Marion Park Road Closed for Sled Season and Local Notices
Marion Park Road between Thomas and Ameri can Legion parks is closed for winter with barriers at the parks maintenance shop and at the American Legion pool lot. Also noted are hospital patient at University Hospitals Iowa City, bank closing times, YMCA activity schedule, Kiwanis meeting, DeMolay events, Marion Jaycees toy repair project, and a request to avoid toy donations due to excess existing supplies.
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Marion
Parks Department
Thomas and
American Legion Parks
American Legion
Marion Jaycees
Irishman Wins Monopoly World Championship
John Mair of Dublin defeats three rivals to win the Monopoly world title, ending American reign. He beats Roger Hendrick of Ghent after landing on Park Place with four houses, bankrupted by the rent. Mair previously defeated Ken Jones of Bolton and Cato Wallo of Oslo. Americans Alvin Aldridge and Gus Gostomelski were eliminated in semifinals.
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Washington
John Mair
Dublin
Ireland
United States
Mair
Trinity Bank
Roger Hendrick
Ghent
Belgium
Park Place
Hendrick
Ken Jones
Bolton
England
Cato Wallo
Oslo
Norway
Alvin Aldridge
Dayton
Ohio
Gus Gostomelski
Skokie
Ill
Bonds, TV Stolen From Henry Gissel Farm
Five thousand dollars in Independence bonds and a television set were taken from the Henry Gissel farm two miles east of town on Highway 20. The burglary occurred Friday afternoon while Gissel was away, and the house was ransacked. Sheriff’s officials said they are continuing the investigation.
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Independence
Henry Gissel
Here
Highway 20
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
Gissel
Coast to Coast breakin nets guns and watches
Marion police investigate a Coast to Coast store breakin at 2075 Seventh Avenue. Entry by window break. guns and watches reported stolen with no value listed. Hospitalized patient Leland Flory at St Luke's Hospital. visitors permitted. Community notices include a Marion school advisory meeting at Washington Elementary and club meetings at Mrs. Ward's home and Suburban Lions Club with speaker Don Pheiler on the Iowa Lions eye bank.
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Marion
Seventh Avenue
Leland Flory
Third Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Lions
Marion Lions Evening Club
Don Pheiler
Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Alarm Traced to Intruder at Iowa City Medical Office
Richard Dair Folsom II of Iowa City was held on charges of breaking and entering and burglary tools after police answered a burglar alarm at a medical office on 625 E Market Street. Officers found him inside around 9 30 pm he attempted to escape by a window and later a back doorway before being captured.
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Iowa City
Richard Dair Folsom II
E. Market Street
Folsom
Ossian Man Convicted in Fayette County Larceny Case
West Union Michael McGonigle aged 22 from Ossian was found guilty in Fayette County district court on a larceny under $20 charge. An Oelwein police officer linked him to a service station theft and he received a one year suspended sentence in Fayette County Jail.
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West Union
Michael McGonigle
Ossian
Fayette County
Oelwein
McGonigle
Officials Call State Ideas for Crime Fight Poor
Washington AP report quotes Charles Work former deputy chief of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration who criticizes state and local officials as backward and poorly educated for not proposing innovative crime-fighting ideas. He notes LEAA funding favors hardware over new programs and urges a market-driven, grassroots approach with a real shopping list of effective ideas.
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Washington
Charles Work
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Congress
LEAA
SEAA
Work
Army and Marines Spend 100000 on Race Car Slogans
The army and marine corps report a combined 100000 spent this year to place recruiting slogans on professional race cars. The navy uses donated space. the air force refuses. Marines show a 53199 contract with Mickey Thompson for 1975 including signs passes and photo rights.
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Washington
UPS
Army
Marine Corps
Marine
Navy
Air Force
International Hot Rod Association
Don Prudhomme
Mickey Thompson
Marines
Armed Services
Three British Soldiers Killed in Ireland Attack
Irish gunmen attacked a British army observation post at Crossmagien on the Irish border Saturday. Three soldiers were killed and another seriously wounded, as security forces heard automatic gunfire and rushed to the scene but found no one able to provide details.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Crossmagien
Tipton Restaurant Burglary Hits Redwood Eatery
Six liquor bottles and an unknown amount of meat were stolen in a burglary at the Redwood restaurant in Tipton discovered at 8:15 a.m. Monday. Police say entry was gained through a skylight after the restaurant closed at 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Tipton
Redwood
Breakins Reported. Items Valued Over Four Thousand Stolen
Three breakins over the weekend totaled more than 4 000 dollars in losses. Michael Cantaberry at 414 Fourteenth Street SE reported 2 000 dollars in stereo equipment and a guitar stolen after he heard a noise while sleeping upstairs. Wanda Hayes at 4104 Sixteenth Avenue SW said 1 008 dollars of items disappeared including shotguns, a citizen band radio and a microphone. Pat Malooly at 433 Twentyeth Street NW reported 1 039 dollars in goods stolen from her car including dresses, a raccoon coat, a citizen band radio, luggage, clothes, a bicycle and a bike rack.
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Michael Cantaberry
Fourteenth Street SE
Wanda Hayes
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Pat Malooly
Twentieth Street
Woman Shot By Bobby Pin In Bronx Car Fight
Betty Peters, 31, reportedly had a bobby pin embedded in her scalp that police say could have been a bullet. Her boyfriend, Raymond Davis, an off duty housing police officer, fired at her head during an argument in his car. The bullet ricocheted off a pin and car, nicking Davis in the leg. Davis was suspended and arrested on attempted murder charges. Both treated at Lincoln Hospital.
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New York
Betty Peters
Playboy names Christie Hefner to executive trainee post
CHICAGO AP The first corporate executive trainee at Playboy Enterprises is 23 year old Christie Hefner daughter of Hugh Hefner She becomes special assistant to the president tasked with reducing costs after Playboy profits fell from 10.8 million to 2 million before taxes in 1975 She emphasizes feminism and has letters from Brandeis Phi Beta Kappa in English and American literature She notes Playboy supports freedom of choice in abortion and opposes repressive sex laws
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Chicago
Playboy Enterprises, Inc
Christie Hefner
Playboy
Hugh
Hefner
Ms. Hefner
Brandeis University
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Marion Park
William V. Howe
Sixth Avenue
University Hospitals
First National Bank
Farmers State Bank
YMCA
Marion Ymca
CFMC
Kiwanis
Hiawatha Trails
Kiwanis Club
Sambo’s
Ben Dukes
Coe College
Russia
Linn
Order of de- Molay
Masonic Temple
DeMolay Mothers Club
Jaycees
Gazette
10Th Street
Citizens Advisory Committee
Marion Independent School District
Washington Elementary School
Marion Musical Literary Club
Russell Ward
Fourth Avenue
Jones
Shootemup
Deadeye
Larry Carrier
Association
UPI
Thompson
U . Main Floor
Bobby Pin
Moscow
Big George
Virgil Partch
Jasa
Amana Test Kitchen
Turkey
Cup of Instan
Sacramento Utility District
Smulekoff
Liberal Credit
Soda Fountain
Powe Saver
U Street
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Cedar Rapids
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