Blaze Levels Paaske’s Furniture Store in Clinton
A spectacular fire destroyed Paaske's furniture store in Clinton on Wednesday afternoon. Flames rose 75 feet as dense smoke blanketed the sky. The four story brick and wood building, once Lyons Masonic temple, was severed by the blaze. No injuries were reported as Clinton fire units and volunteers from Camanche and Low Moor fought the blaze near the northern town end. Police kept about 750 spectators at a safe distance while windows exploded and walls collapsed.
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Paaske
Lyons Masonic Temple
Clinton Fire Department
Camanche
Low Moor
Cedar Falls Fire Now Treated as Double Murder
Cedar Falls investigators treat the mobile home fire death of Carol Ann O Connell 19 and her 7 month old daughter Colleen as a double homicide. Autopsies show Colleen died of smoke inhalation while Carol Ann was strangled before the fire. The husband Thomas was questioned and released.
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Cedar Falls
UPI
Carol Ann O'Connell
Colleen
Sies
O’connell
Eugene Smith
Black Hawk County
Smith
Thomas
Social Services Bill Advances in Iowa House Action
Iowa House approved 81 to 14 a $208 million social services appropriation covering foster care Medicaid and aid to dependent children ADC and sent the measure to the Senate for discussion. The bill includes minor ADC increases, a $74 million Medicaid allocation, and a move to cut a $44,000 full time medical consultant position to a part time arrangement amid budget debates.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
General Administration
Department of Social Services
DSS
Elmer Smith
National Republican
Mary Louise Smith
William Hargrave
Iowa City
Gregory Cusack
Davenport
Chamber
Smith
House
Cusack
Department
Lipsky
Ray
Glenwood
Woodward
ACC
Special Welfare
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
BCI
Blue Ribbon Task Force
Iowa
Terry Durland
Elkader
Thomas Tauke
Dubuque
Wally Horn
Roger Halvorson
Monona
Jobless Funds to Delaware County
Delaware County is among seven counties nationwide to receive federal funds to spur employment and growth. The area saw a 2.5 percent employment drop from 1960 to 1970, guiding allocations of grants, loans, planning grants, and technical assistance for industrial growth facilities.
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Washington
UPI
Delaware County
Department of Commerce
Ed-Co Names Urbana Educator Bachman as Superintendent
Ed-Co Community School District appoints Urbana native Richard Bachman as superintendent replacing Harold Overman who takes new duties at Spirit Lake. Bachman previously led at Edgewood Richland district and will assume duties in Edgewood Colesburg.
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Edgewood
Richard Bachman
Urbana
Colesburg
Maynard
Bachman
Harold Overman
Spirit Lake
Cornell Workshop Brings Iowa Students to Mt. Vernon
About 40 students from six eastern Iowa colleges will attend the Iowa Student Music Educators Association workshop at Cornell college in Mt. Vernon. The day includes a public school discipline panel, instrument repair session by West Music Co., and workshops on dance movement in teaching music, choral and instrumental selection, and job interviews for music supervisors. Notables include Carolyn Palmer, Madelein Kauffman, and Kathy McNamara.
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MT. Vernon
Iowa
Cornell College
Coe
Mt. Mercy
Cedar Rapids
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Cornell Music
West Music Co
Coralville
Carolyn Palmer
Madelein Kauffman
Kathy McNamara
ISMEA
Iowa Music Educators Assn
Music Educators National Conference
Manchester Easter egg hunt at Thrill Park Saturday
The Manchester Jaycees sponsor an Easter egg hunt at Thrill Park starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday. About 150 prizes have been donated by local merchants for participants. If rain occurs the event will be rescheduled for the following Saturday.
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Manchester
The
Manchester Jaycees
Thrill Park
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Horace Daggett
R-Kent
Daggett
Task Force On
ADC
Ed-Co
Cornell Workshop
First National Auto
Us First
First National Bank/Loans
Marion
RCA ColorTrak
Smulekoff’s
RCA
Smulekoff
Liberal Credit
RCA ColortTrak
RCA Color
HCA
Ron
Shade Tree
Schwedlers
Norway
Canada
Sun
Johnson Avenue
Hoover School
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