Struggle Over Democratic Chair Looms Between Factions
Two Democrat factions vie for control as Jean Westwood and Texan Robert Strauss seek the party chair. Governors caucus endorsed Strauss 16 to 8 with six abstentions, urging Westwood to resign. Strauss claimed 92 votes of 105 ready, while Westwood pledged to fight an ouster motion and seeks a consensus candidate, framing the feud as a clash of past versus new politics.
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ST. Uuuis
Democratic Party
Robert Strauss
Jean Westwood
Westwood
Utah
George S. McGovern
Strauss
National Committee
Washington
National Democratic Governors Caucus
Texas
McGovern
Miami Beach
John Gilligan
Ohio
John Connally
Democrats
Nixon
Connally
Andereggs visitors in Keota for Thanksgiving and holidays
Keota residents hosted extended relatives from Edgewood Dewitt Kalona Harper Marengo and Kinross during Thanksgiving weekend. The gathering included the Williams Mattison Lyle and Holmes families with multiple households sharing meals and a Christmas exchange before some travelers headed to winter homes in North Fort Myers. Several guests joined from Marion Wichita and Texas for the holiday.
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Andereggs
Paul Sievert Keota
William Anderegg
Dan Harbaugh
Urey Anderegg
Edgewood
Barney Mattison
Keota
Cleve Stickrod
Dewitt
Iowa
Meda Austin
Kinross
LaVina Mattison
Bill Eakins
Kalona
Henry Williams
Harper
Maude Long
Max Long
Mr Pleasant
John Wade
Marengo
Mike Craven
Charles Lyle
Guy Lyle
Richard Lyle
Francis Lyle
Howard Bohr
Jim Lyle
Don
Larry Lyle
Tami Comer
Dave Lyle
Jared
Denny Lyle
Don Peck
Dave Graversen
Christy Hammes
Ft. Myers
Texas
Gary Sondag
Marion
Roger Greiner
Julie
John
Leonard Sondag
Gary Sonday
Laurence Romine
Harold Holmes
Navy Gunfire Control Technician Franzen Serves On USS St. Louis
Gary D. Franzen, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Franzen of Washington, serves aboard the amphibious USS St. Louis. The ship recently completed a seven and a half month Western Pacific deployment and is in a stand down at Long Beach California. Franzen, a 1970 Washington High School graduate, has visited Pearl Harbor Okinawa the Republic of the Philippines Cambodia South Vietnam and Hong Kong and saw action in amphibious operations supporting the South Vietnamese Marines efforts to recapture Quang Tri city.
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Franzen
ST. Louis
Gary D. Franzen
Charles Franzen
Washington
Western Pacific
Long Beach
California
Washington High School
Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
Republic of the Philippines
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Hong Kong
South Vietnamese
Marine Corps
Quang Tri
Kirkwood Career Day Opens for High School Students
Kirkwood Community College will host Youth Opportunity Unlimited on Saturday December 9 in Linn Hall. Juniors and seniors from area high schools join 14 career clusters including business marketing and vocational programs. Registration starts 8:30 a.m. with lunch optional at $1.
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Kirkwood Community College
Area Ten
Linn Hall
Kirkwood
Charles Haefner
Arts and Sciences
Funeral services for Alice Dempsey held at St James Church
Funeral services for Alice Dempsey were conducted at St James Church Saturday at 10 a.m. by Rev Edward Collins. Casketbearers included Walter Bruty Jim Dougall Henry Murray Sr Terry Murray and Jay McNamara. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery with Sherman Eden Funeral Home arranging.
Buttercup wins three gaited class at International Livestock Exposition
Lloyd Augustine's fine show horse Buttercup took top honors in the three gaited bridle class at Chicago's International Livestock Exposition on Sunday. Augustine said it was a real thrill after judges awarded top honors among 18 competing horses.
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Lloyd Augustine
Buttercup
Chicago
Mr. Augustine
Windsor Library Letter Theft Claim Quelled by Boy
A Windsor boy told librarian Bernice Warner that he did not remove the identifying letters from the Windsor Public Library sign and added that his brother did not either. He claimed they never steal alone and that they show one another everything they steal.
