Parachutist Dies After Tangled Lines In East Iowa Jump
Wayne Kroeger 21, of Sumner, died after his second jump when pilot chute tangled with lines on the main and emergency chutes. The incident near Tipton involved an informal jump center run by Trackers Inc. Safety officer Edward West said training emphasizes automatic reserve opening and static line use. FAA will investigate. services set for Tuesday in Sumner.
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Tipton
Wayne Carl Kroeger
Sumner
Cedar County
Walter Kopsa
Young Kroeger
Upper Iowa
Richard Mitchell
East Iowa
Edward W. West
Brockman Drive
Cedar Rapids
Mitchell Farm
U.S. Parachute Assn
Trackers, Inc
James DeLap
Aledo
Ill
DeLap
Kroeger
West
Richard Wright
Fayette
Navy
Federal Aviation Agency
Immaculate Conception Church
Emerson-Milnes Funeral Home
Abusive Calls Drive Burlington Judge to Suicide
Municipal Court Judge Arthur D. Peterson, 37, died of a self inflicted gunshot wound at his Burlington apartment. Authorities cited abusive telephone calls and pressures of office as the apparent cause, with his father present when the fatal shot was fired from a .44 caliber pistol.
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Burlington
Arthur D. Peterson
Peterson
T. A. Peterson
Des Moines
Evan Peterson
William Hildreth
Judge Peterson
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Two One Act Plays To Be Given at USC
Murray Schisgal plays The Tiger and The Typists will be staged at Upper Iowa college in mid March. Don Powers and Alayne Schuchmann lead The Tiger with Jim Ritter and Consuela Washington starring in The Typists. Performances are planned for March 14 to 16 in Colgrove Walker auditorium on the UIC campus.
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USC
Fayette
Murray Schisgal
Upper Iowa College
Winifred Koebel
the Tiger
Don Powers
Oelwein
Ben
Alayne Schuchmann
Hawkeye
Gloria
Jim Ritter
Deerfield
Ill
Paul
Consuela Washington
Gary
Ind
Sylvia
Colgrove-Walker
UIC
House Unit Studies Coralville Lake Hike
Congressman John Culver announced the House Appropriations committee will review raising Coralville reservoir water levels to boost recreation. Hearings start in March as Cedar Rapids area residents push for more boating hunting and fishing while engineers note flood control constraints. The lake stood at 670.95 feet last weekend.
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Coralville Lake
John Culver
House Appropriations Committee
Coralville Reservoir
Culver
Iowa
Coralville
Public Works Subcommittee
Appropriations Committee
Corps of Engineers
Cedar Rapids
Jones denies charges in Elkader accident case
Wayne Jones 21 of Waukon pleaded innocent to failure to yield half the road and intoxication in Justice of the Peace court. His case was bound over to district court. The charges stem from a February 15 collision on highway 13 six miles south of Elkader with Norbert Butikofer of Elkader.
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Eleader
Wayne Jones
Waukon
Court of Justice of the Peace
Joe McTaggert
Charghes
Jones
Norbert Butikofer
Elkader
Iowa Soldier 20 Killed in Vietnam
Des Moines man Sp 6 John Madison, 20, was killed in action near the DMZ while serving as a paratrooper with the 1st Cavalry Division. He previously earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. son of Alvera Madison and Richard Madison.
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Des Moines
UPI
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
Defense Department
John Madison
Madison
Alvera Madison
Richard Madison
Winterset
1St Calvary Division
Roberts Pled Guilty To Drunk Driving In Tama Court
Gustave Roberts of Toledo Tama Indian settlement pleaded guilty to drunk driving. Judge M C Farber fined him 300 dollars and costs or 60 days in county jail. Roberts crashed into a parked car owned by Marie Houdyshell of Toledo on January 5 and was hospitalized afterward.
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Toledo
Gustave Roberts
Tama Indian Settlement
M. C. Farber
Tama County
Roberts
Marie Houdyshell
Iowans for Rockefeller Organizes Support Group
Des Moines announces a new Iowans for Rockefeller committee to back Governor Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican nomination. J Ray Murphy Jr is chairman with cochairman Mrs Harlan Soper and others named on the statewide organizing slate.
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Des Moines
Iowans For
Rockefeller
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
J. Ray Murphy
Des Moines Insurance
Harlan Soper
Sioux City
J. C. Brenton
Davenport
Barbara Oelrich
Rolfe
Iowa
Murphy
Berkley Bedell
Spirit Lake
Ralph Gearhart
Cedar Rapids
David Kruidenier
Fred Maytag II
Newton
James Schramm
Burlington
A. Anthes Smith
Fort Madison
Ton Stoner
Joseph Walt
Indianola
Wanted Ad Hints at Unusual Item
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Six Youths Nabbed For Aurora Breakin
Six youths were arrested within hours after a breakin at Smoky’s tavern in Aurora. A passerby reported loot being carried to a car. license number led to a car chased to Hazleton. In custody were two 18 year olds from Oelwein, two 14 year olds, a 15 year old, and a 17 year old from Fairbank.
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Aurora Breakin
Gazette Aurora
Smoky’s
Aurora
Phil Schlesselman
Oelwein
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
Hazleton
Buchanan County
Justice Court
Gerald Leon McLaury
Donald R. Millard
Fairbank
Elmer Harland
Navy Man and Wife Hurt in East Iowa Crash
Navy man James Eugene Zahn 24 on leave from Charleston South Carolina and his wife Helen 22 were injured when their car left highway 13 west of McGregor and crashed into a tree. Both were taken to General hospital Prairie du Chien Zahn suffered a fractured skull and jaw and Mrs Zahn severe scalp lacerations. Clayton county sheriff investigated the 3 a.m. crash.
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McGregor
Iowa
Highway 13
James Eugene Zahn
Charleston
S.C
Helen
General Hospital
Prairie du Chien
Zahn
Clayton County
Trailer Fire Damages Lakeview Home in Oelwein
Fire Sunday afternoon damaged the trailer home of Jerry Horkheimer at the Lakeview trailer court as he was filling his oil furnace. No injuries reported. Firefighters responded to the scene.
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Earl Bardach
Oelwein
Olga Eggen
Miss Eggen
Decorah Museum
Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church
Luther College
Ozzie Quandahl
Dave Breitsprecher
Tailer
Jerry Horkheimer
Lakeview
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Eggen
Morris Eggen
Hilda Hansen
Waterloo Ridge Church
Rock Island
Don Speer
Call Justice Electric
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company Electric Service
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Electrri
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Eee Credit Corporation
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Cedar
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Shellsburg Cooperative Elevator
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Benton County
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LaPorte City
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Manchester
Conservation Park
Army
U.S. Post Office
Ziebart
Third Avenue SE
Peoples Church
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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