Thirteen die on Iowa highways in weekend crashes
A string of weekend Iowa highway crashes left thirteen dead. Names and ages include Myrna A. Pithan 50 Alfreda C. Fells 59 and Mertyle B. Thus 52 Bald win in three-vehicle and single-vehicle crashes near Lost Nation Weston Neola and Muscatine.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Lost Nation
Myrna A. Pithan
Alfreda C. Fells
Mertyle B
Baldwin
Delores Wasters
Frank Jons
Weston
Iowa 191
Craig Ralph Soppe
Neola
William Weiman
Wilton girl crowned 1972 West Liberty Fair Queen
Diana Lith of Wilton was named the new 1972 West Liberty Fair Queen in ceremonies Sunday night. The 1971 queen Merry Sue Ruess adjusts the sash. Others in the photo include Barbara Lee, Brian Calkins, Dee Ann Butler, Judith Larson, and Peggy Nopoutlos.
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Diana Lith
Wilton
Merry Sue Ruess
Lowa
Barbara Lee
Brian Calkins
Dee Ann Butler
Judith Larson
Peggy Nopoutlos
Wow says Chris Oest Miss Muscatine winner crowned
Chris Oest, 19, was named Miss Muscatine 1972 73 at the Muscatine Jaycees pageant held at Muscatine High School. A 1971 Muscatine High graduate, she plans to use a $750 Heinz scholarship at the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls as a music major. Oest, who previously placed as first runner up, becomes the second consecutive year the runner up crowned the new Miss Muscatine. The event featured five finalists and scholarships awarded to several runners up. Oest will perform an organ piece at the Miss Iowa Pageant in June 1973.
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Karen Kaeding
Chris
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Alfred. Oest
Oneida St.j
Muscatine
Betty’ Oleffman
Muscatine High
University of Dubuque
Héinz
University of Northern Town
Cedar Falls
San Francisco
Cindy Custer
Frank Custer
Sterneman
Carver-Bandag
Jackie “Beechum
Margaret. Beechum
Foster
Ave
First National Bank
Kathy Brecht
Pat Catalona
Terri Gilleland
Mary Winkel
Connie Mills
Webb
Tom Price
Missing Muscatine man in boating accident tragedy
William T. Harris Sr. 61 of Muscatine dies by accidental drowning during a Mississippi River fishing trip near Oquawka Illinois. His son William Harris Jr. remains missing and presumed drowned. Harris Sr. services set for Tuesday at Riley Funeral Home with burial at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Muscatine
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Davenport
Harris
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Greenwood Cemetery
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Steve Shields
Musca
Lock and Dam No. 18
Oquawka
Ill
Hahn
Tlingis
Jesse Fugate
Blanche Taylor
Yerington
Blanche Harris
Kenneth D. Harris
East Moline
John W
Wilma) Claussen
Kenneth
Phyllis
Harry V
Donald L. Harris
William T. Harris ‘Jr
Shasta Fire Controls After Raging 1700 Acre Blaze
A 1,700 acre forest fire near Shasta California was brought under control by state forestry crews. About 300 of 475 firefighters have been released to return to their home stations. The blaze forced evacuation of 1,200 to 2,000 residents and caused minor firefighter injuries. One inmate conservation crew member was hospitalized with leg lacerations and a broken jaw. Seven homes and multiple structures were destroyed or heavily damaged, with an estimated $95,000 in property loss.
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Shasta
Calif
State Division of Forestry
Division
Reed Steinbach
Steinbach
Secret talks on war resume in Paris with North Vietnamese
President Henry Kis singer directs a new secret session in Paris with Hanoi officials Le Duc Tho and Kuan Thuy. The White House says this is the third secret negotiation in six weeks and will not disclose further details.
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Ziegler
Wilton's Luth crowned West Liberty Fair queen 1972
Diana Fath of Wilton was named queen of the 1972 West Liberty Fair after four finalists. Peggy Noupolos was first runner up, Judia Larson second, Dee Ann Butler third. Luth receives 50 prize plus 50 for state fair. runners prizes 25 15 and 10. The fair marks day nine with children's day free admission for under 16 and a schedule of shows tractor pulls cash giveaways and dancing.
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Steve Webber
West Liberty
Diana Fath
Wilton
Des Moines
Merry
Sue Ruess
Queen
Miss Luth
Barbara Lee
Iowa
Ottumwa
Brian Calkins
Stan Gunn
Miami Beach protesters forced from makeshift park camp
About 50 demonstrators were ordered to abandon a dusk camp in Flamingo Park Miami Beach as police cited sleeping in the park. They left before dawn and returned at sunrise with breakfast, planning to camp again for the Republican National Convention opening Aug 21. The city council will decide on camping permits.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
Fred Kobelin
Miami ‘Beach
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