Family of Five Dies In Fumes At Iowa Farm Home
Harold Sorensen 25 and wife Karen 23 and their three children Laurie 5 Deborah 4 Kevin 3 were found dead in their Audubon county farmhouse after a suspected LP gas furnace chimney blockage choked ventilation. Neighbors saw no activity since Tuesday and a telephone line fault delayed discovery. Autopsy planned. doors locked and radio on suggestive of peaceful sleep when deadly fumes struck.
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Audubon (Ap
Harold E. Sorensen
Karen
Laurie
Deborah
Kevin
Audubon County
Here
Audubon
Milo Clemensen
Sorensen
Highway
Ed Swain
Richard Smith
Richard L. Bartley
Smith
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Legislative Notes by Frank Nye at 40 Briles Active Basketball Player
Iowa state senator James Briles, 40, plays for the Prescott Indians as standing guard since 1946, briefly subbing in a 91 89 win over Villisca. Briles, an auctioneer, has a long association with the team since 1924 beginnings and 1946 formal joining, amid Iowa political notes and clerical appointment details for Rep. Joan Lipsky’s staff.
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ES Moines
James Briles
R-Corning
Briles
Prescott Indians
Prescott
Villisca
Senator Briles
Iowa
Iowa Congressmen Given Assignments
Iowa freshman congressmen received House committee assignments from the Republican conference. Wiley Mayne was placed on Agriculture while John Kyl and Fred Schwengel were assigned to two committees each on Administration. Kyl also serves on Interior and Insular Affairs. Schwengel on Public Works. William J. Scherle goes to Education and Labor. Kyl and Schwengel are not new to Congress, having held House seats since 1965.
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Washington
Iowa
Wiley Mayne
House Agriculture Committee
John Kyl
Fred Schwengel
Kyl
Des Moines Man Killed in Vietnam Navy Mine Sweeper Attack
Des Moines Engineman 1-C Donald Peddi cord, 25, was killed Monday in South Vietnam when enemy fire struck a minesweeper on patrol near the Long Tau River. Two sailors died in the Viet Cong attack, with Peddi cord among the fallen.
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DES Moines
Vietnam
Navy Department
Donald Peddicord
Long Tau
South
Return of Local Funds on a Monthly Basis is Sought
DES MOINES Senator Kenneth Benda plans a bill to require monthly transfers of funds owed to local government instead of semi annual distributions. He argues local subdivisions should receive funds monthly to pay warrants or invest locally to ease property taxes, aligning with home rule votes.
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Des Moines
Kenneth Benda
Hartwick
Benda
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established 1883
The Cedar Rapids Gazette was established in 1883 by The Gazette Co. The paper is published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates listed include by carrier and by mail with varying term prices and regional limitations. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches for republication.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rap S
U. S
Associated Press
East Iowa SCI Degrees Awarded to 275 Graduates
Iowa State president W Robert Parks urged 275 graduates at the SCI mid year commencement to embrace a social contract with society. He warned of gaps between scientific and social intelligence and urged lifelong growth, leadership, and active participation in community and state affairs. Graduates listed by hometown include Brooklyn Sheryl Carlson Foster and Cedar Rapids Katharyn Tice Betts among many others.
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Cedar Falls
W. Robert Parks
Iowa
State College of Iowa
Parks
SCI
Katharyn Tice Betts
Kristan E. Falcon
Dennis P. Ferreter
Terrence W. Murrin
Michael A. Warner
Iowa City shop owner sues over Judy Shop fire damages
Grace Cowell doing business as The Judy Shop files a damage suit in Johnson county district court over a fire at 117 South Dubuque on April 1 1965. Defendants include Western Fire Insurance Co Zurich Insurance Co and Wagner Connell Co. The petition alleges negligence by Wagner Connell Co in plumbing repair caused the fire. Damages sought total 54 108 69 against Wagner with credits from insurance plus 16000 from Western and 12000 from Zurich.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Judy
South Dubuque
Grace Cowell
Judy Shop
Western Fire Insurance Co
Ft. Scott
Kansas
Zurich Insurance Co
Chicago
Paul Wagner
Wagner-Connell Co
Wagner
Western Company
Zurich
Schrecken Gast Elected President of Wilson Memorial Library Board
KEOTA and Tressie Schrecken gast were elected president of the Wilson Memorial library board, with joining members named to guide library governance and planned programs.
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KEOTA
Tressie Schreckengast
Wilson Memorial Library Board
Donohoe Named Cookie Sale Drive Chairman
Miss Marvine Donohoe of Iowa City is named chairman of the 1967 cookie sale fund drive for the Cardinal Council of Girl Scouts. The sale runs February 17 for 10 days. New Want Ad Number 369-1234 to be noted.
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Iowa City
Marvine Donohoe
Dinal Council of Girl Scouts
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Louis Wan
Frank Nye
Nye
Evans
Ninger
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Lindale
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Jewel
Ginsberg's
Spartan Jewelry Dept
Mao
Florentine
2Nd Ave
East Iowa
Oelwein
Edward L. Schmitt
Eldene K. Smock
Connie Levin Sullivan
Solon
Edward J. Votroubek
Springville
Vicki L. Ernst
Tama
Douglas Kouba
Tipton
Glenn A Petersen
Toledo
Bennie J. Halupnik
Vinton
Ramona Lindeman Fleming
Waukon
Herbert G. Bigelow
West Branch
Jerie Barnhart
Arthur G. Kitzman
Winthrop
Gary G. Schwartz
Reader’s Digest
Heads
Standard Appliance Company
Second Street
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So Tewner's
Acrilan
Chemstrand
Drexel
First Ave
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