Services for Marine Pfc Donald Kremer
Services for Marine Pfc Donald Kremer son of Mr and Mrs George Kremer of Aurora will be held Saturday at 10 30 a m in St Patrick s church Winthrop The Rosary will be Friday at 8 p m in Fawcett funeral home Winthrop Kremer was killed Dec 2 in action near Da Nang Vietnam
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George Kremer
Aurora
St. Patrick's Church
Winthrop
Fawcett Funeral Home
Kremer
da Nang
Vietnam
Power outage hits SE Iowa and NE Missouri region
A power failure affected 15 Missouri counties and five southeastern Iowa counties early Thursday, impacting at least three rural electric cooperatives in Missouri and two in Iowa. Keosauqua area recovered in minutes due to a standby generator. Bloomfield and Appanoose Davis Wapello Van Buren counties faced about three hours without power as crews rerouted through an alternate line. In Missouri, over a dozen counties were out for about four hours with the outage centered near Kirksville. exact cause undetermined.
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United Press International
Missouri
Iowa
Keosauqua Iowa
Appanoose
Davis
Wapello
van Buren
Bloomfield
Williamsburg Voters Approve $525000 School Bond Issue
Williamsburg voters approved a 525000 school bond by 815 yes to 511 no with 1338 total votes. The funds finance an addition to the junior senior high including a resources center classrooms and an indoor pool plus remodeling. Superintendent Dale Pierce called the result extremely pleased and hopes to start after school ends this fall.
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Dale Pierce
James W. Johnson Receives Outstanding Achievement Award
Retired Iowa highway commission testing laboratory chief James W. Johnson, inventor of the slip-form paver, received the American Concrete Paving Association's first outstanding achievement award in New York for their 20 year old device that speeds up pavement and lowers labor costs. Johnson was a unanimous selection.
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Iowa Highway Commission
American Concrete Paving Assn
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New York
Gross Vows He'll Fight Pay Boosts
Rep H R Gross called the proposed pay increases for Congress the cabinet and Supreme Court outrageous and promised to fight them and push for a record vote. The plan would raise Supreme Court salaries and cabinet pay while boosting others including congressmen.
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Gross
Washington
UPI
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Iowa
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Supreme Court
Independence City Employees Get Pay Hikes
Independence city council approved raises for 31 city employees at its regular meeting. Monthly salaries for 1969 were set for staff including police chief Lyman Albaugh at 600 dollars and city clerk Clark Madison at 600 dollars, with various dispatchers, clerks, and plant operators receiving increases.Hourly staff salaries were boosted by 20 percent, with several names listed among the increases.
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Independence
Lyman Albaugh
Garland Newton
James Hayward
Kenneth Downs
Dale Garretson
Don McLaughlin
Kathy Bagby
Rictius Canely
Iowa U Considering Its Own Bus System Amid Fare Hikes
Iowa City bus fares rose from 15 to 20 cents in the latest increase, the second hike this year. University officials say they may still pursue a transportation system for campus employees and students, amid concerns of a repeat 196? price surge.
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Ludwig
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Miss Merry Christmas Contest At Upper Iowa College
Nominated candidates for the Miss Merry Christmas contest at Upper Iowa college include Beverly Clemens Parkersburg Angela Hart Valhalla N Y and Kristi Carlson Des Moines The Sigma Nu Sigma sorority sponsors the event with dormitory nominations and a penny vote at the dance to crown the queen Santa Claus will crown the winner and the Delhi Department of Sound will play from 8 to 11 p m Sunday in the Student Union
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Department of Sound
Delhi
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