Lisbon sisters meet after decades apart in Iowa reunion
Verla Boyens of Lisbon and Nathalia Coston of Elwood meet as half-sisters for the first time. Coston and her son drive to Lisbon to meet, then join the Boyens in Smithland, Iowa, for a family reunion with two half-brothers and other relatives. Both sisters plan to stay in touch despite a late discovery of their kinship.
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Verla Boyens
Lisbon
Nathalia Coston
Elwood
Ind
Ida Grove
California
Clingenpeels
Leonard Clingenpeel
Mapleton
Coltons
Boyens
Mrs. Coston
DOT cites older Iowa highways needing upgrades for small car safety
Iowa DOT says 1600 miles of pre 1940 pavement need fundamental changes to improve sight distance, curves, and hills as smaller cars outdate the highways. Reduced speeds have already been required on about 280 miles. Kassel notes a $140 million funding gap hinders upgrades.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
DOT
Raymond Kassel
Kassel
Benefits approved for families of slain Waterloo policemen
Waterloo council approves survivor benefits for the Hoing and Rice families. Each will receive a year's salary plus monthly pension payments and shared life insurance. Additional aid comes from federal and local associations, with totals over $180,000 for both households.
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Waterloo
Michael Hoing
Wayne Rice
Hoings
Rices
Hoing
Rice
U.S. Department of Justice
Waterloo Police Protective Association
Iowa State Police Association
James Michael
T-Bone” Taylor
Mesquaki Pow Wow set for August 13 to 16 near Tama
The 66th annual Mesquaki Indian Pow Wow will be held at the Mesquaki Indian Settlement three miles west of Tama from August 13 to 16. Daily Indian dance programs at 1 30 p.m. and 7 p.m. will accompany Indian art and craft exhibits. the event had been moved from August 6 9 as noted in the Eastern Iowa Calendar.
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Tama
Iowa
Bystanders Aid Jeweler After Downtown Robbery
Doris Thalhammer runs a Dubuque jewelry store as two bandits grab a tray of rings valued at about ten thousand dollars. A clerk and two passers by pursue the robbers while about twenty five others help recover the spilled rings. Police arrest William Brokus and David L Lott, both twenty one, charged with first degree theft.
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Dubuque
Doris Thalhammer
Thalhammer
William Brokus
David L. Lott
Six Iowans Die In Auto Crashes On Friday And Saturday
Six people perished in separate Iowa crashes over the weekend. Bellevue man Robert Felderman, 49, died when his car left Highway 52, rolled, and landed in a creek bed after being thrown from the vehicle. Driver Michael Hirschen, 32, was hospitalized in serious condition. Another fatality was Thomas Conrad, 23, of rural New Vienna, who lost control on Highway 52 near Durango and struck an embankment. A Fort Madison woman Lori Duesenberg, 19, died in a Friday night wreck near Montrose. Tina Rempe, 18, was injured. In Ottumwa a 26-year-old man, David Whitman, died when his motorcycle hit a car and a parked vehicle, causing a fire. In Des Moines two people, Mary Comito, 63, and Harold Queen, 60, died in a late Friday crash on Army Post Road. Queen’s stepsons were injured and a heart condition may have caused Comito.
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Iowa
Bellevue
Green Island
Jackson County
Iowa State Patrol
Robert Henry Felderman
Highway 52
Felderman
Michael Hirschen
Dubuque
Thomas Joseph Conrad
New Vienna
Durango
Dubuque County
Conrad
Burlington Northern
Ottumwa
David Whitman
John Utter
Utter
Des Moines
Mary Lenore Comito
Harold Queen
Army Post Road
Comito
Queen
Eric Hall
Jay Hall
Polk County
R. C. Wooters
Father and son win spots in State Plowing Contest
Ray Wilhoite and his son Dan Wilhoite of Wall Lake earned top finishes at Kalona in the State Plowing Contest. Dan placed first in the small-plow category, Ray second in the large-plow division, earning a national bid for the two from Iowa in Van Wert Ohio. Vernon Matsen won the horse-drawn class for New Providence. Daniel Coblentz, Kalona, took second. This marked the 42nd annual state contest.
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Kalona
Iowa
van Wert
Ohio
Ray Wilhoite
Dan
Wall Lake
Wilhoite
Cliff Parker
Liscomb
Joe Stoddard
Dean Miller
Kevin Hall
Conrad
Russell Lackender
Iowa City
Steve King
Rippey
Vernon Matsen
New Providence
Daniel Coblentz
Iowa Man Drowns At Arrowhead Lake Missouri
Joseph Lee Frank a 20 year old from Lake View Iowa drowned at Arrowhead Lake near Kansas City in Clinton County Missouri Water Patrol said He jumped in surfaced once and disappeared divers recovered his body about 3 25 p m after about an hour missing authorities reported
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Holt, Mo
Lake View
Iowa
Arrowhead Lake
Kansas City
Clinton County
Missouri Water Patrol
Joseph Lee Frank
London's Big Ben Clock Displays Giant Pendulum
Did You Know reveals that London's Big Ben holds a 13 foot long pendulum weighing 700 pounds making the famous clock notable for its monumental mechanism and scale.
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London
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