Car totalled on Highway 25. no serious injuries
A one car accident Thursday morning on Highway 25 six miles from Guthrie Center involved a late model Ford Escaped and serious injury was avoided. Richard S Blake, 23, of 3328 Douglas Des Moines Blake, traveling north, lost control as the road slipperiness increased and the car overturned into the west ditch. Blake was taken to the Guthrie County Hospital for observation.
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Guthrie Center
Highway 25
Richard S Blake
Des Moines
Guthne Center
Douglas
Des Voines
Blake
Guthrie County Hospital
Bad Weather Closes Roads Across Southern State
Sunday evening trouble formed as holiday travelers left early. Monday morning reports show worsening road conditions in the southern region due to snow and freezing drizzle with forecasts predicting an end to the hazardous weather.
First Baby Prize Draw At Guthrie County Hospital
The first baby born in Guthrie County Hospital in 1971 will receive gifts valued over 100 dollars including shoes food and a car. Parents must be Guthrie County residents for 60 days and arrival time must be certified by the physician. If a tie a coin flip decides the winner.
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Guthrie County Hospital
Guthne County
Adair Officers Elected at Conservation Club Meeting
Adair Conservation Club elected Adaire Onaille Sheede as president at its annual meeting. Harold Fretton was chosen as secretary treasurer and Neil Lunds along with Jack Sping Yer Las McClain Rev John Daves and Ror Wu were named directors. The meeting included a chorus performance of The Messiah.
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Conservation Club
Harold Fretton
Neil Lunds
Jack Sping
Yer Las McClain
John Daves
Ror Wuson
Guthrie Center Woman Named Easter Seal Chairman
Mrs Lewis Halterman of Guthrie Center named Guthrie Countys Chairman for the 1972 Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Iowa. The society president Richard W Carex of Des Moines announced the Easter Seal Society is the largest voluntary organization serving hand capped children and adults with 14 service areas nationwide. It aids victims of disabling illnesses and physical handicaps such as muscular dystrophy cerebral palsy and polio.
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Lewis Halterman
Guthrie Center
Guthrie
Iowa
Richard W Carex
Des Meines
Faster Seal Socie
Faster Seals
Guthre County Bonds Chief Reports November Sales Figures
County savings bonds drive shows November Ser ies E and Hi sales totaling 14374 dollars pushing seven month total to 202328 dollars. This achieves 72 percent of the 1971 quota for Guthre County.
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MOR Caley Guthre Center
Volunteer County Savings Bonds
Guthre County
Thess
Prisoners to move to Dallas County jail
Greene county inmates will be housed in Dallas County at Adel rather than Guthrie Center starting January 1. Guthrie County had charged a flat 300 plus 5 per day per prisoner. Dallas County will charge 3 dollars per day. Sheriff Lester Petersen said the move should save on transportation costs despite added travel to Adel.
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Greene Coumt
Dallas County
Guthrie County
Radioan
Guthrie Center
Guthne
Guthre County
Lester Petersen
Largest Ten Year Mortgage Debentures Filed at Diamond Head Lake
Recorders Office in the county processed a 107850 mortgage debenture filing for Diamond Head Lake, described as the biggest recording fee collection in a decade. Recorder Ken Christensen noted about 249 instruments and an involvement of around 200 individuals, with an estimated 400 acres at Diamond Head and Happy Acres, 80 percent of which are underwater, and roughly 1800 lots plotted.
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Diamond Head Lake
Recorders
Ken Christensen
Christensen
Draamond Head
Happy Acres
Items Found In Culvert Near Stuart
Deputies found miscellaneous items in a culvert near Stuart including rugs gloves socks headache tablets liquor shaving lotion soaps cards deodorants gum blanket pens and hair grooming products as the sheriff's office continues to investigate.
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Sheriffs Office
Stuart
Koenig Installed As Pastor In Adair
Rex Daniel Koenig was installed as pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Adair during a December 19 ceremony. He earned a BA from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne in 1966, then BD from Concordia Seminary St Louis in 1970 after an internship in Tucson. He later pursued postgraduate study at Richmond VA and served as assistant pastor in Fort Myers Florida.
