Estherville Daily News (Newspaper) - September 17, 1979, Estherville, Iowa We Just Work Here By Chuck Ostheimer and Gerald Anglum * ESTHERVILLE - I don't usually let my opinion venture out onto the national There are just too many things about which to be an event has occurred recently in the absurdity of which I think even surpasses the recent flock of many congressmen to the seas off Vietnam to see if there really were people floating around in the The incident to which I am referring is the action taken on Georgia Democratic Senator Herman financial After a 14-month study which probably cost more than the amount of money involved in the the Senate Ethics Committee has become enough to say conduct was In the committee found Talmadge had failed to report more than in campaign made false claims for Senate expense totalling and a couple of other generally reprehensible dastardly The committee said that the senator was guilty of neglect of his duty to faithfully and carefully administer the affairs of his What this amounts to is that Herman got his hands slapped - maybe it was more of a regretful rap on the or perhaps he was sent to his room without The committee upheld usual habit of never taking a really firm stand on It said his misuse of government funds I love their decisive to bring the senate into dishonor and disrepute and is hereby can those guys ever be Of everyone waits until they get home to really scold their A group of concerned persons probably went up to his office and Herman you've misused dollars raised by all of those millions of people out there who are working their fool heads off. what's you got caught at Talmadge reportedly feels that the committee's decision not to censure him in would mean he's a REALLY bad is a He's like a kid who sticks his tongue out after you scold He said he expects to win re-election to his fifth term in the Senate and that his home state constituents have shown no antagonism toward And they think Iowans are Of the Senator has paid back part of the misused I ask did anyone ever offer to let Jesse James pay back the To make matters Talmadge doesn't even have to pay interest on the money he Even the average honest man on the street cannot get a government loan without paying I suppose I've raked poor Herman over the coals long I've probably been even tougher on him than his fellow senators Poor - This week by GERALD ANGLUM Veteran's Plaza Dedication Sept. 22 ESTHERVILLE - Dedication of Estherville's Veteran's currently Library will immediately follow the Stinker Days Parade Sept. 22. The parade will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday with Al Conlee honorary parade marshall and Barry A special feature of the parade will be a Kiddie The dedication of the newly redecorated Library Square will include the presentation of the square to the city and veteran's organizations of the community by the Estherville Downtown Development which was in charge of the There will also be a presentation of an award to Mrs. Everett for her winning Estherville flag The raising of the flags will follow with veteran's organizations raising camai or IOWA 17,1979 DAILY NEWS USPS PUBLICATION NO. 179100 108th NO. 240 of 28 Press Awards Past EMMET 51334 COPY 25* Barbara Bush To Visit Here September ESTHERVILLE - Barbara wife of former Congressman George will be guest of honor at a Tea to be held at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 25, at the Cardinal Bush is currently seeking the Republican nomination for He has served as congressman from as a permanent representative to the United Nations for the United chairman of the Republican National chief of the United States Liaison Office in and director of the Central Intelligence Mrs. Bush is a trustee of the Houston Ballet serves on the board of the Riverside General Hospital and on the National Committee on United Inc. She is also a member of the Women's Public Relations Council of St. Joseph's The Bushes are members of St. Martin's Episcopal Teachers the U.S. Rep. Lee raising the Iowa and Estherville Mayor Elmer Jacob raising the Estherville The National Anthem and Estherville Loyalty songs will be played by the Estherville High School A concert by the Iowa Lakes Community College Jazz Lab under the direction of Mike will follow the To Gather GRUVER The Lincoln Central Reception will be held at 8 p.m. Sept. 18, at the Gruver school lunch Members of the reception committee encourage all parents to attend in order to become acquainted with the new instructors and become with the returning Married for 34 the Bushes have four sons and one ranging in age from 33 to 20. They also have two During their married the Bushes have lived in 17 cities and have traveled to 26 They lived in the People's Republic of China for 14 The Bushes returned to the People's Republic of China in 1977 at the invitation of the Chinese Mrs. Bush was the third American woman ever to visit She returned to Peking for three weeks in 1978. Mrs. Bush enjoys gardening and Her current needlepoint