Governor Ray vetoes highway commission bill action
Governor Robert D. Ray vetoed a section of a highway commission appropriations bill that would have stripped resident engineers from unions. He warned the measure could cost the state as much as the proposed item. Senators Mogged Fairfield and Jon Lamborn Maquoketa sought an attorney general ruling on the governor’s authority to veto a non item. The governor has signed 3 bills and awaits action on 107 pieces sent to him.
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Wernor
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Highway Commission
Commission
Ral
Mogged
Fairfield
Jon Lamborn
Maquoketa
Rob Ray
Senate and
Use Transportation Committees
Funeral Rites Held for Theodore Bock 65
Theodore Bock 65 died Wednesday night of a heart attack at his home. Funeral services were held June 28 at Faith United Church of Christ Tripoli with Rev. Keith Selberg officiating. Interment followed at Faith Church cemetery. He was born January 2 1904 in Sumner Iowa and married Hulda Hagen in 1927. she died in 1960. Survived by wife Lucinda, a son Rev. Gerald Bock, his mother Sophia, a brother and three sisters, plus six stepchildren and grandchildren.
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Theodore Bock
Faith United Church of Christ
Tripoli
Keith D. Selberg
Millard Pries
Lynn Wilson
Ted Sievers
Walter Peters
Ervin Kuecker
Herbert Bodermann
Faith Church
Fred
Sophia Bock
Sumner
Iowa
Hulda (Krueger) Hagen
Lucinda Lenius
Lucinda
Gerald Bock
St. Louis
Leslie
Dora Bock
Amanda Schroeder
Mildred Bierman
Vacationing Lahmann and Pi Pho Headed to Mexico
James Lahmann and Greg Pi Pho of Sumner left Saturday morning for a several week vacation in Mexico City and Acapulco.
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James Lahmann
Greg Pipho
Sumner
Mexico
Mexico City
Acapulco
County Assessor Publishes 1970 Budget Estimate
The Bremer County Assessor proposes a 1970 budget with expenditures of 44,400, 2,700 more than last year. Taxes raised would be 43,200, up 5,750 from 1969. A hearing on the budget is set for July 23 at 7 30 p.m. at the Bremer County Court House in Waverly.
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Bremer County
Bremer County Court House
Waverly
Tripoli High School
Trial Jurors Named for Third Quarter Dist Court Bremer County
Bremer county district court jurors for July August and September terms have been chosen and will be summoned by the Sheriff as cases are assigned. The list includes Walter Kent Jr to Esther Bartling and Donald Johnston to Eldon M Crandall with Grand Jurors to report July 7 at 1 30 p m to panel a new seven member group for the quarter.
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Bremer County
Paul Harms
Luella Smith
Julia Engelbrecht
Henry Brandt
Donald Swinton
Harley Meyer
Joyce Pinke
Howard Willyard
Waldo Albrecht
Ronald Matthias
Roland Mueller
Eldon M. Crandall
Girl Hurt By Car Returns Home From Mercy Hospital
Lisa Timmerman three and a half years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Le land Timmerman, left Mercy hospital Waverly Monday afternoon after treatment for a brain concussion and facial bruises suffered when struck by a car on Main Street Friday evening. She is reported improving.
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Lisa
Leland Timmerman
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Main Street
Farmers' Day Tractor Pull Planned by Tripoli Jaycees
Tripoli Jaycees announce Farmers' Day events on Saturday July 12 with a tractor pulling contest offering 200 in prizes across four weight divisions. A Farmers versus Jaycees softball game follows, ending with a fireworks display sponsored by Wapsie Sportsmen's Club Tripoli Fire Department and the Jaycees.
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Tripoli Jaycees
Jaycees
Wapsie Sportsmen's Club
Tripoli
Rainfall pushes Wapsie River to new high water mark
Weather observer J. M. Haydon reports 5.36 inches of rain in the Tripoli area from Thursday to Sunday, adding to a record June total and swelling the Wapsipinicon River to historic flood levels. Farmers fear continuing flood risk as readings top prior records.
