Marion Chamber Schedules Two Meetings This Week
The Marion division Chamber of Commerce sets two meetings this week. The retail bureau gathers Thursday at 9 36 am in Farmers State bank community room. The board of directors meets Friday at 7 30 pm in Chamber offices. ABWA Charter chapter meets Thursday at 6 15 pm at Long Branch with Daisy Ashby speaker. Planning and Zoning Commission meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm in city hall council chambers.
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Eleventh Street
Marabwa
ABWA
Long Branch
Daisy Ashby
Marion Planning and Zoning Commission
Council
Swisher Man Injured In Motorcycle Crash West of Here
Harley W. Westfall, 31, of route ona Riverside, remained in serious condition at University hospitals in Iowa City after a 4:15 p.m. Sunday motorcycle crash on a county road 2.9 miles west of here. He was eastbound when attempting to pass a car turning left onto a gravel road, lost control, and the bike swerved into a ditch. The machine toppled into a barbed wire fence, entangling rider and cycle.
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Swisher
Harley W. Westfall
Westfail
Briggs Enters Innocent Plea In Tama County Court
Samuel G. Briggs of Traer pleaded innocent to going armed with intent in Tama County District Court. A jury trial was set for August 11, with a July 25 pre trial evidentiary hearing. Briggs was ordered evaluated by a psychiatrist at the county's expense and remanded to Oakdale. bail reduction will be heard after. He was arrested May 16 after allegedly threatening tavern owner George Papouchis with a rifle and knife.
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Tama County District Court
Samuel G. Briggs
Traer
August F. Hansell
Briggs
Hansell
Tara County
Iowa Medical Security Center
Oakdale
Tracr
George Papouchis
Tracer
Bicentennial Program and Activities at Marion Senior Center
A bicentennial program features Friday at the Marion senior center with a flag presentation by the State Bicentennial Commission and a color guard from Marion Post 298. Tours of the new senior citizen and recreational facility follow daily. Wednesday music day includes a sing along. The Marion YMCA lists a full Tuesday activity schedule from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. including swim, games, lessons, and open gym. Lim Chapter DeMolay meets tonight at 7 in the Masonic temple. Robert Mitchell No. 126 WRC meets Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the American Legion building.
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State Bicentenial Commission
Marion
American Legion
Inviing School
YMCA
Marion Ymca
Robert Mitchell
WRC
Soviet Sub Closer to U.S. Coast Than Ever Before
A Soviet Y class missile submarine was detected within 350 miles of Cape Cod and near Norfolk Virginia, closer to the U.S. coast than any prior patrol. Analysts say the move could signal a change in patrol patterns and test U.S. detection methods while both sides work to conceal submarine locations.
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Washington
Pentagon
Cape Cod
Mass
Norfolk
Atlantic
Soviet Union
Denial of Heavy U.S. Bombing During Saigon Evacuation
Washington sources disputed a Los Angeles Times report that U.S. warplanes conducted heavy raids during the Saigon evacuation. White House and Pentagon officials said such claims are untrue and noted limited air activity with tactical cover and minimal firing.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
National Security Council
White House
Ron Nessen
Los Angeles Times
the Times
Joseph Laitin
Sccretary of Defense
Pentagon
U.S
Laitin
Nessen
Four Enter Guilty Pleas in Tama Court
Four men appeared before Judge August F. Hansell in Tama county district court on Friday and pled guilty to charges. Richard Gonzales Ortega, 29, Gladbrook, pled guilty to possession of marijuana with a six month suspended sentence and probation for one to two years. Glen Walter Gaston, 18, Waterloo, pled guilty to drunk driving with a $300 fine, indefinite license suspension, and drinking driver school attendance. George Ahlhelm, 23, Waterloo, pled guilty to larceny of property under $20 and received 300 days in Black Hawk County jail. Wesley Ray Biddle, 18, Belle Plaine, pled guilty to a $300 probation plan with $75 monthly installments and a 120 day license suspension. Additional cases from the same incident remain pending.
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August F. Hansell
Tama County
Richard Gonzales Ortega
Gladbrook
John McSweeney
Sixth Judicial District Department of Adult Corrections
Ortega
Glen Walter Gaston
Waterloo
Highway 62
Traer
George Abbhelm
Jared Bauch
Ahlhelm
Black Hawk County
Dysart Country Club
Wesley Ray Biddle
Belle Plaine
Tama
Grinnell Professor To Write Iowa History
Grinnell College historian Joseph F. Wall was commissioned to write a statewide history for a national biencentual series “The States and the Nation.” The project is directed by the American Association for State and Local History with grants totaling $921,258 from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Wall, a Grinnell native since 1947, won the 1971 Bancroft Prize for his biography Andrew Carnegie.
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Washington
UPI
Joseph F. Wall
Grinnell College
Iowa
The
American Assn
National Endowment For the Humanities
Wall
Towan
Grinnell
Haworth Named Norway Postmaster
Haworth has been named postmaster here after serving as officer in charge since December 34, 1974. He joined the postal service in 1959 as a distribution clerk and was promoted to foreman of mail in 1972. Drive safely.
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Norway
Allen Haworth
Haworth
Postal Service
Wont Ad Dial Number Listed for Ordering
An instruction appears guiding readers to dial 398-8234 to order a wont ad. The snippet provides a contact method likely tied to a classified or personal notice seeking orders. The text focuses on a single action without additional context or entities.
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