Weekend Auto Crashes in Iowa Claim 12 Lives
A weekend of deadly crashes in Iowa includes 12 fatalities. Truman C. Engen 46 dies near Decorah after losing control on highway 9. Surviving relatives include wife and several children. Other victims range across Waterloo Sioux City Dubuque Clinton and Cedar Falls with multiple-car and pedestrian crashes. Investigations by county sheriff and highway patrol are noted.
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Gazette
Decorah
Madison Lutheran Church
Truman C. Engen
Steine Funeral Home
Engen
Winneshiek County
Mathias F. Bonefas
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Robert Hogan
North
Sioux City
Neb
Jerry John Simons
Edwin Anderson
Arlington Heights
Ill
Dorothy
Lucille Laughlin
Aurora
Dubuque
Alfred Hansen
Claudette
Marion
Clinton
Luther college students injured in Decorah crash
Three Luther College students were involved in a Saturday evening crash between a car and a motorcycle. Janice George 21 Morris Illinois passenger on the motorcycle driven by Peter Holm 19 Ottawa Illinois was hospitalized in Rochester Minnesota with head injuries in serious condition Monday. Holm remained in Decorah Iowa in good condition with facial lacerations as police said Dean Anderson 119 of Hager City Wisconsin turned left in front of the motorcycle.
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Decorah
Luther College
Janice George
Morris
Peter Holm
Ottawa
Rochester
Minn
Holm
Decorah Hospital
Dean Anderson
Hager City
Wis
Guttenberg flood plan hinges on council decision
Des Moines AP reports Guttenberg seeks 160000 state funds to complement 90000 city money for a Mississippi flood control project funded by a federal grant totaling several million dollars. Atty Gen Turner says council must decide if the request qualifies for the emergency contingent fund amid delayed project plans and rising costs.
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Mississippi River
Mhalder
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Guttenberg
Atty
Richard Turner
Ae City
LIU We Cameuuuvs Council
Frankie Avalon
Joanie
Sommers
Buddy Greco
KCRG
TV 9
Extension Classes Build 30 Programs for Iowans
Iowa universities and Drake university expand extension and continuing education under Title I of the Higher Education Act. Thirty programs across six areas will be funded for a fourth year, including government and community affairs health education economic development culture and social services. Supported by Iowa Community Services and a 17 member advisory council, programs involve city county officials teachers health officials and industry leaders to improve rural and urban life networked through regional conferences seminars and workshops.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Iowa Community Services
Board of Regents
Robert F. Ray
University Service
University of Towa
Towa
Drake University
Aca
Midcrest
Center For Consumer Affairs
Cedar Rapids
Retirement of Iowa Penitentiary Warden Bennett
John Bennett will retire as warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary on January 30 after 37 years in corrections. Maurice Harmon announces the change and a successor will be named soon. Bennett joined as a guard in 1931 rising to deputy warden in 1940 and became warden in 1958, stressing individualized inmate treatment and discipline aimed at eventual reintegration.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John Bennett
Maurice Harmon
Bennett
Hunter Drowns Near Lansing
A Joliet man James Loftis, 29, drowned when a canoe with a duck hunting companion capsized on the Mississippi River just north of Lansing. James Tibbitt swam to shore. Loftis body was taken to Burke.
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Lansing
Joliet, IL
Mississippi River
James Loftis
James Tibbitt
Joliet
Burke
Funeral Home
Contrasting Views Mark Iowa Lt Governor Race
Iowa state Sen. Andrew Frommelt describes his nomination as reluctant yet campaigns vigorously against Republican rival Sen. Roger Jepsen. Jepsen criticizes Democratic fiscal policies and the 1967 service tax, while Frommelt touts a shift in public attitude as the race unfolds.
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Race
Des Moines
Andrew Frommelt
Frommelt
Jepsen
Iowa State Senate
Hughes
Schwengel Calls for Massive Reorganization of Government
Congressman Fred Schwengel urged a new Hoover Commission to reorganize the executive branch at the Fort Madison Rotary. He cited 1271 aid programs across 21 federal departments and agencies, 150 Washington bureaus, and 400 regional offices, plus 60 urban programs and 42 education agencies. He warned of rapid, unreviewed growth and duplication.
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Fort Madison
Fred Schwengel
Executive Branch
Schwengel
Hoover Commission
Hoover
Tax Loophole Airing Proposed By Schmidhauser
West Point rally notes Democratic candidate John Schmidhauser outlining a tax reform plan. He would require annual budgets to include estimates of tax loophole giveaways and argue the public will see the inequity, urging action against what he calls special interest lobbying.
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Schmidhauser
West Point
John Schmidhauser
Daily Iowan Cited For Feature Writing Honors
Chicago AP reports the Daily Iowan student newspaper of the University of Iowa earned first place in feature writing among 98 college papers, cited by Sigma Delta Chi for excellence in journalism.
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Daily Iowan
University of ‘Iowa
Sigma Delta ‘Chi
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