Bank Teller Aids Police In Capture In Iowa City
An alert bank teller led to the arrest of Edward Gerdes 32 a former convict from Fort Dodge for forgery and breaking and entering after a theft of 8000 in checks at the Keith Wilson hatchery Iowa City authorities say Gerdes who had just finished a 12 year term at Fort Madison penitentiary admitted breaking into the hatchery Tuesday and stealing the producer checks.
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Iowa City
Edward Gerdes
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
Gerdes
Keith Wilson Hatchery
First National Bank
Bob Sierk
Sierk
Wilson Hatchery
Sierck
Eastern Iowans at ISU In Aerospace Program
Nineteen Iowa State University aerospace engineering students will join cooperative training at NASA Flight Research Center Edwards air force base Calif and McDonnell Aircraft St Louis Mo for six months this summer and fall before returning to classes. Emma Jane Jaycox Marion Clarence Burns and William McBride are among the participants earning standard pay during the assignments.
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Ames
Iowa State Aerospace Engineering
Flight Research Center
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Iowa State
Edwards
Manchester
Emma Jane Jaycox
McDonnell Aircraft
Marion
Clarence Burns
Vinton
William McBride
Izaak Walton League to Sponsor Trap Shoot in Marengo
The Iowa county chapter of the Izaak Walton league will sponsor a trap shoot at Memorial Park starting Sunday at 1 p.m. This community event invites local shooters to participate and compete for prizes.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Izaak Walton League
Memorial Park
Benz Leaves for Five-Week European Study Trip
Iowa City professor Lester G. Benz of the University of Iowa school of journalism begins a five week tour with the American Newspapers Study Mission. He will visit Copenhagen Helsinki Leningrad Moscow Sofia Belgrade Budapest Vienna Prague Warsaw Berlin and Paris, returning June 29. Benz previously joined Study Mission trips in 1960 and 1962.
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Iowa City
Lester G. Benz
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Study Mission
Copenhagen
Helsinki
Leningrad
Moscow
Sofia
Belgrade
Budapest
Vienna
Prague
Warsaw
Berlin
Paris
SUI
Benz
Iowa Woman Mothered 207 Children Across a Lifetime
Nellie Archer 87 recalls a life of fostering 207 children across decades. She says cataract surgery and tired feet slowed her, but she would again take in every baby needing a mother. She cared for welfare cases, earned small pay, and notes many kept in touch.
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Waterloo
Nellie Archer
Nellie
C. M. Jensen
Mary Ellen
Associated Press
Manchester Firemen To Protect Delaware Township
Manchester officials and Delaware township agreed to a fire protection plan. Delaware residents would pay 500 dollars annually plus fire calls for farms, with the township buying a suitable 800 to 1000 gallon fire truck and equipment. Manchester firefighters would operate and maintain the gear, with storage space provided by the city.
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Delaware Township
Manchester
Harold Mead
City of
Health clinic schedule for polio vaccines in Waukon county
WAUKON The second Sabin oral polio vaccine clinic will be held Monday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Waukon elementary school. Other county clinics run from noon to 4 p.m. at Waterville, Lansing, Harpers Ferry and Dorchester schools.
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Waukon
Waterville
Lansing
Harpers Ferry
Dorchester
Jail Held Des Moines Man On Drunk Driving Charge
Joseph James Banks, 51, of Des Moines, is in the county jail in lieu of a $500 bond on a charge of drunken driving.
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Toledo
Joseph James Banks
Des Moines
Iowa Congressmen Draft Wheat and Feed Grain Bills
Iowa Republicans in Congress propose a cropland retirement program to reduce wheat and feed grain surpluses. Sen. Bourke Hickenlooper says bipartisan backing is possible. Sen. Jack Miller weighs in on parity concerns for farmers. House members Bramblell Jensen and Kyl introduce varying versions with land diversion and incentives for in kind payments, aiming to balance supply with demand.
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Iowa
Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Bourke Hickenlooper
Department of Agriculture
Jack Miller
Miller
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Hickenlooper
American Farm Bureau
James Bramwell
Cedar Rapids
Ben Jensen
Extra
John Kyl
Bloomfield
Albert Quie
R-Minn
Wheat Belt
G.O.P
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ISU
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South Clinton
Holstrom
Charles Snider
Paul Hoffey
Sui’s Benz
Indiana
Esther
Ernest A. Archer
Coralville Lake
Are
Amana
Solon
Twin View Heights
North Twin View Heights
Gaddis Enterprises Inc
R.R. 2
Swisher
Coralville Lake Manor
North Coralville Lake Manor
Shueyville
Ely
Upmier Stables
North Coralville
Lake Manor
Coralville Docks
North Liberty
Terrace
Coralville
Coralville Lake Terrace
Killian
Lake Macbride State Park
Lake Macbride Dam
Lake Macbride
KLE Marina
Dorothy Williams
Bromwell and
Jensen
Kyl
Bromwell
Bramwell
CCC
Secretary of Agriculture
Spartan
Kitshow Vena
Thomas Plumbing Service
Ray Kohlsen
Town & Country
Jim Wagner
Bill McCool
OLD Hunter Airps
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