Charity donations rise in Iowa but inflation bites hard
An informal Iowa survey shows donations to major nonprofits increased in 1974 while inflation eroded purchasing power. UWGDM faced difficult budgeting for 1975 as funds rose modestly, not matching rising costs for research and materials. Local chapters report mixed gains and some reductions in merchandise pickups at Goodwill.
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Maria Misol
Drake University
Des Moines
UWGDM
Polk County
American Cancer Society
Iowa
United Way
Moingona Girl Scouts
DeLucia
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Sally Blake
Muscatine
Mary E. Harvey
Goodwill Industries
Kathy Beard
All star cast for Don Juan in Hell at UIowa Hancher
An all star cast led by Ricardo Montalban and Myrna Loy joins director John Houseman for Shaw's Don Juan in Hell at the University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium on January 24 at 8 p.m. The production features Kurt Kasznar and Edward Mulhare with tickets on sale for students January 9 and non students January 15.
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Don Juan
Hell
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hancher Auditorium
P.m
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
John Houseman
Ricardo Montalban
Myrna Loy
Dona Ana
Miss Loy
Claude Dauphin
Montalban
Tallulah Bankhead
John Wayne
Kurt Kasznar
Dona Ann
Uncle Louis
Max
Victor Velasco
Edward Mulhare
Prof
Henry Higgins
the Devil
von Ryan
U of I
Iowa
Dean Dablow
U of Museum of Art
Farm Bureau Board Elects Reelected Directors at Convention
At the 56th annual convention in New Orleans the American Farm Bureau Federation board reelected J Merrill Anderson of Des Moines Iowa Henry Knochenmus of Sioux Falls South Dakota and Carroll G Wilson of Fairbault Minnesota to two year terms.
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New Orleans
UPI
American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors
J. Merrill Anderson
Des Moines
Iowa
Henry Knochenmus
Sioux Falls
S. D
Carroll G. Wilson
Fairbault
Minn
Thought for the Day by Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy founder of the Christian Science Church notes that Spirit is the real and eternal while matter is illusionary and temporal. The saying frames a spiritual view contrasting eternal reality with transient physical form.
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Mary Baker Eddy
The
Christian Science Church
Mid Prairie High Art Club Creates Halloween Pumpkin Display
Mid Prairie Community High School art students promoted fundraising through a large scale pumpkin project built with netting, paper mache, paint and lights. They crafted seasonal window art, added a real Christmas tree, and produced ornaments for a festive Mid Prairie environment.
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Wellman
Mid Prairie Community High School
Art Club
Mid - Prairie High School
Mid - Prairie
Craig Shellady
Mid Prairie
Virus linked to human leukemia reported by NCI researchers
Two National Cancer Institute scientists say they have found a virus associated with human cancer in cells from a 61 year old woman with acute myelogenous leukemia. The finding could lead to new tests and treatments if confirmed by further studies.
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Washington
UPI
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Robert C. Gallo
Robert E. Gallagher
Government Research
Gallo
Gallagher
American Society of Hematology
Atlanta
Science
U S Plans F5A FSAF Jet Sale to Saudi for 800 Million
Amman reports Riyadh Radio says the United States will sell Saudi Arabia multiple squadrons of F5A and FSAF jet fighters valued at 800 million dollars.
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Amman
UPI
United States
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
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Wick Homes Division
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Speed Queen
Speel cGraw-Eoise
Queen N Company
Burt
Mid-Prairie
Washington Evening Journal
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Insurance Plan
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