Rotary Exchange Students Bring Courtesy to Washington Hosts
An Iowa Herald editorial reflects on hosting Rotary Exchange students traveling by bus across the country. A Brasilian civil engineer student and a Japanese law student stayed with local families, who received personal thank you notes posted from Des Moines. The piece commends courtesy while noting some urged messaging from tour leaders.
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Say Something Profound And The Value Of Knowledge
A reader recalls Dr Charles W Elliot Harvard College president and compiler of The Harvard Classics who once replied to a women's club requesting his ten greatest thoughts He offered lines about road choices price and value progress and distance summarizing how knowledge and science influence life yet moral action remains essential.
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Why the Tall Grass
The Tall Grass explains why roadside grass is left unmowed as the highway and conservation commissions cooperate to create nesting sites for pheasants and other ground nesting wildlife. Grass will not be cut until after July 1 due to a shortage of nesting cover in intensified farming areas.
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Notox Non Toxic Glue Promises Safe Cement for Youths
Model Products of Mount Clemens Michigan says its Notox model cement is non toxic and citrus smelling. The firm says it substitutes a harmless citrus derivative for harmful solvents to curb glue sniffing. Virginia H Knauer lauds the development as technology with a conscience and promises more such reports.
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Mount Clemens
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Virginia H. Knauer
Consumer Affairs
Fat Doctor Money Makers and Quips From L M Boyd
A compiled fragment column quotes LM Boyd on fat doctors earning over 100000 yearly, then shifts to assorted jokes about Groucho Marx skyjackings and medical trivia. Includes brief quips about southern belles versus northern girls, Civil War swords pricing, and Helen Keller as a literary advocate.
Bridge B Backer To The Owl And The Pussycat South dealer
North-South vulnerable. The bidding ends at 3NT after a sequence. A moral tale interrupts with a fable about a jackass and a mongoose who discuss conventions. The owl and mongoose narrate a double of the slam and smart plays.
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Animal Kingdom
Featus
Es Syndicate, Inc
Don’t bury parental love until it’s too late
Readers share long memories of missed opportunities to show love to parents and the regret that lingers after they are gone. A note recalls a letter printed years ago about visiting Mom and Dad, urging readers to express affection while there is time.
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June 27, 1972 historic date in brief
United Press International notes June 27 1972 is the 179th day of the year with 187 to follow. It marks Helen Keller’s birth in 1880 and historical events such as Edward Gibbon completing The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in 1787 and Truman’s 1950 order to aid South Korea. The entry lists celestial signs for the day and Cancer as the zodiac.
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United Press International
Jupiter
Helen Keller
Edward Gibbon
New York Stock Exchange
Truman
U.S
South Korea
Washington Evening Journal publication details
The text lists staff names and roles for the Washington Evening Journal including Elder Shannon as president editor and business manager William Shannon as vice president and advertising director Charles Morris as managing editor and Robert Shaffer as local advertising manager Leonard Llewellyn as production superintendent. It shows subscription rates by carrier and mail, with prices and terms for in town, in Iowa and outside town, and notes about circulation and office location at 111 North Marion Ave Washington Iowa.
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