Interior beer bottle float puzzles mind and sea
In a satirical piece from 1967, the Interior Department tests surface currents by drifting 10,000 beer bottles with sand ballast and glow cards. Miller High Life donated the bottles, prompting questions about bids, advertising, tax write offs, and maritime impact while pondering global riparian and environmental concerns. The column muses on hypocrisy, policy, and the absurdity of the scheme.
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Atlantic
Interior Department
Interior
Lady Bird Johnson
Gambia
England
World Court
Miller High Life
Washington Evening Journal personnel and details
The Washington Evening Journal outlines staff roles including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager and Charles Morris as News Editor Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising and other listed positions. It notes publication afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th and claims second class mail status under federal law.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
Don’t Drink Before Driving or Making a Will
Safety experts warn against intoxication when signing a will. Courts weigh testamentary capacity at the moment of signing, considering sobriety, drugs, and medical treatment. If drugs blur judgment, courts may order reduced meds or a simpler will to prove understanding and intent. The law tends to uphold valid wills when the testator shows awareness and intent.
Keota and Keota area visit notes from August
Lyle Palmers visit Maquoketa and Delmar relatives Aug 21. Tom and Luann Palmer stay with aunt Bill O Donnell in Delmar. Birthday supper honors Tommy Peiffer on his third birthday at Walford. Francis Wright Myrtle Trier vacation at Cedar Lake Minn with Bill Van Sickle family. Ed and Joe Conrads visit Brandon Missouri. Reber and Bohr groups host Keota families with pictures of Greens trip. Celeste and Juanita Funston from California staying with Clayton Funston grandparents. returning first week September.
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Lester Reber
Cindy Wagamon
Kalona
Alan Bohr
Speaker
Jeanie
Ruby Sharp
Everette Green
Keota
Kelly Bohr
Reber
Greens
Sierre Madre
California
Clayton Funston
Keota and Gladbrook Residents Visit Events
Mrs. Albert Luers and Marilyn visited Gladbrook with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Giles. Pam Jones of West Branch stayed with her sister the Myron Luers family. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mayer called on Raymond Beane in LaGrande, Iowa, with Beane and Mayer once roommates at University Hospitals Iowa City. En route home they visited Ber Nice Hurst in North English. Saturday evening guests included Raymond Gillaspie of Fairfield and Alice Leeper with Ricky of Canon City, Colorado. Daryl Baughman and Carl Gilland drove to Ottumwa for dinner with Richard Anderson of Kenosha Wisconsin and Ed Hafferty of Chariton. Visitors at Pete Becker’s Sunday included Adrian Hoenig and son of Fort Madison, Norbert Becker and family of Ainsworth, and Joe Becker and family of West Point, plus Kenny Jaeger and sons visiting Linda Jaeger at Iowa City and Conrad Colbert.
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Keota
Albert Luers
Marilyn
Frank Giles
Gladbrook
Pam Jones
West Branch
Myron Luers
Richard Mayer
LaGrande
Iowa
Raymond Beane
Beane
Mr. Mayer
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Mayer
Berniece Hurst
North English
Raymond Gillaspie
Fairfield
Alice Leeper
Ricky
Canon City
Colorado
Leeper
Son
Daryl Baughman
Carl Gilland
Ottumwa
Richard Anderson
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Ed Hafferty
Chariton
Pete Becker
Adrian Hoenig
Fort Madison
Norbert Becker
Ainsworth
Joe Becker
West Point
Kenny Jaeger
Linda Jaeger
Conrad Colbert
Hal Fritchen breaks foot at Richland
Hal Fritchen, 12, son of Mr and Mrs H C Bud Fritchen, fractured his foot Thursday while working in the Harold Derby hayfield. He was treated at Ottumwa Hospital and expected to wear a walking cast. Also noted are church assignments and a birth in the Richland area, plus a new service room at Oswalt Rest Home and staff changes at Parsons College and Ft Leonard Wood military housing.
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Hal Fritchen
H. C
Bud) Fritchen
Harold Derby
Ottumwa Hospital
L. J. Bergthold
Richland
Mother Cabrini
Holy Trinity Church
Richmond
Thomas Stratman
Martin
St. Peter's Church
Keokuk
Bill Stratman
St. James Church
Washington
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Bergthold
Richland Church
Karla Sue
Keokuk Co. Hospital
Sigourney
Richard Bond
Ivan Waggoner
Wellman
Russell Bond
Clarence Bond
Edith Waggoner
Mike Hadley
Parsons College
Ft. Leonard Wood
Viet Nam
Oswalt Rest Home
A Declarer’s Dilemma In A Tricky Bridge Hand
South ruffs the second spade lead and plays a club finesse but loses to the king. The article explains why discarding a club at trick two, not ruffing, improves the chance to make the contract if trumps are 4-2 and the club king is offside.
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Declarer
South
West
East
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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McAvoy
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Washington, Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass'n
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Iowa Press Ass'n
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Carrie
Lyle Palmers
Maquoketa
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
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Frank Mayer
B. Jay Becker
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