Original Italians at Oelwein to be honored at annual festival
OELWEIN residents with roots in Calabria Abruzzi Molise and Venice are aging but will attend the ninth annual Italian Heritage Festival to honor first generation families. Notables include Angeline Leo 1919 marriage to Frank Leo and Angeline Funaro 93 the Madonna statue donor. Bocci ball tournament sets weekend events with church mass processions and performances by Italian Culture Singers and Dancers.
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Oelwein
Gazette Sureau
Calabria
Abruzzi- Molise
Venice
Italy
John Stasi
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
United States
Angelo Trocino
John Deere
Waterloo
Carmella
Angela
Trocinos
Angeline Funaro
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Redgate Park
Chisephine L. LiPluma
Woodlawn Cemetery
Chicago
Sacred Heart Church
Minnesota woman recounts abduction and deprogramming ordeal
Sandy Eilers describes how she and husband Bill were abducted from a Minnesota clinic and taken to a Catholic retreat for deprogramming by followers of Rama Behera. Bill escaped, later pressed charges. Behera’s group, about 200 strong, is labeled a cult by Eilers who feared loss of contact and control.
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Iowa City
Sandy Eilers
Bill
Minnesota
Eilers
Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ
Winona, Minn
Sandy
Unbound Inc
Winona
India
Rama Behera
Wisconsin
Centreville
Wis
Assembly of God Church
Behera
God
Rama
Cutler accuses Evans of abusing mail privileges
Iowa City Democratic candidate Lynn Cutler charged Rep Cooper Evans with misusing his congressional franking privilege at a post office appearance. She cited multiple free mailings to Johnson County and argued the practice is costly and improper for campaign purposes.
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Iowa City
Lynn Cutler
Iowa
Cooper Evans
Cutler
Johnson County
Evans
Congress
ISEA to Spend 60000 in Election Aimed at School Funding
Iowa State Education Association plans about 60000 for this fall to back candidates who favor more public school funding. The PAC has already given 6500 to Roxanne Conlin and 4500 to Bob Anderson with 6500 to races, and 42500 to legislative races. Officials say 1983-84 funding needs total 90 to 100 million to maintain educational quality.
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Des Moines
Jan Reinicke
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Roxanne Conlin
Bob Anderson
Reinicke
Inmates moved to Rockwell City in Iowa reform facility
State officials began transferring eight medium-security inmates from the Men’s Reformatory in Anamosa to the former Women’s Reformatory in Rockwell City. Rusty Rogerson noted the moves come from Anamosa to the Rockwell City site, which had housed women for 64 years before last month’s move to Mitchellville. The inmates earned medium-security status via a state point system considering behavior records.
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Rockwell City
Iowa
UPI
Anamosa
Rusty Rogerson
Women’s Reformatory
Mitchellville
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Txkee
Gazette
John McIvor
Sears
Neadults
Cory and Restoration
Phoebe Tupper
Tupper
Wellington
Stovepipe Top
Rough Cuts
Astro
Bank Americard
Union Made
Park & Shop
Siegel
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Cedar Rapids/Marion
Cable 13
Telelink
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Tipton
Vinton
Washington
Williamsburg
Ipen
Sun
Thurs
Kirkwood Telecommunication System
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