Great Six-Day Bike Ride Ends With Davenport Celebration
Allan Winder reports on the Great Six-Day Bike Ride from Sioux City to Davenport, where riders endured heat and gravel in six days. Participants ranged in age and skill, aided by a Des Moines Register team and a mobile bicycle shop offering repairs and oil. The event drew families like the Linns of Fort Dodge and noted veterans like Clarence Pickard, while riders like John Karras and Donald Kaul joined the finish celebrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Winder
Moscow
Sioux City
Davenport
Donald Kaul
John Karras
Des Moines Register
Karras
Mustatine County
Walcott
Kaul
Clarence Pickard
Indianola
Wilton
Linn
Fort Dodge
Larry
Dean Lind
Nina Lind
Des Moines
Daily Police Court Docket Thrown Into Journal Report
Admitted Ottilie Hase 210 Pond Elmer Sauitz 1100 Oak Arthur Sprague Dismissed Jeanette Cook 1208 Orchard Mrs Leonard Brown 700 Fulham Elsie Fisher 1127 Lincoln Cecil Brown 1404 First Emma Welch 12 W 2nd Jerry Hill Greenville Tenn John Flake 29 Albany Park Matthew Evans Route 4 Ronald Letts Robert Lyman 1201 Nebraska Letts Leon Thompson Letts John Ellis Columbus Junction James Rowe 1515 Mulberry Ave Born to former residents Daughter 40 William Brugman 2119 Grand Ave Thursday at University hospital Iowa City Son John Edward to Danny Christoffer at Mercy Iowa City Aug 27 Associate District Court Judge Jack L Burns Speeding Tranklin Krieger 1249 BE Sth St 20 dollars and costs Patricia Ross 1321 Lucas St 20 David Breckenfelder 519 W 3rd St 40 Passing a stop sign Mehrdad Tabalabaian 417 W 3rd St 15 driving with no license Pat Foster 1609 Lincoln Blvd 35 plus costs Trioxicalion Ronald Krenz Letts 16 plus costs William Petty 416 W 3rd St not guilty Fraud upon a hotelkeeper Charles Burroughs 3 E 2nd St 50 dollars and casts
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Ottilie Hase
Pond St
Elmer Sauitz
Arthur Sprague
Oak St
Jeanette Cook
Orchard Ave
Leonard Brown
Fulham Ave
Elsie Fisher
Lincoln Blvd
Cecil Brown
First Ave
Emma Welch
Jerry Hill
Greenville
Tenn
John Flake
Albany Park
Matthew Evans
Ronald Lawrence
Robert Lyman
Nebraska St
Leon Thompson
Letts
John Ellis
Columbus Junction
James Rowe
Mulberry Ave
William Brugman
Grand Ave
University Hospital
Iowa City
John Edward
Danny Christofferson
Nichols
Mercy Hospital
Jack L. Burns
Tranklin Krieger
Patricia Ross
Lucas St
David Breckenfelder
W. 3Rd St
Mehrdad Tabalabaian
Lysie
William Hopker
Pat Foster
Ronald Krenz
William Petty
Charles Burroughs
E. 2Nd St
Mediapolis School Tragedy In Car Collision
Lynn Marie Siefken, a 6 year old girl from Mediapolis, died from injuries after being struck by a car driven by 16 year old Ronnie L. Mohler. The incident occurred while she was on her way home from school.
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Mediapolis
Towa
Lynn Marie Siefken
Ronnie L. Mohler
Skylab astronauts aim space cameras at earth
Skylab 2 crew A L Bean O K Garriott and J R Lansdorn plan a 59 day mission with earth resources and solar studies. They will photograph storms drought areas and a locust swarm in NE Africa plus Africa overflights over Argentina Uruguay Brazil Mauritania Mali and Senegal. Data will aid regional planning and insect movement tracking.
