Tornado Hits Arnolds Park in Northwest Iowa
A tornado tore through Arnolds Park in northwest Iowa causing extensive damage to Beach cottages Lakeview Motel and Roof Garden and wrecking amusement facilities. Property losses exceed 1 million with several injuries minor. Police siren warned crowds who fled to basement shelters as debris and sunken boats littered Smiths Bay.
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Associated Press
Robert Burrows
Great Lakes
Iowa
Arnolds Park
Lakeview
Roof Garden
Smith’s Bay
Ritzer
Tornado Rakes Northern Iowa Skirting Lake Okoboji
Several tornadoes carved a 25 mile path from near Fostoria through Arnolds Park to Estherville and Marathon. Arnolds Park suffered extensive trailer damage as rides and the Queen excursion boat were wrecked. Emergency crews from Spirit Lake Milford and Spencer aided in debris removal and rescue efforts.
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The
Highway Patrol
Arnolds Park
Fostoria
Estherville
Marathon
Lake Okoboji
Queen
Gipner’s Point
Spirit Lake
Milford
Spencer
New Area School Budgets Are Approved by State Board
DES MOINES UPI The State Board of Public Instruction approved next year budgets for Iowa area schools. Projected enrollment yields about $1.54 in state aid per student per day, with a total expenditure estimate of $26.5 million. Enrollment climbs 27.4 percent to 21,606 students, led by Vocational technical growth and large increases in adult education and arts and science programs.
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Des Moines
UPI
Town Board of Public Instruction
Area Schools
Department of Public Instruction
East Iowa
Area One
Calmar
Area Seven
Waterloo
Area Ten
Cedar Rapids
Celebrities Join Joey Bishop On KCRG TV Nine
Color program airs weeknights at 10 30 PM on KCRG TV Channel Nine featuring Joey Bishop alongside noted guests in a prime time lineup.
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Joey Bishop
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Building Razed in North English on Main Street
Workmen this week razed the old Noel drug store building on Main Street in North English. The structure, erected before 1900 by W. P. Erwin known as Pap Erwin, served as a general store for many years.
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Noel Drug Store
W. P. “Pap
Erwin
Wilke Runs for Cedar County Board on Democratic Ticket
Elmer F. Wilke 57 of Tipton announces candidacy for Cedar county board of supervisors as a Democrat. A farmer and insurance agent, he has served as assessor for Rochester and Center townships and Tipton city, and has represented Northwestern Life Insurance Co of Milwaukee for 19 years.
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Tipton
Elmer F. Wilke
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Wilke
Rochester
Center Townships
Northwestern Life Insurance ,Co
Milwaukee
State reverses Black Hawk ADC denial in Waterloo case
The state board of social welfare reversed Black Hawk county’s denial of aid to a Waterloo mother. ADC payments will be retroactive to June 1 for the woman with one child and a second on the way. The county board deemed her situation immoral, but the state overturned that finding after an appeal.
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Waterloo
State Board of Social Welfare
Black Hawk
Massachusetts Couple Hurt in Iowa Mishap
An elderly Beverly couple were hospitalized in Waterloo after a car with a jammed accelerator sped along highway 218 in LaPorte City. David Reid, driving, dodged through traffic at up to 50 mph before crashing through a lawn and into a living room wall of the Harry Johansen home.
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Waterloo
UPI
Beverly, Mass
LaPorte City
David Reid
Katherin
Reid
Harry Johansen
Iowa Marine Dies In Vietnam Action
The Defense department reports Marine Cpl. David A. Stokes 21 of Council Bluffs died in action in Vietnam on June 5 He previously was wounded in 1966 and returned to the battle zone last year He is survived by Mr and Mrs Thomas H Stokes.
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Council Bluffs
Defense Department
Vietnam
David A. Stokes
Thomas H. Stokes
Corporal Stokes
Iowa City Prepares 1969 Budget With Modest Tax Levy Rise
City Manager Frank Smiley presents a preliminary 1969 budget showing total expenditures of 5 163 358 dollars with a tax levy around 34 898 mills based on 58 million valuation, up slightly from 34 464 mills this year. The plan adds staff in several departments and notes some items not funded in this early version while promising council flexibility.
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Iowa City
Frank Smiley
Smiley
Johnson
Johnson County Health Board
Johnson county-Iowa
State Officials Plan Inspect Migrant Camps in Iowa
Dr. Arthur Long of the Iowa health department said inspectors will assess sanitary conditions at migrant farm labor camps across seven counties. Water supplies waste disposal sewage will be checked in Franklin Cerro Gordo Worth Kossuth Winnebago Grundy and Floyd after a Mason City group petitioned the department.
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Des Moines
Arthur Long
State ‘Health Department
Iowa
Long
Franklin
Cerro Gordo
Worth
Kossuth
Winnebago
Grundy
Floyd
Mason City
Tipton Girl Will Visit in Portugal
Patty Miller daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Miller of Tipton has been selected for a two month stay in Portugal under the American Field Service summer program. She will sail from New York June 21 aboard the S S Waterman and arrive in Rotterdam July 1 before continuing to Portugal to live with a host family. She expects to return about September 1.
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Gazette
Tipton
Patty Miller
Wayne Miller
Portugal
American Field Service
Miss Miller
New York
S. S. Waterman
Rotterdam
Local Man Killed in Guttenberg Rail Yard
Marvin D. Peck 37 of Cherokee, a conductor brakeman on an Illinois Central switching unit, died Thursday in Guttenberg switching yards. In Washington, the House Appropriations Committee proposed cuts in Army Engineer and Reclamation Bureau projects, including Guttenberg flood control at 1 million, deleted.
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ALTA
Marvin D. Peck
Cherokee
Illinois Central Railroad
Washington
One Bid Received for Mercer Park Lights Project in Iowa City
Iowa City officials voiced disappointment after a single bid for Mercer Park ball field lights. Ludington Electric Co. offered $23,900, under the $25,000 budget but above expectations. City engineer Melford Dahl will study the bid for council recommendation ahead of Tuesday's meeting.
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Iowa City
Mercer Park
Ludington Electric Co
Glen Eckert
Melford Dahl
Holy Cross Man Dies In Dubuque Accident
Thomas J. Reagan age 29 of Holy Cross died in a one car wreck in Dubuque county. Authorities say his car struck a large pile of dirt at a construction site and he was dead on arrival at a Dubuque hospital.
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Holy Cross
Thomas J. Reagan
Dubuque
Reagan
Car Fire Injures Des Moines Man Near Amana Interchange
Donald Thomas 62 of Des Moines is in fair condition at Marengo Memorial Hospital after burns from a car fire on Interstate 30 last night. He pulled off the road as smoke appeared and was aided by about six truck drivers who helped extinguish the blaze. the car was destroyed.
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Gazette
Marengo
Donald Thomas
Des Moines
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Thomas
Amana
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Spector
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