Waiting Pays Off Water Contracts Okayed in Tama
The Sac and Fox Indian settlement in Tama moves toward full water service after contract awards. O. E. Latta and Sons will drill six wells and install pits and pressure tanks for 12024.90, while Edward T. Hardon wins 34248.70 for water mains septic tanks and tile fields. Families Harvey Davenport Dennis Keahna Leonard Younghear Gaston Keahna Clyde Papakee occupy five new homes with five to six children each.
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W. B. Anderson
Aberdeen, SD
Public Health Service
O. E. Latta and Sons of Riverside
Newman Groves
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Edward T. Hardon
Tama
Latta and Sons
Shilhanek Well Co
Sac and Fox Tribal Council
Housing Authority
Harvey Davenport
Dennis Keahna
Leonard Younghear
Gaston Keahna
Clyde Papakee
Tama Girl To Get Life Saving Award
Tama Ida May Potter 19 of Tama will receive a state life saving award from Governor Robert D. Ray Tuesday at 1 30 p m in front of the grandstand at the Iowa State fair. Potter helped save Darrell Duhachek 20 from drowning after his car struck a bridge abutment and plunged into the Iowa River near Tama on June 25. Duhachek is married with one child. Also noted, Lowden resident W Baldwin Payn completed an eight week chemistry institute at the University of South Dakota with NSF support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Ida May Potter
Robert D. Ray
Lowden
W. Baldwin Payn
University of South Dakota
National Science Foundation
University
East Iowans Charged in Rash of Car Accidents
Prof John Hopper and his family escaped serious injury when their car with a rented trailer plunged down a 35 foot embankment after striking a bridge on highway 93 west of Fayette. Hopper, 32, faces charges of failure to have control and driving without a valid Iowa license.
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Gazette
Fayette
John Hopper
Hopper
Camille
John, Jr
West Union Hospital
Iowa
Shirley Holbrook
Manchester
Weekend Traffic Toll Claims Five Lives in Iowa
United Press International reports Iowa losses over the weekend include five fatalities on highways and several additional injuries from multiple crashes. incidents range from a Fort Dodge motorcycle collision to a Des Moines motorcycle rider dying nine hours after a crash, with other wrecks near Spirit Lake Anamosa Manchester Lamont Hazleton and Independence involving cars tractors and a railroad crossing signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Harold Dennis Harris
Esther Carlson
Humboldt
Harris
Carlson
Merle
Sioux City
John Clifford Ingvall
Wallingford
Ingvall
Highway 9
Spirit Lake
Rockford
Stanley Coyle
Ray Gallagher
Gustav Witt
Chicago
Highway 151
Anamosa Witt
Helen
Gary Andreesen
Cedar Rapids
Wanda
Des Moines
Dennis Wessel
Frederick Thompson
Allen Osgood
Mason City
Corn Festival Crowds Celebrate Sweet Corn Princess
Elkader drew more than 3000 attendees over two days as three tons of sweet corn fed festival crowds. Nola Nelson 17 was crowned Sweet Corn Princess with Susie Frick 17 as runner up. First prize parade float honors went to Marion and Norway Lutheran parishes. other winners included bike and tractor pull participants. Today budding musicians seek used instruments via want ads.
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Elkader
Nola Nelson
Nola
Neil Nelsons
St. Olaf
Central Community High School
Susie Frick
Harold Fricks
Central
Marion
Norway Lutheran
Olaf
Kathy Marmann
Patty Rhomberg
Jean Rhomberg
Germain Bockenstedt
Strawberry Point
Tom Brown
Edgewood
Gary Bockenstedt
Pat Steger
Ernie Wineh
Guttenberg
Bob Kirby
Jim Bushkolsky
Road Sign Vandalism Triggers Tama County Repair Crew
Tama county supervisors assign a special crew to repair or replace missing and damaged road signs after numerous reports of hazardous traffic conditions. County Attorney Jared Bauch warns that signs found in possession will be charged as larceny and calls for public reporting to the sheriff. He notes widespread theft across Tama county including a dump near Gladbrook. Each sign is worth about $20.
