Maggie Higgins counts Vietnam optimism against grim odds
In Chicago Maggie Higgins argues Viet Nam is turning the corner with U S aid. She challenges the view of Buddhist dominance, noting Buddhists are a faction within a mixed religious landscape. The people outside Saigon gain seeds, stock, and arms, while Diem and allies push guerrillas toward a final, costly victory.
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Maggie) Higgins
Korea
Viet Nam
New York Herald
Tribune
Maggie Higgins
Saigon
Maggie
Chicago
Saa Maggie
Madam Nhu
Diem
U.S
Delaware AG rules voluntary Bible reading in schools allowed
Delaware Attorney General Buckson holds that religious observance may continue in public schools on a voluntary basis despite prior state laws deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. He emphasizes that no laws are needed to compel exercise and that rights to religious services exist even without statutes.
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Delaware
Buckson
United States Supreme Court
Stop-Watch Returns To Owner In Washington Iowa
A reader thanks the community as a stolen stopwatch is recovered after a letter to an unknown person. The writer notes the watch is back, in good condition, and suggests a possible lesson learned. The note ends with gratitude to anyone involved.
Withholding tax debate splits Iowa officials
Des Moines I D P A State tax commissioner Lynn Potter says a withholding system would favor a Republican governor and could yield a windfall, while Andrew George contends such a system burdens laborers and won t open data on others. Potter also calls for reform of Iowa corporate taxes and notes cigarette tax projections. He adds concerns about agriculture land tax credits and absentee farmer owners who do not reside or work the farms.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Lynn Potter
George
Potter
Senate
Iowa
Lowa
Happy Henry Nelson the hitchhiking checker champ
Fort Dodge staff writer Robert Brown profiles Happy Henry Nelson of Boone Iowa a perennial checker champion who travels highways with a weathered checkerboard and two counterfeit-looking two dollar bills. He recalls moves beats all challengers and plans to keep roaming. He notes he has not lost since paved highways appeared and enjoys the road life until his next game.
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Fort Dodge
IDPA
Happy Henry
Henry
Weekly visitor notes and local chatter from Washington
Liza Smith visits with Mrs. Nina Smith as Ezra Smith’s family deals with illness. Marguerite Hering, Red Cross drive participant, and comments on college friends Nancy Smith and Frederick Smith visiting grandparents. Weather praised, corn picking progressing. hog movement and a warm day described with minor incidents near Wheelan farm.
Contract Bridge Tips From Becker on Grand Slam Play
In a Becker column, the South hand faces West’s diamond lead and a spade finesse is weighed against a club establishment plan. By entering dummy with a trump, ruffing clubs, and careful diamond and club play, the reader learns to test lines that may yield a grand slam without relying on luck.
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West
Cate, Inc
Meteor Tracking Station Sees Cameras To Watch Sky
In Vinton a 6 by 6 foot white block sits in Ger Ger cornfield corner, part of a Midwest meteor tracking network. Bob LaGrange, a pharmacist and star gazer, expects cameras later fall, delayed by hand built shutters. The Smithsonian lab builds the cameras, NASA funds the project, cameras auto turn on at dusk, record moving meteors, and deliver film for analysis to locate meteor falls and fossils.
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Vinton
George Hi
Liberace
Herger
Midwest
Amput
Bob LaGrange
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
NASA
Space hobbyist runs Iowa meteor tracking station in cornfield
Grange of Vinton serves at a 6 by 6 foot meteor tracking station 150 miles from Havana, one of 16 Midwest sites funded by NASA. He volunteers after reading Sky and Telescope, builds interest with astronomy books and a local drugstore, observing from a flat Iowa field as cameras prepare to go live this fall.
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Vinton
LaGrange
Havana
Iowa
Carroll
Zie
University of Iowa
Maine
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