Benton Historical Unit drives $40,000 fund to restore Vinton HQ
The Benton County Historical Society launches a 40 000 dollar drive to restore the Horridge house at 612 First Avenue Vinton and furnish a museum space on the first floor while renting the second floor. Donations are being sought from residents now living outside the area.
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Vinton
The
Benton County Historical Society
Frontier Days
Benton County
Harold Demmel
Dave Banse
Vinton Chamber of Commerce
Hawk Bilt Manufacturing Co
Women Prison Escapees Nabbed After 10 Days Freedom
Shirley Zimmerman of Denison and Dorothy Roundtree of Davenport were captured by an off duty highway patrolman after escaping Rockwell City women's reformatory for ten days. John O Sell of Manson found them hitchhiking between Jefferson and Lohrville and drove them to the Greene County Sheriff's Office where they were returned to the prison.
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Jefferson
Shirley Zimmerman
Denison
Dorothy Roundtree
Davenport
Rockwell City
Smith Calls Auditors to Conference Des Moines
Iowa State Auditor Lloyd R. Smith convenes about one hundred auditors in Des Moines for a two day conference to push operation and performance auditing beyond traditional financial audits. Mortimer A. Dittenhofer of the U S General Accounting Office will speak, with others from Nebraska North Dakota and State Rep Charles Grassley among presenters.
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Lloyd R. Smith
Smith
Des Moines
Mortimer A. Dittenhofer
U. S. General Accounting Office
Washington, D. C
Ray Johnson
Nebraska
Robert Peterson
North Dakota
Charles Grassley
New Hartford
House Appropriations Committee
East Iowans Among Hawkeye Tech Graduates
East Iowans were among Hawkeye Institute of Technology graduates in Waterloo last Friday. Names span programs from Auto Body to Practical Nursing and Mechanical fields, listing recipients including Jeffrey Cizel Traer and Diane Smith Hopkinton among others.
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East Iowans
Hawkeye Tech
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Auto Body
Jeffrey Cizel
Traer
Timothy Sullivan
Winthrop
Paul Zieser
Independence
Vinton
Robbie Thompson
Hazleton
DeWayne Medberry
Oelwein
Larry Craney
Wayne Swarts
James Studebaker
James Greiner
Robert Prestidge
Dysart
Julie Martin
Manchester
Diane Smith
Hopkinton
James Anderson
Richard Krempges
Douglas Walthart
Thomas Vichlach
Monona
Dispute Over Ponies Resolved in Tama Courthouse
District Judge Robert Osmundson ruled in favor of Harold Stump in the case against Bruce M. Bolen over ponies allegedly detained at Bolen’s campground northwest of Tama. Stump valued the 19 ponies and three mules at 3300 dollars and elected to take them in lieu of their value, with a writ of replevin issued for immediate possession.
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Toledo
Harold Stump
Bruce M. Bolen
Tama
Stump
Bolen
Robert Osmundson
Osmundson
Shetland
Counties Air Fund Gripes By Harrison Weber Town Daily Press Association
Webster County Treasurer M L Hottman urged lawmakers to require fiscal notes on county impact. He said TRACIS cost counties over a quarter million dollars and many extra staff were needed. Alfred J Klocke urged counties be allowed to set salaries for elected officials. Cass County auditor M Dale King proposed consolidating funds and a local option for revenue sharing.
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Webster County
M. L. Hottman
Fort Dodge
Hottman
General Assembly
Alfred J. Klocke
Carroll
The
Clerks of Court Association
M. Dale King
Cass County
King
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Iowa
Southeast Asia
Iowa City
Air Force
Bradley Cuthbert
Fort Madison
North Vietnam
Darwin Cuthbert
Tim Brandt
Cuthbert
Curt
Shannon
Constrance
Marshalltown
Arnold Air Society
Angel Flight
U. of Iowa Air Force Rotc
VIVA
Benton
ICPA
Waterloo
Larry Gibbs
Susan Barge
Paulette Hunt
Laurie Miller
Edward Allen
Wayne Betts
Joseph Bridge
Cedar Rapids
First Street
S.E
Counties Air Fund
Harrison
Webertown Daily Press Association
Klocke
Harrison Weber
Rusco
Iowa Inc
Donument
Bruce Lapree
Eighth Avenue
Jerry Williamson
Coggon
Rich Etscheidt
Newhall
Hotpoint
Electric
Rea
2Nd Ave. S.E
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