Editorial Reflections on School Desegregation and Civic Pride
The page recalls serving God as a daily duty and critiques Cedar Falls for its smiling city emblem after three UNI students painted a likeness on a water tower, then faced charges for public property damage. It praises a lively school concert, notes Pulitzer winner Horace Davis Jr. for editorials on desegregation, and quips about his two finger typing.
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University of Northern Iowa At
Cedar Falls
Chamber of Commerce
AFS Benefit Concert Nets Over 250 For Exchange Program
The AFS benefit concert at the high school last Friday drew a large crowd and raised more than 250 for the foreign exchange program. Performers included the Hi-Fi vocal group and the high school jazz band, delivering entertaining, well staged student-led entertainment.
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AFS
AFL
Washington High School
Pressure to close mental institutions eyed by Iowa Legislature
Iowa lawmakers are urged to defer capital funding for four mental health facilities and two juvenile homes, instead proposing a 25000 interim study on their present and future roles. The plan, supported by leaders, follows pressure to close facilities amid declining patient numbers and includes reviews of two juvenile homes and related institutions.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Clarinda
Mount Pleasant
Cherokee
Independence
Annie Wittenmyer
Davenport
Toledo
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Social Services
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Wellman Community Notes and Activities
The Wellman Happy Hour Club met with 20 ladies in Odd Fellows Hall. May birthdays honored for Mrs. Tresa Yoder and Mrs. Gertrude Griffith. Local TV of Billy Graham Crusade planned May 24 25 26 on Channel 2 from Lexington. Wellman skating rink to summer hours start June 1 Tuesdays 7 10 pm Thursdays 7 9 30 pm admission 75 and 50 cents. Gray Ladies hosted Shenks Nursing Home birthday party for April May. Conways moving to Illinois in July and Mr. Conway retiring as principal. Gray Ladies to bingo May 26 before summer break. Visits from Ralph Bringman to Connally home. Zoe Butterbaugh surgery at University Hospital Iowa City. other Sunday visits to Wagamon home.
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Lida Rowe Wellman
Happy Hour Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Ruth Page
Dorothy Peterstein
Hazel Enfield
Tresa Yoder
Gertrude Griffith
Billy Graham
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Syl Hoffs
Angelo Marchesana
Des Moines
Fred Kahler
Sigourney
Wellman
Shenks Nursing Home
Ray Marner
Emma Webster
Ruby Jacobs
Hester Conway
Conways
Illinois
Conway
West Chester
Ruth Bringman
Lucille Ross
Erma Rugg
Norma Gardner
Elizabeth Henn
Gray Ladies
Famous World Championship Bridge Deal Shifts 1969 Match
The France United States 1969 world championship match featured a dramatic North South hand where Boulinger overcalled then sacrificed to seven hearts, costing France 2,210 points after North accepted the challenge. A later US defense at seven hearts led to a 2,010 point swing for the Americans.
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France
United States
Svare
Boulenger
Rapee
Lazard
Hearts
North
Kantar
Hamman
U.S
Tintner and Stetten
West
South
East
Es Syndicate
Ane
Nic A
Richland Families Gather for Visits and Birth Announcement
Visits Sunday afternoon included Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Tucker Ottumwa Mrs. Mildred Olive Oskaloosa and Mr. and Mrs Lewis Krewson Brighton. A baby girl Jenifer Sigred McCormick arrived May 13 at Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield weighing 8 pounds 3 ounces. Grandparents George McCormick Richland John Dunaway Ollie Ellen Dunaway Minneapolis great grandparents Marie Dunaway Oskaloosa Guy McCormick Fairfield. Additional visits featured Albert Hahn Keota Mervyn Fulton family and Doyle Hartnell Jerry Hartnell Terri Jo Pfeiffer Marion.
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Don Long Richland
Junior Krewson
Tommy Tucker
Ottumwa
Mildred Olive
Oskaloosa
Lewis Krewson
Brighton
Mike McCormick
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Jennifer Sigred
George McCormick
Jerry Hartnell
Terri Jo
Omer Pfeiffer
Marion
Delicate Browning and bizarre bohemian musings
A miscellany of Salon chatter and odd facts includes jokes about Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Doura Agha’s marriages, casino token profits, and curious science notes. The piece mixes literary praise with startling quirks and charts the author’s provocative takes.
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Nixon
God
Minnesota
Ken Connelly
Girls Glee Club
Horance Davis Jr
Gainesville
Davis
Washington
Evening Journal
Mr. Davis
University of Florida
Kentucky
Iowa Falls
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Appropriations Committee
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Executive Council
Francis Messerly
Happy Hour
Ralph Bringman
Charles Connally
Solon
Zoe Butterbaugh
University Hospital
Iowa City
Carroll Sitter
Shirley
Ellis Ladd
Pearl Wagamon
B. Jay Becker
West Pass
Dalo
Krewsons
Pieter
Boner
Gorkry
TR. U.& Pet
ALL
Things
Elmer
L. M. Boyd
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Robert Browning
Mr. Barrett
Wimpole Street
Doura Agha
Turkey
U.S. Supreme Court
Nevada
Gilroy Roberts
U.S. Mint
Washington, Iowa
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