppenworth, H. H. Hildebrandt, and Mrs. Harley Albrecht.
Mr and Mrs W O Miles observed their 64th wedding anniversary. Both are lifelong residents of the Lake City community.
D. E. Leonard, Greene county director of social welfare since 1936, has retired. He administered both the social welfare program and the county relief fund during his tenure, marking a long career in public service.
Barry Gustin found a black top with coral ring near the head and coral beneath. He consulted SCS staff who, though not herpetologists, listed it as a South American Ringneck snake. Native ringneck species are relatively rare.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Rhode Island refused to participate in the constitutional convention. Delaware ratified first, with North Carolina and New York among the later states to engage, while Rhode Island’s stance influenced the debate over the new four bill of rights framework.
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