First Train Robbery in the West Remembered at Adair
On July 21 1873 Jesse James Frank James Bob and Cole Younger derailed a Rock Island Lines passenger train four miles southwest of Adair. They robbed passengers of cash and valuables after the intended $75 000 gold shipment was not aboard. The locomotive derailed and the engineer was killed. a sign and drive wheel now mark the site.
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ADAIR
Jesse
Frank James
Bob
Cole Younger
Old West
Rock Island Lines
Here
Omaha
Jesse James
Fire at Iowa City hospitalizes mother and son
Mrs Eliza beth Pannos aged 45 and her 14 year old son Christopher were hospitalized with smoke inhalation after an early morning apartment fire at 52544 W Benton street. Both in fair and good condition respectively with two firemen also treated. Firemen say careless smoking started the blaze.
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Iowa City
Elizabeth Pannos
Christopher
W. Benton Street
Coons Dies Former Iowa Wesleyan Head
MT PLEASANT Iowa drum Dr James E Coons 88 former president of Iowa Wesleyan College died in Maitland Florida He led the college from 1927 to 1935 during a financial crisis He held honorary degrees from Boston University and Ohio Wesleyan College where he earned his master's in 1908 He earlier served six years as district superintendent of the Lynn district of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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MT. Pleasant
UPI
James E. Coons
Iowa Wesleyan College
Maitland
Fla
Coons
Iowa Wesleyan
Boston University
Ohio Wesleyan College
Lynn
Methodist Episcopal Church
Iowa bands add two graduate assistants for Russia tour
Warren Hatfield of South Dakota State and Mark Kelly of Centerville High School will serve as graduate assistants with the University of Iowa bands for the coming year. Hatfield will be assistant conductor of the University of Iowa Symphony Band during a Russia trip. Kelly will assist during the second semester. Professor Ebbs, head of U I bands, will conduct the Symphony Band on tour.
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Iowa City
Warren Hatfield
South Dakota State University
Mark Kelly
Centerville High School
University of Iowa
Frederick C. Ebbs
U. of I. Bands
Hatfield
University of Iowa Symphony
Russia
Ebbs
U. of I. Symphony Band
U. S. Department of State
Kelly
Thomas L. Davis
U. of I
Davis
U. of I. School of Music
Davenport High School
Hinsdale
Ill
Township
South Dakota
Solon
State College of Iowa
Burke's Law Crime Drama Mystery Teases Packed Tonight
Promos hype an episode of Burke's Law airing Wednesday night at 8:30 on Channel 9. The teaser suggests a lineup of stylish suspects and a tangled case for the detective to unravel on air.
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Burke’s Law
Channel 9
Rural Waukon Boy Dies in Silo Fall
Dwayne Bakke six-year-old son of Charles and Mrs Bakke of rural Waukon died after apparently falling into a silo on the Bakke farm. An autopsy was performed in La Crosse. results expected soon. The boy, who with his mother was in the barn, was found dead after climbing silo steps. He is survived by a sister and two brothers. The body rests at Bakke-Hanson funeral home.
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Waukon
Dwayne Bakke
Charles Bakke
Bakke
la Crosse
Bakke-Hanson Funeral Home
Commencement Speaker Named at University of Iowa
J Richard Palmer president of Morningside College will deliver the summer commencement address at the University of Iowa on August 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the fieldhouse. About 860 students will receive degrees with many graduate level. Howard R Bowman will confer degrees and give the charge.
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Iowa City
J. Richard Palmer
Morningside College
University of Iowa
Donald Rhoades
U. of I
Howard R. Bowen
William D. Coder
Robert S. Michaelsen
U. of I. School of Religion
Frank Hanlin
Huebsch Elected President at Strawberry Point Reunion
Harold Huebsch was elected president and Mrs. Fred Pfrommer secretary of the Strawberry Point reunion for the 1926 and 1927 classes.
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Strawberry Point
Harold Huebsch
Fred Pfrommer
Iowa City Council Faces Injunction Over Muscatine Development
Council weighs injunction filed July 9 to halt Muscatine Development Co. from building 18 units west of University Heights after annexation. Officials cite zoning violations and debate preannexation planning, while code revisions and a water system plan loom.
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Iowa City
William Maas
Iowa’ City Council
Muscatine Development Co
University Heights
Maas
Carsten Leikvold
Jay Honohan
Johnson County
Leikvold
Muscatine
Bartley
Council
J. W. Kimm
Veenstra and
Escape Triumphant on S S Seven Seas Fire
Marilyn Awbrey reports aboard the S S Seven Seas as a fire in the engine room forced 300 passengers to sleep on upper decks after carbon dioxide filled lower levels. Despite fear, the 125 exchange students, including Awbrey, endured a tense voyage with church services and improvised meals, eager to reunite with families.
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Marilyn Awbrey
Stuart Awbrey
Burlington
Iowa
Hawk-Eye
Hutchinson, Kan
Seven Seas
Associated Press
S.S. Seven Seas
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Hart
U.S
Huebsch
Richard Burger
William Hubbard
Hubbard
Max Yocum
Honohan
James Nesmith
Dubuque Street
Highway North
Kimm
Johnson County Council On Social Planning
Wheatland
Lamont
Alan Becker
Walt Disney
Lindale
Iown
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