Truck Man Dies in Car Truck Crash Near Cedar Falls
A three dead collision south of Cedar Falls claims Harold Bowers 52 Center Point Wayne Schmidt 18 Reinbeck and Larry Morrison 20 Traer. Morrison was returning from Clay Equipment Co Cedar Falls when his car collided with Bowers pickup as Bowers turned from 63 onto 58. Schmidt was a passenger in the pickup. Morrison born Aug 12 1947 in Waterloo. Survivors include his parents.
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Clay Equipment Co
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Waterloo
Morrison funeral amid family grief near Traer Iowa
Duane Morrison and six brothers gathered with paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Lebert Morrison of Traer and maternal grandfather Lee Clough of Waterloo for a farmhome vigil. Service at Traer Methodist church Tuesday 2 pm with burial in Buckingham cemetery. Body at Erickson funeral home. George Pitman 34 Red Oak killed when car hit a bridge abutment Des Moines river on Iowa 92 near Tracy. Warren Alden 45 near Rockwell killed when car struck by train south of Rockwell. Robert A. Smith 25 Council Bluffs killed when car swerved and rolled into ditch on highway 37 south of Council Bluffs. S Sgt Andrew Reimer 20 Ottumwa home on leave from Vietnam killed in onecar crash on an Ottumwa street. Delene E Bock 29 Harlan killed when pinned beneath car after it ran off a Dallas county road near Adel.
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Cedar Rapids
Max
Leland
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Kevan
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Traer
Lee Clough
Waterloo
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Buckingham Cemetery
Erickson Funeral Home
George W. Pitman
Red Oak
Des Moines
Iowa 92
Tracy
Marion County
Warren Alden
Rockwell
Cerro Gordo County
Robert A. Smith
Council Bluffs
Highway
Andrew Reimer
Ottumwa
Vietnam
Delene E. Bock
Harlan
Dallas County
Adel
Shrewd Escapee Back in Custody
Edward Bouseman and Larry Brewster escaped Clinton county jail by a ruse. Brewster was quickly recaptured hiding in a Clinton residence. Deputy Loren Pearson was duped during the escape and later freed by a trusty, Robert Heath, who declined to flee with them.
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Larry Brewster
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Robert Heath
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Tama Mother Saves Life Of Her 13-Year-Old Son
A Tama farm wife credited with saving her 13 year old son Randy Thiessen after a rope tangled around his neck in a barn. Mitchell Thiessen his younger brother alerted the family. Randy was revived with mouth to mouth resuscitation and later listed in satisfactory condition at Evangelical hospital in Marshalltown.
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Williamsburg Man Drowns In River
Curt Lands of Williamsburg, a lifelong resident, drowned Sunday while fishing in the Mississippi River south of town. He had been at the mouth of the Turkey River, turned his boat to a houseboat, and it reportedly struck a log and overturned.
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Lands case prompts belt law talk in Iowa
Des Moines AP witnesses said Lands disappeared in the Des Moines River as authorities searched for his body. Lands, a farmer, left a wife Dorothy and three children Melanie Maria and John, plus his parents. Iowa Safety Commissioner Jack Fulton said 22 people would have survived last month’s crashes if seat belts had been worn, noting 83 crashes caused 96 deaths with six saved by belts and 23 cases where belts existed but were not used.
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Family ties noted in Williamsburg probate record
and Mrs. Ross Lands of Williamsburg, a sister, Mrs. Ray Parker of Denver, and a brother, Hugh of Cedar Rapids.
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Ray Parker
Denver
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Cities May Join Philadelphia Price-Fixing Suit
The League of Iowa Municipalities says member cities can join Philadelphia in a federal antitrust price-fixing case against copper tubing and plumbing fixture makers and library book publishers without waiting for the Iowa attorney general. Some tubing firms have settled for about 4.5 million. Governor Hughes urged independent action by local governments with Philadelphia lawyers on a contingent fee basis or separate counsel. Atty. Gen. Turner notes an ongoing inquiry to see if the state should join the suit. details remain undisclosed.
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Damage Suit Filed Over Auto Repairs in Delaware District Court
Gerald Haas of Earlville sues Loecke Feed Store of Greeley in Delaware district court seeking 304.77 for car repairs after Walter Loecke allegedly backed a feed truck from a driveway into Haas’s car on May 20 1966.
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Earlville
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Gazette Co. subscription rates and distribution details
Established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. the Cedar Rapids publisher lists contact details and pricing. Carrier 55 cents. night and Sunday editions 50 cents per month or 15 dollars per year. afternoon and Sunday 7 issues 1.60 per month or 16 dollars per year. Other states 26 dollars a year. No mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas.
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Three Oelwein Youths Charged in Park Beating
In Independence three Oelwein youths were charged after a park beating of Gary White 18, of Independence. White and two companions were camping at Fontana park when three Oelwein youths allegedly returned and attacked White while two others restrained Gleiter and McGee. White was hospitalized with facial injuries. X-rays showed no broken bones. Lau faces assault with intent to do great bodily harm with a $500 bond. Bergeson and McBride pled guilty to assault and battery and paid fines.
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People’s Hospital
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Dyersville Youth Is Hurt in Auto Crash
Patrick Rausch a 19 year old from Dyersville was listed in fairly good condition at a Dubuque hospital after a Saturday car crash. The convertible overturned into a ditch caught fire trapping both Rausch and Jeffery Kolls 20 before a passerby freed them. Kolls had minor injuries.
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Schwengel Plans Labor Week District Visit Schedule
Congressman Fred Schwengel will spend the September 1 to 11 recess in Iowa's First district. He will visit Iowa City on September 5, Marengo and Iowa County on September 7, and attend the Johnson County Republican barbecue on September 9.
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Fred Schwengel
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Marengo
Iowa County
Johnson County
Delaware hires hearing clinicians for multiple districts
Delaware County schools announce the hiring of two hearing clinicians Connie Howard and Mabel Rice. Howard will serve in Potter’s office and West Delaware Maquoketa Valley districts, while Rice will work from the Manchester central office for Edgewood Colesburg and related units. Rice, a Stuart native, holds a BA in speech correction from the University of Northern Iowa and an MA earned last August. Her husband Richard Rice works at the Mental Health Institute in Independence as a recreational therapist. Howard, native to Bloomfield, is a graduate of Davis County Community School and Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville Missouri.
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Iowa Woman Killed in Wisconsin Highway Crash
Maerie Grabin, 52, of Perry Iowa, died when the car she rode in collided with a pickup on Wisconsin highway 13 about 18 miles south of Marshfield. The wreck occurred Sunday night authorities said.
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Perry
Iowa
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