Valley Bank Building overhaul eyed at 241 million
Iowa state treasurer Maurice Baringer told the Budget and Financial Control Committee that restoring the Valley Bank Building for long term use could cost 241 million dollars. He noted stones fell off recently and architects are assessing the structure while the state has a 10 year lease with Valley Bank Co. and has been paying no rent. The building is paid for but reconstruction is needed to house state offices.
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DES Moines
Valley Bank
Maurice Baringer
Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Baringer
Valley Bank Co
Independence approves $1.25 million Indee project
Independence Municipal Light Plant trustees finalize a $1.25 million upgrade to add a new diesel engine and generator with 14 000 kilowatts total capacity, an expanded interconnection, and switchboard and cooling system revamp. Project funded by revenue bonds, to be completed in two years with a Feb. 8 contract setting.
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Independence
Independence Municipal
al Lynes
George Burk
Fred Ulm
Don Swanson
Associated Consultants
Minneapolis
Gene Williamson
Carl Mulvaney
Williamson
Robbery suspects sought in central Iowa farmers incident
Authorities search for two men and a woman in a Thursday night robbery spree targeting elderly farmers Harold Backus 71 near Collins and Edwin Carlson 78 of Madrid. Backus was struck with a shotgun and tied as attackers fled with a small amount of cash. Carlson was beaten and $20 taken after posing as a help-seeking woman. The farms lie about 25 miles apart.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Harold Backus
Collins
Backus
Story County
Edwin Carlson
Madrid
Carlson
Carlson Farm
Backus Farm
Double tragedy ends in murder suicide at local flat
Police report Edmund Jensen aged 51 fatally shot a woman before turning the gun on himself. The woman was found on the porch of their apartment building while Jensen’s body was located in his bedroom.
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Edmund Jensen
Jensen
Christmas Program at Aurora churches
Aurora First Baptist and Aurora United Methodist Sunday School plan a joint Christmas Program at First Baptist Church on Wednesday evening December 22 at 8 00. Younger children perform songs and recitations while junior and senior high provide a choir and slides tell the Christmas Story. All are welcome to attend.
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Aurora
Aurora First Baptist
Aurora United Methodist Sunday School
First Baptist Church
Sunday guests at Van deVoorde home in Aurora
Sunday visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Arnold and children of Aurora and Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Lau and children of Oelwein guesting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Van deVoorde.
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Morris VandeVoorde
Kenneth Arnold
Aurora
Daryl Lau
Oelwein
Weekend Visits and Holiday Gifts Across Iowa
Neil Lange spent the weekend with his sister Mrs. Darrell Phelps and family at Oelwein. Veterans Gift Shop attendees at Independence mailed gifts after selection by the Veterans for their families. In Mount Vernon, Mrs. Kenneth Johnson and Mrs. Cecil Johnson enjoyed a Methodist Church Service and the new pipe organ at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stine. Wayne Jewell attended the 40th wedding anniversary of his daughter and son‑in‑law, Mr. and Mrs. Vernal Stimpson, at their Marion home on Sunday December 12.
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Gary Sharp
Algona
Burr Oaks Manor
Iowa
Kyle Keniston
Keniston
John Foreman
St. Lucas
Rose Crogveek
Bertha Burger
Grandview Nursing Center
Kenton Cox
Diane
Debra
Gth Ave
S.E
Kenneth Strosahl
Harold Strosahl
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
Susan Miller
University of California
George Miller
Kathy Berens
Blair Berens
Howard Fender
Hillsboro
Fender
John Deere
Dale Klapperieh
Dale
Sacred Heart School
Fred Klapperich
Don Burger
Jesup
Rose Crogveck
Neil Lange
Darrell Phelps
Oelwein
Raymond Kortenkamp
Alice Hauschen
Richard Cashen
Mental Health Institute
Independence
Kenneth Johnson
Cecil Johnson
Donald Stine
Mount Vernon
Wayne Jewell
Mrs. Vernal Stimpson
Marion
Supreme Court rules J C Penney revolving accounts usury
South Dakota Supreme Court holds J C Penney revolving charge accounts violate the state usury law by charging 11 percent per month, above the 10 percent annual limit. The decision does not require restitution by Penney. Plaintiff Stanley Rollinger of Sioux Falls is awarded $94.17.
Graves Visit Hosts in Oelwein Home
Mr and Mrs Ralph Graves visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Donald Taylor in Oelwein on Monday.
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Ralph Graves
Mrs
Donald Taylor
Oelwein
Public hearing at Indee amend: budget
Independence City council set Tuesday, Dec. 28 at 5 p.m. in city hall for a public hearing on the amended 1971 budget. Budget items increased include Public safety from 142,250 to 149,000. sanitation 56,720 to 62,000. recreation 14,300 to 28,000. road use tax 82,000 to 97,000. parking meter 85,000 to 95,000. utility 100,000 to 125,000. liquor profit 17,000 to 20,000. Transfers approved: 6,750 to public safety, 6,500 to sanitation, 1,000 to parking meter, all from water funds.