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Skylab
Earth
Space Center, Houston
Christine
Africa
South America
Atlantic
Earth Resources
Gentina
Uruguay
Brazil
South Atlantic
Senegal
Mauritania
Mali
Northwest Africa
Questions and Answers on Social Security Insights
A reader asks about Social Security benefits for children after a parent retires and eligibility for funds when divorced. Answers cover dependent benefits for two sons under 22 if full time students, refund of overpaid contributions after filing tax returns, and removal of the support requirement for divorced spouses after 20 years of marriage. Joy
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Social Security Administration
E 4Th Street
Davenport
Iowa
Clinton
City Hall
Joy
Obituary notices for Ida May Conklin and P H Willey
Obituary notices state Ida May Conklin, aged 78, died at Hershey Convalescent Home. Funeral held at Fairbanks Lamb Chapel with Rev. Woeste officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Also, P H Willey, 89, funeral at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Ill, spring Valley, Illinois referenced. Additional obituaries for Alice M McIntyre, 68, at Fairbanks Lamb Chapel with visitation and burial in Nichols Cemetery. Details include birth date May 2 1905 and survivors Edith Mills Devore Kehoe.
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Ida May Conklin
Fairbanks-Lamb Chapel
Stanley Woeste
Ron Welk
Jerry Welk
David Simneman
Tod Welk
Everett Tomfeld
Maynard Welk
Memorial Park Cemetery
P. A. Willey
P. H. Willey
Ralph J. Wittich
Floyd Scott
A. A. Johnson
Fred Messenger
Jenny Lange
Leslie Balk
Greenwood Cemetery
Willey
Spring Valley
Iil
Alice M. McIntyre
Fairbanks-Lamb
Nichols Cemetery
McIntyre
7Th St
Muscatine General Hospital
West Liberty
Jamey
Gertrude Williams Smith
Floyd Melmore
Benjamin
Edith) Mills
Muscatine
George
Ethel) Devore
Wapella
John Kehoe
Des Moines
Wapello Social Calendar for Week of Sept 29
Wapello announces weekly events including Philathea Class at Viole Dearmin with ISU at 7 00 p m Tuesday. Dortas Leyda and Dorothy McNeil at 1 30 p m. Wednesday features a Noon picnic at Grandview Park, plus Wapello Study Chub picnic at the Fair Grounds at 7 p m. Friday hosts UMW Executive Meeting at 1 15 p m and Unit meeting at 2 p m.
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Wapello
Viole
Dearmin
Lucky Losers
ISU
Dortas- Leyda
Dorothy McNeil
Home Benefit
Grandview Park
Fair Grounds
UMW
School Lunch Menus and Notices From Local Schools
A dense list of school lunch menus across multiple days includes various meals like pizza, scalloped potatoes, tuna casserole, and fish sticks with milk, alongside frequent no school notices. Included are brief crime and accident notes with vehicle details and local addresses, reporting several incidents and charges.
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Weiner
State fair winner Sue Lembkau tops 4-H dog show
Sue Lembkau, 15, of Muscatine won first place in the working class at the Iowa State Fair 4-H dog obedience show. She has participated in the 4-H dog project for two years and was at the state fair for the second time with her entry Pan-D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Lembkau
Muscatine
Sue
Pan-D
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Paul Olson
Bill Smart
Mount Pleasant
Daily Report
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lansman
L-M
Rick Crooks
Maureen Carroll
MCC
Peggy le
Ames
Anita Thomas
Susan Bailey
Deanna Collins
Cedar Falls
Grandview
E. 3Rd St
Walnut St
Douglas BE. Luithly
Columbus Jet
Kenneth Mears
Luithy
Woodlawn Ave
Dennis L. Wiley
Ind St
Kenneth R. Miller
Stockton
Green St
William F. Hopkins
Hopkins
Highway 61
Gerald L. Sehmell
Blue Grass
Irvin L. Chase
Burlington
Sehmell
Dennis G. Ruth
Cedar Rapids
Robert F. Rundlett
Waterloo
Ruth
Rundlett
Lucille Carver
McKinley School
Muscatine Savings and Loan
George Draves
East
Fuhrman
B. Wa. Noble
Garvin and Sons Carpet Cleaning Service
Bosch Control
DeLeeuw Rug Cleaners
Keever Aluminum, Inc
Kenny’s
Neal
St. 2d
Rmate Day
Dick Harbaugh
Ken Beesding
Srowman
Son
Pete George
2Nd
Oak Streets
Classified Advertising Index
Mobil Homes
Sale Remals
Farm & Farm Law
Town Lodge No. 2 AF. & AM
W.M
State Fair
Pegey A. Giasple
University of Laws
Imperial
Devon Ave
Des Plaines
Bell
Larry Danielson
Backhoe Service, Inc
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