Jumping Place Teen Town Opens At Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES UP I Teen Town at the Iowa State Fair opens at 11 am as the third annual feature run by 16 Des Moines teens and adult advisors. The self contained town showcases exhibits from guitars to career info inside blue walls. It drew over 65 000 visitors in four days with a daily battle of the bands and dances.
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Des Moines
UPI
del Richardson
Pam McIntire
Des Moines East
Pam
Dear Abby letters reveal relationship misreads and etiquette
A reader asks how long a 23 year old should wait for a man who won’t arrange dates. Abby advises the man should plan his own dates or the interest may not be serious. Other queries cover wedding invitations, charitable gifts, and public wig remarks with Abby offering practical, non confrontational guidance.
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Abby
Newton Man Wins Cookout King With Porterhouse Prize
John Benzer, 31, Newton, won the Cookout King contest at the Iowa State Fair with a three pound two inch thick Porterhouse steak roasted over hot coals for about 30 minutes. The amateur chefs from six divisions competed as 53,116 attendees passed through the fair. Benzer, a Maytag Co. mechanic, earns a color TV, a leg of lamb, 25 beef steaks, and eligibility for the national contest. Other winners included Ron Johnson, Dave Martinson, Melvin Clark, Norman McArthur, and a novelty prize team. An omelet event followed, and Benzer shared his steak recipe.
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DES Moines
UPI
John Benzer
Benzer
Newton
Iowa Farm Bureau
Maytag Co
Ron Johnson
Adel
Dave Martinson
Greenfield
Melvin Clark
Yale
Norman McArthur
Humboldt
R. S. Troutman
Glenwood
Lyndon Livengood
Wendell Holmes
Pacific Junction
Iowa Poultry Association
Paul Bunyan
Noffsingers end visit at Wellman
Major and Mrs James Noffsinger and family wrap up a Wellman stay after visits with relatives and friends. They head toward California en route to Viet Nam duty. prior year spent in England for aeronautic schooling. Also notes arrivals, moves, and travels of local residents and a New York golfing guide publication.
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Wellman
James Noffsinger
Paul Noffsinger
Rapid City
South Dakota
Denver
Colo
California
Viet Nam
Major Noffsinger
England
Alce Don Miller
Okinawa
Ardell Miller
Kay
Jan
Germany
Wally Godloves
Sacramento
San Diego
Gene Goschke
Pam
Sue
Wolf Lake
Bemidji
Minn
Waco Drum Major Kathy Madden To Lead Warrior Band
Kathy Madden a senior at Waco High School will debut as Drum Major this Friday August 25 at the State Fair Grand Concourse leading the Warrior Band. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Bud Madden near Olds and holds roles in Girls State NHS Student Council choir and athletic teams while playing flute in the Concert Band.
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Kathy Madden
Waco High School
Miss Madden
Robert
Bud’’ Madden
Near Olds
Girls State
National Honor Society
Service news: Army private Pringle in Vietnam
Private First Class Kenneth O. Pringle, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn M. Pringle of Brighton Iowa, serves with the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam. A 1966 Washington High School graduate, he trained at Fort Lewis and was last stationed at Fort Eustis before deployment. He entered service in October 1966 and serves as a construction machine operator with Company B in the division's 15th Engineer Battalion.
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U.S. Army
Vietnam
Kenneth O. Pringle
Glenn M. Pringle
N. Farmer St
Brighton
Iowa
9Th Infantry Division
Iringle
Army
Ft. Lewis
Wach
Ft. Eustis
Pvt
Pringle
Washington (Iowa) High School
Washington Welcomes Coast to Coast Hardware Store
Crowds gathered for the grand opening on Wednesday as the Coast to Coast Hardware store opens in Washington on the northwest square corner. Owners Mr and Mrs Floyd Bloeser, new to town since May, express happiness joining the community. Coast to Coast district manager Ken Pengra presents the official franchise. ceremony includes Mayor Cloid Willits and Chamber officials. opening runs for 10 days.
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Washington
Coast To Coast Hardware
Floyd
Coast To Coast Hardware Store
Floyd Bloeser
Bloeser
Waverly
Iowa
Cloid Willits
Cub Lehrer
Chamber of Commerce
Phil Kneen
Ken Pengra
Pengra
Tom Fish District
Velvet Uniform Drum Major Training Camp
Velvet uniform worn by a drum major who learned advanced techniques at a training camp conducted at Augustana College under the guidance of the renowned bandmaster A. R. Casavant. The article highlights the camp’s national prominence and the attendee’s skill development.
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Augustana College
A. R. Casavant
Auction Lineup Includes Household Furniture and Extras
Auctioneer Keith Murphy lists a blonde bedroom suite three piece and springs a bleached mahogany four piece set plus gas stove G E frost free refrigerator and freezer washer and dryer antique Edison records breakfast mahogany buffet early American recliner Lazy Boy brown platform rocker mahogany bookcase walnut desk cedar chest blonde upright cedar chest blonde desk nine drawers gray metal file cabinet two chests Formica table with three leaves and six chairs along with numerous other items.
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Edison
Auction items listed for sale in varied household goods
Sale catalog lists a wide range of items including ladders 30 ft and 26 ft, extension ladders, 2 step ladders, stands, copper tubing, park bench, crocks, lawn chair, cane bottom chair, quilt crochet items, Seth Thomas clock, stem bowl antique, crochet Afghan, antique plate, hand embroidered table cloth, crocks and bean pot, shop and garden tools, fencing, log chain, lawn mower good, 4 h.p. electric motor new, roll top desk, pressure tank, Wise and anvil, Briggs Stratton engine, electric fan, refrigerator, and other good shop tools for sale.
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Seth Thomas
Wise & Anvil
Briggs & Stratton
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Iowa City
Golfview
Swartzendruber
Shenk
Donna Geyer
Pat Sheridan
Cedar Rapids
Fred Durian Jr
Emma Webster
Ernice Mickell
Edna Blumenstein
Earnie Wetrich
Clarence Wetrich
Cairo
Henry Wetrich
Herbert Hoover National Park
West Branch
Europe
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Hawthorn Books
Saul Galin
Austria
Ireland
France
Italy
Low Countries
Scandinavia
Spain
Switzerland
West Germany
British Isles
Waco
Wayland Sales Co., Inc
Wayland, Iowa
Special Fat Cattle Commission
ART Schooley Wash
Max Roth
Delbert J. Krotz
Washington, Iowa
Dial
Northrup King Seeds
Evening Journal
Wette
the McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Washington County Fairgrounds
Leona Peiffer
Keith Murphy
Mike Orris
Park Bench
Hazel Harding
J. Boyd Dill
Oeden-Sun
the Farmers Store
Porter Elevator
West Chester
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