Four Joslin children dead in pool trip wreck near Galva
A family car carrying five youngsters from near Galva to a pool in Aurelia crashed into a bridge railing turned over and burned. Sharon Joslin 17 drove the car. others included Rodney 14 Dale 12 Cindy 7 and Kenneth Holtz 13 visiting. The five perished, likely in the crash before the fire. The toll rising to 284 for the year and six other deaths reported over the weekend across Iowa.
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Aurelia
Joslin
Galva
Sharon Joslin
Rodney Joslin
Dale Joslin
Cindy Joslin
Kenneth Holtz
Schleff
David
Iowa Boat Re-registration Delays Prompt Suspension of Summonses
About 35,000 Iowa boat owners have not re-registered, leaving 15,000 licensed. Conservation officers will not issue summonses on the July 4 weekend until backlogged license renewals are caught up. Re-register by July 4 for a two year license costing $4. Also, a fire near Columbus Junction destroyed two barns and two corn cribs, damaging 5,000 bushels of corn and hay.
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Des Moines
Donald Criswell
Commission
Ers
Columbus Junction
Neil Kracaw
Here
Mt. Pleasant Teenager Killed in Car Crash
Mt. Pleasant, I A teenage girl Erma Pool 16 died when the car she rode in rear ended a parked semi trailer. Four others escaped injury including 21 year old Larry Milton 15 year old Elizabeth Davies and 20 year old Ronald Layer all of Mt. Pleasant. The crash happened shortly after midnight.
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MT. Pleasant
UPI
Erma Pool
Martha Pool
Larry Milton
Elizabeth Davies
Ronald Layer
Burris Distillery Job Offer Opens Post Commission
Maquoketa figures Burris, former Iowa liquor control commissioner, says he has been asked to join Jim Beam staff. He notes no definite offer yet and would represent the distillery to the liquor commission if he accepts.
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Maquoketa
C. J. “Dutch” Burris
State Liquor Control Commission
Jim Beam
Burris
Water E. Edelen
Garner
Liquor Commission
Monona Man Fatally Hurt in Cement Mixer
Norman Melcher 20 dies after being trapped in a cement mixer at Monona Concrete Industries when the machine started while he cleaned it Fellow workers stopped the mixer and freed him He died hours later at University Hospitals Iowa City Surviving are his parents a brother and a sister Services set for Tuesday at 1 30 at St Pauls Lutheran Church
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Monona
Norman Melcher
Monona Concrete Industries
Melcher
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Glenn Melcher
Kerry
Effie
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Suspect Quizzed Over String of $55.60 Bad Checks
An Illinois man, Charles Hawn, 49, faced forgery charges in Maquoketa for passing two identical checks of $55.60 in recent weeks. Authorities said Hawn, described as affable, had operated in Iowa for years cashing similar checks at service stations and towns including Miles and Preston. The notes on the checks claimed hauling cattle or delivering feed.
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Freeport
Iowa
Maquoketa
UPI
Illinois
Charles Hawn
Clarence Hinke
Hawn
Miles
Ton Hawn
Preston
Nota
Jackson County
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Edward Meyer
Carl Schleff
Doyle G. Hart
Osceola
Clarence E. Nichols
Pauline H. Reddick
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Bruce H. Brandt
Cedar Falls
Michael L. Brookhart
Osie L. Lewis
Ottumwa
Nichols
Hart
Brandt
Brookhart Boy
Willard Brookhart
Lewis
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Ron Cochran
Lindale Plaza
Offer Burris Distillery
Nite-Dri International
Nite
Dri
American Medical Association
Journal of Pediatrics
Gesell Institute of Child Psychology
Ladies’ Home Journal
Redbook
Nite-Dri International Division
Pacific Research Laboratories
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