Iowa Valley Board Elects Heitman President at Organizing Meeting
Marengo Wilbur Heitman was elected president and Carroll Cronbaugh vice president of the Iowa Valley Community School Board at the organizational session Tuesday night. Don Goering led election results for one director with 314 votes to Everett Davies 268 and five spoiled ballots.
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Marengo
Wilbur Heitman
Iowa Valley Community School Board of Directors
Carrol Cronbaugh
Howard Watkins
Don Goering
Everett Davies
Area Ten Classes Set in Monticello
Monticello area adults may begin toward a high school diploma through Area Ten at Monticello Community High School. Five courses Office practice and typing general math drafting current affairs and Spanish run Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 to 8 30 p m from Oct 3 to Dec 18. Applications via adult education director Elmer Anderson due Sept 25.
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Monticello
Area Ten Community College
Elmer Anderson
Road Bid Opening Thursday in Clayton
County Engineer Milton Johnson says the Clayton County Board of Supervisors will open bids Thursday at 10 a.m. for 4% miles of grading from North Buena Vista to the Dubuque county line, plus two box culverts and a structural plate pipe arch replacing a small bridge near Clayton Center.
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Gazette
Eleader
Milton Johnson
Clayton County Board of Supervisors
Buena Vista
Dubuque County
Clayton Center
Buchanan Youth Meeting with Korean SCM Leader Speech
Buchanan County Youth will meet at Union Church Sunday at 7 30 p m Speaker will be Young Lee national president of the Student Christian Movement in Korea The notice also mentions want ads and provides the phone number 369 1234 for selling items
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Buchanan County
Union Church
Young Lee
Student Christian Movement
Korea
G O P Leaders Back Romney Despite Brainwash Remark
Iowa's GOP leaders say they still favor Michigan Governor George Romney after his brainwash comment in Vietnam. They stress understanding yet avoid pledging candidacy. Ray, Smith, and Wittenmeyer note Romney's strength, some distrust of the administration, and ongoing openness among Iowans on the 1968 race.
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Iowa
Republican National Committee
G.O.P
Michigan
George Romney
Wittenmeyer
Robert Ray
Ray
Color Starting To Show in NE Iowa
Color viewers in northeast Iowa see early fall foliage due to dry weather with maples turning yellow and red edges, elms and oaks brown to red, and Virginia creeper bright red. Suggested routes include Highway 340 to Pikes Peak State Park, Highway 13 to the Yellow River and Effigy Mounds, and Highway 364 to Waukon Junction and Harpers Ferry. River views and boat rentals offer additional foliage viewing along the Mississippi at McGregor.
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Iowa
Pikes Peak State Park
McGregor
Yellow River
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Marquette
Waukon Junction
Harpers Ferry
Main Street
Series of Fires in Ft. Madison Probed
Fort Madison police and the state fire marshal investigated a Thursday and Friday series of fires in a residential area about five blocks square. Firefighters said neighbors rescued dogs from a kennel owned by William Keil who was away on vacation. A garage fire damaged a car owned by Dick Slee.
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State Fire Marshal’s Office
Robert P. Duffy
William Keil
Keils
Dick Slee
Marvin Gordon Killed in Vietnam With 1st Marine Division
Clearfield couple learns their son Lance Cpl. Marvin Gordon 19 has been killed in Vietnam while serving with the 1st Marine Division.
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Clearfield
Edward Gordon, Jr
Lance Cpl
Marvin Gordon
Vietnam
1St Marine Division
University of Iowa Rocket Flight from Wallops Island
Iowa City researchers designed a University of Iowa payload that launched from Wallops Island Virginia at 2 38 a m and lasted nearly 16 minutes traveling 475 miles. The mission tested whistler radio noises in the ionosphere and an extending antenna system for the Injun 5 satellite to be orbited next spring. Project leader Donald Garnett and scientist Stanley Shawhan hailed the 100 percent success and noted whistlers heard throughout the flight.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Wallops Island
U. of I. Physics Department
U. of I
Donald Garnett
Stanley Shawhan
Earth
Garnett and
Shawhan
Scouters Confer in Iowa City on Cub Scout Program
Three professional Scouters of the Northeast Iowa Council will meet Monday and Tuesday at the Iowa Memorial Union to learn of the improved Cub Scout program with Hawkeye Service Area Scout Executives. Local leaders will present the program at October Roundtable meetings in Strawberry Point and Dubuque, both starting at 7:30 p.m.
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Iowa City
Northeast Iowa Council
Boy Scouts of America
Iowa Memorial Union
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Strawberry Point
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Dubuque
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Amana
Iowa Valley-Amana
Orlo Buswell
Georgeianan Arbes
Leon Sanders
Howard Tuttle
Buswell
Area Ten
Belle Plaine
Benton Community
Victor
Watkins
Clayton
Buchanan Youth
Dial
Romney
By Chad Skaggs
Des Moines
U.S
State Department
Mary Louise Smith
National
Charles Wittenmeyer
Davenport
Defense
Robert McNamara
Charles
Ft. Madison
Fort Madison
Billian’s
LGD
Hoover Steam Iron
Lindale Plaza
Lees
du Pont
Chemstrand
Aerilan
KiLlian's Carpet
Seond St
Fifth Avenue
Grey House
Killian
Fourth Avenue
Central Fire Station
Killian’s
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