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Serce
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Adair
Rex Daniel Koenig
Concordia Senior College
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Concordia Seminary
St Louis
Mussour
Tucson
Arzona
Koeme
Presbyterian School of Chnstian
Richmond
Virginia
Kogpr
St Michael Lutheran Church
Fort Myers Flor'da
Area Students Graduated From Mankato State
Two area students were among 502 graduates at Mankato State College on Friday December 17 Edward McLean Coon Rapids earned a BS in corrections and George Hopkins Guthrie Center earned a BS in sociology Commencement speaker was Dr James F Nickerson president of Mankato State College
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Mankato State College
Edward McLean
License Plate Sales Climb Ahead of Last Year
December sales show auto license plates totaling 1960 with 385 truck plates sold. The year 1971 figures reach 6010 car plates and 2333 truck plates, while last year on December 22 recorded 468 truck plates and lower car totals.
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Charlotte Knauer
Cowden resigns as Guthne County GOP chair and finance head
Harry Cowden announced his resignation as Guthne County Republican central committee chairman and party Finance Chairman at a committee meeting. Fred Van Duzer Menlo was elected to succeed him. Cowden led the county GOP for six years and as finance chairman for 19 years with the county meeting its state quota annually. resignation effective year end.
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Harry Cowden
Guthne County
Republican Central Committee
Central Committee
Fred van Duzer Menlo
Cowden Cowden
GOP
Republican
Cowden
Patrol Reports Sectioned Weather and Road Conditions
The Iowa Highway Patrol divides the state into five sections with a sixty mile radius per city for independent weather and road condition reports. Patrol Chief Colonel Howard S. Miller notes interstate conditions will be reported separately and lists the coded conditions from fog to blizzard and normal.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Des Mores
Northwest Storm Lake
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Atlantis
Howard S. Miller
Miller
REC Annual Meeting Set For January 3 1972
Guthrie Counts Rural Electric Cooperative will hold its 32nd annual meeting on Monday January 3 1972 at the REC office in Guthrie Center Registration begins 1130 am followed by lunch at 1200 and a 130 pm business session Guest speaker Kenneth Kruempel Ames IA an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University will speak. Door prizes total 23 and new directors will be introduced Manager Kenneth Saltzgayer invites all to attend urging participation and presence.
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Guthrie Counts Rural Electric Cooperatives
REC
Guthrie Center
Kenneth Kruempel
Ames
Iowa State University
Kenneth Saltsgayer
Social Security Representative In Guthrie Visit
A representative of the Des Moines Social Security District Office will be at the Courthouse in Guthrie Center from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm on Tuesday January 4. Service may also be obtained at the Social Security Administration District Office in Room 293 Federal Building, Des Moines.
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Des Manes Social Secunt
Cuthrie Center
Alee
Social Security Administration
Federal Building
Dex Momues
IRS to grant two month extension for tax filings
IRS Commissioner Johnnie Walters announced an automatic two month extension for individual tax returns if filers make a tentative tax estimate and pay any due balance. He said regulations will mark a milestone in tax administration while penalties may apply for insufficient reasons.
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Internal Revenue Servce
Johnnie M Waliters
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Walters
Walers
IRS
Change In Law For Display Of Registration
The director of Weer We hile Reentraten Dinesen, Department of Public Safety, notes a 1972 change in law regarding displaying registration cards. Charles Snelar reminds Towans to ignore envelopes printed with old plates. plates and envelopes were made before the change that required display of the registration card in the vehicle. The current law only requires the owner to carry the card and show it when asked by a peace officer.
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Weer Wehile Reentraten Dinesen
Department of Public Safety
Charles Snelar
Towans
Sinclair
Subec 1 72 Subscribers Warn of Paper Stop in February
Vague OCR reads about 1 72 subscribers and a warning that the paper express edition will halt in February unless renewed. Date stamping and news page label are unclear.
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Pege Ene
Enon
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Guthrie Center Fame
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Halsey’s
Super Valu
Guthre County Rec
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Conoco
Midway Cafe
Guthree Center
United Super Save
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New York Life Insurance
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Feilmevers Hardware and Furniture
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Onaille Sheede
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Texas
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