18 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1971
Page
1
A public notice warns that shoplifting is a serious crime with lifelong consequences. It highlights that losses drive higher prices year round and discusses the growing enforcement and risks for youth, stressing the impact on merchants, consumers, and public safety.
Snowmobilers tour near Myre Slough and Walnut Lake with Jim Goetz placing second in both oval and cross country races using a 295 Lynx Arctic Cat. Iowa record fish listings note muskellunge, sheepshead, catfish, paddlefish, carp, largemouth bass, northern pike, and walleye records with several from Spirit Lake and Cedar River regions.
The Iowa House approved a property tax freeze bill 72 to 27 amid claims it would raise taxes. Rep. Edgar Holden said the plan shifts funding toward a controllable interim period while maintaining 1971 levels for property tax and state aid. The measure includes a $30 million inflation cushion and $45 per pupil, with possible district relief for high budgets, before moving to the Senate. The ISEA delegates also met in Des Moines during the debate.
Governor Robert D. Ray warns ISBA actions could backfire as lawmakers threaten sanctions over bids and a call to amend the Iowa constitution to permit bingo passes 59 to 25 in the House. The教育 advisory committee proposes major school district restructuring and a new Organization Commission for Quality Education. An autos note recounts a state car tow during an economy move. Astronaut Walter Cunningham suggests limiting families to two natural children.
Governor Robert Ray kicked off the 1971 Easter Seal drive proclaiming March 1 to April 11 as Easter Seal Weeks in Iowa and urging public support. The first contribution came from Ray to the State Easter Seal Boy Jeff Hill, a six year old Des Moines resident with cerebral palsy, thanking donors for therapy, braces, and wheelchairs. Paul Franzenburg, 1971 State Easter Seal Chairman, has led state and national trade groups and authored the "Sell Iowa" trips. Grants fund speech, physical and occupational therapy, loan equipment, and residential camping at Camp Sunnyside, with a campaign goal of 325000, over 90 percent of which stays in Iowa for handicapped aid.
The piece argues sin is not sickness and cites Romans 5 12 and 6 23 to assert all humanity sins and falls short of God’s glory. It refutes treating sin as illness and stresses confession and Christ’s redemptive grace as the path to justification.
In Des Moines Cunningham the Apollo 7 veteran and Iowa Limestone Producers speaker argues solving earthbound environmental and food issues surpasses lunar feats. It is his first Iowa visit since 1946, with 163 earth orbits behind him and a focus now on ground level problems. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Reuben Groskreutz and family of Wells Minnesota hosted dinner at the John Van Hove home. Afternoon callers included Mr and Mrs Larry Van Hove and Kimberly and Mr and Mrs Gerald Molskness of Bricelyn Minnesota.
Mrs Elizabeth Helin observed her 84th birthday on February 7 with dinner guests at her home. Attending were her daughter Rita Mikkelsen and family of Forest City, and evening visitors from Leland, Buffalo Center, and Forest City plus additional relatives.
Ten year lookback notes work on a town pump house aerator and detention tank project January 3 to 7 with Dr. Harley Feldick attending an electrocardiography course in Minneapolis. Also recalled are trips, military training, and birthday gatherings among local families across decades.
Word was received this week of the death on Sunday morning of Chris Benjamin 73 of Brad gate brother of the late John Benjamin Funeral services were at the First Lutheran Church at Gilmore City on Wednesday Attending services were Mr and Mrs Robert Friis of Buffalo Cen ter and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Potter of Thompson He was an uncle of Mrs Friis and Mrs Potter.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Heitland and daughters were Sunday dinner guests in the parental home of Mr and Mrs Clarence Heitland. Afternoon visitors included Mr and Mrs Carroll Van Hove and daughters.
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