County public road program outlines 1973 projects
Yemer County Board of Supervisors adopted the 1973 Road Construction Providing projects with an estimated 590000. Projects include one mile of paving six miles resurfacing six bridges and culvert replacements. Plans cover road work from Tripoli south into Black County line and Wapsie Valley area. Right of way negotiations and future shoulder construction are noted along several highways.
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Yemer County
Wapsie Valley High School
Fayette County
Butler County
Waverly
Horton
Readlyn
Klinger
Black Hawk County
Wapsipinicon River
Buck Creek
Bremer- Westgate Road
Feed Grain Set-Aside Provisions for 1973 Program Outlined
The article details 1973 Feed Grain loan and set-aside rules including 30 percent set-aside of grain base with no 1973 acreage restriction for compliance, or 15 percent set-aside with reduced payment. It covers loan levels, interim financing, eligibility dates through March 6 1973, and payments up to 24 20 and 28 cents per bushel for corn sorghum and barley with supplemental options and guarantees.
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Ry of Agriculture Earl Ltd
Fed
Courthouse Closes Early for Year End Books
Bremer county courthouse will close at noon on Friday December 29 to allow county officers to close their books for the year. Auditor Dorothea Slemmons announced the shortened hours.
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Bremer County
Dorothea Slemmons
Leonard Axons Win First Prize in Lighting Contest
Tripoli Jaycee sponsored a Christmas lighting and decorating contest judged Thursday by a Readlyn Jaycee committee. Leonard Axon won first prize of 15 dollars, Jene Kirchhoff earned 10 dollars, and Ray Bloem received 5 dollars.
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Leonard Axons
Tripoli
Truman Dies at 88 Former U S President Passes Away
Former U S President Harry S Truman died Tuesday at age 88. He will be buried Thursday at the Truman Memorial Library grounds in Independence Missouri, ending a long public career and service.
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Harry S. Truman
United States
Truman Memorial Library
Independence
Six New Members To Bremer County Dairy Promoters
Dan Walther of Waverly was named president of the Bremer County Dairy Promoters at the December 18 board meeting. Other officers elected were Robert Hagenow as vice president Bill Hennings as secretary and Don Rathe as treasurer. Additional board members include Waldo Ruehs Lavern Haverkamp Roland Lau Virgil Hartman and Jack Gitch. The group sponsored a Dairy Princess Contest with the Sumner Centennial a dairy booth at the Bremer County Fair a dairy poster contest for county grade schools and dairy awards for Bremer County 4H members.
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Dan Walther
Route 1
Waverly
Bremer County
Robert Hagenow
Fairbank
Bill Hennings
Route 2
Sumner
Don Rathe
Dunkerton
Waldo Ruehs
Plainfield
Lavern Haverkamp
Tripoli
Roland Lau
Readlyn
Virgil Hartman
Jack Gitch
Annual Stockholder Meeting at Maple Hills Set Jan 9
Tripoli Area Recreation Inc calls its third annual stockholders meeting for Tuesday January 9 at Maple Hills Country Club. Doors open 6:00 p.m. dinner at 7:00 p.m. Meeting to follow after dinner includes director elections and business items. Proxy voting invited for nonattendees. A fund drive raised 4500 dollars to keep the club solvent into 1973. A New Year’s Eve party at Maple Hills is planned with live and taped music and admission 3 dollars per couple.
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Maple Hills
Tripoli Area Recreation, Inc
Maple Hills Country Club
Tripoli Night at Wartburg honors six Tripoli wrestlers
Wartburg College announces Tripoli Night on Tuesday January 9 to recognize six Tripoli graduates on the Knights varsity wrestling team. Advance tickets are 50 cents and available at The Tripoli Leader The Hub Tripoli High School and the Knights gym box office in Waverly. The event coincides with parents night during Wartburg versus Westmar at 7 30 p m. The Tripoli wrestlers named are Rod Quass 126 Steve Blasberg 134 Roger Buchholz 142 Mike Harms 150 Lowell Kuecker 190 and Gene Johnson heavyweight.
