Marion business man Major Linkletter dies at 68
Major G. Linkletter of Marion Iowa died after a long illness at age 68. He owned Linkletter Insurance Agency and held leadership roles including Marion Lions president 1956-57 and Chamber of Commerce president 1964. Survived by wife Edith and four children, services set at Cedar Memorial and Marion Christian Church. Memorial fund named.
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G. Linkletter
Eighteenth Street
Marion
Linkletter
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Edith Hunsinger
Omaha
Neb
Linkletter Insurance Agency
Eureka College
Eureka
Ill
Linn County
Marion Lions Club
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Iowa State Assn. of Assessors
Don R
Cedar Rapids
Merle G
Beloit
Wis
Karen A. Collins
Columbia
S.C
Hester Hanson
Fair Oaks
Calif
Jean MacDonald
Arthur C. Linkletter
Shelton
Wash
Harry
Everett
Victoria
British Columbia
George
Port Angeles
Cedar Memorial
Marion Christian Church
Peter M. Morgan
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Six Year Old Timmy Offers Bone Marrow Help For Stricken Sister
Six year old Timmy Kelly volunteers for a bone marrow transplant to aid his leukemia-stricken sister Jan in Seattle. Doctors say Timmy’s tissue type is closest match. Jan awaits an emergency flight and a six month stay for the procedure. The family has mounting medical bills and a fund at Hernando bank supports the effort.
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Hernando
Miss
Timmy Kelly
Jan
Jan Kelly
Jack House
Horn Lake High School
Nora Kelly
Washington
Seattle
Timmy
Memphis
Mrs. Kelly
Paris
Jean Paul Sartre
Nouvel Observateur Magazine
Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
Missouri Governor to Sign Death Penalty Bill
Missouri Governor Christopher Bond announced he would sign the death penalty bill, approving use of the gas chamber for premeditated murder. The measure, passed June 3, had 15 days to reach his desk, and Bond cited strong public support for reinstating capital punishment.
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ST. Louis
Christopher Bond
Bond
Missouri
16 Year Old Girl Arrested in Kidnap Try
In St Louis a 16 year old girl was arrested in connection with a bundled kidnapping and extortion attempt of a bank president's wife. Alfred Wayne King, 27, is charged with the kidnapping of 68 year old Mrs George Helein who was abducted at gunpoint from her home last Thursday. King was arrested in Kentucky after a 15 mile chase. An AP bulletin was issued for an 18 year old St. Louis youth and a second teen remains sought.
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ST. Louis
Kentucky
Alfred Wayne King
George Helein
King
Hopkinsville
Pre Trial Release Program Shows Early Success in Iowa
Southeast Iowa Community Corrections reports four month old pre trial release program in Des Moines Louisa Lee and Henry counties. since February 100 inmates released to county representatives. Only one arrested and two removed for noncompliance. Wisner notes lower re arrest and failure to appear rates compared with bail system statewide.
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Burlington
Iowa
Gram Wisner
Wisner
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Major Linkletter
Marion Independent Board of Education Planning Committee
Starry School
Muriel Reichert Iverson
W.M. Reichert
Eleventh Street
YMCA
The
Marion Ymca
Cary
Frank Smith
Emerson School
Arnie Benedict
Janet L. Quaas
Alburnett
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Janet
Kenneth Quaas
Clutier
Joseph P. Novak
Clutier State Bank
Dysart
Agnes Krezek
Clinton
Hesperia Lodge
Traer
L. J. Novak
Overton's
Oneida Cemetery
Oguszette
10Th Street
Love Electric Light and Power Company
Dacron
Richman Brothers
Richman
Bank Americard
Lindale Plaza
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