Editorials Ought For The Day Welcome In 1971
A New Year theme marks the January 1 1971 page with reflections on a clean slate and hopes for a better year. It notes the value of car electric turn signals for safety and laments luxuries becoming necessities while wishing readers a hopeful start despite 1970’s shortcomings. The piece recalls Pandora’s box and ends by highlighting hope as the final spirit that lightens mankind’s troubles as the New Year begins.
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Pandora
Hell
Pandora's Box
Thoughts for a New Year from The Christophers 1963
A calendar excerpt presents aphorisms and quotes on action and virtue. Notable lines urge acts of kindness, the courage of right action, and pacific unity, attributed to Confucius and Thomas Carlyle. The piece reflects on living with purpose as the year begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Christophers
New Year’s Eve and Day Reflections From 1971 Evening Journal
The article reflects on the meaning of New Year celebrations, noting uncertainty about what is being celebrated and the role of hope. It weaves in quotations from Pandora, Mark Twain, and others, stressing living well so death may not bring regret, and ends with a religious note about learning silence.
Iowa lawmakers file pre filing bills for session
Legislators begin submitting pre filed bills to the Legislative Service Bureau to speed the start of the General Assembly. Rep Donald V Doyle proposes official auto license plates with a five dollar fee and higher highway speeds for vehicles towing boat trailers. Other measures include tighter penalties for crimes using firearms, expanded blood donation rights for minors, expanded wiretapping rules for law enforcement, clarifications on sales tax exemptions for farm sales, lobbying and financial disclosures, adjournment date planning, and pesticide application supervision by Iowa licensed applicators. Senators Nicholson, Gilst and others file a bill to bar unauthorized access to public buildings and to deter property damage and nuisances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
IDPA
Legislative Service Bureau
General Assembly
Donald V. Doyle
Sioux City
Doyle
S. J. Brownlee
R-Emmetsburg
Harold ©. Fischer
R-Wellsburg
Fischer
Bert E. Priebe
D-Algona
Richard C. Turner
Priebe
Gene. Glenn
D-Ottumwa
Glenn
Supreme and
District Courts
Richard Welden
Alowa Falls
Iowa
George Pierson
R-Oskaloosa
Fewell Waugh
Whiting
James Middleswart
Indiana
Dear Abby advice column excerpts on begging and relationships
Dear Abby answers reader questions about begging strangers for money on the street and misgivings after fleeting romantic decisions. The column advises resisting petty charity, questioning engagement readiness, and setting boundaries with a pushy sister in law.
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Abby
Weekend visits and Christmas gatherings in Washington Iowa
Mr and Mrs Charles Jenkins hosted nieces Mrs Kenton Clymer El Paso Texas and Lynn Arrowsmith Los Angeles California plus grandmother Mrs Margaret Sundee Hammond Indiana over the weekend. Numerous relatives from Wellman Washington Loveland Mitchellville Muscatine and Cedar Falls attended meals, gifts and bridge group events. Jim Frame plans to return to the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls after vacation with his parents.
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Ainsworth
Dec
Charles Jenkins
Kenton Clymer
el Paso
Tex
Lynn Arrowsmith
Los Angeles
Calif
Margaret Sundee
Hammond
Ind
Martha Jean Erickson
Littleton
Mass
Milburn Spessard
Ronald Ornduff
Ornduff
Ed Whetstine
Kerry Beth
Larry Whetstine
Wellman
Jay Hough
Terry
Jeff
West Chester
Lawrence Whetstine
Washington
John Frame
Jim
Bob
Bill Frame
Loveland
Cole
Dianne Rossman
Lone Tree
W. R. Murphy
Max M. White
Owen White
Aft
Orie O'Connor
Max M
Max’ M. White
Leland White
Fairfield
Joan Rame
Earl Steele
Bill Steele
Harold Groff
Oscar Steele
Riverside
Don Gipple
Altoona
Jerry Gipple
Mitchelville
Bill Gipple
Herbert Sywassink
John Sprouse
Muscatine
Preston Edmondson
Charles
Gene Stephens
Jack Houlthaus
Omaha
Paul Pennington
West Burlington
Christma Day
George Pennington
Ali
Forrest Jones
Town City
Shennie Buck
Francis Roth
Nortons
Checking Up 4 Checking Up 4 An Actress
A mosaic of media satire and social trivia notes hair color myths and marketable looks. It cites a Cameraman claim on blonde slimness plus a social security claim about 12 jobs and poetry lines about girls eyes and bustlines. It also catalogues TV ads and Q A bits with playful gossip and linguistic lore from 1970.
Washington Journal Publication Blanks and Address Line
Fragmentary OCR shows a Washington Journal item with addresses and staff names including Audie Boren and Leonard Llewellyn, mentions of Inland Daily Press Association, and retail trade area notes. Details are garbled with inconsistent punctuation and missing dates, providing little readable event or outcome to summarize.
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Washington Journal
Washington
Marion
Town
Mice, Shannon &’ Co
Inland Daily
Iowa
Audie’ Boren
Harles Morris
Rdobert Shatter
Mana
Leonard Llewellyn
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Evening Journal
George Ferguson
McMlxxi
Confucius
Thomas Carlyle
Ivsan Oua
Mark Twain
Annonyr
God
Charles Morgan
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Edward &:. Nicholson
R-Davenport
Bass Vai Gilst
D-Oskaloosa
Aly
Abilgail van Buren
Buddy
Cal
Jenkins
C. A. Thompson
L. M. Boyd
Chicago
Dick Butkus
Butkus
Sweden
New Zealand
Gallo Boys
California
Indochina
Marilyn Monroe
Britain
Seattle
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Aington
Er Sa
Essa
AARNE
Rex
Baan
Kitty
Fritzi
Ist Ins
Happy New
van Frome Newey
Sluggong
Ernie Busine
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