Car hits freight train at Clarksville crossing
David Schmidt 16 of rural Clarksville is listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital Waverly after the car he drove was struck by a freight train at a Hook Island crossing two miles southeast of Clarksville on Tuesday afternoon June 27. The impact pulled the car along the track pinning him inside. The 1958 Ford was demolished and Schmidt sustained multiple bruises lacerations and fractured ribs.
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David Schmidt
Clarksville
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Hook Island
Beme
David
New Daughter for Mr and Mrs Leland Calcase
Mr and Mrs Leland Calcase welcomed a daughter born Wednesday evening June 28 at Waverly Hospital. The delivery marked the couple’s first child and the family said the newborn is healthy and doing well.
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Leland Calcase
Waverly Hospital
Break-in at Weinberg and Frodden Lumber Yard
Vandals broke into the Weinberg and Frodden Lumber Yard on Tuesday night June 27. They entered by cutting a screen and climbing through a back office window, hammering the safe handle off but failing to open the vault. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation to link the incident with similar break-ins in the Clarkesule area.
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Weinberg and Frodden
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Clarks Ule
Newly Elected Officers Lead American Legion Auxiliary
Newly elected officers of the American Legion Auxiliary include Mrs. Lavern Becker as president, Mrs. W. R Poland as vice president, Mrs. Lloyd Hanson as secretary, and Mrs Norman Satory as treasurer.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Lavern Becker
W. R Poland
Lloyd Hanson
Norman Satory
Clarksville Gatherings Highlight Local Visitors
Mrs Lavon Williams of Cedar Rapids weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Mitchell Doty. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Raisty of Atlanta Georgia visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Raisty Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Henry Stoxen. Mrs Janie Wedeking Kathy Pam Jacobs Clarksville and Miss Mary Fitzpatrick Waverly were Tuesday dinner guests in the Vern Wedeking home.
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Waverly
Francis Eggleston
Waterloo
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Mary Harris
Omaha
Nebraska
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Romney
Gov Reagan
Jack McDonald
Tennessee
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Louise Wedcocking
Paul Harris
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Oscar Holzschuh
Wm. Sells
Anna Buchholz
Henry Stoxen
Herman Hirsch
Brock Lodge
Kay Russell
Randy
Ronnie
Rod
Rodger
Ben Shepard
Nashua
Clarksville
Walker
Plainfield
Burr Shepard
Richard Reints
Colorado Springs
U. S. Army
Datert Reints
Sherri
Carl Witt
Carla
JoLynne McDowell
Miller
South Dakota
Jablith Darby
Mercy Hospital
William Heine Jr
Susan
Larry Heine
Tony
Ft. Gordon
Georgia
Mary Reitz
Buffalo
New York
Virgil Heark
Katie Roberts
Fpulis
Gertrude Wilder
Eber Shepard
O. F. Buchholz
Albert Reints
Hazel Nordman
Cora Bolin
Steven Wedeking
Lavon Williams
Cedar Rapids
Mitchell Doty
Lloyd Raisty
Atlanta
Frank Raisty
Janie Wedeking
Kathy
Pam Jacobs
Mary Fitzpatrick
Vern
Pheasant Population Shows Little Change from 1966 Counts
Spring pheasant surveys indicate a good brood stock with a few more hens seen on roadside counts by State Conservation Officers, Unit Game Managers and Biologists. Hatching may lag due to cold wet weather, with May and June critical for production. further surveys in July and August will assess year to year progress before fall hunting seasons are set.
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Iowa
S C C Urges Careful Use of Gas Stoves
State Conservation Commission warns camping trailer owners to handle built in gas stoves with caution after a Florida couple in Sioux City’s Stone State Park experienced a propane stove explosion from a gas line leak. Park Officer Dale Brumm notes strong propane odor upon arrival and urges immediate shutoff and leak checks when gas is smelled.
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State Conservation Commission
Florida
Sioux City
Stone State Park
Dale Brumm
Stone Park
Brumm
Senate, House clash over school aid plan in tax relief battle
A joint House Senate conference committee will resolve differences after Democrats pushed through a proportionate sharing plan for state school aid on a party line vote. The plan, based on property value income and pupil counts, faces questions on funding needs. Senator Andrew Frommel, Democratic floor leader, said about 60 million in new tax money would be required in addition to the existing 53.4 million.
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House
Senate
Andrew Frommelt
Iowa Alcoholism Project questioned by attorney general
Attorney General Richard Turner issued an opinion stating Governor Harold Hughes exceeded constitutional authority in starting the three year Iowa Comprehensive Alcoholism Project. Begun over a year ago with a $640,000 federal grant and $17,000 state match. A bill to grant belated legislative approval failed in the House appropriations committee 17-11, short of required votes to advance to the floor.
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Richard Turner
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Bonds allow cities to issue private college bonds
Iowa cities can issue revenue bonds for private colleges and universities under a 1963 framework. The House approved 104 to 4 to grant the state insurance department regulatory power over benevolent burial associations. In Dubuque County, Republican Ray Muler won the vacancy race over Democrat James Reynolds 3700 to 2900, the first Republican elected to the Iowa House from Dubuque.
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Iowa
House
State Insurance Department
Dubuque County
Iowa House
Arnold Utzy
Ray Muler
James Reynolds
Dubuque
House and Senate clash on area vocational schools plan
Capitol news reports a House plan to place area vocational schools under a new state board, end property taxes for their operation, and cut superintendents' salaries. It authorizes 4.5 million dollars to keep schools current, with a conference committee to resolve Senate-House differences. The House also passes a 29.8 million dollar social welfare appropriation, above the present level but below subcommittee and governor requests, drawing fire over ADC funding and prompting Gov Hughes to warn of a tilt toward land and livestock over people.
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House
Senate
State Department of Social Welfare
Social Welfare Appropriations Subcommittee
Hughes
Harold Hughes
Court Notices of Reckless Driving and Park Violations
Fines and costs listed for multiple defendants in Greene and Allison. Charges include reckless driving, intoxication, entering state park after hours, approaching an intersection, striking highway fixtures, failing to stop distance, and failure to yield right of way. Fines range from 10 to 1000 dollars with 4 dollar costs. some include jail time or bonds.
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Charles Graham
William Ray Varnum
Clarksville
State Park
Edward Rust
Greene
Vern Edward Pagel
Allison
Erwin Henry Stemmerman
Dennis Paul Schmadeke
Kenneth Lester Ferry
Marcay Maree Burma
Debra Ann Schmitz
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