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Wapsie River
Tripoli
J. M. Haydon
Haydon
Wapsipinicon
Wapsie
Funeral Services Held Tuesday for Harry H. Heine 80
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Harry H. Heine 80 who died after a lingering illness at Allen Memorial hospital on June 28. Last rites were at Faith United Church of Christ Tripoli with Rev Keith D Selberg officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Survivors include widow Amanda Tripoli and two daughters Mrs Orville Eick Waverly and Mrs Dorothy Chapin Tripoli.
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Harry H. Heine
Allen Memorial Hospital
Faith United Church of Christ
Tripoli
Keith D. Selberg
Church
Robert Selck
E. A. Kleiss
Orville Haase
Eldo Kehe
Walter Beisner
Herbert Boderman
William and
Mina (Steege) Heine
Warren Township
Bremer County
Iowa
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Artesian
Amanda Carstensen
Kleinan
Amanda
Orville Eick
Waverly
Dorothy Chapin
Bremer 4-Hers Attend Tri-County Camp at Madrid Iowa
Ninety one 4-H members and counselors from Bremer Butler and Chickasaw counties attended the Tri County Camp June 18 to 21 at the State 4 H Camping Center near Madrid. Bremer County participants include Denise Eick Paula Bernard Shirley Gambiani and Nancy Arns and many others from sub groups and junior counselors joined the event under leaders Kermit Hildahl and Jim Burrow.
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4-H
Bremer
Butler
Chickasaw
Tri-County
Kermit Hildahl
Jim Burrow
Madrid
Iowa
Bremer County
Denise Eick
Paula Bernard
Shirley Gambaiani
Nancy Arns
B-Square
Becky Bahlman
Susan Juhl
Cynthia Krueger
Susan Koepke
Dutiful Daughters
Ardith Steinbronn
Paula Frank
Franklin Blue Belles
Janet Bohlen
Jacksonettes
Nancy Wente
Jefferson Jills
Debbie Botts
Kathy Dove
Jolly Jacksons
Patty Winter
Anne Pipho
Leroy Gopherettes
Lois Matthias
Maxfield Merry Maids
Crystal Meyer
Rhonda Wehling
Teresa Homeyer
Readlynettes
Linda Brase
Charlotte Shinstein
Tens
Rhonda Niedert
T.N. T
Kim Pleggenkuhle
Carol Haverkamp
Wapsie Whirlwinds
Dawn Mack
Waverettes
Eddie Huck
Gene Reiter
County Line
David Harms
Douglas Rockets
Grant Pipho
Steve Reynolds
Mark Miller
Sumner Champs
Mark Tellinghuisen
Gaylen Dewey
Washington
Keith Ostrogge
Janet Kuethe
Alan Jensen
Kathy Paulsen
Carolyn Paulsen
THS Grads of '54 Hold 15-Year Class Reunion
Tripoli High School 1954 graduates held their 15 year reunion on June 28 with a dinner at Pine Lodge Oelwein. Nine members and their families attended the gathering including Verlaine Hartmann Knoploh Sumner Alice Kuethe Martin Cedar Falls Jane Dixon Brooks and others plus spouses. The class had 33 members with four deceased.
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Tripoli High School
Pine Lodge
Oelwein
Marwin
Verlaine Hartmann
Knoploh
Sumner
Jerry
Alice Kuethe
Martin
Tripoli
Patrick
Jane Dixon
Brooks
Cedar Falls
Maynard
Mardell Bock
Klemp
Rudi
Betty Hay
Schult
Camanche
Larry Poock
Decorah
Hans
Marilyn Olejniczak
Donald
Betty Snelling
Koschmeder
Readlyn
Stephen
Carol Meyer
Maurer
Waterloo
Chuckwagon Feast Set During Harvest Festival in Tripoli
Tripoli businessmen plan a chuckwagon meal tied to the annual harvest festival on July 14 15. The meal, served Tuesday 4 30 to 7 30 p m, costs 50 cents per person and includes barbecue beef sandwiches baked beans chips pickles and drink. A door prize drawing runs 15 minute intervals with prizes donated by local merchants and displayed at Warner Electric.
