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TwoGuardUnits Fijdit FloodFifty men and two officers of Co. C, 224th Eng. Bat., Iowa National Guard located in Ottumwa, remain in the Burlington area patrolling levees on the rampaging Mississippi River.The two local platoons were■ ■ i i n Mia .1called about midnight last Saturdav and left Sundav.Thev had been stationed atwa levee near Tama School, north of Burlington. The levee broke there late Mondav after-noon and the Guardsmen were transferred to the Y e 1 I o w Springs area about 10 miles north of Burlington.Co. C is the only company remaining at Burlington. Others were sent home Wednesday. Ac-cording to Sgt. Martin Hardsocg who returned to 0 (turn w aWednesday night to complete reports, there is a Platoons 2 and 3 located herewill return Sundav or Mondav.«►' *Guardsmen of Co. C headquartered at Fairfield also received orders Saturday night. Members of the 34th Division loose at night and tipping over Band of Fairfield are also atgarbage cans. The irate cit- Burlington.izen vrho called the Police De- Second Lt. Ronald GarrisonRepercussions are resultingfrom the item in this columnTuesday about dogs runningpartment clarified aTuesdaymorning misunderstanding about the dumping of his garbage can It happened about 7 30 in the morning and he saw the dog do it, so there is no doubt about the possibility of a hungry bear, cat or racoon.Garbage cans are not the only target of the night reamers though, as one family discovered unhappily Wednesday. They had a pet Easter rabbit in a cage outside. During the night it was broken into (literally, one side wasm *pushed in) and their halfgrown white rabbit was gone without a trace. There was an oval track of paw prints around the cage. The familyhas six children who wereof Ottumwa is commander of the second and third platoons.Guardsmen from Co. B, commanded by Capt. Orville L. Thomas of Ottumwa, remain in Muscatine. They received their;orders a week ago today.Suspects ToKeokuk F oiProsecutionquite attached to the pet which would sit up and begTwo men taken into custody here Tuesday night were released to Keokuk authorities Wednesday afternoon.Thev were Larry E. Ferris of Henderson, Colo., and Ho-i bart J. Jackson of Denver.uttunnva iruara Lenas tie-Guardsmen of B Company, 224th Combat Engineers of Ottumwa work eight-hour shifts around the clock on levees at Muscatine. The nearly 80 men in the company left Ottumwa last Thursday for emergency duty. Bringing food supplies to the Muscatine!1Jb1%YMCA where they are housed are, front to back, Mike Reed of Fremont; Gary Banyas and Mike Fortney of Ottumwa and Dean j” Harter of Chillicothe. Guardsmen from Dav- j enport are in the background. (Muscatine Journal Photos). u
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Ottumwa Courier
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Thu, Apr 29, 1965
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