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Looking rather plump, former Vice President Henry A. Wallace stopped off in Des Moines to visit his son, Poultry Farmer Henry B. Wallace, and have a look at his grandson, Henry D. Wallace, nine months old. Wallace smiled proudly at little Henry, who regarded him gravely as news photographers'...
"In benighted lands, from England to Indonesia, women are still deluded into thinking that they ought to make life a little pleasanter and easier for their breadwinners; only here is the Ideal Male one who dedicates his life to the pampering of women. In India, for example, as recently as...
"In an idle and somewhat sportive mood," the Des Moines Register's Chief Editorial Writer Lauren Soth wrote a few paragraphs last February inviting a Soviet farm delegation "to get the lowdown" on Iowa's prime products, corn and hogs. Moscow jumped at the offer, and Kansan Dwight...
"Here We Are, Goodbye." At the Des Moines airport, the Russians were greeted by more than 2,500 curious, friendly people. Three girl language students waved a welcome sign in old-fashioned Russian, and the Tribune (afternoon sister of the Register) ran a five-column headline in hand-lettered Russian...
At the 160-acre Alleman farm north of Des Moines, a guide explained that young (25) Richard Alleman would need one helper for his harvest. "One!" shouted a Soviet official. "By us a hundred!" Busily they searched around for field hands and superior officials. A guide explained: "Two things still...