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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1973
Page
1
Charles City radios linked to sheriff base station would warn towns once a sighting is made. Lane stressed the need for constant watch and readiness to respond to disasters, noting 1968 failures spurred the creation of the EOO as a corrective measure.
Mrs Alice Zummak 60 of 401 1st St SW Oelwein died at home Saturday evening. She worked at City Laundry for years and earlier at Wilson Produce. Funeral Tuesday at 1 30 p m Brant Chapel Rev LaVerne Streich officiating. Burial Floral Hills Memorial Gardens. Survived by husband Albert two sons Raymond and Richard both of Evansdale six grandchildren and three sisters Mrs Reynold Michels Independence Mrs Albin Buchner Dunkerton and Mrs Herb Hammond Oelwein.
Oelwein fire department was summoned to Transco Inc at 11 06 a m Sunday but returned at 11 45 a m after checking the building and finding no fire. The alarm was triggered by a faculty automatic system.
Mr and Mrs Steven D Mack hosted a reception for their daughter Jane after graduation. About fifty guests attended from Solon Oran Readlyn Cedar Rapids Independence Sumner Waverly Bremer Wadena Oelwein and Belleville. Also mentions weather outlook storm risk and cooler temperatures for Monday night through Tuesday.
Mrs Virginia Pirillo of Oelwein visited her mother Mrs Grace Gushee. The Lyle Bare family visited Cecil Slater and Leonard Roepke households. Leonard Roepke and wife called on Cecil Slater at People's Hospital in Independence and were supper guests at Archie Miller home in Independence.
Fayette County sheriff reports construction workers at the West Union high school spotted a funnel cloud over the northeast section of town. The funnel moved eastward but did not touch down, according to officials.
Severe storm disrupted traffic on multiple highways into the city. Two mobile homes were destroyed and several damaged at the Five Seasons mobile home court near Cedar Falls, with some injuries reported. Clinton logged five and a half inches of rain, Mississippi River flooding forced evacuations, and the Quad Cities area saw three and a half inches. A tree blocked U.S. 63 to New Sharon and another toppled a house. a large beam broke a window in Marshalltown.
The Oelwein Tin Lizzie Group Shrine unit has been active in northeast Iowa parades in June. They appeared in Guttenberg for the Joliet and Marquette Mississippi River exploration celebration and will parade in Dysart for its centennial, plus stops at Anamosa Fredericksburg Cedar Rapids Cresco and Oelwein for the centennial parade. They also join KWWL filming for a Channel 7 telecast on June 20 and plan participation in the Oelwein parade on June 23.
A Navy rescue operation under way after two men trapped in a submarine reported the rear crew still alive while oxygen dwindled. Cmdr William Smith disclosed radio contact with front crew but no reply from the back. A new rescue bell and divers from San Diego were deployed as carbon dioxide levels rose and time ran short.
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