Eastern Iowans Serve Their Country in Wartime
A compilation of service news from Iowa and nearby, noting Airman John D. Fitch completing basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and assigned to Chanute AFB for aircraft maintenance schooling. Army Sergeant DeWayne V. Weers aiding Viet Nam refugee relief near Can Tho. Navy Seaman Apprentice John D. Jones finishing Navy basic training in San Diego. and additional notices of local residents serving in Viet Nam and military education completions with hometown details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Can ‘Tho
Viet Nam
DeWayne V. Weers
Fred J. Weers
Anamosa
Mekong Delta
Can Tho
South Vietnam
Sgt. Weer
69Th Engineer Battalion
Weers
First Presbyterian Church
Tacoma
Washington
Camp Roberts
Arkansas
Korea
Anamosa High School
Rita
Park Ave
NAVY
John D. Jones
San Diego
USN
Frances M. Jones
12Th St NE
Naval Training Center
U. S. Combat Forces
John N. Bauer
John B Bauer
27Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
da Nang Afb
Set. Bauer
Th Pacific Air Forces
Eglin Afb
Fla
Wilson High
Sandra Beers
Airman Balsiger Completes Basic Training
Airman Ronald J. Balsiger son of Grace E. Ashby of Hopkinton has completed basic training and will study as a supply specialist at Amarillo AFB Texas. He is a 1966 Monticello Community High School graduate who attended Ellsworth Junior College Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Viet Nam
Richard I. Snyder
Edgar J. Snyder
Fourth St. SE
Independence
587Th
Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Snyder
Ft. Leonard Wood
Selfridge Air Force Base
Mich
Jessup Community High School
Quaker Oats Co
Cedar Rapids
Mary An
Aurora
Amarillo
Texas
Arthur J. McEnany
Ryan
U.S. Air Force Technical School
Afb
Tactical Air Command
Forbes Afb
Kansas
St. Patrick’s High School
Loras College
Dubuque
San Antonio
Ronald J. Balsiger
Grace E. Ashby
A.A. 1
Hopkinton
Lackland Afb
Air Force Technical Training Center
Amarillo Afb
Balsiger
Monticello Community High School
Ellsworth Junior College
Iowa Falls
James A. Balsiger
Monicello
Cam Ranh Bay
Dennis E. Butterfield
Elmer E. Butterfield
Thirty-third St. NE
71St Artillery
Spec. Butterfield
Army
Washington High School
FT Huachuca
Arizona
Daniel W. Panosh
Clarence C. Panosh
C Street
Ft. Huachuca
Panosh
Ft Bliss
Jefferson High School
Local air unit tops AFCS region in Cocoa Beach
First Lieutenant Donald C. Kothenbeutel, son of local residents, helped his squadron, the 2179th Communications Squadron, win Outstanding Unit in AFCS eastern region. The unit provides communications and air traffic control at Patrick AFB and Cape Kennedy facilities and maintains a closed circuit TV system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kothenbeutel
Cocoa Beach, Fla
Donald C. Kothenbeutel
Russell D. Kothenbeutel
Te First Ave
Patrick Afb
Fla
Air Force Communications Service
AICS
Rothenbeutel
2179Th
Patrick
Air Force Eastern Test Range
Cape Kennedy Space Facility
Atlantic
Washington High School
Iowa State University
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corp
Pamela
Robert C. Matchett
Broadhurst Drive
Columbia
Ohio
Crossword Across Across and Down Clues Mixed
A compact list of crossword style clues covering traffic sign military life daily record book music drama ire motorist stopping place music cue Norse god dess of dear Abraham s nephew pronoun fertile desert areas fish dizzy halfems of the ear like friar s title news begin Aladdin s benefactor artist s stand sports area slyly sarcastic act a hoarder soviet news agency elapse because Malay wantes boots russian cits funeral pile bach or handel on the left side mant alot to direct proceedings punctuation mark winged showy tree of Hawaii exclamation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Dizzy
Halfems
Friar
Begin
Hawaii
First motorcycle powered vehicle facts and Wells Fargo history
The text notes that the first vehicle with a four cycle engine was a motorcycle built by Daimler in 1885, followed by Harley Davidson and others. It references Harold Warp Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska as hosting a large motorcycle collection and Wells Fargo history including 313 stage robberies between 1870 and 1885 and founders Henry Wells and William Fargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daimler
Germany
Harley Davidson
Curtis
Excelsior and
Henderson
Harold Warp
Minden
Nebraska
Wells-Fargo
Henry Wells
Thetford
Vermont
George Fargo
Pompey
New York
Wells- Fargo
Roosevelt Named Sportsman Of The Century By Winchester
Theodore Roosevelt hailed as the 20th Century’s exemplary sportsman by the Winchester Centennial Commission. Archibald Roosevelt accepted a commemorative Winchester rifle and donated it to the Boone and Crockett Club museum. The accolade cites Roosevelt’s conservation legacy and legislative milestones. A separate item notes a newlywed couple facing a breach of promise suit from a Boston woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
America
Winchester,Centennial Commission
Olin Mathieson Chemical, Corporation
Archibald Roosevelt
T. R
N. Harvey Collisson
Olin
Boone & Crockett Club
Roosevelt
Sagamore TH
Oyster Bay
Long Island
William L. Wallace
Winchester-Western
S of America
Leme Pore Wallacey
White House
U.S. Reclamation Service
National Conservation Commission
Wallace
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Mrs. Newlywed
Norval
Mr. Newlywed
Boston
Weird Grief Meet Ends With Rice Bowl Quip
A sailor places flowers on two graves in a cemetery and encounters an old Chinese man who places a rice bowl on a nearby grave. He jokes that their friend will come to eat rice at the same time the other comes to smell the flowers.
Ether First Used as Painkiller Before Operation in 1842
Ether was first used as a painkiller before surgery in 1842, marking a turning point in medical anesthesia. The milestone underscored advances in surgical care and patient comfort during procedures.
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Fitch
John D. Fitch
John R. Fitch
Hertz Drive
Chanute Afb
Hil
Sgt
DeWayne Weers
Mékong Delta
John, Carlson
Lake “Mills
New Town
Michael E. Moes Jr
Michael E. Moes
Tipton
Westerholm
Air Force
Kleo M. Westerholm
Harry A. Westerholm
Third Ave
Waukon
U.S. Air Force
Altus Afb
Okla
Portland
Ore
Waukon Public High School
Janice
Maude Schultz
R.R. 1
North Singlish
Seaman Chapman
Great Lakes, Ill
Gerald T. Chapman
Charles G. Chapman
8Th St. NW
Melayarr
Latvia
Dickens
Rip
Fea
Sam
Rough Rider
TEN Cent
Bank Amd
Johnny
Jenny
Victoria
Arenoty
Buovbow
Wash
Aris
Dallas
JRE
Bali
Y Bee Bryan
Citizen-Times
Deep River
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