Nomination for 1969 Height of Absurdity Award
In Our Opinion the New Hampshire State Sen. John Chandler Jr. is humorously nominated for the Height of Absurdity Award for a bill linking gun ownership to punishment. The column mocks proposals to curb guns and suggests satirical whimsy, arguing for stricter controls and criticizing frontier-era logic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
John Chandler Jr
Iowa
Chandler
Sen
Sen. Chandler
Tax reform urged to replace archaic Iowa property tax
In Your Opinion argues Iowa's old property tax burdens low income homeowners and farmers while high earners pay less. The writer urges lawmakers to replace it with an income tax, noting inflation and education funding as driving concerns and calling for timely passage of fair taxation laws.
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Baiter
Chronicle
Iowa
Don't shoot the birds
Opinion piece arguing against shooting birds and calling for protection of birds in fields and gardens. Mentions Pella residents, winter safety on store side, summer bee gun patrols, and a message to boys in Vietnam.
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Pella
Viet Nam
Opposition to diagonal parking plan gains merchants
Chamber of Commerce Manager Ed Lamson says about seventy merchants signed against the diagonal parking expansion. The proposal would extend diagonal parking from six to eight blocks while unused spaces exist, causing opposition from forty signers who own homes and properties nearby.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ed Lamson
1969 Iowa highway map released for free distribution
The 1969 official Iowa highway map is available for general distribution per the State Highway Commission. Maps should be obtained from local sources to save mailing costs. Offices and agencies distributing free maps include the State House, courthouses, Chambers of Commerce, highway patrol, conservation, development, and printing boards, with field offices in Des Moines Ottumwa Grinnell and Marshalltown.
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Towa State Highway Commission
State House
Court Houses
Chambers of Commerce
Highway Patrol
Conservation Commission
Zevlorment Commission
State Printing Board
Highway Commission
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Grinnell
Marshalltown
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Funeral services for Te nis Van Wyk 79 in Monroe church
Funeral services for Te nis Van Wyk 79 who died January 9 in Collins Memorial Hospital Knoxville were held at 1 30 pm at the First Baptist Church Mon roe with Reverend Wayne K Anderson officiating. Burial in Silent City Cemetery Monroe. He was born October 13 1889 in Haarlemmemeer North Holland and came to Pella area at age 34. Survived by wife Grace Eysink four sons Willis Dale Wayne all of Monroe Dr Paul Van Wyk Pella daughter Marie Stover Monroe two brothers two half brothers two step brothers fifteen grandchildren four great grandchildren and many relatives. Also note death of former Otley resident Lester Beyer December 24 in San Antonio Texas.
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Tenis van Wyk
Collins Memorial Hospital
Knoxville
First Baptist Church
Monroe
Wayne K. Anderson
Dewayne Honnold
Kenneth van Wyk
Roy van Wyk
David van Wyk
Marvin Stover
Chris van Wyk
Lloyd van Wyk
Wayne van Wyngarden
John Nearmyer
John Breed
John van Ryswyk
Silent City
Garden Chapel
Mr. van Wyk
William
Tryntje
Vanden
Reaves
van Wyk
Haarlemmemeer
North Holland
Netherlands
Pella
Grace Eysink
First Baptist Church of
Willis
Dale
Wayne
Paul van Wyk
D. A
Marie) Stover
John Will van Wyk
Sully
Harry van Wyk
Ben van Wyk
Prairie City
Gerrit van Wyk
Tunis de Bont
South English
Former Knoxville youth killed in Vietnam
Corporal Arnold Janssen, formerly of Knoxville, was killed in action on December 22 in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Born June 21, 1948 in Druten, The Netherlands, he was a graduate of Harlan High School in Chicago. Survived by parents Peter and Ida Janssen and three brothers, with services held at Emmanuel Reformed Church on January 3.
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Arnold Janssen
Knoxville
Quang Nam
South Vietnam
Peter and
Ida (van Meerten) Janssen
S. Wallace
Chicago
Cpl
Janssen
Druten
Netherlands
Harlan High Hool
Gerrit
United States
Crozier
Peter
David
Emmanuel Reformed Church
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Alatiat
Cae
Nedae
Council Bluffs
Bettendorf
Thomas Downing
Richard van Cleef
NEN Ai Association
Chronicle Advertiser
Peter de Bont
Denver
Colo
John
Guysbert
Lambert
Marion
Henry
Neal
William Lanser
Irene) Klein
Tillie van Wyk
Robert
Jerry de Bont
Lester Beyer
Otley
Otley Bank
Beyer
San Antonio
Tex
Vietnam
Office Products Inc
Epair
Ray Swanson
Earl
Vermeer Mfg. Co
Vermeer
Otsuka
Japan
Vermeer Vaubtralia
Les Hari
Gloria
Eld
Doreen
Kristy
Ea Yan Rye
Earl Bid
Rqardine
RMI
Commany
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