Dr Pepper Gains Spotlight From Golf Feats and New York Entry
In a July 15 1971 editorial the paper notes Dr Pepper’s surge in public attention after Lee Trevino’s sweep of the U S Open Canadian Open and British Open. It reports Dr Pepper’s New York market entry via Coca Cola Bottling Co and questions Eastern reception. The piece touches on Trevino as Super Mex and cites a humor about using a bottle as a club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pepper
Lee Trevino
Lee
Texas
New York
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Impossible Atlases and the Highway Dilemma
A reader laments the imbalance in maps favoring railroads or highways and calls for a balanced atlas showing rivers mountains and main roads. The Ames Daily Tribune notes inquiries from Carl Alkire at the University of Chicago barber shop about shifting styles as students and faculty adopt neater, shorter hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Alkire
Journal Receives New Offset Press in Washington Iowa
Tuesday morning the Journal unloaded a new 11 ton offset press from Fort Worth Texas arriving at its Washington Iowa site. Erector Mr Sutton of Cottrell and Des Moines riggers will assemble and align the press then train staff on operation and maintenance as the newsroom adapts to a higher capacity of up to 12000 papers per hour. Delayed supplies and ongoing regular work mix with anticipation as the paper gears up for daily deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Ft. Worth
Texas
Sunday school class plans for a Richland picnic
Richland Missouri? no Richland church hosts Golden Rule Sunday School class social after services on July 18 with a family picnic. The Richland Cub Scouts will host an invitational track meet with Keota Boy Scouts on July 21 at the Richland ball park. A coop supper follows at the Richland Lions Building for scouts and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donaldson Richland
Sumner McCracken
Washington, D.C
Paul McCracken
Golden Rule
Richland Friends Church
Richland Cub Scouts
Richland and
Keota
Richland Ball Park
Coop
Richland Lions Building
Center Club
Fern Paxson
Stacy Leathers
Gilbert Leathers
Ollie
Carrol Morgan
Royce Huff
Richland
New York Life Insurance Co
Star Club
Royce
Kathy Sievers
Lake Geneva
Wis
Fairfield
Howard Snyder Jr
Bill Wonderlich
Rex Reinier
Russell Parsons
Hayden Evans
Ottumwa
Evans
Ozarks
Raymond Swartzwelter
Kathy
Bradley Swartzwelter
Mike Wilson
Town City
Laura Swartzwelter
Visting
Wilson
Duane Weber
Cedar Rapids
Jim Hoskins
Harold Salts
Anamosa
Bill Sable
Sables
Batavia
Salt
Marvin Wymore
Floyd Lyon
Rufus McCracken
Morgan Wells
Packwood
Kenneth Lankford
Cletus Yoder
Ralph Shirkey
Russell
Elsie Yoder
Jim Yoder
Sigourney
George Bright
Cape$ Coral
Fla
Center School
Frytown
Enrollment decline hits Iowa private and public schools
Des Moines reports show private school enrollment dropping from 104175 to 71117 since 1966 while public school totals fell modestly in 70 71 to 659576. Projections suggest combined school enrollment may shrink by about 100000 by 1977, with kindergarten declines impacting future graduation. Census data indicate fewer births, linking lower enrollments to Iowa's falling birth rate.
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Des Moines
DPA
Towa
State Department of Public Instruction
Lic
Iowa
Kinkindergarten
Dergarten
Grandsons visit in Hoekstra home
Richland notes detail various local visits and social gatherings. Families visiting include Coxs, Hoekstras, Morgans, Greesons, Nordykes, and Hayes. Members attend Y T C camp in Indianola and trips to Rathburn Lake. Other guests come from Ottumwa, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City. multiple extended family visits are listed with hosting duties and church activities.
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Kermit Hinshaw
Hinshaw
J. R. Simpson
Robert McCombs
Virginia Beach
Homer Dressler
Dresslers
Lee Crawford
Wichita
Kan
Roy Stevens
Cairo
Harold Smith
Fairfield
Sally Hinshaw
YTC
Lake Aquabia
Indianola
Wayne Parsons
Mary Beth
Will Adam
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Howard Adrian
Dave Dickey
Packwood
Adrian
Hubert Weber
Keota
Herbert Blakely
Gilbert Leathers
Elizabeth Curtis
Alan Hawley
Jim
Aurora
Ohio
Mike Hawley
Indianapolis
Curtis
Wanda Rudolph
Nat Birt R
Jack Bottorff
Terrie
Adrianne Bottorff
Adrienne Bottorff
George Warmer
Orville Bottorff
Donald Long Richland
Wilford Cox
Carol
Mabel Cox
John Cox
Lee Holland
Washington
Carroll Morgan
Y.T.C. Camp
Harold Greeson
D.C
Sumner McCracken
David
John
Jamie
Danny Snyder
Jr. Snyder
Slara Hoekstra
Des Moines
W. E. Luithly
Loree Roach
Ottumwa
Willa Mae Swinney
Marie Snider
Andrew George
Ed Sheppley
Lisa
Susan
Dubuque
Sheppley
Clelia Letts
Mary
Stacy
Scott
Rathburn Lake
Moravia
Merle Mathias
Gerald Frankhauser
Ollie
George Bright
Cape Coral
Fla
Bright
Ralph Shirkey
Richard Sentman
Cedar Rapids
Dave Sentman
Iowa City
Annual event and parade prizes for Kiddies Parade
The article notes awards in the Maurice Conrad Prizes Kiddies Parade with prizes for Wagons, Avon Calling, Man's Best Friend, Three little kittens, and other categories. It also mentions weddings and visits by numerous families, a wedding in Cedar Rapids and travel between Iowa communities, with several names and locations including Marshall Minnesota, Cedar Rapids, and Clear Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Williams
Laurie Williams
Billy Miller
Jeff Anderson
David Dill
Robyn’ Wells
Tina Cottrell
Janelle Short
Melody Northup
Sandra’ Carris
Charles Wolfe
Cedar Rapids
Debra
Iowa City
B. J Byrne
Ronnie
Dormer Squeezed Seven Tricks In Masters Pair Match
In a Masters Pair championship hand Al bert Dormer opened 1NT and, with Derek Rimington, reached 6NT. A spade lead and careful heart and diamond play led to a dramatic squeeze for a thirteenth trick, despite West ultimately discarding to permit the final sequence.
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Albert Dormer
Derek Rimington
West
Dormer
East
Ast
Declarer
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Evening Journal
Jesus
God
Ames Daily Tribune
University of Chicago
Alkire
Dave Elder
Journal Force
Journal Building
Post Office
Court House
Cottrell Press Company
Shington
Dion
Zeny
Nayetenes
Ant
Alf
Harrison Weber
Lowe Daily Press
Hoekstra
Herbert Vogel
Cassville
Herbert Cate Cates
Carl Voxe
Albert Harras
Peter Hahn
Joan Stout
Lori
Clayton Funston
Paul Sievert
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Clear Creek
Grant Ellis
Harry Johnson
John Harras
B. Jay Becke
Norra
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