Picnic shelter reservations open at American Legion Park
Reservations are being taken for the American Legion park shelter located south of the road separating Rhomad Park. The shelter accommodates 65 to 70 people, with electricity and water installed, nearby playground equipment, and a waist-high stove in the pavilion. Taube Park’s shelter is open to the public, has electricity and a stove but no water yet, water to be installed soon. Reservations for the American Legion pavilion can be made through the city hall parks department. contact Warner Brothers at 377-5573.
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American Legion
Thirty-first Street
McGowan Boulevard
Twenty- Third Avenue
Taube
Charles A. Kremeniak
Parks Department
City Hall
Explosion at University Lab in Iowa City
An explosion and flash fire struck a laboratory at University Hospitals in Iowa City around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Six fire units and all on duty personnel responded, finding that an explosion in an explosion-proof refrigerator blew the door through a window while a minimal radiation reading was detected. The blaze was confined to the area around the appliance and two bystanders were nearby during the incident. A tabulation of the refrigerator contents is underway.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Fire Department
Study faults immigration enforcement aids illegal entry
A year-long GAO study blames the weak enforcement by INS prosecutors and courts for a large illegal alien population. It says deterrence is weak, removal alone fails to deter entry, and most violators leave voluntarily rather than face criminal prosecution. The report urges stronger INS action and streamlined prosecutions to reduce illegal immigration.
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U. S
Immigration Service
General Accounting Office
INS
Study links outages to resources for illegal aliens processing
The General Accounting Office report, prepared last year at the request of Rep William Randall and Rep John Wydler, concludes that power outages increase the resources devoted to apprehension and processing of illegal aliens. A final deal of the report was sent to representatives in March, but it has not been released.
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General Accounting Office
Congress
House Government Operations Committee
William Randall
D-Mo
John Wydler
Rn.y
Accident mars Oelwein centennial parade start
An inexperienced driver in a golf cart struck a crowd at the Oelwein parade, injuring 9 year old James Walker and causing other attendees to suffer cuts and bruises. Walker was hospitalized in Waterloo with a serious eye injury and broken nose, later listed in good condition.
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Oelwein
James Walker
Independence
Waterloo
Walker
Sheryl
Darcy
Samek
Riverside mother of seven dies at 36
Rita Pauline Havel of Riverside died Sunday at Mercy hospital in Tewn City after an extended illness. She was 46 and survived by her husband and seven children, three sisters, and five brothers. Services set for 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Marys church in Riverside. Burial in St. Stanislaus cemetery. Sorden’s Funeral Home of Riverside is handling arrangements.
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Springville
Tieu
LeRoy
James
Lewis
SL. Paul
Jeanette
Floyd Slauson
Cache
Airen
Twelfth Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Goollswil
Alhamosa
Coralville
Illel
Riverside
Rita Pauline, Havel
Mercy Hospital
Tewn City
St. Mary's Church
St. Stanislaus Cemetery
Sorden
Eggs and meat shortages loom as price freeze bites
Industry spokesmen warn the 60‑day retail price freeze strains poultry and meat sectors. Farmers cut output as feed costs surge, some drowning chicks. Eggs may rise to 1 per dozen with hens sold for stew if shortages worsen. authorities weigh impact of freeze and grain market.
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iBy Kristia Liljebotat
Pras
Brice’ Heitle
Poultrymen's Cooperative Assn
California
Tion
East Texas
Weil
Los Angeles Grain Exchange
Joe Johnson
California Cattlemen's Assn
United Wey
Doyle Free
Nebraska Poultry Industry, Inc
Texas
T. C. Moore
Seguvia
Convicts Release Guards Unharmed After 18 Hours
Three young convicts at the Kentucky state penitentiary in Rodyville held four hostages for about 14 hours before releasing them unharmed. The men, identified as Jerry Tingle, Gerald Fair, and Danny Lee Dobson, sought transfer to other states and said they would have killed guards and inmates if their plan had escalated. Authorities described a negotiated compromise with no amnesty, with a possible transfer to a medium security facility considered.
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Rodyville
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Ay Jerry Tingle
Carrollton
Gerald Fair
Lexington
Danny Lee Dobson
Louisville
Fair
Wair
Charles Holmes
LaGrange
Arizona
Missouri
Longtime Winneshiek Welfare Head Dies
Mrs Ernest Sivesind aged 67 longtime director of social services in Winneshiek county died Sunday after over a year of ill health. She retired in January after nearly 30 years directing welfare. Funeral 2 PM Wednesday at Congregational church Decorah burial Phelps cemetery. Survivors include husband a daughter Mrs Richard DeGowth Town City two grandsons three brothers and two sisters. She began welfare work in Dubuque and took the Decorah post in January 1944. Governor Ray later issued a certificate of appreciation for her dedication.
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Decorah
Ernest Sivesind
Winneshiek County
Sivesind
Congregational
Phelps Cemetery
Stein
Hand
Richard DeGowth
Town
Burglary Probe In Iowa City At Hartwig Motor Co
Police report ongoing Monday on a break in at Hartwig Motor Co. Thieves hammered the safe open taking 1241 dollars in cash and 9000 dollars in checks. A trucker later found the checks along Interstate H near West Branch.
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Iowa City
Hartwig Motor Co
Interstate H
West Branch
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Gilbert Wrench
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Iowa U
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