Uproar in Prescott as age, politics echo through letter
Allen Green, Prescott, writes a caustic pastiche to a newspaper editor on March 18, describing aging, national policy, and the 1964 and 1968 political landscape. He critiques LBJ, Goldwater, and union power, then pivots to fashion mini skirts, youth culture, and a humorous aside about a bride’s flower gown.
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B.C
Johnson City
Meany
Reuther
Union Labor Movement
Cortez St
Prescott
H.S
Old Nash school records reveal 1860s salaries and duties
Charles Harley found an 1860 to 1920 Nash school account book listing a teacher’s monthly pay of 24 dollars, coal and stove repairs, and fees for a water pail. Minutes show fence building, chimney repairs, privy bids, and varying term lengths. Directors include J S Nash and Andy Augustine. the school later joined West Chester Consolidated after WWI.
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Wellman
Professor Moses
Jesse Lewis
Charles Curran Jr
Morgan Foster
Irvin Rickey
Leslie Lewis
Gerald Hendrix
Ethel Whetstine
Flora Wells
Miss Willer
Ellen Gardner
Ruth Patterson
Nellie Taylor
Ina Chapman
Margaret Fleming
Nina Hole
Myrtle Taylor
Georginia von Hoene
Eugene Testroot
Charles Harley
West Chester
Old Nash School
Iowa
Nash School
Franklin Township
Washington
Cuddeback Place
George Statler
Brighton
J. S. Nash
Mike Hollinger
Jonathan Brinton
Joe Badger
A. M. Houck
E. J. Lowash
J. L. McConnaughey
Miss Robertson
Ed Ford
Emna Porter
Bessie Purvis
Clara Tate
Miss Moothart
Effie VanSikle
West Chester Consolidated
Andy Augustine
Washington News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Local history notes. Army leave at Ft Leonard Wood. Iowa City piano recital by William Palmer. Mrs Donald L Smith visits Burlington to meet newborn Jeffrey Jay Griffith. Parson's College student Zilpha Woods makes honor roll. Local servicemen complete six months active duty. UI student Pat Sheetz visiting. Chamber dinner with Lawrence Harrison keynote. Glee Club to sing in Washington. Land donation for new school site tied to April 19 vote. Indoor Little Six meet results with eight sup ratings. Summer-home visits and business leases noted. Public works on railroad crossing signals planned. First aid lectures slated by YMCA. Parking enforcement steps discussed.
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Charles W. Luckenbill
Ft. Leonard Wood
William Palmer
School of Music
The
State University
Music Hall
Iowa City
William
W. A. Palmer
Donald L. Smith
Denise
Diane
Burlington
C. J. Griffith
Griffith
Jeffrey Jay
Smith
Zilpha Woods
Parson’s College
Fairfield
Miss Woods
C. H. Woods
Davenport
Silas Ross
Marie Woods
Washington
Don Embree
Bill Moore
Jerome Marie
Gary Havel
Robert Zager
Army
Denver
Pat Sheetz
Linda Stewart
West Chester
University of Iowa
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Owl Club
Wesleyan
T. C. Polk
YMCA
John Wheelan
Arenzi
Allen Stewart
Bill Walker
George Freshwaters
Dougherty Brothers
Phil D. Antonoff
B and B
David Pearson
Kalona
Vic Westphal
Chicago
Lew Warren
Montreal
Canada
Y’s Men
Parents Teachers Association of
the Heights
Shields
John Shields
Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
Harry Linn
Horse and Mule Breeder’s Association of Iowa
H.F. Masson
Unusual Duck Signal in Four Spades Contract
In a four spade contract from the Masters Championship, declarer South ducked the jack of clubs to avoid a dangerous lead. East failed to interpret the maneuver and could have won the jack and shifted to hearts to set up three heart tricks. The article analyzes the mistaken defense and explains how the proper inference and switch might have defeated the contract.
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Declarer
South
East
West
Queen of Hearts
Res Syndicate, Inc
Caribbean stamp set features Churchill seascapes and more
The Gre Nada independent island releases six values with Churchill paintings including seascapes. Bahamas issues three items April 1 honoring Human Rights Year with a flaming torch design and Queen Elizabeth portrait. Ghana prints four stamps with a Jan Paul Gillemans Still Life and a Cocoa theme. Dahomey issues five stamps on Pendjari wildlife. Europe Euro 1968 stamps begin April, Cyprus Europa set April 29. Route 301 radar sign noted in Family Safety.
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Caribbean
Grenada
Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill
Bahamas
Elizabeth
Ghana
Jan Paul Gillemans
Dahomey
Pendjari
Cyprus
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the Washington Samy
Evening Journal
Allen Green
Prescott, Arizona
Sam
David Brinkley
Washington, D. C
Fords
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Barry Goldwater
Barry
Air Force
LBJ
Hubert
Rome
China
Russia
Vietnam
Lenin
America
Utopia
Fdr
Senate
Wellman High School
Lloyd Hole
Earnest Wahl
Leonard Schackner
Carrol Durian
John Henn
Cloyce Adams
Guy Moothart
Cecil Oldaker
Ivan Weidlien
Merton Fisher
Fred Desing
Tom Messenger
Clark Brown
Richard Freel
Velma Maplethorpe
Francis Cochran
Miss Parsons
Olivia Wiedlein
Arthur Carr
Viola Brown
Miss Kyle
Laura Longwell
Ethel Ayers
Nellie Morrow
Rosalind Hamilton
Una Ayers
Esther Shaw
Olive Brown
Charles Hotle
Lee Gordon, Harry Davidson
Emil Anderson, and
Lawrence
Pops) Harrison
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Ramseyer
M. E. de- Lashmutt
Margaret
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Gwendolyn Ramseyer
Beverly Brown
Drake University Girls Glee Club
Margaret Corbin
Lew
Florence Rohrer
Lillian Brown
Robert Thompson
James Sexton
Walter Eastwood
B. Jay Becker
South West
By Walt Green
UPI
North Carolina
Family Safety
National Safety Council
Small Society
President Johnson
Brickman
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