Iowa coal mines boom amid national strike
Iowa mining officials report increased demand and output as the nationwide coal strike disrupts others. Marvin Ross notes rising permits and equipment purchases while McConville cites a 100 percent output rise at his Bussey area mine and a new larger operation to fill a municipal power plant contract.
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Iowa
Marvin Ross
Soil Conservation Department
Mines and Minerals Division
Owen McConville
McConville Coal Corp
Ross
Lowa
United Mine Workers Union
McConville
Bussey
Pella
Fred Blom
Otley Coal Co
Otley
Blom
Big Bend Coal Co
Williamson
Learning something new about Texans in a Texas town
A traveler recalls a Texas roadside encounter with a sheriff while avoiding snow. Over coffee and pie in a truck stop, they swap notes on Iowa City and the Joffrey ballet, learning about each other’s cultures and places.
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Iowa City
Texas
Highway Patrol
Sheriff’s Office
Texas Rangers
Coralville
Iowa
Joffrey
New York
What Cheer Brick School Museum seeks donations
What Cheer residents are urged to loan or donate items for display at the What Cheer Brick School Museum. The Museum Committee requests an old kitchen cabinet cupboards and bookcases. They also seek worn sheets draperies bedspreads slacks denims or corduroy for loom material.
What Cheer Old Time Day Seeks Arts and Crafts Theme
What Cheer announces Old Time Day on September 9 with a focus on Arts and Crafts. Plan projects around the theme and prepare entries. Also note that on this date in 1965 President Lyndon Johnson ordered a Ku Klux Klan investigation after four men were arrested in the fatal shooting of a white civil rights worker in Alabama.
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Lyndon Johnson
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
Cornell's Berry to political seminar
Cornell College political scientist Dr. Nicholas O. Berry has been chosen for a Scholar-Diplomat Seminar by the U S Department of State. He will attend in Washington April 3 7 among 15 participants studying European affairs with a focus on Eurocommunism.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Nicholas O. Berry
U.S. Department of State
Berry
Washington
State Department
Cornell
Simpson names top students in dean's list
Simpson College announces fall semester dean's list with entries for 3.5 to 3.9 GPA. Among the top six with no grade below an A is Nancy J. Ahlgren of Iowa City, with other honorees from Cedar Rapids Independence Iowa City Marion Mount Vernon Stanwood Toledo Washington West Branch Williamsburg and notable 3.5 to 3.9 averages.
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Indianola — Simpson College
Eastern Iowa
Nancy J. Ahlgren
Iowa City
Independence
Thomas R. Miner
Jeffrey D. Schuldt
Marion
Kevin W. Techau
Mount Vernon
Brian L. Dake
Stanwood
Stanley A. Roush
Toledo
Samuel J. Bennett
Washington
William R. Whittenberg
West Branch
Timothy R. Paige
Williamsburg
Rebecca A. Grant
The Fireman’s Gift of Rescue Training
When the eyes open at last and breath returns, a fireman can relax and take pride in a learned gift: mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The text notes the big gift, as lifesaving training funded by Red Cross money helps train people to act when the chips are down.
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Red Cross
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Marengo Real Estate
Cobblestone
Gazette
Paul Jensen
Clara Breckenridge
Linda Thompson
Erskine Breckenridge
Everett Calkins
Lilla Breckenridge
Shirley Kinsey
Theresa Ryan
Vicki Carsten
Ohio
Idaho
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What Cheer Museum
Simpson
Cedar Rapids
Kelly D. McMullen
C Ave
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V.F.D
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