project in 1975) is a hand painted which measures 10-feet by 14-feet and consists of eight six of which have been Juveniles ESTHERVILLE - Three Estherville teenagers have been arrested on charges of putting debris on the highway in connection with an according to a spokesperson for the Emmet County Sheriff's An Emmet County Deputy Sheriff arrested the three juveniles at around 7:50 in the 200 block of North 15th Street in The officer confiscated one-half of one case of eggs in connection with the The juveniles have been ordered to appear before the Emmet County Magistrate on or before Oct. 1. If 4 4 Fernando and Sheila Fernando an international exchange student from 1 jc rii 1, anil 13#%HAt*# Ua ic a J - j - a - ' * - - senior at Lincoln Central High Tavora said he likes the United States and the people He is pictured with Sheila 12. - Photo by Connie Gommels xx Student from Brazil GRUVER - A soccer player in Fernando Tavora is tackling football during his stay in the United an international exchange student sponsored by the International has been attending Lincoln Central High School for the past week and will continue for four He is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gommels of A native of a city of approximately 1.3 Tavora said he likes the small town and has noticed no difference in he said he has noticed a Tavora said he is learning English in to speak it is very I could speak it would be more Tavora Tavora is mastering American trigonometry and typing while at- tending school in weather in northeast Brazil is very Tavora He thM the cold weather Iowa is hard to get used Even Tavora said he doesn't miss like the U.S. and the people he A senior at Lincoln he will finish school in Brazil in 1980. He said he wants to attend the university in Brazil and would like to become an officer of the is a director of the office of government in the state of His mother's name is and he also has a brother 24, and a sister 25. Mr. and Mrs. Gommels have three 18, 16 and 12. country and people are very Tavora - By CONNIE Minor Problems in Area Superior Coop Grain Train Derails SUPERIOR - One car of a 76-car grain train from operated by Rock Island supervisory overturned and five others were derailed near Rodman Rodman is northwest of West Ivan manager of the Superior Cooperative said the train left late Sunday after on the unit were He attributed the break problem to - Summa would did not say whether or not the derailment was the result of He did that some of the problems encountered by the train Sunday included rails being crossways being blocked and warning signals jammed west of THE FRONT SECTION of the train was to continue its journey while the derailed cars were to be Rock Island engines were scheduled to take the grain which is 1 headed for to Kansas where it would be switched over to the Missouri Pacific Summa said the movement of the train was assisted by authorities from the Emmet and Palo Alto County Sheriff's Estherville Police Department and an airplane and helicopter from the Iowa Highway Seventy-five empty hopper cars also arrived in Superior from Iowa Falls according to It was the first grain train to leave Superior since late MEMBERS OF THE United Transportation Union and Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks are striking the Rock the clerks setting up pickets on Aug. 28 and trainmen joining them the following The strike apparently stems over the Rock Island's refusal to pay wages retroactive to 1978. Back pay for the period sought by the two unions is estimated at The Rock Island maintains that it does not have the money for the back Grain Trail Heads South from Superior Rock Island engines pulled a 76-car grain train out of Superior on The on its while the other cars are being - Photo by Connie train is headed for its travel was slowed Sunday right when one car tipped and five cars were The front of the train will continue pay and a federal judge supervising the railroad's Frank has reportedly instructed the railroad's management not to award the back The Rock a major hauler of grain from the midwest to the Gulf of went into bankruptcy in 1975 and had reportedly lost million since that THE STRIKE MAY also have ended the railroad's four-year struggle to stay T. Scott legal counsel for the Iowa Transportation Regulation Board and Iowa's representative at a Des Moines meeting to discuss legal strategies the harvest coming up so it would appear to make more sense for the railroad to be liquidated and other carriers brought in so that service would be available this His remarks were echoed by representatives of 12 other midwestern states attending the The Rock Island's creditors are calling for the sale of the carrier's estimated million in assets to outstanding The ICC last week told federal mediators trying to get Rock Island employees back on the job that it would provide million in federal aid if service was restored under emergency Under the ICC Rock Island workers would man the trains but other railroads would provide the
