Public notices and thoughts on theater and space
Editorials and features from the Washington Evening Journal dated October 16 1967 discuss the value of theater near the state university with prices far lower than Broadway. They also reflect on the bucket and dipper metaphor for human interactions and note a UN subcommittee's struggle to define outer space.
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Washington
Evening Journal
Iowa
University Theater
Iowa City
United Nations
Outer Space
Surprise for Gingerich Findison's Book in Leningrad Library
The account recalls Dr. Gingerich of the Mennonite committee living in Goshen Indiana and visiting Leningrad from Kiev. The trip covers 1200 miles by air, budget details, and summaries of Peter the Great era landmarks including the Winter Palace the Hermitage and Peterhof. The narrator meets a Leningrad library official who offers to obtain a copy of his book and notes access to The New York Times.
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Dr. Gingerich
Mennonite General Conference
Washington
Goshen
Indiana
Lenin
Peter I
Peter the Great
Baltic Sea
Baltic
Gulf of Finland
Neva
Peter
Leningrad
Europe
New York Times
Library of Congress
America
The Last Butterfly and Man’s Impact on Extinction
An Oregon biologist warns that insects face a peril from pesticides, weed killers, and bulldozers. The piece contrasts dramatic extinctions with the quiet fate of the butterfly, noting its simple life from caterpillar to cocoon and its fragile existence influenced by human activity.
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Earth
Oregon
Italy Beats Argentina in 1958 Match of Contract Bridge
In a 1958 Italy vs Argentina match, D A lelio and partner contract six clubs doubled twice netting 950 points for Italy at one table after aggressive bidding and ruffing. Bella Donna and Avarelli the other Italian pair reached four spades, winning 420 extra points for a total gain of 1 370 points for Italy.
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Italy
Argentina
Chiaradia
D'Alelio
D’alsio
West
Declarer
Belladonna
North
Avarelli
South
Res Syndicate, Inc
Neapolitan Kiss and Everyday Curiosities Reel in Readers
A quirky column notes daily kiss advice, calories in pizza and rocking chairs, and odd folklore. It cites I Q tests, Bavarian mugs, Indian moccasins, and a minister's son, plus light items on Swedish grandmothers, the first lady police chief, and 1914 tango trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Q
Janan
Dolly Spencer
Milford
Ohio
Ainsworth Firm Creates Weekly Sanitation Service
The Sacha Women's Study Club of Ainsworth organized a weekly garbage pickup for residents this spring. Art Reynolds of Iowa City collects the trash each Saturday morning, rate five 50 cents, with subscriptions via Mrs. Dale Buck. The program aims to keep Ainsworth clean and curb unlawful dumping at the town dump.
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Ainsworth
Sacha Women’s Study Club of
Dale Buck
Art Reynolds
Iowa City
Funeral services for Virgil A Smith held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for Virgil A Smith were held Friday at 2 pm in the Jones Funeral Home with the Rev Richard Peterson in charge. Mr and Mrs James Frier sang a duet. Pallbearers were James Frier Francis Reed Howard Sayre Paul Kolesick Wayne Berry and Lyle Churchill. Burial was in Friends Cemetery at Pleasant Plain.
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God
University of Northern Iowa
University of Northern Tennessee
Northern Missouri State Teachers College
Broadway
University Theatre
New York
Euripides
King Lear
Shakespeare
Edward Albee
Moon In the Yellow River
Chicago
Minneapolis
Ames, Iowa
Ames Tribune
Washington, Iowa
Gingerich
Findison
By Melvin Gingerich
Kiev
Time Magazine
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Hermitage Fine Arts Gallery
The
Hermitage
Louis XIV
Versailles
Lit
Tle
Peterhof
Petrodvorets
Palace of Versailles
Paris
Bray
Joe
Palooka
Oita
Joanne
Miss Deere
Ane
By Jim Fiebig
B. Jay Becker
East Dealer
L. M. Boyd
Buddy
Fames
Eushanl Lee
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