Showdown Set as GOP Battles for Iowa Leader Posts
Heavy fighting among Iowa Republicans in Des Moines centered on leadership for the state senate and house. Stanley challenges Rigler for senate majority leader as Harbor and Kluever vie for house speaker. Jepsen's role draws scrutiny amid resignation timing and party power.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Savery Hotel
Bob Rigler
William Harbor
Henderson
Lester Kluever
Atlantic
Leroy Miller
Shenandoah
Iowa City Youth Wounded by Shotgun Accident
Charles Bowman, 15, of Iowa City, was in satisfactory condition at Mercy hospital after shotgun pellets struck him Sunday afternoon. Tim Bennett, 15, a neighbor, accidentally discharged a 410 gauge shotgun in a field behind the Proctor and Gamble plant, injuring Bowman.
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Iowa City
Charles
Bowman
Mercy Hospital
Tim Bennett
Young Bowman
Proctor and Gamble
Services Wednesday For Father of Seven
NEW VIENNA Services for Leon A Wedener 35 father of seven killed in a farm tractor accident will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St Boniface Catholic church. Rosary will be Monday at 8 and Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in Kramer funeral home Dyersville. Survivors include his wife Kathleen two sons and five daughters and his parents Mr and Mrs Art Wedener of
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New Vienna
Leon A. Wedener
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Kramer Funeral Home
Dyersville
Kathleen
Art Wedener
Carroll Man Held In Shotgun Slaying
Carroll County authorities hold 22 year old Steven Sporleder on a first degree murder charge for the shotgun killing of 21 year old Lyle Forke at a party. Preliminary hearing set for Tuesday. In other notes First Lt Kevin Burke 24 of Anita dies in Vietnam fighting near Da Nang.
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Carroll
UPS
Carroll County
Steven Sporleder
Lyle Forke
Robert Bruner
Sporleder
Forke
Burner
Bruner
Anita
Lowan
Vietnam
Kevin Burke
Gail Burke
Defense Department
Burke
da Nang
Car Demolished After Waukon Area Crash
A Sunday morning crash southeast of Waukon left a 1967 car demolished after it rolled several times. Driver Roger Ambrose, 22, Monona, escaped with only bruises after being thrown from the car on Big Foothill.
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Waukon
Roger Ambrose
Monona
Retired Major General Russell Maxwell Dies at 77
Washington AP reports retired Major General Russell Maxwell, 77, a leading World War II strategist on industrial warfare, died at his Washington home Sunday.
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Washington (Ap
Russell Maxwell
Washington
Former What Cheer mayor dies at 50
Walter Eugene McKay 50, who led What Cheer from 1952 to 1963, died Saturday at University Hospitals Iowa City from burns from an October traffic accident near LeMars. Services were set for 2 p.m. Monday at What Cheer Methodist Church. Funeral arrangements by Harden funeral home. He is survived by a wife Mildred and four daughters, a son, mother, three grandchildren, three brothers, five sisters, and several in-laws.
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Gazette
What Cheer
Walter Eugene McKay
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Burns
LeMars
What Cheer Methodist Church
Harden
Freda
Thomas William
Viola McKay
William McKay, Jr
Earl
Maynard
North English
Donald Lewis
Lawton
Okla
John Caswell
Thomas Baxter
Mildred Koehn
George Dillon
Marengo
Believe Whisky Found In Sunken Steamboat
Excavators searching for the Bertrand, sunk in the Missouri river in 1865, report hull findings and several wooden cases with amber bottles that may contain whisky from a cargo valued around 250000 dollars. The dig team includes Jesse Pursell Sam Corbine and Harry Sorensen working near Missouri Valley at the DeSoto Bend Wildlife Refuge.
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Missouri Valley
Bertrand
Missouri River
Jesse Pursell
Sam Corbine
Omaha
Harry Sorensen
Sorensen Sand and Gravel Co
DeSoto Bend Wildlife Refuge
North English Native Among A W O L Army Protesters
Four U S army soldiers in Paris denounced U S policy in Vietnam at a news conference by the Seine. They said they deserted from West Germany stations on conscience grounds and carried French residence permits. The group identified as RITAS said they left Khe Sanh and cited McCarthy campaign ties.
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UPI
Vietnam
Seine River
U.S
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A.w.o.l
Richard Hall
North English
Iowa
Frankfurt
Germany
Hall
North English High School
Don Hall
O. D. Hall
William de Bra
Decatur
Stanley Doerr
St. Louis
Glenn Coller
Monongahela
U.S. Army
de Bra
Coller
Doerr
Khe Sanh
Three Killed in Iowa Car Crash Near Fredericksburg
A two car head on collision on highway 18 near Fredericksburg Iowa killed Virgil Lloyd Hartson 35 his wife Judy Ann Hartson 25 and Claire E Putz 67 of Waterloo. The Hartsons two children Dawn 6 and David 5 were taken to Sumner hospital in good condition. The Hartsons were returning from a birthday dinner in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin when the crash occurred.
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Fredericksburg
UPI
Iowa
Virgil Lloyd Hartson
Judy Ann
Hartson
Claire E. Putz
Waterloo
Hartsons
Dawn
David
Sumner
Putz
Miss Putz
Prairie du iChien
Wis
Burns Fatal To Iowa City Man
Charles H. Freers 57 died at University Hospitals after a deep fat fryer tipped spilling hot grease over him. Services were held at George L. Gay funeral home with burial at Newton Freers. He was a house mechanic for University of Iowa dining and dormitory services. Survivors include his wife Geraldine two sons four grandchildren and four sisters.
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Iowa City
George L. Gay
Charles H. Freers
University Hospitals
Newton Freers
University of Iowa
Geraldine
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Winterset
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Wever
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West Des Moines
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