Two Boys Believed Dead After Pleasant Hill Explosion
Searchers drained mud near a crater in Pleasant Hill found tattered clothing pieces, the only remains of two 13 and 14 year olds last seen near a munitions bunker that exploded Saturday. Fire officials said the blast likely stemmed from a bullet.
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Pleasant Hill
Iowa
Polk County
Bob Rice
Clint Woodard
Jeffrey Waddell
Des Moines
Woodard
David Somers
Somers
Laverty Co
Indianola
Hercules Dynamite Co
Rice
Reynold Hentges
Hentges
Correspondent to speak at Cornell
MOUNT VERNON Mark Cook foreign correspondent for the Pacific News Service will speak Nov 29 at Cornell College on The U S and Grenada. The talk begins 7 30 p m in Hedges Lounge Cornell Commons Cook has written for major papers and has extensive Latin American reporting. A dynamite storage area accident left a building exploded two youths missing in the vicinity.
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Mount Vernon
Mark Cook
The
Pacific News Service
Cornell College
U.S
Grenada
Hedges
Cornell Commons
Clint Woodard
Jeff Waddell
Iowa teachers union backs Mondale in caucus endorsement
The 88 member Iowa State Education Association backed Walter Mondale for the Democratic presidential nomination in Iowa caucus voting. Mondale led with 75 percent of the committee's vote, and the executive board is expected to approve.
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DES Moines
Walter Mondale
Iowa State Education Association
Ronald Reagan
ISEA
Mondale
The
Education Association
Iowa
Ken Tilp
National Education Association
Marion briefs dairy store jewelry sale
Midwestern Dairy Store at 790 25th Nordman Jewelry open Monday street Vanilla Ice Cream sale offered Thursdays nights until 8 30. Gallons two dollars fifty five cents and half gallons one dollar thirty cents Adv 377 6693 Adv.
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Nordman Jewelry
Drunk Driving Charges Filed Against Ten
Ten people arrested Saturday and Sunday in Linn County face drunk driving charges. Names include Paul E. Smith 40 of 412 40th St NE facing speeding. Gary R. Manfall 23 rural Montour with speeding and restricted license violations. Jeffrey A. Peck 22 Center Point Road NE. Scott A. McLees 23 Seventh St SE. Mark E. Hartman 25 18th St NW. Jerald K. Hemphill 22 rural Springville with wrong side of road. Michael G. McLoud 20 268 Thunderbird Rd SE with speeding. Forrest J. Trimble 27 Bowling St SW. Bruce A. Slycord 25 16th Ave SW with restricted license. James P. Bledsoe 34 Ellis Blvd NW with disobeying a traffic signal.
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Linn County
Paul E. Smith
40Th St
I-380
Center Point Road
Smith
Gary R. Manfall
Montour
16Th Avenue
Jerald K. Hemphill
Springville
Michael G. McLoud
Thunderbird Road
33Rd Avenue
Bowling Street
Forrest J. Trimble
Bowling St
Bruce A. Slycord
16Th Ave
12Th Avenue
18Th Street
Striking auto workers warned of replacement by non union staff
In Des Moines eight dealerships told their 200 striking employees to return to work or be replaced by permanent non union workers. Local 254 IAM members began the walkout September 9 over a wage cut proposal from $10.11 to $9.11.
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Des Moines
International Association of Machinists
J. Merrill Frost
Clothing styles 1910 to 1940 lecture at senior center
University of Iowa home economics professor Betty Kelly will present original clothing examples from 1910 to 1940 and discuss how styles reflect lifestyles and antique garment preservation. The free talk is part of Project AGES for residents over 55, with details via 356-5220.
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Gazette
Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Johnson County
Betty Kelly
Kelly
Man charged after punching police officer in Linn County
A 29 year old man Elmer Roberts Jr of 802 Camburn Court SE was charged with assault after punching Officer Dan Willard in the chest during a late Saturday incident. He was jailed, then released Sunday on his own recognizance after an initial court appearance. Police responded to Camburn Court at 1130 PM where Michelle Pearson told officers to wait while she packed belongings and left.
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Elmer Roberts Jr
Camburn Court SE
Linn County
Camburn Court
Michelle Pearson
Roberts
Snowblower stolen from Adolph Silvers residence garage
A snowblower valued at 400 dollars was reported stolen from a garage at 871 Daniels St. NE near Adolph E. Silvers. Entry was gained by forcing the garage door, according to a police report filed late Saturday or early Sunday.
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Adolph E. Silvers
Daniels St
Ramsay Nature Center turns seven acres into outdoor classroom
In Northwood Iowa the Ramsay Nature Center becomes a multi habitat outdoor classroom with native prairie aspen stands a pond and an earth sheltered building. Project funded by private and public grants including a 40000 gift from Kinney Lindstrom Foundation and volunteer labor.
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Northwood
Iowa
Ramsay Nature Center
Northwood-Kensett
Bob Weselmann
Environmental Center
Don Frank
Frank
Perry Uhl
Celia Ramsay
Weselmann
Kinney-Lindstrom Foundation
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Fitch
George Lawrence
Cornell
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San Francisco Chronicle
Los Angeles Times
Denver Post
Boston Globe
the Nation
Latin America
Iowa Teachers’ Pac
Peter Sloan
Marion
Jeffrey A. Peck
Pinetree Drive
Scott A. McLees
Seventh St
Mount Vernon and
Bertram Roads
Mark E. Hartman
18Th St
First Avenue
Edgewood Road
James P. Bledsoe
Blue Reef
Hiawatha
Ellis Boulevard
F Avenue NW
Man
Pearson
Dan Willard
C.R. Garage
Nature Center
Nature
FTD
Merlin Olsen
American Express
Transworld Delivery Association
Anamosa
Peggy
E. Main St
Harris Flowers
7Th St
Blairstown
Plant & Flower Emporium
Bezdek’s Florist & Greenhouses, Inc
FTD Florist
Four Seasons Florist
Mt. Vernon Rd
S.E
Lewellen Florist Town & Country
Newport’s Flowers & Greenhouses, Inc
Wilson Ave
S.W
Peck’s Flower Shop
Blairs Ferry Road
N.E
Pierson’s Flower Shop & Grises. Inc
Ellis Blvd
N.W
Stejskal Florist’s, Inc
Bowling St. N.W
Manchester
Sunnyside Greenhouse
N. Franklin St
Rosa’s, Inc
Bezdek’s Florist & Reenhouses, Inc
Marion Blvd
Blairs Flower Shop
7Th Ave
Stanwood
Doris Flower & Gift Shop
East Front St
Walker
Sherbon's Flower Market
Traer St
Williamsburg
Rosalie’s Flowers
W. State St
Nsw
Ed Deli
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