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Independence
Independence City Council
Lamont Churches Schedule Christmas Events
Grace United Methodist Church will hold a Christmas Eve communion at 7:30 p.m. on December 24 in Lamont. Grace Church hosts a Sunday School Christmas program on December 19 at 7:30 p.m. Lamont Baptist invites all to a Christmas tea at the parsonage on December 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. Their Sunday School Christmas program is also on December 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the church.
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Lamont
Grace United Methodist Church
Lamont Baptist Church
Christmas programs scattered across West Union churches
Christmas programs are scheduled around West Union on Sunday December 19. The St Olaf Lutheran Church Sunday School will present songs recitations and gifts at 8 p.m. at St Olaf. Zion Lutheran Church preschool to third grade will perform at 7 p.m. with director Mrs Suckow and staff. Wesleyan Methodist Church children will offer a music recitations and pageant at 8 p.m. Bethel United Presbyterian Youth Fellowship will host a Happy Birthday Jesus party at 5 30 p m with caroling at local hospital and Good Samaritan centers.
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West Union
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church
Gerald Suckow
Gary Penningroth
Kurt Dick
Carl Oldenburg
Gerald Fischer
JoAnn Suckow
Barry Anderson
Raymond Krambeer
James Dierks
Kaylene Friederich
Debbie Jones
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Bethel United Presbyterian Church
Hospital
Good Samaritan
Ganske and Buenger Hosts Share Thursday Supper
Mr and Mrs Clarence Ganske visited Thursday afternoon and were supper guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Buenger in Tripoli. Mr and Mrs Walter Ulm Danny and Mark of Ottumwa visited Saturday evening in the home of Mr and Mrs Herman Meihost.
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Clarence Ganske
Carl Buenger
Tripoli
Walter Ulm
Danny and
Mark
Ottumwa
Herman Meihost
Obituary: Grant Vargason of Randalia dies at 58
Grant Vargason born June 20 1913 in Aurora Iowa died December 1 1971 in Randalia Iowa aged 58. He served in World War II in Germany and later was Randalia mayor for two years a school bus driver for Maynard district 18 years and commander of Maynard American Legion Post. He is survived by wife Helen son Robert Vargason sister Mrs Raymond Bright brother Ralph Vargason and five nieces. Services held December 13 1971 at Randalia Methodist Church with Rev Donald Gatrelle officiating. The Hintz Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Grant Vargason
Aurora
Iowa
Randalia
Grant
Lyman Richard
Alice Bennett Vargason
Randalia Methodist Church
Maynard
Germany
Independence
Helen Arp
Robert
Helen
American Legion
Robert Vargason
Clermont
Raymond Bright
Lakewood
Colo
Ralph Vargason
Etkader
Opal
Donald Gatrelle
Harry Arthur
Gatrelle
Old Rugged Cross
William Schroeder
Dale Gordon
Art Schlee
Jim Davis
Robert Hanchett
Vernon Hanchett
Hintz
Ralph
Elkader
Methodist
Long Grove
Burial Service Details at Long Grove Cemetery Maynard IA
Burial was held at Long Grove Cemetery in Maynard Iowa. Mrs Lee Jellings Mrs William Schroeder and Mrs Mary Beman led in arranging flowers for the service.
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Long Grove
Maynard
Iowa
Lee Jellings
William Schroeder
Mary Beman
Ten Year Anniversary Observed by Tripoli Friends
Mr and Mrs Arno Ladage of Tripoli visited Sunday evening in the home of Mr and Mrs Elmer Sassman and several others to observe the couple’s 10th wedding anniversary. Lunch followed the gathering.
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Arno Ladage
Tripoli
Elmer Sassman
Clarence Ganske
Kenneth Westendorf
Dale Thurm
Rudolph Busch Jr
Theo Kuker
Duane Lions
Steve DeVries
Brian
Ronald Schneer
Larry Ganske
Eagle Scout Award Presented to Gerald Saboe
Gerald Saboe received the Eagle Scout Award in a Monday ceremony at the Masonic Hall in West Union. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Saboe, a Luther College freshman in Decorah. Saboe is the tenth local recipient, following former scoutmaster Henry Peterson who mentored seven Eagle recipients over ten years.
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West Union
Gerald Saboe
Orville Saboe
Masonic Hall
Henry Peterson
Marion
Peterson
Saboe
Luther College
Decorah
Confidential to Curious in Baltimore and local visits
Nearly 1,000 responses followed a reported vote result with Don’t Go’s outnumbering Go’s two to one and a gender split favoring women. James Albert of Cedar Rapids spent Friday evening with his grandmother and aunt. Frank Dickens and wife visited relatives in Iowa and Minnesota. Grant Vargason, 58, died prompting funeral services in Randalia with burial at Long Grove cemetery Maynard.
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Baltimore
James Albert
Cedar Rapids
Rey Munger
Grace Munger
Frank Dickens
West Amana
Dicken
J. D Berridge
Rochester
Minn
Roy Lehniger
Randalia
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