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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1968
Page
7
Readable fragments name Rochelle Kuethe and Ira Lewden in an undated local item. The clipped OCR lists names among unclear context, suggesting a community notice or short report without clear dates or locations.
Items of interest from Leader files spanning years 1928 through 1963 highlight birthdays deaths marriages and retirements. Notable events include a Waverly bank robbery over $2000 and a series of community notices from Tripoli and Waverly such as anniversaries elections and school appointments.
Jess Kent 67 a former Sumner resident died Oct 31 at his home in Oelwein Funeral services were held Saturday at Hintz Funeral Home with burial in Wilson Grove cemetery Sumner He was born Aug 22 1901 in Sumner and worked for local haulers before moving to Oelwein where he was a fireman for the Chicago Great Western Railway He married Alta Harris Aug 8 1923 at the Little Brown Church Nashua He retired in 1958 due to illness Survivors include his widow his mother five sisters and three brothers.
Bremer County District Court lists new cases including Kathy Vossberg versus William Vossberg a divorce filing and State of Iowa versus Alvin Bennett for driving under suspension. Also Allen Memorial Hospital versus Michael McDaniel Harwich Furniture Co Inc versus James Harmening Northeastern Psychiatric Clinic versus Edgar Kuethe Howard White versus Stanley Simpson Dennis and Jean Weitzenkamp dba Lazy H Motel versus Bernard Losee and Katherine Losee and Margaret Smith versus James Smith a divorce case.
Afternoon visitors called on Paul Treloar and Lee Nick Aegerter, patient at Mercy Hospital, Oelwein. Funeral, baptisms, and family gatherings are noted with extended relatives from Iowa City, Westgate, Frederika, Waterloo, Denver, Parkersburg, Jasper, and JasperArk. Tammy Frisch marked her 10th birthday with a scavenger hunt and cake baked by her aunt.
Veterans Administration doctors have performed about 350 of roughly 1,000 kidney transplants nationwide since the first operation in 1952.
A patient receiving a kidney transplant from a relative donor has about 75 to 80 percent chance of surviving one year and roughly 50 to 65 percent chance of living two years or more.
Wayne Youngblood 20 Waverly and Sharon McAlpine 18 Waverly. Steven Schirm 21 Keystone and Mary Meyer 20 Randalia. Terry Gardner 23 Fredericksburg and Connie Schmidt 21 Tri. Dave A. Jaschen 19 Sumner and Sandra J. Thompson 19 Sumner. Daniel L. Schuldt 19 Readlyn and Marva Jean Otto 19 Readlyn. Danny L. Harrington 19 Plainfield and Shirley A. Liddle 19 Plainfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pickard of Indianola have come back from a two year service with the Peace Corps. The pair worked at an agricultural training center in Bulandshahr near Delhi, India, making them the oldest couple to serve abroad for the organization.
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