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Tripoli
Warner Electric
VFW Auxiliary Sets Monday 8 P.M. Meeting at Post Home
The VFW Auxiliary will meet Monday evening at 8 oclock at the Post home to discuss upcoming events and activities.
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VFW
Doris Beauty Salon Announces July Closure Dates
Doris Beauty Salon will be closed from July 7 to July 21. Customers are advised of the break in service and to plan visits accordingly.
Girl rescues boy from Leech Lake area water incident
Debbie Leistikow, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Elroy Leistikow, saved a six year old boy at Paradise Point resort in the Leech Lake region Minnesota. She jumped in after hearing screams, brought him to shore, and the boy recovered with no lasting harm. The boy, believed to be a Backer child from Nashua Iowa, was taken to a nearby cabin for care.
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Debbie Leistikow
Elroy Leistikow
Paradise Point
Leech Lake
Minnesota
Debbie
Nashua
Post Offices and Banks to Close on Independence Day
All U S post offices will observe Friday July 4 as a holiday with no window service or rural delivery in Waterloo and Bremer County. Incoming mail will be placed in patrons boxes and the Waterloo Daily Couriers will be delivered as usual. Banks in Bremer County will close Friday and reopen Saturday morning.
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U.S
Ray H. Fink
Waterloo
Bremer County
Tripoli Community School Proposes $576,127 Budget
The Tripoli Community school district proposes a 1969 70 operational budget of 576127 with 390502 raised by taxation. The plan notes a 55051 increase over last year driven by teacher salary boosts and three new teachers plus fixed charges. Hearing set for July 14 at 8 pm in Tripoli High School.
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Tripoli Community School
Tripoli Community
Ing
Cookout King Contest at County 4-H Fair
Bremer County residents can enter a cookout king contest at the WaVerly 4-H fair on Saturday August 9. Six events include beef pork lamb poultry turkey and novelty. Open to Iowa male residents over 12 not employed by Farm Bureau or affiliates. Top local contestant wins a gas grill and advances to the Iowa State Fair finals in Des Moines August 20 1969.
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Bremer County
Howard Mueller
Waverly
State of
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Eichmann Beauty Salon Vacation Closure Notice
Eichmann Beauty Salon will be closed for vacation from June 30 to July 23. Contact in advance for appointments or urgent inquiries during the closure period.
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Eichmann Beauty Salon
Hospitalized Richard Schmidt at St Francis Waterloo
Richard Schmidt was admitted to St Francis hospital in Waterloo last Tuesday and remains hospitalized.
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Richard Schmidt
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Iowa Enacts Tough New Drunk Driving Law
Public Safety Commissioner Jack M. Fulton announced a new Iowa law effective July 1, 1969 increasing license suspensions for OMVI offenders. Breath tests at arrest streamline evidence. refusals trigger minimum 120 day suspensions. First offenses 120 day suspension, second 240 days, third or more at least one year. Fine ranges and jail terms unchanged. clinicians may treat alcoholism.
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Public Safety
Jack M. Fulton
Highway Patrol
Vascar
Iowa
State Safety Department
Tripoli Community Schools Set Start Date August 25
The Tripoli Community Schools will begin on Monday August 25 for the 1969-70 year with student registration on Thursday and Friday August 14 and 15. Superintendent Howard Marquardt announced the adjusted calendar to help families plan vacations.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Community Schools
Howard Marquardt
Young Homemakers Plan July 9 Meeting at Town Hall
The group will assemble at Town Hall Wednesday July 9 at 12 30 pm then depart for Split Rock Park for a pot luck dinner If weather is bad the meeting moves to July 16.
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Split Rock Park
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Frederika
Doris’ Beauty Salon
School House Fund
Fulton
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