Police keep busy at Miami convention
At the Miami convention police battled protesters with tear gas and arrests. A car flagged as a potential weapon triggered alarms as officers dispatched a sweep and detained nearly 150 people near 17th and Washington while delegates inside heard Nixon’s acceptance speech amid gas residue. Funeral notices for Ella Miller and Chalmer Marshall follow, with Highland High Booster watermelon feed announced for 8 p.m. at the high school.
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17Th
Washington
Florida
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Nixon
Abraham Lincoln
God
Lincoln
Family ties mark Maquoketa funeral for Elmer Schurbon
Mrs. Vera Crawford of Washington and her daughter Dana Crawford of Ft. Madison attended the funeral in Maquoketa for Elmer Schurbon 64 son of the Livingstons and brother of Mrs Crawford who died in his sleep after five weeks illness Burial was at Maquoketa His wife survives Also present were Mr and Mrs Charles Livingston Mountain Home Ark, the late Mr Schurbon’s parents-in-law from Arkansas The obituary notes the Livingstons were his parents and his wife survives.
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Vera Crawford
Washington
Dana Crawford
Ft. Madison
Markets Livestock at Joliet and Des Moines
Live stock reports from Joliet Illinois and Des Moines Iowa show cattle and hog trends. Cattle: steers steady to 25 lower, high choice and prime 36.75 to 37.50, hogs: butchers mostly steady to 50 cents lower, sows down 25 cents, with price ranges listed for various weight classes. Estimated receipts for Joliet 3,500. Des Moines today 40,000.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Des Moines
Lowa
Minnesota
U. S
Delta executives reclaim $1 million hijack ransom
Two Delta Airlines officials arrived in Washington with a ransom of $1 million seized in Algiers after eight Detroit hijackers diverted a Delta liner to Algiers. At Orly Airport French police surrounded the plane and searched 147 passengers as the TWA jet prepared to depart with the ransom secured.
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School Lunch Menu Week of August 28 Across Four Schools
Weekly lunch plan lists meals for Highland St James Waco Mid Prairie and Washington. Each day covers breakfast items and a hot lunch with sides and milk, featuring dishes like ham sandwiches, goulash, macaroni and cheese, chicken and noodles, tacos, and barbecue items with fruit and desserts.
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ST. James
Washington
James B Wier 82 Dies at Waterloo
James B. Wier 82, longtime resident of the Grandview and Muscatine areas, died Wednesday evening Aug 24 1972 at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo. Visitation 7 to 9 p.m. at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home Columbus Junction. Funeral Saturday 1 30 p.m. at Grandview Community Church with burial Grandview Cemetery. Born Letts Oct 23 1889 son of Henry and Rosena Rhiner Wier. Married Ruth Young Muscatine Dec 24 1910. Surviving wife two sons Ermald Detroit Mich Murray Wier Waterloo eight grandchildren ten great grandchildren and one brother George Muscatine.
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Grandview
Muscatine
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
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Mr. Wier
Letts
Henry and
Rosena Rhiner Wier
Ruth Young
Ermald
Detroit
Mich
Murray Wier
George
Death of W H McConnell Sr 85 in Washington County
W H McConnell Sr 85 lifelong resident of Washington County died Thursday August 24 1972 at United Presbyterian Home after a brief illness. Funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at United Presbyterian Church with Rev William Kettlitz. Burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. Survived by Blanche Leona Adams wife two sons Francis and William 14 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren two brothers and three sisters. Funeral home notices and church attendance requested.
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Washington County
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William Kettlitz
Ainsworth
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. McConnell
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Hester Elizabeth Hamil McConnell
Washington
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Farm Bureau
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Iowa City
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Hemet
Calif
Edna Dowell
Sierra Madre
Floyd Hamil
Long Beach
Roy Whiteman
Monmouth
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