Pella band telethon aims to fund Washington trip
The Pella high school Marching Dutch plans a Saturday telethon on KPLL to raise funds for a Cherry Blossom Festival trip to Washington DC March 30 to April 5. Organizers target 17,000 for lodging and transportation plus 10,000 for meals and other expenses. It features interviews, music, and progress reports as the group, including 128 members, seeks community support for an educational journey with Capitol, Smithsonian tours, National Cathedral services, a Potomac cruise, and a Kennedy Center concert.
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Pella
Washington, D.C
KPLL
Guy Blair
Iowa
Smithsonian
Capitol
Washington
National Cathedral
Potomac
John F. Kennedy Center
Looking Back 270 Years Ago in 1907
Petitions circulated urging the city council to call a special election proposing $75,000 in bonds to build a municipal light plant. Ice markets thrived with 12 inch-thick, high-quality ice. Mrs. H. Slot sold a 41-acre tract two and a half miles west of Pella at $55 per acre. M. T. Klein sold land at $55 an acre.
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H. Slot
Pella
M.T. Klein
Pella Produce Co
Otley School Board
Senate Report From 1977 General Assembly Starts Strong
State Senator Eugene Hill reviews the 35th District notes the 1977 General Assembly begins with organized Senate committees and new rules. He criticizes the lack of mandatory lobbying cost reporting, highlights Governor Ray's State of the State message urging energy, land use, juvenile justice, cabinet reorganization, returnable bottles, and unemployment insurance funding. The governor’s budget proposals followed.
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Eugene Hill
General Assembly
Senate
House
Mason
Ray
Buck Buerkens recounts Stalag Luft VII A living conditions
Captain Kimball narrates the Moosburg Bavaria POW camp scene 40 kilometers north of Munich where officers were separated into a small compound and four stables, straw beds, shifts for sleep, a single latrine, guard-lit areas, and a two day move involving stripping, searching, showering, and delousing.
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Wy J
Buck" Buerkens
Stalag Luft VII A
Moosburg
Bavaria
Kimball
Munich
Legislature Opens Session in Iowa 67th Assembly
Dieleman notes opening day fixtures as 100 Representatives-elect convene in Des Moines. Budget reform dominates agenda with a new 13-member Budget Committee and seven subcommittees. Governor Ray highlights land use, juvenile justice, and open bargaining as priorities. Public input encouraged via radio broadcasts and direct contact. A Beta Sigma Phi March of Dimes BE-IN event on Jan 31 promotes birth education.
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Iowa
House
67Th General Assembly
Ways & Means
Robert D. Ray
Younge
Pella Legion Hall
Beta Sigma Phil Sorority
Central Iowa
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Liberation Nears After Harsh War Camp Experiences
In the showers the bare, malnourished bodies reveal two weeks in the stables and march scars. Food is improvised from Red Cross tins as German fuel runs out. Germans delouse prisoners and keep them in lice infested bunks. March brings air raids, outdoor roll calls, and strafing by Allies not targeting the camp. Next week liberation looms.
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Sagan
Red Cross
Switzerland
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Vander Zyl
Peoria Sentinel
Paul van Wyk
Kiwanis
Gerald Stravers
Ken Roberts
Dirk van Zante
Pella Community Hospital Board
Wilbur DeJong
Gary Vermeer
Earl Pohlmann
Charles Vander Ploeg
Lst
Dieleman
Des Moines
House of Representatives
State Capitol
Woodlawn Drive
Pella Golf & Country Club
Joe Gowdy
Knoxville
Pella Publications, Inc
Pella, Ta
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Beverly A. Barton
Dick Barton
Ernie Visser
Cubbage
Debra Girres
Marion
Mahaska
Poweshiek
Jasper
D. S
Franklin S
Italy
Haarvaed
United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Rane
Cook & Son Agency
John Birchen
Continental Telephone
Tingley
Kramers
Franklin
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