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Windsor. Colo
UPI
Bernice Warner
Windsor Public Library
Thanksgiving guests and church meeting at Wayland Mennonite
Thanksgiving weekend visitors include Hoyt Allen and sons Clint and Rick of Little Rock Ark and the Alstons of Chicago. The Philathea Sunday School Class at Wayland Mennonite Church held its Nov 28 quarterly meeting with officers for 1972 reelected. Thanksgiving Day guests at Ralph Osborne Sr. home included family from Ottumwa Muscatine and Washington.
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Ezrawitimer
Wayland
Lyle Zehr
Hoyt Allen
Allen Wenger
Joe Rich
Ezra
Wittmer
Wenger
Aaron Leichty
Beatrice Zihlman
Ralph Osborne
Ralph Osborne Jr
Brad
Ottumwa
James Howard
Tina
Robert Osborne
Kend
Jennie Arnhood
Muscatine
Jeta Spivey
Clayton Skinner
Mattie McAvoy
Washington
Fred Hixson
Hoky floor sweeper shows Yankee ingenuity from Japan
The Hoky floor and carpet sweeper from Hakuba Kogyo Co. Ltd Japan uses static electricity to lift dust sugar nails and grit from carpets and floors. It features a boar bristle rotor brush, a compact steel dust box that holds over 150 pounds, and folds for easy storage ready for Christmas display.
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Hakuba Kogyo Co., Ltd
Japan
Tenerife jetliner crash kills 155 in Spain
A four engine Convair 990 chartered by Spantax exploded on takeoff from Tenerife airport killing all 155 aboard. Most victims were West Germans tied to Bavarian travel agencies. seven crew members were Spanish along with two Italians and three Austrians. Cause unknown.
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Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Spain
UPI
Tenerife
Spantax Charter Company
Canary Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Scientists convert waste into beauty by nuclear sterilization
Scientists report a process that turns sewage-derived plastics into an attractive product with no odor. The material is claimed to emerge sterilized by nuclear radiation, presenting an unexpected reuse of waste.
Kansas State researchers turn wastes into woodlike plastics
Three Kansas State University scientists report using nuclear radiation to transform solid wastes into strong woodlike materials. Liang Fan, David Retzloff, and Wayne Vanderpool say the process, tested in the lab and described in Environmental Science Technology, could reduce waste while producing durable plastic composites that resemble wood and can be worked like timber.
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Washington
UPI
Kansas State University
Liang Fan
David Retzloff
Wayne Vanderpool
Environmental Science Technology
United States
Kansas State
Feeder pig clinic set in Kalona on Tuesday
A Cedar Rapids Extension clinic for feeder pig producers will be held Tuesday December 12 from 7 30 to 10 p m at the Farmers Savings Bank in Kalona. The program features a producer panel with William Riggan Karona Russell Yoder Parnell and Keith Fisher and includes Iowa State University Swine Specialist Emmett Stevermer on new nutrition developments and ideas to cut feed costs. Eldon J Hans covers litter size impact on profits and rate of gain. Refreshments provided by Kalona Sale Company.
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Cedar Rapids
Russell Swenson
Farmers Savings Bank
Kalona
William Riggan
Karona Russell Yoder
Parnell
Keith Fisher
Keota
Emmett Stevermer
Iowa State University
Kalona Sale Company
Funeral services held for Charles Archie Cannon
Funeral services for Charles Archie Cannon were conducted Saturday December 2 at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Van Engen and Rev. Douglas Loving officiating. Casketbearers included Ralph McCreedy Lyle Darbyshire Claire Keating Charles Hanna Allen Darbyshire and Leslie Stutzman with honorary bearers J. W. Evans Robert Zihlman Paul Abrahamson and Raymond Long. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery.
Markets report from Joliet and Des Moines livestock markets
Livestock market notes from Joliet show cattle 3650 head with steers under 1125 lb steady to strong and heavier cattle up to 25 higher, heifers steady, with various price ranges for high and choice grades. Des Moines hog market activity described as fairly active with steady to higher butcher prices and sow prices mixed across weight ranges. receipts estimates and last week comparisons included.
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Joliet
Nine- Des Moines
UPI
Iowa - Southern
Iota
U.S
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Gene Holmes
Wichita
Kan
Kenneth Holmes
Damian Gent
Russell
Carl Sieren
Raymond Sieren
Mark
Prince Matchabelli
Cologne
Stradivari
Drug Store
Washington, Iowa
Bryn Mawr
Sitler Auto Parts
Lyle Zehrs
Hamms
Ray Carter
Inone
Ata
Rad
Cran Na Creery
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