Editorials on fear, Cuba, and drug prices in 1968
AThoughtful column discusses fear in a nuclear age, Cuba flight proposals, and a surprising drop in drug prices. It notes that health care costs rise partly from better services, cites a 1967 wholesale index lower than 1949 base, and 1967 retail drug prices 11.6 percent below 1957-59 base, challenging profiteering claims while stressing careful interpretation of costs. The piece blends social commentary with data, reflecting era concerns.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Letters from Vietnam Cousin Clyde Lyedecker Writes Home
A correspondent in Saigon recounts the long journey from Seattle to Vietnam via Tokyo and Hong Kong. He describes delays, engine troubles, layovers, and the fatigue of travel, noting 50 hours awake upon arrival and promising to write again once rested.
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Tokyo
Hong Kong
Seattle
Saigon
Pay and overtime loom in 1969 Iowa legislature
State faces overtime pay policy issues after a federal wage and hour ruling extends rights to non academic staff at state institutions and regents schools. Executives seek a uniform policy with cost estimates between 1 and 2 million annually.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Board of Regents
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Highway Commission
Why Do Parents Favor Officers and Look Down on Enlisted Men
In a reader question, a man argues parents unfairly dismiss enlisted service members while praising officers, noting personal experiences dressing in civvies to visit a girlfriend. Another letter humorously suggests giving a wedding gift “by mouth.” A third writer reflects on dating age and consequences of early relationships, urging mothers to limit daughters’ dating to prevent reputational harm.
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Abby
Minute Mystery The Case of the Purse Snatcher
Dr Haledjian questions Bum bles Brascon about a purse snatching outside a theater on Washington Avenue. Bumbles claims a confused chain of events with a big kid, a pocketbook exchange, and pursuit by Mrs Fogerty and a cop. The inspector doubts the tale but notes Miss Fogerty may be uncertain who took the bag.
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Dr. Haledjian
Inspector Winters
Bumbles Brascon
New Theater
Washington Avenue
Bumbles
Ruth Fogerty
Haledjian
Nurses Said to Walk with Best Carriage
A column quotes observers saying nurses have the best carriage when walking among women. The piece blends quips on fashion, humor, and trivia from L. M. Boyd’s column, with light notes on age, dancing bands, and general social curiosities.
Grace Dautremont honored at coffee in Riverside
Grace Dautremont was feted at a Van Horne coffee hosted by Mrs. Avelene Dutton and Mrs. John Strawn Jr. with 85 guests. She ends a 20 year teaching term, spent 17 years in Van Horne, then Benton Community School System, and begins a new job August 22 in Truro. She will move her mobile home August 1 and stay with relatives in Riverside.
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Riverside
Pete Boone
Kalona
Walt Lemley
Grace Dautremont
van Horne
Avelene Dutton
John Strawn Jr
Dautremont
Benton
Truro
Des Moines
Riverside Volunteer Firemen
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Brickman
Washington
Evening Journal
Timothy
Agriculture Department
Good Riddance
Cuba
State Department
John Firestone
City University of New York
Clyde Lyedecker
Vietnam
Toyko
Toyo
Duke
Freezer
Yez
Jerry Z
Lissen
Aerek
Paul Preston
Matt
Man Osborn
Mindy
Preston
Mister
Isham
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa
Richard C. Turner
Conrad Ossian
Red Oak Republican
Attorney General’s Office
Eldora
Associated Press
United Press International
ABC
CBS
NBC
Chicago
Midwest
Dear Ax Bby
Abigail van Buren
Zelda
Becky
By Donald J. Sobol
L. M. Boyd
St. Louis
Thailand
Glenn Miller
Jesus Christ
California
Japan
Lloyd’s of London
Lloyd’s
William Howard Taft
Washington, D.C
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Donald Cerny
Wisconsin
Larry Rotenburger
Iowa City
Angela Rose
The
Mercy Hospital
Ted
Paul Rotenburger
Esther Maher
Washington, Iowa
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