Mother and son on death row separated by a hundred miles
Marysville Ohio based Alberta Osborne 54 and her son Carl 23 are the nation s only mother and son on death row awaiting execution. They have pending federal and state appeals as they endure long separations with limited visits and talk of a future beyond the chair.
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Marysville
Ohio
UPI
Alberta Osborne
Carl
James Weind
Hermalee Ross
Columbus
Osbornes
Osborne
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Lucasville
Cheryl
Kay
Dear Abby Admits Love Triangle Ends With Caution
A 53-year-old man asks how to secure divorce from his wife to marry a 22-year-old girlfriend who helped him. The Islander suggests making a better settlement offer to the wife and warns the girlfriend may disappear if the man is broke.
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Abby
Islander
Cedar Rapids Home Economists elect new officers
Cedar Rapids area Home Economists Assn installed Thursday evening with Mrs. William Strasburger elected president. New officers include Mrs. Douglas Thompson president elect Mrs. Leonard Tiedt secretary and Susan Hanley treasurer. Paula Ament of Jefferson High School received the group's scholarship. The group funds scholarships and runs an educational program on current home economics developments.
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Cedar Rapids Area
Home Economists Assn
William Strasburger
Twentyfourth Avenue
Marion
William Roach
Forty-second Street
Douglas Thompson
Leonard Tiedt
Susan Hanley
Paula Ament
Jefferson High School
Association
Not Sold on Women Marines Says Young Officer at Quantico
At Quantico base David Clauser a 21 year old second lieutenant in Charlie Co questions the U S Marine Corps experiment to train women as equals to men in basic and combat training He argues women marines are second class and unsuited for combat as Colleen Flynn a 25 year old WM in C Co listens.
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Quantico, Va
UPI
David Clauser
Clauser
Quantico Marine Corps
Charlie Co
Bethlehem
Wms
Colleen Flynn
Gregory
S.D
C Co
Women Marines face combat training despite reluctance to fight
Eighteen weeks into a rigorous program, women marines endure back breaking hikes and a simulated three day war in red mud. Many fear being a liability in combat and prefer non combat roles though Lt Col Dolyak notes training aims to expose all assignments. The piece also mentions the three year anniversary of a municipal nude beach with a sunbather poking fun at a sign.
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Flynn
Wms
Barbara Dolyak
Dolyak
Charlie Co
Marines
Cedar Rapids BPW installs new officers led by Lorena Bowman
Lorena Bowman 1460 Linmar Drive NE is installed as president of the Cedar Rapids Business and Professional Women's club with Mary Burgess first vice president Judy Bentley second vice president Janet Emery recording secretary Leona Harbit corresponding secretary Karen Ness treasurer and Doris Farnsworth parliamentarian. Patricia Lowe led the installation. Alaska holds more land in National Forest Areas at 20 715 704 acres than any other state.
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Lorena Bowman
Linmar Drive
Cedar Rapids
Alaska
Drakes Invest Everything In State Lottery Hope
Pittsburgh AP report on Tom and Philo Drake selling nearly all possessions to buy 200 one dollar lottery tickets daily. They aim for weekly $1,000 for life, despite odds of 35 million to one per ticket and about 1 in 1,600 top prize based on 200 tickets per day for 100 days.
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Pittsburgh
Tom
Philomena Drake
Lottery
Matthew Macierkoski
Drake
McMurray
Drakes
Carnegie-Mellon University
Ken Kortanek
Quinns celebrate 50th anniversary in Fayette
Anniversary festivities honor LeRoy and wife now living in Pompano Beach Florida and formerly of Cedar Rapids and Marion. The couple, who will spend summer in Fayette, have two children Mrs A W Martin and Robert Brookhaven L I New York, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A baby shower for Mrs Tom Petersen at 1128 Westwood Drive NW hosted by Mary Michel with Dolores Washburn co hosting for 25 guests.
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Fayette
Hickory Grove
Oelwein
LeRoy Quinn
Pompano Beach
Fla
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Quinns
A.W. Martin
Robert
Brookhaven
L.I
N.Y
Tom Petersen
Westwood Drive
Mary Michel
Zeman
Dolores Washburn
Gorman Wins Poetry Award in Iowa Contest
Joe Gorman, sixth grade student at Immaculate Conception School, placed second in division I of the Iowa State Poetry and Essay contest sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of America. His poem advances to the national contest.
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Joe Gorman
Kathaleen Gorman
Avenue NE
Catholic Daughters of America
Joe
Immaculate Conception School
Miss Toll Honored at Miscellaneous Shower
Kim Toll, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Toll, was honored at a miscellaneous shower Tuesday evening. Hostess Barb Long, 4328 Regal avenue NE, hosted nine guests. Miss Toll will marry June 18 to Mark Ward, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Ward of Strawberry Point.
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Kime Toll
Thirty-third Street
Barb Long
Regal Avenue
Miss Toll
William Toll
Mark Ward
Harold Ward
Strawberry Point
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Abigail van Buren
Home Economists
Mrs. Strasburger
Mrs. Bowman
BPW
The
Petersen
Gorman
Orde
Krebs
18Th St. S.W
Wilson Ave
Kim Toll
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