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Newspaper
Harlan Tribune
Location
Harlan, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1987
Page
6
Community notices urge support for the Irwin Fire Dept Rescue Unit with a pancake breakfast January 10 at the Irwin Community Building from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Defiance Bloodmobile appears January 12 at the Defiance Community Hall from noon to 6 p.m. Plan ahead to donate blood.
Sr Theresa Engel of Omaha Magdalen Hodapp Co Bluffs and Theresa Wellman Neola attended Alfred Schwery’s funeral in Manilla Monday. Sewing Circle held its annual Christmas party Thursday with 18 members, 5 absent, penny bingo carols potluck and door prizes. Sr Rose Kaufmann and Mary Schomers attended. Next meeting Jan 7. Also notes on Neil Shavers visiting Schmitzes and grandson Bill III Schmitz’s nursing move, and CYO parish Christmas potluck with Santa Claus and CCD activities. Blizzard effects and snow notes from Iowa City and Lawrence KS referenced. Thought for the week about taxes.
Iowa DOT urges drivers to avoid cruise control on ice or snow and slow down with greater following distance. Buckle up to stay in control if skidding occurs, drive defensively and anticipate others actions. When roads are covered by ice or heavy snow stay home. The agency predicts about 22,000 crashes before winter ends.
A compact digest stitching 1950 1951 economic forecasts national income expectations milk output and government influence with later items recounting 1960 church staffing Scout events and airport news plus 1970 Christmas lighting winners and early athletic mention in Harlan Iowa. It mixes era forecasts with local civic updates and school program notes.
In 1985 portable electric heaters caused 3,700 residential fires and 160 deaths while kerosene heaters caused 2,800 fires and 140 deaths. Primary causes included proximity to combustibles and drying clothes near heaters for electric models, and sudden flare ups from contaminated kerosene for kerosene models.
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