Odd Iowa Laws Highlight Lost Items and Tramps
A digest of unusual Iowa statutes notes ten percent rewards for finding lost property, the male definition of tramps, powers of sheriffs to marshal posse and military aid, and bans on certain public disturbances and endurance contests. It also recalls train robbery acts and penalties for hotel fraud, reflecting quirky, still-enforced provisions from the 1966 Code of Iowa.
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ES Moines
Iowa
Eliot Landau
Drake University
Cedar Rapids Gazette details publication and rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscriptions by carrier 75 cents a week and by mail night edition and Sunday six issues two dollars a month nineteen dollars a year. afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues two dollars fifteen cents a month twenty dollars a year. other states thirty dollars a year. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Can't Be Dropout Today Borlaug Tells Students
Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug addressed about 400 Luther College attendees in Decorah, urging increased cereal grain production by 30 percent to combat world hunger. He warned against dropout mindsets in a complex modern society and accepted an honorary doctorate from Luther College.
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Borlaug
Decorah
Norman Borlaug
Luther College
Cresco
E. D. Farwell
Nobel Committee
International Center For Wheat and Maize Improvement
Mexico City
Luther
Neighborhood Law Office Aids Elderly Man Facing Eviction
The Young Lawyers present at 6 30 PM Monday on KCRG TV Channel 9 in color. They assist an elderly man in danger of eviction, offering legal help and guidance through the process.
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Kcrgtv
Iowa State Enrollment at Record High for Winter Quarter
Iowa State reports a record winter quarter enrollment of 18,627 students starting Dec 1, up 413 from last year’s 18,214. The total includes 12,912 men and 5,715 women, with gains in sciences and humanities, education, and home economics. Classes resume Jan 4 after the Christmas holiday, continuing through Feb 27.
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Ames
Iowa State
College of Sciences and Humanities
College of Education
College of Home Economics
Largest Pay Increase Voted by Meat Union in Midwest
About 600 meat cutters journeymen and wrappers in Illinois Iowa began voting Sunday on a 26 month contract touted as the largest wage settlement yet for retail grocers nationwide. Head meat cutters would earn at least 5.74 per hour after ratification with other raises including 1.61 for head cutters and 1.50 for journeymen within two years and 90 cents more for wrappers within 18 months.
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Davenport
UPI
Illinois
Iowa
Louis Defrieze
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers District Local 431
Afl-Cio
Quad Cities
Burlington
Keokuk
Muscatine
Galesburg
Kewanee
Monmouth
Independence Men Held in Jail for Larceny at Farm
Dennis Mendenhall 25 and Robert Hall 20, both of Independence, were jailed in Buchanan county on $2,000 bond each after being charged with larceny in the nighttime. They allegedly broke into three farm buildings belonging to Mrs. Bernadine Shannon, taking tools, junk batteries and a table model radio. Entry was gained by prying doors, the sheriff's office reported.
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Independence
Dennis Mendenhall
Robert Hall
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office
Bernadine Shannon
Sheriff's Office
Two Killed In Separate Car Crashes Near West Branch and Onawa
A University of Dubuque student from New Jersey and a Tekamah resident were killed in separate Iowa crashes last weekend. Bruce Minemier, 22, of Beverly New Jersey, died early Saturday when his car rear ended a parked vehicle driven by Robert Wilkerson, who escaped injury. In western Iowa, Floyd Moore of Tekamah Nebraska died in a one car crash on Iowa 175 west of Onawa when the vehicle apparently left the roadway and overturned.
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University of
Wilkerson
Floyd Moore
Tekamah
Neb
Iowa 175
Onawa
Iowa
Second Burglary Strikes Oran Hardware Store This Week
The Youngblut hardware store in Oran was burglarized for the second time in a week. Weekend thefts included several television sets and cameras, with $90 taken from a post office safe inside the store. Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents are reviewing the case after a prior break-in at Oran businesses.
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ORAN
Youngblut Hardware
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Former Shellsburg Man Is Sentenced
Verne Dieckhoff, 28, formerly of Shellsburg now living in Tecumseh, Neb., was sentenced to 30 days in jail on each of four counts of false uttering and drawing of checks. He pled guilty in justice court and is in Benton county jail. Action on three similar charges is pending. He was arrested Sunday.
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Vinton — Verne Dieckhoff
Shellsburg
Dieckhoff
Tecumseh
Neb
Benton County
Peoples Hospital Board Re-elects Officers for 7
INDEPENDENCE All officers of the Peoples Memorial hospital board of trustees were re-elected at an organizational meeting last week. Carl Greif of Independence was re-elected president, Eber Parker of Jesup vice chairman Reeves Hall of Independence secretary and Raymond Kirsch of Rowley treasurer. The other board member is Mike Cooney of Winthrop. Cooney and Kirsch were sworn in as trustees for six year terms on the board. They were elected by county voters at the general election in November. They were originally appointed to the board when the hospital was turned over to the county and later served four year terms. Dr. P. J. Leehey was recently elected by members of the hospital's medical staff as chief of staff at the hospital. He succeeds Dr. Richard Myers.
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Independence
Peoples Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Carl Greif
Eber Parker
Jesup
Reeves Hall
Raymond Kirsch
Rowley
Mike Cooney
Winthrop
Cooney
Kirsch
P. J. Leehey
Richard Myers
Good Neighbor Home Rates to Increase at Manchester
Good Neighbor Home east of Manchester will raise basic rates by 10 dollars on February 1, as Rev. Paul Wenske chaplain administrator reports. The 1971 budget totals 221,828.75 dollars with room and care at 208,500 dollars, up 16,863 from 1970. Nursing care budget reaches 80,300 dollars as more residents need full nursing care. average daily patient cost for 1971 is 11.05 dollars.
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Manchester
Paul Wenske
Home Board of Directors
Wenske
Wiring Blamed for Mobile Home Fire in Oelwein
Faulty wiring blamed for a fire that badly damaged a Lakeview Court mobile home Sunday. The trailer belonged to Clarence Johnson of Oelwein. The blaze destroyed the bedroom area and caused severe smoke damage throughout the vehicle.
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Oelwein
Lakeview Court
Clarence Johnson
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