Environment on decline in 1969 Quality Index
In a National Wildlife Federation briefing the 1969 Index of Environmental Quality shows deteriorating air and water quality and shrinking wildlife habitat. It warns of rising pollution from auto exhaust and industry, depleted soils, and fading timber. Federation director Tom Kimball criticizes the small tax-dollar share for environmental protection.
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U.S
National Wildlife Federation
Tom Kimball
Federation
Letters to Journal Condemns the Council on Economic Development
Ainsworth Iowa readers denounce the Council on Economic Development as a threat to personal rights. They warn of creeping bureaucracy and advocate opposition to a plan for consolidating local government, schools, and farms. The letter cites CED, Modernizing Local Government, and the National Food Conference Association as promoting corporate land ownership and reduced farmer independence.
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National Association of Food Chains
Chicago
National Food Conference Association
C.E.D
Washington Evening Journal masthead and staff list
The Washington Evening Journal from Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising and Howard Hazen production superintendent. The paper publishes afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and is entered as second class matter under a 1879 act.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
Unions Oppose Postal Reform Move Gains Momentum
Hearings on postal reform wrap up in Congress and a reform bill to reorganize the service is likely to reach the House floor this fall. A government corporation may not pass, but a near corporate structure seems probable, with action potentially as early as 1970. Unions remain strongly opposed to major changes.
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Washington
D. C
House
Winton M. Blount
House Post Office Committee
Messrs. Nixon
Blount
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Canada
U. S
Dear Abby and postal reform debated in Congress
A reader advises on expressing sympathy without overstepping in a small town. The letter discusses Abby’s response to sympathy notes and the risk of misinterpretation. The piece also covers a long Dear Abby column and how to handle sensitive personal inquiries. It then shifts to a policy-length article about postal reform, detailing a plan to abolish the Postmaster General as a Cabinet member, create a hired executive board, merit-based appointments, and a five-year transition with subsidies then self-sustaining operation.
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Abby
Postal Corporation
Why Do Almost All Divorcees Remarry?
A humor filled column cites Love and War remarks on remarriage after divorce versus widowhood, noting 30-year-old divorcees marry again at about 98 of 100 chances while widows do so at 81 of 100. Analysts suggest some divorcees select partners before divorce. The piece walks through quips and light anecdotes on names, jokes, and language.
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Washington Compuw oEteniiss Journal
National Association of Church Business Administrators
Earth
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Ainsworth, Iowa
Committee On Economic Development
5Th Ave
New York
N.Y
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass
Iowa Daily Press Ass’n
Iowa Press Ass‘'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Evening Journal
P. O
Small Society
Brickman
Breckman
Alf
Dagwoo
Washington, D.C
Particu
Axbby
Herbert
Sylvia
Los Angeles
Cal
Post Office
Postal Service
Abigail van Buren
L. M. Boyd
Mary
John
Bat Masterson
Theodore Roosevelt
James Thurber
Dean Swift
Thurber
Tijuana
A. Tijuana
Finnan Haddie
Finnan
Findon
John Barrymore
Haddock
Trout Farm
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