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Wartburg College Athletic Department
Tripoli
Knights
Tripoli Leader
the Hub
Tripoli High School
Knights Gym
Waverly
Wartburg Vs. Westmar
Wartburg
Rod Quass
Steve Blasberg
Roger Buchholz
Mike Harms
Lowell Kuecker
Gene Johnson
David van Ahn
Fred Biesterfelt
Arthur Belknap
Sumner Hospital
George Brockway
Oelwein
Interstate Power Co
Francis Augustson
Oelwein Line
Woerner Oil
Red Cross
Town Hall
Lloyd Goodenbour
Waterloo
John Hagenows
Readlyn
Walter Hay
Hulda Blume
Sumner
Turkey Valley
Larry Hanson
Karla Jean
Lloyd Zander
Brian Blasberg
Bill Hildebrandt
U of I
Biesterfelt Bros. Livestock
Biesterfelt Livestock
Herb
Fred
NASA
Wartburg College
Erwin
Erwin Hoppenworths
A. A. Belknap
Kent Dealer
Marvin Barth
Allison
Ronald Sievers
Danny Drewis
Denver
Richard Dana’s
St. Paul
Minn
Harold Leisinger
Gerald Baldwin
Behrend Visits From Venezuela Spends Christmas with Local Family
John Behrend, now teaching in Caracas, Venezuela, spent Christmas with the Fred Biesterfelt family and visited his parents in Arlington. He taught 5th and 6th grade science at Tripoli schools last year and left for Venezuela in August.
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Venezuela
John Behrend
Caracas
Fred Biesterfelt
Arlington
John
Tripoli
Biesterfelt
Tripoli Jaycees Christmas Tree Pick Up
The Tripoli Jaycees will hold their annual Christmas tree pick up on Sunday December 31 starting at 1 00 p m. Residents should place trees on the curb in front of their houses by 1 00 p m for collection.
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Tripoli
Jaycees
Pool cues missing from The Hub on December 22
A notice requests the return of pool cues taken from The Hub on December 22. The person seen carrying them to the back door is asked to return them. names will not be released if the items are returned by year’s end and no statements will be made.
Tripoli Teams Readied for Holiday Basketball Tournaments
Tripoli girls head to a four team event at Wapsie Valley with a 7:00 p.m. Friday clash against North Linn and 8:30 p.m. contest versus Alburnett. The Saturday consolation and championship games follow at 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Admission is 1.00 for adults and .50 for students. Tripoli boys compete in a four team event at New Hampton beginning Friday with Osage at 7:00 p.m. and Tripoli vs Postville at 8:30 p.m. Saturday features a 7:00 p.m. consolation and 8:30 p.m. championship.
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Tripoli
Wapsie Valley
Tripoli Girls
North Linn
Alburnett
Tripoli Boys
New Hampton
Osage
Postville
American Farm Systems Purchases Tripoli Property for Plant
American Farm Systems Inc of Charles City buys the Tripoli real estate formerly held by International Minerals and Chemical Corp. The site will become headquarters for sales and engineering offices and a general warehouse with plans to move the fiberglass plant there in spring. John Silber will lead manufacturing, Marion Hutchison as chief engineer, Vernon O. Thomas says hires will occur after year’s start. Gary Schmidt of Ankeny promoted to central OS and D department and Sioux Falls terminal office manager.
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American Farm Systems, Inc
Charles City
Tripoli
International Minerals and Chemical Corporation
Gary Schmidt
Ankeny
Iowa
OS and D Department
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
All American Transport, Inc
Mr. Thomas
John Silber
Marion Hutchison
Thomas
Medium Income Housing Program to be discussed in Tripoli
Senior Citizens of the Tripoli area hold a town hall meeting on January 3 with a 6 00 p m pot luck and a 7 30 p m special session. City residents will hear M E Van Sickel FHA district representative and Richard Bolte from Bremer County FHA about a medium income housing program and its potential local interest.
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Tripoli Area
M. E. van Sickel
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Richard Bolte
Bremer County
Tripoli
Tripoli School Resumes January 3 After Christmas Break
Tripoli Community School will resume classes on Wednesday January 3 per a reminder from superintendent Howard Marquardt. Classes were dismissed for Christmas vacation on Friday afternoon December 22.
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Tripoli Community School
Howard Marquardt
Local Bank Notes Early Closing Friday Afternoon
The American Savings Bank in Tripoli will close at 5 00 p m Friday December 29 to complete year end books. Bank officials say the early closing will help finalize year end accounting.
