Editorials on Educational TV and USIA News
Washington Iowa readers are urged to value educational broadcasting and the USIA role abroad. The piece praises Channel 12’s Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network programs, especially Anyone for Tennyson, and argues a free press helps reform. It cites Gallup on journalism and urges USIA to balance reporting with positive American achievements.
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Channel 12
IEBN
The
Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network
United States
USIA
Dr. Gallup
America
Locomotive threshing machine draws crowds in Brighton
The street locomotive owned by Wm Neall of Brighton, costing 1400, proved a novelty as it plied Brighton hills at 3 to 4 miles per hour. Brightonians lined the streets viewing the device, calling it a first class circus. The piece mentions Christmas preparations, fairs, and local notices including church festivals and charity events through December 28, with admissions of 10 cents.
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Wilde
Wm. Neall
Brighton
Widow Changes Mind About Life Insurance
Abby advises a 27 year old widow with two young children on life insurance after her late husband’s $50,000 policy. She regrets not purchasing more and notes salesmen push. The column also covers teen sexuality, censorship, and a sanitary dog-plate anecdote, ending with readers asked to write for a personal reply.
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Abby
San Clemente
Paris bridge duel ends with a revealing system clash
In Paris a pair championship yields a humorous moment as North led diamonds then clubs while South signaled. South questions East and West about their system, prompting North to quip not to reveal it. West goes down four tricks, score recorded for the event.
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Jean Besse
Switzerland
Europe
Paris
North
South
West
East
Too many men and not enough women
L M Boyd notes mutiny on The Bounty, Pitcairn settlement details with 15 men and 12 women, mutations and survival figures. He cites John Adams as survivor and ruler of the colony, then shifts to diverse trivia on Ojibway harvest earnings, Lincoln works, hair color facts, doctors with law degrees, Petronius on Roman banquets, early car air conditioning, divorce motives, and Hank Stram’s neckties at Saints. Copyright 1976 L M Boyd.
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Fletcher Christian
Bounty
Pitcairn’s Island
South Pacific
Christian
John Adams
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Fairfield
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Blondie
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Joey
Ol’ Santa
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News
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L.A
Calif
Jay Becker
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Chicago
Big City
Petronius
Packard
New Orleans Saints
Hank Stram
L. M. Boyd
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Boner
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