Eight Iowans die on weekend highways. Minnesota crash kills Iowan
The weekend Iowa toll includes Barbara Etringer 4 Cedar Rapids and her mother Sandra 26. Dale Aless 24 Mason City. Keith Ingvarsen 27 Mt. Pleasant. Loretta Farmer 30 Wayland. Robert R Willoughby 20 PleasAntville. Jacqueline Willoughby 20. plus two at Knoxville and other fatalities across Lee, Washington, and Grinnell areas.
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Highway 151
Springville
Barbara Etringer
Cedar Rapids
Sandra
Dale Aless
Mason City
Bancroft
Glenn Rike
Algona
Rike
Mt. Pleasant
Keith Ingvarsen
West Point
Lee County
James Harvey
Knoxville
Highway 5
Robert R. Willoughby
Jacqueline
Pleasantville
Robert York
Anita
Ottumwa
ISU Enrollment Up 61 Students
Iowa State University reports 19 267 students in fall classes, up 61 from last year. Undergraduates rise by 162 to 5 088, total undergrad enrollment up 101 while graduate numbers fall by 40. The student body includes 12 286 men and 6 981 women.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Technical Institute
Cedar Rapids Gazette Focuses On Editorial Standards
The Cedar Rapids Gazette emphasizes its editorial principles and exclusive reporting quality. The piece outlines commitment to accuracy, fairness, and trusted journalism for readers seeking reliable information.
Wind Blows Train Off the Tracks in Missouri Valley
North Western railroad officials blamed strong southeast winds for a Sunday derailment near Missouri Valley. Seven freight cars derailed, including three with new 1974 automobiles and four boxcars with materials. Tracks were cleared Sunday night with no injuries reported.
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Missouri Valley
North Western Railroad
Iowa outlines three level plan to fight pollution pockets
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality officials described a three level program to combat recurring pollution pockets. Dr Edward Stanke warned another serious pocket could occur yearly with weather conditions. The plan starts with a 20 percent industry cutback, then 50 percent during warnings with bans on open burning, and finally an emergency closure of facilities and travel bans if pockets persist for 24 hours and show no sign of breaking up for 12 hours.
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DES Moines
API
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Iowa
Edward Stanke
DEQ
Stanke
Driver of Truck Which Rolled Two Blocks Is Fined
Raymond Lee Dage 29 Ot tumwa pleaded guilty to leaving a motor vehicle unattended without brakes and turning wheels to the curb. He was fined 25 dollars plus 5 dollars costs, to be mailed by his employer Harold Dickey Transport Co. The truck rolled from the L Ranko motel in Toledo Aug 29 traveled over two blocks into a deep ditch causing damage to a service station wall and two large windows. No injuries were reported.
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Toledo
L-Ranko
J. E. Arends
Raymond Lee Dage
Ottumwa
Harold Dickey Transport Co
Packwood
Dage
Tama Meat Packing Corp
Tama
Don Rairdin
Bairdin
Robert Crabtree
Old Schools Burn Arson Suspected in Highlandville Area
DECORAH The state fire marshal investigates two rural schoolhouse fires in Winneshiek County. Grindeland school NE of Highlandville and Belton school four miles apart were burned at night. both structures were abandoned. Arson is suspected with farmers asked to watch for suspicious cars and persons.
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Decorah
Highlandville
Grindeland
Newhouse Blacktop
Belton
Winneshiek County
Social Workers Assn Welcomes New UI Director Walz
The Southeast Iowa chapter of the National Association of Social Workers will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Ramada Inn in Iowa City. The gathering will welcome Dr. Thomas Walz, new director of the University of Iowa School of Social Work, who will speak on new directions in social services and NASW relations with the school. Agency directors and staff from 16 southeast Iowa counties are invited.
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Iowa City
Iown
The
National Assn. of Social Workers
Ramada Inn
Highway 218 North
Thomas Walz
University of Iowa School of Social Work
Walz
NASW
School of Social
Clark Seeks GOP Nod for First District Congress
State Rep. John Clark announces his candidacy for the GOP nomination to represent Iowa’s First District. The Southeast Iowa Republican vows a vigorous campaign, resigning his Iowa House seat after this term to challenge Democrat Edith Mezvinsky. Clark lists volunteer support and legislative experience as key assets, with counties including Lee, Van Buren, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Louisa, Washington, Poweshiek, Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Muscatine, and Scott.
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Keokuk
UPI
Iowa
John Clark
Iowa House
Edith Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Clark
United States
House of Representatives
Colette
America
Lee
van Buren
Jefferson
Henry
Des Moines
Louisa
Washington
Poweshiek
Benton
Johnson, Muscatine and
Scott
Changing Large Bill Costs Iowa Man $51
A clerk at Hank's Deep Rock on West Main Street was robbed of $51 in a change scam. Four men and a Wisconsin plated car stopped for gas and used a ruse involving a large denomination bill to obtain the money from a Clark.
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Independence
Hank
Deep Rock
West Main Street
Wisconsin
Clark
Decorah Assault Trial Moved to Manchester
Dale Leroy Snyder 27 Castalia faces assault with intent to murder in Winneshiek County. Trial set for October 2 in Manchester after venue change due to Decorah prejudice. Snyder held at Independence mental health institute after parole violation. bond costs disputed by county supervisors.
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Decorah
Dale Leroy Snyder
Castalia
Manchester
Karl Kenline
Dubuque
Winneshiek County
Kenline
Snyder
Mental Health Institute
Independence
Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors
Hitchhiker’s Report of Assault Probed
A Des Moines to Davenport hitchhiker alleges rape near Brooklyn after boarding a white 1973 Ford pickup on I 80. She says the man driven off to a country road north of Brooklyn threatened her with a screwdriver and fled. she is from Estherville and described the suspect as in his mid 20s, 5 feet 10, dark hair, mustache.
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Brooklyn
UPI
Des Moines
Davenport
Estherville
Independence Selected for Series on Humanities
Independence is among about a dozen Midwest towns chosen for free humanities programs and talks. Dr. Kenneth Lash of the University of Northern Iowa will open Oct 2 at 7 30 p m with The University of the Eye slide program at the Rural Electric Cooperative building, presenting to adults and students and outlining future meetings in October and November.
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Independence
Midwest
Kenneth Lash
University of Northern Iowa
Rural Electric Cooperative
Lash
University of the Eye
Reeves Hall
Robert Shonka
Martha Farber
James Sloan
J. F. Kelleher
Mike Williams
Independence High School
REC
James Hearst
Cedar Falls
National Humanities Series
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Extension Department
mid-America
National Endowment For the Humanities
Fat and Fiction topic at Iowa Diet Therapy Conference
The University of Iowa hosts a Wednesday Diet Therapy conference at the Memorial Union. Sponsored by the colleges of medicine the Department of Nutrition and University Hospitals the event will discuss fat and fiction in nutrition.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Memorial Union
U. of I. Colleges of Medicine
Department of Nutrition
University Hospitals
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Wayland
Washington County
Mark Barnes
Grinnell
Highway 146
Milo Ahrends
St. James
Minn
Alex Walinga
Boyden
ISU
Gmeeey
Wwe
the Plastics
Iholds
Social Workers Assn
Mezvinsky
Bob Holmes
Bob
Fred J. Gibson & Co., Realtors
Hitchhiker
Center
Center At Madison
William Farber
National Humanities Organization
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