Iowa's State Symbol Towa Marks First Birthday
Iowa promotes its industry friendly image through ads in major magazines. The IDC notes 1970 capital investment by new industry at 14.0 million with 107.99 million total branch plant investments, and targets higher figures this year while stressing available labor and space.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Towa
Place
Wall Street Journal
Forbes
Business and Industry
U.S. News and World Report
Fortune
IDC
Val Kuffel
Kuffel
Ruffel
America
Closing of One Institute Reportedly Gaining Favor
Des Moines lawmakers weigh shutting one or two of Iowa four mental health institutes. Rep. Dennis Freeman cites Mt. Pleasant ratios and says Clarinda and Mt. Pleasant likely targets. Possible repurposing includes a regional jail in Mt. Pleasant and an educational program for Clarinda.
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Des Moines
Mt. Pleasant Institute
Freeman
Clarinda Mental Health Institute
Clarinda
Mt. Pleasant
Clarinda Institute
Iowa
Vinton Farmer Hurt in Tractor Accident
Charles Neve of Vinton sustained severe bruises Saturday evening when a tractor or attached manure spreader ran over him on his east Vinton farm. He was found by neighbor Ruby Mullinex and taken to Vinton hospital, then transferred to St Luke's Cedar Rapids in fair condition in ICU. The accident occurred on his 68th birthday.
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Vinton
Charles Neve
Neve
Ruby Mullinex
Neves
Vinton Hospital
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Let want ads help you buy and trade locally
Classified brief notes invite readers to reach out at 369-1234 for buying selling or trading items. The fragment lists a single contact method and emphasizes flexible local marketplace activity.
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Dial
Preparation H Promises Fast Relief for Hemorrhoidal Itch
An advertising notice claims Preparation H provides prompt relief from itching and burning in hemorrhoidal tissues. It asserts swelling reduction and soothing lubrication, noting doctor tests in New York, Washington, and the Midwest support the results.
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New York City
Washington, D.C
Midwest Medical Center
Frank Miceli 1889 World War I veteran dies in Tama
Frank Miceli 81 retired Tama businessman died Saturday at his home. Services are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Church with burial in the church cemetery. A public rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Monday at Mason-Hand Funeral Home. He was born in Burgio Italy on December 5 1889 came to the United States in 1909 and served with the U S Army overseas in France. He married Margherita Bacin o February 10 1922 in Burgio. He owned and ran the Tama Candy Kitchen and Tama Newstand for 30 years retiring in 1949. Surviving are his wife five brothers Charles Tama Steve Joseph Michael all of Burgio and John Miceli in South America.
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TAMA
Frank Miceli
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Mr. Miceli
Burgio
Italy
United States
U.S
France
Margherita Bacino
Tama Newstand
Charles
Steve
Joseph
Michael
John Miceli
South America
Trucker Charged After Car Crash
Larry Ely 27 of Grinnell was taken to Winneshiek County Memorial with neck shoulder and back injuries after a semi crash six miles north of Decorah on Highway 52. Ely, delivering cattle from Wisconsin, lost control on a curve and the truck jackknifed into a snow drift. he was charged with failure to have control.
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Decorah
Larry Ely
Grinnell
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Ely
Ames
Here
Highway 52
Wisconsin
Rabbit Causes Outage Nets Power Failure in Des Moines Area
About 60 homes in West Des Moines lost power for two hours Sunday night due to an outage blamed on a rabbit. The animal’s body was found in an underground Iowa Power and Light Co transformer.
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West Des Moines
Iowa Power and Light Co
Brandt's Party Maintains West Berlin Control After Vote
West Berlin voters reelect Social Democrats led by Chancellor Willy Brandt, reducing the party’s majority from 16 to 8 seats in the 138 member city parliament. CDU gains, FDP joins coalition, KPD fails to win seats as 90 percent turnout includes 120000 first time voters.
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Social Democrats
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Brandt
Bonn
Communist Party
Socialist Unity Party of
West Berlin
Refocus film festival opens March 20 at Iowa Union
The University of Iowa seventh annual Refocus festival runs March 20 through the week at the Iowa Memorial Union. Prominent guests include Stewart Stern and Minor White with free lectures. Films range from classics to Warhol’s Flesh, with admission 50 cents to $1. Exhibits and student work from many colleges will be shown in Union rooms and at the Underground Theater.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa Student Union Board
Films Incorporated
Skokie
Ill
Hollywood
Stewart Stern
van Deren Coke
George Eastman House
Rochester
N.Y
Minor White
Massachusetts Institue of Technology
Tom DeWitt
Iowa
River City Free Trade Zone
Terrace
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Union
Stern
Rachel
Andy Warhol
Warhol
Refocus Information Desk
Double Murder Reported In Mason City Family
In Mason City three Steenblock family members were found shot dead in their home. Police say it appears a murder suicide by the mother, Judith, who killed her husband Roger and daughter Kimberly before dying. Ricky, 4, was wounded, Peter, 6 months unharmed.
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Mason City
Roger Steenblock
Judith
Kimberly
Walter Reindl
Steenblock
Ricky
Peter
Reindl
Des Moines
Steenblocks
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Storm Lake
Cherokee
Independence
Weber
Vinton Farmer
Trucker
By Joe Fischer
Somer
Iowa U
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Maresh Sheet Metal CO
Helmsmen, Inc
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