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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1971
Page
4
Collage of fragments notes Kennedy Khrushchev summit in Vienna rain. Cuban prisoner swap offer to Fidel Castro discussed with 1290 prisoners for 500 tractors, with Wednesday reply deadline noted. Mentions Iowa plan deviations and political district designs.
Fragmented OCR from Philadelphia page highlights basketball and football ties to major colleges, naming local athletes like Andre McCarter and noting pressures on schools and teachers. It mentions Philadelphia programs, competition, and potential pay issues affecting coaching and student prospects.
Sun Shen eek Gordon, a Sumner youth who recently moved to California, died Thursday in a motorcycle accident near Inleweed. Services are pending at Emerson Milnes Funeral Home in Saher. Survivors include his wife Pine Bradford of Sumner, a daughter Jeanne aged ten months, his brother Mrs. Ilea Tertmeier of Sumner, a father Aulden of Ackley, a sister Mrs. Touellen Ruckendahl of Kelso Washington, and grandmother Mrs. Mary Winter of Sumner.
Sheriff deputies waited for irrigation water to recede to resume search of peach and plum orchards along the Feather River north of Yuba City. The bodies are of men slain and hacked. Farm labor contractor Juan Y. Corona, 37, is charged with 10 murders and held in isolation at Yuba County jail in Marysville.
Registration for two summer sessions at Upper Town College opens June 7 announced by Registrar Roger Bowen. First session runs June 8 to July 9 with finals July 9. second session July 12 to August 13 with finals August 13. Commencement August 12 at 10:30 a.m. Details include six credit hours per session and mail enrollment for two clinics a football camp June 20–26 led by Mike Bischeid and Terry Stevens, plus the seventh annual Cheerleaders Institute July 14–Wi.
Chief James Foriseh announced temporary parking and traffic restrictions on Oelwein streets for the June Festival parade. No parking on Frederick Ave from First St NE to First St SE from 7 am Saturday. Meters capped until after the parade. First St SE to the alley blocked for a hot dog stand. First Ave SW to West Charles blocked for a Saturday water balloon fight starting at 3:40 pm between area fire departments.
A proposed no fault committee plan would add no fault coverage to all auto policies. Basic policy includes medical payments up to 2500 and 85 percent of family income disability with 750 monthly cap after a two week wait, plus 120 per day non income disability with 4500 cap. Optional coverages add survivor and death benefits, with workmen’s compensation and uninsured motorist rights preserved. Attorneys’ fees capped at 25 percent of the amount collected. Advance payments by insurer for auto liability would not imply liability admission. Small claims up to 2609 covered by a three attorney court appointed panel with post verdict appeal costs.
At the Fayette County Fair, youths aged 13 to 16 will compete in a calf scramble on July 29 at 7 p.m. Coordinators Carl Wagner and Warren Brei seek calf sponsors, with sponsor refunds possible after one year if the calf is sold. Calves and entries are limited by a $200 cap per sponsored calf. For details contact the Payette County Fair Board secretary at West Union grounds.
The Community Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. to consider legal action against two graduating seniors accused of painting graffiti on the high school facade after last weekend’s graduation ceremonies. A $160 reward led a witness to sign a statement, which has been turned over to the police.
A 44 year old shoplifter at Woolworths on North Frederick was turned over to juvenile authorities after a third theft at the store. A youth caught stealing candy by workers was sent to Uelwein police. Ashua reports a campaign kickoff directed by Doris Archer for Nashua on June 20.
Dennis Jackson 34 of Osage died early Friday when his car collided with a truck near the junction of U S 218 and 18 northwest of Charles City.
The Town House passed 83 0 to approve about 2.3 million for the State Conservation Commission's recreational boating program and other projects. The bill moves to the Senate and seeds funds from the marine fuel tax fund created by the 1970 legislature, which redirected refunds to boat owners into a special Conservation Commission fund.
Mild profit taking among blue chip stocks slowed the market’s advance in New York trading. The noon Dow Jones industrial average stood at 220.04, down 1.26 points as gains edged declines on the New York Stock Exchange amid active trading.
Variable cloudiness with showers or thunderstorms northwest this morning and Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Highs today and Saturday reach the upper 80s with a slight warm trend. Lows tonight mid 60s. Measurable rain chances today 40 percent northwest and southeast, tonight and Saturday 46 percent.
More children enter the Kiddies Parade of bicycles and youngsters for Oelwein day festival. The parade starts Saturday June 5 with participants meeting at the Oelwein State Bank lot at 12 30 p m. Prizes funded by Sunnyside Lanes J C Penney Grand Theatre Duffy s Shoes Knapp s Connors Ace Hardware Hartig Drugs Disco Mart Schuchmann s Ollie Scholz Drugs Corner Maidrite and Zip s.
Lester H. Glawe age 50 of Littleport died June 2 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday June 5 at Peace United Church of Christ Elkader with burial in Clayton Center. Witt Funeral Home is in charge. He is survived by his father John of Strawberry Point and brothers Larry of Edgewood and Alvin of Kansas City Mo.
A legislative conference committee in Des Moines gave final approval Friday to a compromised version of a sweeping tax and school aid bill. The action followed extensive negotiations among lawmakers to settle differences between the House and Senate versions.
The Strawberry Point High School class of 192? held a 50 year reunion on Wednesday June 2 at the Franklin Hotel dining room. Attendees included Noble Pugh and spouses, Walter Kingsland and Eva Brandenburg, Alvin Waring and Freda Eder, Ralph Sargent, Albert Thein and Hileen Puig, Charles Nehring and Avice Shoentag, Walter Huebsch, Russ Carlson and Bea Clough, Claude Smith, and Romayne Halstedt. Letters came from Mrs. Rayma Rawson and Bernice Biglow. Tables were decorated by Kingsland, Thein, and Eder. Deceased members named were Gladys Smith, Alice Fealner, and Doris Dorman. The group toured the school and gathered at the Kingsland home for refreshments.
Sen Harold Hughes of Iowa, a near contender for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, spoke at a fund-raiser in 10WA CITY W-US. He linked drug addiction among returning Vietnam troops to a national scandal and accused the Nixon era of ignoring the heroin epidemic. He urged removing American troops from Vietnam as one possible remedy.
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