Two D M Women Die in Plane Crash in Iowa
Two Des Moines women veterans of the Powder Puff Derby were killed when their light Beechcraft Bonanza crashed in a cornfield southwest of Des Moines after takeoff from the municipal airport. Two other occupants were seriously injured. The dead were Alice Pfantz, 45, and Marilyn Williams, 38, both experienced pilots en route to a meeting of women aviators at Newton.
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DES Moines
Alice Plantz
Marilyn Williams
Frank
Elizabeth Utsler
Indianola
Robert W. Braught
Newton
Air Force
Roger Cady
LeRoy Manderer
Ames
Cady
George Pfantz
Frank Williams
Pfantz
Williams
Clutier Boy Suffering After Highway 200 Crash
Dale Croft, 16, of Clutier was treated and released after a one car collision on highway 200 near Keystone. His car skidded into a ditch causing acid burns minor cuts and burns.
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Belle Plaine
Dale Croft
Clutier
Highway 200
Keystone
Iowa Bank Robber Given Five Years
Foss Ray Carroll, 68, of Charles City was sentenced to five years in prison for entering a federally insured bank with intent to rob. He pled guilty to taking $9,425 from Farmers State Bank in Plainfield on January 17 and was arrested 73 minutes after the holdup. The stolen money and a loaded gun were found in his car. Carroll, a respected local figure and husband of a junior high English teacher, was denied a suspended sentence by Federal Judge John Delehant and has been held on $10,000 bond.
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Sioux City
Foss
Ray Carroll
Charles City
Carroll
Farmers State Bank
Plainfield
John Delehant
Woodbury County
Construction Slated At Waverly Station
Colonel Roland Cipolla announced in Omaha that $80,000 in military construction funds have been released for work at Waverly air force stations. An addition will be built to the electric emergency power plant under the radar improvement program.
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Waverly
Roland Cipolla
Air Force
Omaha
Waverly Air Force Stations
Here
Belle Plaine Dance Sponsored by Holy Name Society
The Holy Name Society of St Micheal s Catholic church will sponsor a public dance on Tuesday at 9 p m in the American Legion Hall in Belle Plaine to benefit church activities.
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Belle Plaine
Holy Name Society of St. Michael's Catholic Church
American Legion Hall
New Campus Pastor Named at Luther College
Decorah The Rev Gordon Smedsrud youth director in the American Lutheran Church accepts a call as Luther college campus pastor starting May 1. He will teach Bible courses with the rank of assistant professor after serving as associate youth director in evangelism.
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Decorah
Clarion
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
Ames
International Young People’s Luther League
ELC
Waukon Jaycees honor area farmers and leaders
Leon Schoh, a Dorchester area farmer, named Allamakee county outstanding young farmer at the Junior Chamber banquet. Matt Ryan, Waukon fire chief, received a distinguished service award. William Byrnes named outstanding Jaycees member for the year. Mayor Joseph Deeney spoke at the banquet.
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Waukon
Leon Schoh
Dorchester
Allamakee County
Youth Killed on Way Home from Cage Game
Ralph Woolsey 18 and Craig Fryberger 19 of Muscatine were returning from an Iowa City basketball game when their car skidded on a curve three miles west of West Liberty. Woolsey was killed, Fryberger injured but listed in satisfactory condition after the crash into a utility pole on U.S. Highway 6.
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West Liberty
UPI
Muscatine
Here
Ralph Woolsey
Muscatine Junior College
Craig Fryberger
Fryberger
U.S. Highway 6
Iowa City
Will Open Bids for Ladora Dam March 8
Bids will be opened March 8 for an earthen dam and concrete spillway to create an Iowa county lake on a 90 acre tract seven miles south of Ladora as part of a new county park. Plans are being drafted by the Howard Green engineering firm of Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa City
Iowa County
Ladora
Iowa
Howard Green Engineering Firm
Cedar Rapids
Former Fort Dodge man killed by avalanche in Switzerland
The body of Richard F Muhl, 38, a Fort Dodge native living in Chicago, was returned after a skiing vacation in the Alps ended in his death. He reportedly died from a fractured skull after an avalanche near Klosters, with rescuers aided by about 150 skiers. Muhl, a 1943 Fort Dodge high graduate, served in WWII and later attended Northwestern University. He left survivors including his mother and two brothers. transport arrangements were made through the U S consulate in Zurich.
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Fort Dodge
Switzerland
Richard F., Muhl
Chicago
Alps
Muhl
Fort Dodge High School
Ed Hins Lumber Co
Metropolitan
Polak
Northwestern University
Louis E. Muhl
Robert L
Frederick E
New Canaan
Relative in C. R. Muhl noted as nephew of Cedar Rapids woman
A relative in C. R. Muhl is identified as a nephew of Mrs. Willis D. Lamb of 2401 Fourth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. The notice ties the Muhl family to the Lamb residence in an obituary style genealogical item.
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Muhl
Cedar Rapids
Willis D. Lamb
Fourth Avenue SE
Fairfax Girl Sings In Eastern Concert
Lenita Chadima of Fairfax Iowa performed as a mezzo-soprano in a concerto program with the Eastman Rochester Orchestra on February 8. She is a Concordia College graduate and a master of music candidate at Eastman.
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Rochester
N.Y
Fairfax, Lra
Lenita Chadima
Eastman School of Music
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Chadima
G. Milton Chadima
Fairfax
Concordia College
Moorhead
Minn
Eastman School
County Attorney Announces Run for Third Term
Iowa City Johnson County Attorney Ralph Neuzil declares he will seek the Democratic nomination for a third term in the June primaries. Elected in 1958 at age 27, he was the county's youngest attorney. A University of Iowa graduate, he served as intelligence officer in the Korean War and is adjutant of the 410th Army Reserve Infantry with captain rank.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Ralph Neuzil
Neuzil
University of Iowa
410Th Army Reserve Infantry
City Clerk Dean Reed Named In Independence
Independence mayor Clyde Marshall appoints Dean Reed city clerk to succeed Tom Howes who resigned due to ill health. Reed assumes duties immediately and brings prior municipal experience to the post.
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Independence
Dean Reed
Clyde Marshall
Tom Howes
Union Promotion Paths Dubbed Key Goal by Eisenhower
Eisenhower says unionism should offer members clear chances for advancement to management. He warns that opportunity can become more important than immediate pay. Senator Goldwater quips the White House readiness, joking about Jackie Kennedy and 18th century decor.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Jackie
Sen. Goldwater, i
R-Ariz
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