Welk to Play Champagne Music at Iowa State Fair Grandstand
Band leader Lawrence Welk will bring his Champagne Music to the Iowa State Fair grandstand August 23 to 27. Welk, a longtime Iowa performer, recalled early years playing one night stands in Iowa and marrying Fern Renner in Sioux City in 1931. He noted North Dakota roots, Nebraska and South Dakota tours, and past competition with Cato's Vagabonds.
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Schwengel Praises Iowa GOP Platform as Best Ever
Former Congressman Fred Schwengel on a Iowa Republican platform adopted in June calling it the best document produced by a political party in the state. He cited the Ideas for a Better Iowa committee and Party to People hearings as key steps showing GOP's seriousness in governing Iowa.
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Nations move to curb narcotics across drug categories
Experts from ten nations opened a five day conference in Geneva to place minor league drugs such as barbiturates amphetamines tranquilizers and LSD under the same strict control as heroin. The talks focus on misuse dangers and the role of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs and WHO in coordinating the committee on substances not under international control.
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Luci Johnson Nugent Wedding Cost Estimated at 75000
Womens Wear Daily reports Luci Johnson Nugent's wedding could cost up to 75000 dollars. The estimate cites flowers police protection press staff trousseau invitations food and drink plus music and entertainment.
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