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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1967
Page
4
I thank neighbors friends and relatives for cards gifts and visits while I was at Allen and Scholtz hospitals Waterloo and St Marys Rochester and since my return home Special thanks to Rev Koengeter for visits and prayers Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Edwin Tegtmeier
Family of Herman F Krueger expresses gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for sympathy at his death. They thank for floral tributes memorial cards and food and special thanks to Dorcas MArtha Circle Rev Koengeter Tripoli VFW blood bank.
Edwin W Schroeder 47 Evansdale died Wednesday of a heart attack at Allen Memorial hospital Funeral services were Friday at Our Savior s Lutheran church Waterloo He was born March 15 1920 in Sumner and married Betty Mason May 1 1952 He served in World War II wounded twice in Italy and received the Purple Heart Oak Leaf Cluster and Silver Star Survived by widow daughter Elizabeth two brothers Herbert Waterloo and Lester East Grand Forks Minn and mother Christina Schmudlach Tripoli Preceded in death by his father.
Carroll E. Worlan, 46, who led the Iowa Development Commission for five years, resigns effective January 1. State Senator Robert Rigler criticizes the move as a political firing by Gov. Hughes, citing concerns over a nonpartisan merit system and recent staffing changes including deputy director Pat Touchne.
A Washington trip for youths 18 to 25 is planned February 18 to 24. Participants will attend the Citizenship short course and visit congressmen senators and federal agencies. Cost for the week including transportation runs about 140 dollars. Contact the county Extension office soon. A cubic foot of platinum weighs about two thirds of a ton.
Worlan, a Republican, loses position as head of the state commission at a closed October meeting. He says he regrets leaving public service but plans to return to private business and will join a Des Moines investment firm. His salary as director was $17,500. The move fuels debate on executive power and industrial development in Iowa.
The November welfare report shows Bremer County totals of 145 old age assistance cases with 17,158 dollars paid, 38 aid to dependent children cases benefiting 156 people with 6,967 dollars, three aid to the blind cases with 242 dollars, and seven disabled beneficiaries totaling 549 dollars. Overall county payments reached 24,916 dollars, while Iowa public assistance disbursements climbed to 5,245,253 dollars, up 19,097 from the prior month as caseloads rise in dependent children and disabled programs. The aid to dependent children caseload rose from 11,028 in January 1967 to 12,038 in November, a gain of 1,010 cases in 11 months.
Army Specialist Four Eugene W. Buhr age 20 of Sumner is serving with the 25th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade in Operation Diamondhead in Vietnam. The search and destroy mission in Tay Ninh and War Zone C is conducted with ARVN units and Civilian Irregular Defense Groups near Dau Tieng. Buhr serves as a rifleman in Company C 2nd Battalion.
Average money payment climbs from 154.80 in January to 193.07 currently. The rise follows the department’s move to pay 95 percent of established standards and greater appropriations. Aid to disabled caseload up 428 cases, a 25 percent increase since January.
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