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Toledo
Tama County
Tama County Board of Supervisors
County
Sheriff's Office
Jared Bauch
Atty. Bauch
Bauch
Gladbrook
UNI Launches $60,000 Special Scholarships For 1969 70
UNI Acting President Daryl Pendergraft told the state regents the university will expand aid for needy students via $60,000 in special scholarships and two Cedar Falls banks extending federally insured loans. The plan includes deposits up to $10,000 per bank and a goal of $100,000 borrowing capacity, with loans tied to the university’s recommendations and a 1969 70 year limit.
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Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
Daryl Pendergraft
State Board of Regents
Ames
Pendergraft
UNI Foundation
Incumbents Seek Re election in South Tama Schools
Cobet and Fetter incumbents in South Tama Community School District have filed nomination papers for three year terms. Cobet from district 4 rural Tama and Fetter from district 3 Chelsea are the only filed candidates as of Saturday. Nominations close midnight Tuesday. Polls open Sept 8 noon to 7 pm with all district voters eligible to choose two directors. Dale Johnson seeks treasurer. current treasurer Richard DeYoung terms ends July 1, 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TAMA
Rex Cobet
Frank Fetter
South Tama
Cobet
A. J. Ziskovsky
Fetter
Chelsea
Dale Johnson
Richard DeYoung
Pettengill Resigns Four-County Post
George Pettengill, director of the four county Community Action program in Belle Plaine, resigns effective September 1 after three years to join Im age Inc, an Iowa consulting firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairstown
George Pettengill
Fourcounty Community Action Program
Belle Plaine
Image, Inc
Iowa
Professor To Spend Year at Four Colleges
Dr. James D. Baines will serve as visiting professor of urban studies for Luther College Upper Iowa Waldorf College and Wartburg College under a Title III grant. He replaces Dr. Emory Lindquist and will teach short courses at each campus and launch a study to embed urban studies in curricula. He previously worked in Tulsa as part of a six-professor city-university project under Oklahoma State University. The grant funds the residency and was renewed this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baines
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma State University
Two Exchange Students to Join Independence High
During the 1969-70 school year two foreign exchange students will study at St. John's High School in Independence under Youth for Understanding. Afra Hrah, 17, from Utrecht, Holland, arrives Aug 27 to live with the Kenneth Hermsen family. Socorro de Guia, 16, from Pasay City, Philippines, arrives around Sept 3 to live with the Raymond Miller family. Her father Nilo de Guia is director of civil aviation for the Philippines.
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Independence
St. John's High School
Afra Hrah
Ubrecht
Holland
Kenneth Hermsen
Miss Krah
Ferdinandus Johannus Krah
Pasay City
Philippines
Socorro de Guia
Raymond Miller
Nilo de Guia
Civil Aviation
The
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Alice Witosky
Sac and Fox Day School
US. Public Health Service
US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hardon
Mesquakie
She
Ben J. Potter
West of Tama
Duhachek
Charles Duhachek
Missouri
Upper Iowa College
Aurora
Lamont
Melvin Malone
Steven Quint
Malone
Alty
Misty
Rene
Jacqueline
Sandy
Mark
Malones
Manchester Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Quint
Harvey Richards
Oelwein
Chicago North Western Railway
Richards
Hazleton
Semil Bratten
Vinton
Bratten
Ronald Fuller
Delmar Sauer
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Carl Scharff
Sauer
Scharff
the Gazette
MIDAS
Pias. Cy
First Avenue
N.E
Dale Carnegie
Ken Burger
Texas Ave
Dick" Landis
Citizens Loan Corp
Landis Financial Group
First Avenue S.E
Cedar Rapids Telephone
Pettengill
Rapids
Continental Cleaners
Third St. SE
Unit of
Serv.Quik, Inc
Dial
First Ave
7Th Ave
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