Two Des Moines Women Escape Abductor At Gunpoint
Two Des Moines women Vivi an Felts and Twyla Lessell told police they were forced into a man’s car at gunpoint around 11 p.m. while walking home from work. They were driven through Des Moines and West Des Moines for four hours before escaping unharmed, jumping out near railroad tracks and flagging a work train to reach West Des Moines by about 3 a.m.
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Des Moines
UPI
West Des Moines
Vivian Felts
Twyla Lessell
Weekend Visits Marked by Restorative Travel and Family Ties
Social notes recount a flurry of weekend visits involving Minnie Van Meter at Washington County Hospital and Matilda Ohlwein's return from hospital. Distant relatives from Burlington, Jamestown, Madison, and Cedar Falls called on patients, with several families hosting extended kin and attending church events at Columbus Junction United Presbyterian Church.
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Minnie van Meter
Washington County Hospital
Matilda Ohlwein
Ruhgaber
Wapello
W. S. Webb
Webb
West Liberty
Lola Mae Hartman
Marija
Burlington
Weekend Guests and Visits Highlight Milroy Parish Life
The article notes the Nolin family departing for Claysville Pa after a long weekend. It mentions visits by Stanley Griffith and others from Sebastian Fla Indianapolis former Milroy parishioners to Rev Guy Hamilton. Marion Wilson travels to Morning Sun to visit cousins Ralph Wilson and family. Names of car dealers and brands appear in a local business listing.
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Ters
Susan
Sharon
Rachel
Douglas
Nolin
Claysville
Stanley Griffith
Sebastian, Fla
Jane Bales
Jerri
Charles
Indianapolis
Mr. Hamilton
Milroy
Ind
Guy Hamilton
Marion Wilson
Mrs
Ralph Wilson
New Cars For Carl Jungbluth Jr and Edward Sinn
Carl P. Jungbluth Jr buys a Honda from Edward Sinn and Linda Sinn while a Ford purchase is tied to the Sinns. Details indicate a local auto sale or dealership transfer with named individuals and brands Honda and Ford connected to the transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Jungbluth Jr
Honda
Edward Or Linda Sinn
Ford
Melody Strikers Select Committees
The Melody Strikers Bowling League met at president Mrs Dean Moore home. Committee chairmen named include Mrs Ray Meth schedule Mrs Doyle Brown rules Mrs Harold Wolf nominating Mrs Frank Burlingame prizes Mrs Tom Tanner auditing River Products Team banquet. The league will bowl the first round Wednesday August 30 at 7 p.m. instead of Labor Day.
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Melody Strikers
Dean Moore
Ray Meth
Doyle Brown
Harold Wolf
Frank Burlingame
Tom Tanner
River Products
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Jim Eskew
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Grace Cottrell
James Cottrell
United Presbyterian Synod of North
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Max Davisons
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Percy Holder
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Ella Gordon
C. E. Lanfear
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Cedar Falls
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Lora Darbyshire
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William Kyles
Mt. Pleasant
Elmer Thoeming
Davenport
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Leland Horton
Ray Simpson
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Iowa City
Clay Johnson
Clifford Ramsdale
Richard Colby
Martha Glass
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Egypt
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Villisca
Harry Williams
W. J. Wright
Maude Statler
Emery Prevos
Batavia
Walter Bray
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American Mobile Home
Richard D Gallagher
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Plymouth
Dale E Garrels
Buick
John D. Durst
Brown Finance Co
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