Apollo 15 crew heads for Sunday reunion with families
Apollo 15 astronauts James Irwin David Scott and Alfred Worden return from the moon aboard the command ship En deavour en route to a Saturday splashdown and a Sunday night family gathering. Wives and children hope for a White House visit, with excitement and pride shaping reactions to the mission’s end.
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Apollo 15
Lurton Scott
David R. Scott
Jim
Mary Irwin
Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavour
Lunar
Earth
Mrs. Irwin Re
Worden
White House
Merrill Worden
Condemnation Proceedings Authorized for Route 63 in Tama County
The Iowa highway commission started condemnation on multiple land parcels for U.S. 63 work north of Traer in Tama County. Named landowners include Wallace H. Ash Agnes May Provan Milo Kubik Robert E. Dahms John W. Holmes and the Traer Golf and Country Club. Traffic control changes require stops at the Harding junction and at the State street Thirteenth street intersection for entering or crossing traffic.
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AMES
The
Highway Commission
U.S. 63
Tama County
Traer
Wallace H. Ash
Agnes May Provan
Milo Kubik
Robert E. Dahms
John W. Holmes
Robert
Donald Beenken
Traer Golf and Country Club
Commission
Tama
State Streets
Thirteenth Street
Harding Junction
State Street
State Junction
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R. D. Kroul Named Solon Postmaster
Solon appoints Robert D. Kroul as postmaster in an official notice. He has served as acting postmaster since January 1969 and began as a substitute rural carrier in 1965. Kroul, born March 13, 1928 in Solon, previously worked as substitute clerk.
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Solon
Robert D. Kroul
Harold S. Wagner
Central Region
Kroul
Clinton Man, 23, Is Killed in Grash
Gerald Jeffers, 23, of Clinton, was killed in a car truck crash on Highway 30 when his car struck a semitruck that had just exited a truck terminal. The car’s top was sheared off, it went under the truck, and rested about 100 yards away. Victim: Gerald Jeffers. Truck driver Victor Epping, 60, of Bettendorf, was unharmed.
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Swisher Corner
Highway 218
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Webster B. Gelman
Cedar Rapids
William Hoffman
Sauk Rapids
Minn
Larry Bragg
Stratford Lane
John R. Sedenka
Red Fox Road
Hoffman
Bragg
Gelman
Sedenka
Clinton
Gerald Jeffers
Jeffers
Victor Epping
Bettendorf
Books Are Balanced After State Audit
State Auditor Lloyd Smith personally delivered an audit of Dubuque County to the county board. The report finds $549 unaccounted funds, which auditor Harold Meloy reportedly deposited in the county’s bank. A motion for Meloy’s resignation died for lack of a second after the audit delivery. The report cites poor record keeping from inadequate filing methods.
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Dubuque
Lloyd Smith
Harold Meloy
Smith
Meloy
County Board of Supervisors
Elderly Couple Robbed by Pair in Wapello County
Louisa county authorities search for two men who robbed Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Berry in their Wapello home. The elderly couple were bound with tape during the break in and $325 in cash was taken.
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Wapello (Ap
Louisa County
Andrew Berry
Berrys
Johnson- Remington reunion set for Sunday at Prairie Creek
The Johnson Remington reunion will begin Sunday at 12 30 PM with a basket dinner at Prairie Creek church.
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Urbana
Johnson- Remington
Prairie Creek Church
Archdiocese Sets Self-Help Fund for NE Iowa Projects
A committee of priests lay members and a nun will oversee distribution of more than $18,000 to poverty projects in northeast Iowa. Archbishop Byrne announced the plan, noting 1969’s $75,000 drive funded local needs after 75 percent went to a national program.
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Dubuque
Iowa
James J. Byrne
Byrne
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Thomas W. Rhomberg
Warren Nash
Waterloo
Virgil Ahern
Cresco
Anthony W. Sigworth
Juan Cortez
Cedar Rapids
Kern Kelleher
Lansing
Daniel H. Langfield
Mason City
Mary Michaeline
RSM
National Committee
TV 9 Eyewitness News Preview
The program announces new segments in news sports and weather hosted by Bob Harper Wayne Winston and Bob Brooks airing Thursday at 10 00 PM on KCRG TV 9.
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Bob Harper
Wayne Winston
Bob Brooks
TV 9
Kcrg-Tv 9
Shock Probation Considered for Prisoners in Iowa
A legislative sub committee may back shock probation allowing judges to sentence prisoners to prison with release to probation within 90 days. If released, the record could be expunged. The plan aims to balance punishment with rehabilitation and assumes a taste of prison life aids deterrence.
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Des Moines
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