Interstate Power seeks electric rate increase
Interstate Power Company filed with the Iowa State Commerce Commission for an electric rate rise effective July 1, 1971. The average residential increase runs about 8 percent, with variations by class and usage. the typical residential impact is under 5 cents per day. IPC cites environmental costs, labor, taxes, high interest, and a large five decade construction budget as drivers, and notes a 1951 rate rise was the last. A mailed explanation will be sent to Iowa customers, with similar hikes planned for Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Interstate Power Company
Towa State Commerce Commission
Iawa
IPC
R. W. Steele
Steele
Winess
Minnesota
Flags stolen during Memorial Day observances in Oelwein
Police report ten flags stolen from flagpoles along Woodlawn Avenue of flags and a shed behind the VFW in Oelwein before 7 am Monday. Chief James Fortsch noted no signs of forced entry and said the shed may have been unused since the last holiday.
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Oelwein
VFW
Woodlawn Cemetery
James Fortsch
Woodlawns
Western Union strike halts public offices nationwide
Two unions representing 21,000 employees began a nationwide strike against Western Union, closing public offices and stopping domestic telegrams and money orders. UTW and CWA demanded a 31 percent raise over two years, rejecting a 20 percent offer. Public services like telex and mailgrams to government messages continued.
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New York
Earl RR
Tlburn
Ted Kruse Jr Graduation Reception Attended
Mr and Mrs Ted Kruse Sr honored their son Ted Jr at a Sunday afternoon graduation reception. Guests came from Decorah Ochwein Sumner West Union and Fort Atkinson. Ted plans summer employment and enrollment at Area Tech school in Calmar this fall.
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Ted Kruse Sr
Ted Jr
Decorih
Ochwein
Sumner
West Union
Fort Atkinson
Ted
Tech
Calmar
Graduation Memories Reflect on Tom Kringlen’s 18th Year
The piece recalls Tom Kringlen’s memories from school days to graduation. He looks back at sixth grade Chicago trip, the cake from mom, and support from relatives. Now 18, he contemplates college, work, a bike, and life ahead as the Army offers possibility and experience begins.
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Tom
Sumner Briefs: Wis. sisters hosted by Kert family
Mrs. Melvin Fridley of Milwaukee and Mrs. Herbert Hoshal of Madison were Sunday dinner guests in the home of their brother, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kert Sr., and Dick.
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Melvin Fridley
Milwaukee
Wis
Herbert Hoshal
Madison, Wis
Walter Kert Sr
Audie Murphy dies in plane crash in Roanoke
Roanoke Virginia rescue crews find a chartered plane wreck on a rugged mountainside carrying Audie Murphy and five others. Bodies are being identified. three may be recognized by features while three are badly burned. Murphy’s status as Americas most decorated WWII hero is noted along with his medals. The group was traveling to Martinsville on business when the Friday crash went undetected for days due to bad weather and no filed flight plan. The five others include Claude Crosby, Jack Littleton, Raymond Prater, Kim Cody, and pilot Herman Butler.
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Roanoke
Audie Murphy
Roanoke Community Hospital
Audie
Lincoln Carle
Murphy
Martinsville
Here
Claude Crosby
Modular Management
Modwar Properties Inc
Atlanta
Jack Littleton
Fort Collins
Colo
Lenoir Corp
Raymond Prater
Chatanooga
Tenn
Kim Cody
Ft. Carson
Littleton
Herman Butler
Denver
Stock Market Mild Advance Amid Glamour Issues
New York stocks rose modestly as trading remained moderate. The noon Dow Jones average of 30 industrials gained 2.88 points to 910.69, while advances outnumbered declines on the New York Stock Exchange by 7 to 4.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Teen rider sets world motor cycle jump record in NYC
Steve Droste an 18 year old son of Harold Red Droste set a world motor cycle jump record in New York City by clearing seven automobiles on his Yamaha 360. He plans to repeat the feat tonight at Memorial Stadium after the Tri Cities Royals and Quincy Cubs game at 7 30 p m in Waterloo.
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New York, N. Y
Steve Droste
Harold “Red” Droste
New York City
Waterloo
Droste
Memorial Stadium
Tri-Cities Royals
Quincy Cubs
Special board meeting on Oelwein school topics
The Oelwein Community Board of Education will meet tonight in a special session to discuss salaries for non-certified personnel Civil Defense alert system insurance trainable class Senior Class party pool tests summer elementary band lessons and elementary library books.
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Oelwein Community Board of Education
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New Jersey
Federal Communications Commission
Minnie Kuhn
Payette County
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Hillcrest
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Thomes J. Kringlen
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Thomas J. Kringsen
Robert Kellogg
Ed Kellogg
West Charles
Oqelwein Community High School
Kellogg
Cleveland Institute of Technology
Robert
Wartburg College
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Dennis Nabholz
P.O. Bow
Iowa
Montgomery
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F.E.T
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