Weather totals and notices for June with obituaries
June weather summary shows totals and normals. Obituary notices list several local residents with names, ages, addresses, and funeral times across Decorah Oelwein Strawberry Point Tama Traer and Victor, including Rosary details and burial plans.
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Henry Rudolph Barrack
United Methodist Church
Fenney’s. Swisher
Sylvia Stepanek
Brush
Erickson’s
Victor
Nan Jeanette Jack
McAninch
Decorah Firm Wins Coldwater Cave Access Contract
Nelson Brothers Drilling Contractors of Decorah won a contract from the Iowa conservation commission to enlarge a 30 inch shaft into Coldwater cave. The $22 059 bid calls for an 80 foot limestone bore with air tight hatches every 20 feet and a ladder, starting about July 1 with a 45 day completion window. The cave lies on Kenneth Flatland’s farm west of Burr Oak in Winneshiek county and supports about two dozen proposed research projects.
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Decorah
Coldwater Cave
Iowa Conservation Commission
Nelson Brothers Drilling Contractors
Nelson
Kenneth Flatland
Burr Oak
Winneshiek County
Pilots Set Global Protest Amid Strike Debates
Pilots plan a worldwide walkout starting Monday to pressure world governments on hijacking. A U.S. judge suggested a possible 1 week delay while courts consider restraining orders. only Trans World and Braniff secured temporary bans. The Air Transport Association failed to stop the action in Washington. The pilots vow to seek international sanctions to curb air piracy.
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Court of Appeals
Trans World
Braniff International
Air Transport Association
U.S
U.S. District Court
Washington
Pilots’ Association
Catholic education panel warns of systemic Catholic school collapse
A panel studying Catholic schools warns that a nationwide collapse could trigger a financial crisis for cities. It cites a 3.2 billion deficit in public school budgets if Catholic schools close, with rising costs outpacing revenues and enrollment declines. The group urges efficiency, consolidation, and dialogue to find solutions.
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Garash
Catholic Church
Gurash
Air and ground actions roil Vietnam fronts this week
Combat warplanes struck North Vietnamese airfields in three raids over the past week. A U.S. heavy cruiser and five destroyers bombarded 15 coastal defense outposts. In South Vietnam, Saigon infantrymen rappelled from helicopters into Tan Canh, 280 miles north of Saigon, rescuing nine government soldiers from a North Vietnamese camp.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Tan Canh
Marxists Lose Out in New Italian Government
ROME AP Italy's Republican party decided to back an all center government excluding the Marxist Socialist party. Giulio Andreotti, a Christian Democrat, is set to assemble a majority, with the Christian Democrats, Democratic Socialists, and Liberals forming a 34th government. The move ends a decade of center-left rule and keeps the Communist party sidelined.
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Rome
Italy
Giulio Andreotti
Christian Democrats
Giuseppe Saragat
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Communist Party
Mexican Border Veterans Defend Amnesty At 56th Anniversary
More than 30 veterans of the 1916 border fighting met at the Roosevelt hotel for the 56th anniversary of Pancho Villa era action. They condemned amnesty for draft evaders, urged enforcement of traffic laws, and opposed colleges surrendering authority to students.
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Roosevelt Hotel
Pancho Villa
Hurricane Agnes Aims At Florida With Hurricane Watch
Agnes rose to hurricane strength with 75 mph sustained winds and gusts to 95 mph. A hurricane watch stretched from Key West to the Dry Tortugas as rain and strong winds began affecting South Florida. Residents from the west coast were cautioned to monitor advisories for possible further watches.
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Miami
Florida Keys
Key West
Florida
Inadequate Records Found For Iowa WIN Program
State Auditor finds unreliable and incomplete data in the Iowa Employment Security Commission and Department of Social Services on the Work Incentive Program. Audit shows 83 trainees listed as successful, 112 terminated but not employed, and questions cost savings. Departments agree to improve cost accounting and data reliability for future progress reports.
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DES Moines
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Department of Social Services
Lloyd Smith
WIN
The
Employment Security Commission
Commissioner of Social Services
James Gillman
Rain limits flood fears after Black Hills storm
Weather Service said the worst rain was over and a four-foot flood surge did not occur. Water levels rose only three to four inches in most areas, martial law was lifted at 8:40 p.m., guardsmen sent home, and residents fled to high ground as Rapid City reported cars washed off near Rapid Creek.
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Weather Service
Black Hills
Barnett
Rapid City
Rapid Creek
McGovern Seeks Nomination as Delegates Split in Colorado
South Dakota senator Humphrey leads in Colorado after district conventions with four delegates won in the first district and 13 across the remaining five. McGovern claims momentum with three district wins in Pueblo and a contested edge in the second district amid late-night bargaining to secure a fractional delegate gain.
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South Dakota
Colorado
Denver
Humphrey
Pueblo
McGovern
Education funding calls for rapid Higher Education Act support
Culver urges swift funding for the Higher Education Act to enable colleges to plan futures without stop and go funding. He warns against belated cycles and excessive bureaucracy and stresses diversity, open choice, and an education mission free from rigid rules or government overreach.
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Culver
Vendome Hotel Fire Collapses Back Bay Structure
A corner of Boston’s Vendome hotel collapsed and burned after a four alarm blaze. One person was killed and at least three firefighters were removed from rubble as authorities feared others could be trapped. Electricians had been inside turning the 101 year old hotel into luxury apartments when the fire began in a third floor elevator shaft.
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Boston
Boston Herald Traveler
Herald Traveler
Hearst Corp
Boston Record American and Sunday Advertiser
Vendome
John Collins
Tom Ahern
Collins
Commonwealth Avenue
Dartmouth Street
Back Bay
Local AP News Syndicate Rights
The newspaper states exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. This notice confirms the paper’s license to reprint AP material within its pages and related content.
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LaCrosse
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Mexico
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Charlotte Harbor
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