Bank Bandits Strike Iowa Bank With Time Lock Delayed
Six men robbed a Des Moines area bank taking about four thousand dollars from two teller cages before a time lock blocked vault access for 15 minutes. VP E. W. Canaday and a newspaper carrier, Donald Bartholomew, observed the scene as intruders masked with scarves. Wounds were minor. officials note the bank holds two million in deposits and last bank robbery in Iowa occurred in 1942.
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Canady
Donald Bartholomew
Thieves Steal 400-Pound Safe From Bettendorf Tavern
Bettendorf deputies hunt for a 400 pound safe rolled from the Bill Glynn tavern Saturday. The safe held about $1000, according to Sheriff Walter Bease.
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Bettendorf
Bill Glynn
Walter Bease
Corn Kernel Rows Always Even on a Normal Ear
A study notes that ears of corn typically exhibit an even number of kernel rows, suggesting a consistent developmental pattern across ordinary ears. The finding highlights a potential underlying genetic or growth mechanism guiding kernel arrangement.
Iowa couples engage or wed in multiple county ceremonies
A series of marriage announcements and engagements across Iowa lists couples such as Lorna Mae Shafer and Chilton Goede in Waukon, Jo Ann Serbousek and Leslie Burrichter in Anamosa, Irene Allen and Wally Redmond in Decorah, and Colleen Bennett and Donald Jensen in Nashua, with weddings dated November 16 through November 20 and engagements noted in several towns.
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Anamosa
Matie Serbousek
Jo Ann
Leslie Burrichter
Otto Burrichter
Monticello
Phyllis Calvert
Cecil Calvert
Wesley Siebels
Carl Siebels
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Decorah
Emma Sylvia Amunrude
Helmer Amunrude
Clarence A. Anderson
Arthur G. Anderson
Ames
Conrad Harestad
Lois
Merrell L. Phillips
L. R. Phillips
Florence Hoxmeier
Theodore Hoxmeier
Wilfred Herrig
John Herrig
St. Agnes Catholic
Plymouth Rock
Ocelwein
Cleo Mettlin
Floyd Mettlin
Gerald Blake
P. M. Blake
St. John’s Church
Tracy
Helen Neidick
William Neidick
Lester Soucek
Joseph Soucek
Tama
Julia Hand
Harry L. Hansen
Justice of the Peace
H. E. Fox. Oelwein
Colleen Bennett
Emery Bennett
Donald Jensen
Harry Jensen
Rowley
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Anamosa Woman Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving
Helen Smith of Anamosa pled guilty to a drunk driving charge and was fined 300 dollars by District Judge Heiserman Saturday after an arrest on Thursday.
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Anamosa
Helen Smith
Heiserman
Damage claims against state roll in as legislative session nears
AP reports 39 claims totaling 59656 filed against the state with more expected after the legislature convenes in January. Notable case includes Venus Willcoxson of Bloomfield in a fatal Dec 1 crash near Bloomfield. Two hospital fire claims from Mt. Pleasant in July may rise to about a dozen.
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DES Moines
Oscar Rock
Venus Willicoxson
Bloomfield
Willcoxson
Jantz
Charles Sexton
Altoona
Roy Warrick
Oskaloosa
Carl Peters
Panora
Mt. Pleasant State Hospital
Rock
Fifteen Harvard Graduates Form Iowa Club
Fifteen Harvard graduates from Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Mt. Vernon formed the Harvard Club of Eastern Iowa. They elected officers at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon and planned quarterly meetings with the next in February. Officers include William C. Culver president Allin W. Dakin vice president Sumner Foster secretary treasurer Bartholow Crawford and Homer V. Cherrington executive committee. They serve until the first annual meeting in April.
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Harvard
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Mt. Vernon
Harvard Club
Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
William C. Culver
Allin W. Dakin
Sumner Foster
Bartholow Crawford
Homer V. Cherrington
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William Schooler
Taht Prall
Bank Bandits
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Gerene Matthews
Lewis Matthews
Kenneth E. Woolridge
Louis Woolridge
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
J. R. Allen
Irene
Wally Redmond
Chicago
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Mary Ellengy
LeRoy A. Crew
Clara McGrew
Fayette
Frank Cass
Betty Ruth
Thomas D. Hersey
Mitchell, S. D. Center Junction
Helen Clark
New
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Clarence Huston
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