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American Savings Bank
Tripoli
Florist Roger Block Takes New Miami Post
Roger Block, previously employed as a florist in Chicago, has moved to Miami Florida to begin new duties in the same role on Thursday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Block.
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Roger Block
Chicago
Miami
Florida
Paul Block
Air Force Med Lab Graduate Pamela Kerr
Airman Pamela L. Kerr daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Mock of Sumner Iowa graduated at Sheppard AFB Texas from the Air Training Command medical laboratory specialist course. She will join the Department of Biomedical Science at Sheppard. Kerr is a 1969 Wapsie Valley High School and Mount Mercy College alumna. her husband Steven is son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kerr of Tripoli Iowa.
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Pamela L. Kerr
Steven P. Mock
Sumner
Iowa
Sheppard Afb
Tex
U. S. Air Force Medical Laboratory
Air Training Command
Department of Biomedical Science
Sheppard
Kerr
Wapsie Valley High School
Fairbank
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Tripoli 1972 Highlights From The Tripoli Leader
Recap of major Tripoli area news from January to June 1972 includes political changes with mayors sworn in and council appointments, local industry openings like Tri-Fab producing camping trailers, and district sports triumphs such as Tripoli wrestlers earning state bids. It notes community events, weddings, births, funerals, and civic activities across Tripoli, Frederika, Readlyn, and surrounding towns.
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Tripoli
George Barnes
Edward Bennett
Tri-Fab, Incorporated
Richard Meyer
Tripoli Pantherettes
Bode
TARI
Victor Happel
Duane Holm
Alfred Rieck
Charles Rosel
Frederika
Commercial Club
Les Dettmer
Doris Hyde
Bill Boehme
Jerry Neuendorf
Readlyn
Keith Stahlhut
James Leistikow
Fort
Panthers edge Plainfield 27 24 in dual wrestling meet
Tripoli varsity wrestlers pull off a 27 24 win over Plainfield after a slow start in the lower weights. Ron Bergmann pins Tom Dreesman at heavyweight to seal victory as Spencer Holm and Bergmann score falls for Tripoli. The meet featured six wins per side with two pins by Plainfield and two pins plus a default for Tripoli.
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Tripoli Varsity
Plainfield
Panthers
Panther
Tripoli
Ron Bergmann
Ron
Tom Dreesman
Spencer Holm
Tom Smalley
Stuart Dietz
Tim Moeller
Dan Sauerbrei
Doug Vossberg
Lonny Silber
Lynn Ducker
Doug Johnston
Lynn Stumme
Steve Deike
Kevin Sievers
Rod Dietz
Joel Boeckmann
Randy Liddle
Gary Carpenter
Gary Bergmann
Randy Gilbert
Paul Miller
Dave Zubrod
Lyle Banzer
Duane Meihost
New Year Holiday Schedule Delays Tripoli Leader Publication
The Tripoli Leader will publish one day late next week because the office closes Monday January 1 for New Year's Day. Subscribers will receive the Thursday edition and routes with nearby towns on Friday. normal Wednesday delivery resumes January 10.
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The
Tripoli
Leader
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Eugene Buenger
Grace Church
August Eichmann
Steven Hahn
Germany
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John Hagedorn
Paul Schober
Marlys Cooper
James Gaede
Lutheran Church
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John Wedemeier
Wapsie
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Lorraine Schuldt
Albert Wolfgram
Paul Zander
N.C
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Fort Worth
Texas
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Richmond
Ronald Hills
Elgin
Robert Johnston
Paul McNamee
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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Amanda Diercks
Will Lohmann
Chad Kuhlmann
Kuhlmann
Minot
N. Dakota
Iowa Supreme Court
Alfred W. Specht
Vernon Kirchhoff
VFW
Wm. H. Grebien
Benny Jean Jensen
Merlin V. Nuss
Wm. A. Kuker
American Lutheran Church
Tripoli Jaycees
Judy Kirchhoff
Grace Lutheran Church
Walter Beisner
Joel Wikner
Robert Kuhrt
American Securities Company
L. H. Fink
Northeastern Association
United Church of Christ
Kenneth Edwards
Panther Matmen
Kevin
Kenny Kindera
Kenny
Starmont Tripoli
Starmont
Chris Wegmann
Larry Glass
Mark Allan
Lynn
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