Editorial on sports heroes and cultural funding
The piece applauds Terry McDermott, a Michigan barber who won America’s first Olympic gold in speed skating, and critiques media hype around favored athletes. It argues Congress should fund ongoing performing arts programs beyond a one time JFK Center grant to raise national culture nationwide.
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America
Essexville
Michigan
Terry McDermott
Austria
McDermott
United States
Barber
Congress
Kennedy
Gypsum Giant hoax carded from Ackley to Cardiff fame
The Cardiff Giant hoax began in Ackley Iowa when George Hull had a gypsum block carved into a ten foot figure. It was shipped to Chicago then Cardiff New York where crowds paid to view the sleeping giant. Hull and William Newell profited while scientists feuded over its authenticity.
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Ackley
Iowa
George Hull
Hull
Fort Dodge
Chicago
Scculptor
Cardiff
New York
William Newell
Newell
Andrew White
Cornell University
Pot
Barnum
Marsh
Yale
Vinced Parsons
Buffalo
Gardner Cowles
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Farmers Museum
Cooperstown
Mars life closer to Earth as clouds prove smog theory
Two U S scientists suggest Martian life would resemble Earth life. Clouds around Mars previously linked to an atmosphere like Earth's are now identified as smog. The discovery dampens Mars travel hopes and shapes the space life debate.
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United States
Mars
Earth
Welfare officials clash with critic over ADC program
Des Moines IDPA Bray accuses county workers of being paper bound while board chairman Lawrence Putney defends field calls to ADC recipients. Putney cites 16 forms per case and vows to cut abuses while Bray urges publishing recipient names and stricter supervision.
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Bray Putney
DES Moines
IDPA
State Board of Social Welfare
Lawrence Putney
Welfare Department
ADC
Putney
Bray
Robert L. Bray
Pottawattamie
Legislative Committee
Put
Pottawattamie County
The School Bus Driver Speaks
A poem by Stanley Mouser urges patience and caution around school buses. It praises drivers as steady safeguards and asks motorists and parents to enforce safety rules, noting flashing signals, stop lines, and the risk to children if drivers hurry or ignore warnings.
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Calgary Herald
Burlington
Washington
Wasworld
Ft. Dodge
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Galusha Parsons
Con
The
Savings & Investment
Williams
Naval Air Station
BANKS
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Evening Journal
By Stanley Mouser
Wellman, Low
Joe Palooka
Mark
DR. Menta
Joe
Dixie Dugan
BY Mevoy and
Striebel
Nancy
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Sluggo
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