New Name for Children’s Home in Iowa
The Iowa Children’s Home Society, a state wide child care agency founded in 1888 to place homeless children, renamed Iowa Children’s and Family Services. It has cared for about 23,000 Iowa children and unwed mothers over the years. Walnut Community Club honors Dr and Mrs Frank N Weber for forty years of service as their physician in a tribute noting his long Walnut tenure after earlier work in Imogene.
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Greenfield
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Adair County
Winterset
Stanzel
National Association of Christian Schools
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Des Moines Steel
Thomas
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Larson's Custom Casecraft Co offers portable casemaking
New service in Cedar Rapids designs and manufactures custom cases for portable tape recorders phonographs radios and musical instruments. One sample case or large runs of 500 cases are available with low prices and superior workmanship. Write or call 3635 Mt Vernon Road SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403 363 6867.
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Robert P. Larson
Mt. Vernon Road
Cedar Rapids
Larson
Larson’s Custom Casecraft CO
Mt. Vernon Road SE
Iowa
St Johns Lutheran Church Plans Centennial Celebration
St John s Lutheran Church south of Victor plans a centennial observance on July 21 with morning, afternoon and evening services. The article traces the church s origins from 1860 and lists its charter members, early pastors, school history, and current leaders including Rev Edmund Weiss and teachers Edward and Bierbaum.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Victor
St. John’s
Iowa County
Poweshiek County
Millersburg
Gottlieb Eckert
Gottlieb Faas
Lincoln Township
Michael Weiss
Michael Merck
Adam Hahn
Young People’s Society
Walther League
Ladies Aid Society
Edmund Weiss
Edward W. Bierbaun
Victor Man Serves Overseas With 3rd Marine Division
Marine Corporal John W. Noyes, son of Mr and Mrs Dale H Noyes Sr of Rte 1 Victor and husband of Rosemary K Hawkins of Belle Blaine, serves with Headquarters Battalion, Third Marine Division in Vietnam. The battalion handles admin, control, and logistics for the division and acts as a combat ready counter attack force. It coordinates movement and maintenance support for personnel and materiel across the division.
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John W. Noyes
Dale H. Noyes
Rte 1
Victor
Rosemary K. Hawkins
Belle Blaine
Third Marine Division
Congress Proposes Ethic Code for House Members
In 1967 a House committee on Standards and Official Conduct prepared a code of ethics. It calls for a permanent standards and conduct panel, rules changes, and reporting of violations. It also forbids improper compensation, gifts, and requires campaign funds to be separate from personal funds. Proposals include financial disclosures and restraint on campaign expenditures.
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Wilt wins top honors at Ames coin show
Dick Wilt a veteran Carroll coin collector captured the best of show and supreme awards at the Iowa Numismatic Association show in Ames attended by over 2 000 people Wilt earned top honors as judges lauded his exhibit and collection skills
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Dick Wilt
Carroll
Iowa Numismatic Assn
Ames
Wilt
Capitol Firing Line Voices on Gold Backing and Budget Crises
A Washington newsletter column condemns removal of gold backing as risky to the dollar, cites foreign demand, and urges reader ideas for addressing deficits. It critiques Johnson administration spending, foreign aid, and a 1968 air fare program aimed at boosting tourism and dollar flows. It also condemns a 1968 labor department sit-in and alleges lack of presidential protest, calling out federal spinelessness and blackmail. Indira Gandhi’s praise of communists as self defense prompts railing against continued aid to India.
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Poverty Outfit
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Make Believe
India
Indira Ghandi
Viet Nam
Protesters Right About Viet Nam War Editorial
An editorial in the COMMUNIQUE argues antiwar protesters are justified in opposing the war. It frames U S involvement as illegal and immoral, blames French colonialism for earlier suppression, and urges President Johnson to admit a mistake and begin phased withdrawal to restore American prestige.
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Neo Dinh Diem
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Birthday honors for Adolph Anderson and Iowa Farm Bureau award
Adolph Anderson of Eagle Grove celebrated his 96th birthday on February 24 with a party attended by many friends and relatives. Meanwhile Mrs Hiram Millsap was named Iowa Farm Bureau woman of 1987 in February, noting over 59 years of active Farm Bureau membership shared by her and her husband.
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Eagie Grove
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Hiram Millsap
Ayr
Iowa Farm Bureau
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Stan Kenton Orchestra At Opera House In What Cheer
Stan Kenton and his orchestra will perform at the What Cheer Opera House on April 11 at 8 p.m. Kenton leads a premier band renowned for artistic excellence and versatility. Tickets are $6 for reserved seats, available from Mrs. Raymond Newcomb in What Cheer.
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What Cheer Opera House
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London
Hollywood
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Cedar Rapids Antiques Show Opens March 28 30 31
The 24th Cedar Rapids Antique Show runs March 28 29 30 31 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Iowa’s largest half million dollar expo gathers 40 exhibitors from ten states with world wide theme objects including German dolls French glass English porcelain Italian cameos and more. Highlights include presidential campaign mementoes and posters. Open daily 11 am to 10 pm and Sunday 11 am to 6 pm. Daughters of the Nile assist with daily service.
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Iowa
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Delft
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Ulysses S. Grant
Waterloo Pottery Company
Waterloo
William J. Bryan
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