Editorial: faith, politics, and education in Iowa
The piece argues faith and conscience guide public life while criticizing a proposed bill by Senator Nolan and Irving Long to strip the state Department of Public Instruction of teacher certification. It condemns the move as politically motivated and risks lowering long held education standards, urging caution and safeguarding standards while considering Amish schooling concerns.
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D. C. Nolan
Iowa City
Irving Long
Manchester
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Declamatory Contests Return To Local High School
A Journal note recalls 1920s 1930s high school declamatory contests and a debating team with a busy schedule. It mentions performers like John Mathews Jeannette Karel and Catherine Hull, and highlights the program including Yellow Butterflies while noting missing pieces Sparticus to the Gladiators The Cross of Gold and Billy on the Telephone.
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Billy
Traveling Libes Describe Mysterious Mexican Procession
In a journey toward Guadalajara the writer recalls a vast foot procession of Indians along the highway near Mexico City and a later wave of cyclists. They note forthright hospitality, booming beverage trade, and varied pines and turpentine in Michoacan while staying in Jiquilpam near Guadalajara.
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Park Villa
U.S.A
Jiquilpam
Guadalajara
Mexico
Blankets for Home Folks and Jello in Cake Mix
This reminiscence piece blends domestic highs and lows from Riverside in 1937. It cites blankets for Americans first while pondering aid to Algeria, recalls a white sparrow sighting at the Wilson home, and marks the birth of the speaker’s seventh daughter on January 29, 1937. It includes a coal ash path to aid a doctor reach the house and describes skating on icy roads. The column then explains a lemon Jello and cake mix dessert recipe and ponders what Jello adds to the mix.
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Algeria
Joe
Riverside
Mazda
Iowa Departments Face Question On Rule Filings
In Des Moines officials question whether state departments must file rules with both the secretary of state and the legislature. The 1961 law required filing within 30 days, with rules becoming permanent after adjournment. The legislature, speaker, and lieutenant governor have seen few filings beyond the secretary of state's office. The 30 day filing deadline with the legislature expires Feb 13, and an attorney general ruling may follow. Governor Hughes considers highway No. 20 paving progress for western Iowa.
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General Assembly
Secretary of State
House
Secretary of the State
Evan Hultman
Harold Hughes
Highway Commission
Iowa
Moville
Sioux City
Commission
Shah Eyes Reform as Iran Votes on Land and Literacy Plan
The 43 year old Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi pushes a six point reform program to end the landlord serf system improve workers share of national income and fight illiteracy. Women vote for the first time in a referendum that the Shah wins by a wide margin amid unrest. The plan includes land redistribution and new tax records to value land. the government seeks to curb powerful landowners and mullah opposition. The Shah has pursued reforms since Mossadegh ousted in 1953 and faces mixed support from farmers workers and students alike.
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Iran
Mohammed Reza _ Pahlevi
Caspian
Shah
Mohammed Mossadegh
Declarer Plays for Specific Diamond Division in Card Play
In a Becker column example, South must assume adversaries hold diamonds in a specific split to make the contract after spade ruff. He blanks on East having two to five diamonds and proceeds by cashing A K diamonds, then draws trumps and finally cashes remaining diamonds, discarding the queen from dummy. The outcome hinges on the actual diamond split.
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West
South
East
Declarer
Res Syndicate, Inc
Tomorrow's factory shown as efficient and quiet
At Chicago McCormick Place the 14th Plant Engineering and Maintenance Show highlighted future factories with remote control potential by 1970. Exhibits featured fire resistant walls, movable soundproof offices, modular furniture, battery tools, luminous ceilings and a portable soundproof room with full amenities.
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Chicago
UPI
Frank L. Whitney
Walter Kidde Constructors, Inc
Exposition Hall
McCormick Place
Evening Journal item from Washington IA January 31 1963
Readable text notes a 1963 date and Washington Iowa publication. No clear events, people, or organizations identified in the supplied fragment.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
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