Riverside Firemen and Wives Oyster Supper
Riverside residents attend oyster supper at the fire station with card games and donations from Strebs Meat and Grocery. The event features a VFW Auxiliary Christmas gathering and several local families hosting holiday visits, caroling, and Christmas planning around Riverside and Cedar Rapids area.
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Riverside
Wilbur Kiene Riverside
Riverside Fire Dept
Riverside Fire Station
Ivarry Muller
Paul Rummelhart
Robert Waldschmidt
Robert Kloppfer
Ralph Schnoebele
Cleo Burich
Larry Wieland
Larry Dautremont
Clayton Sexton
Jack Kron
Jim Rose
Don Dutler
Larry Rummelhart
Ed Shebek
Butch Slaughter
Strebs Meat and Grocery Store
V.F.W
Fred Kron
Pheenix
Arizona
Las Vegas
Nevada
Oceanside
California
Lee Rich
Don Prybil
Steve Prybil
Brighton Carols and Community News Highlight Local Events
The junior Methodist choir held a December caroling event in Brighton with 28 participants then shared a chili supper and gift exchange. Numerous local families attended gatherings, visits, and travels over the weekend, including engagements, marriages, and a new Hawkeye Downs racing season director appointed by Dale Gegner in Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Meuth
Brighton
United Methodist Church
Joyce Dunbar
Jan Eddy
Beverly Kephart
Mary Lou Nihart
Mary Ellen Wright
Jan Mullikin
Don Mullikin
Don’s Standard
Randy
Robbin
Richard
Larry Hunter
Glenn Mullikin Sr
Debby
Harold Arbogast
Milford Watson
Scot
Christy
Ron Fox
Ron Mullikin
Bob Mullikin
Lloyd Reighard
Burlington
Charles Neff
Richard Campbell
Neff
Bob Rynor
Marshalltown
Rynor
Carrie Christien
Ottumwa
John Moxley
Princeville
Ill
Rex Widmer
Tony Meath
Larry Widmer
Linda Cline
Fairfield
John Nickles
Davenport
Bob Moxley
Stacy
Bette Moxley
Bill Moxley
Martha Schooley
Mercy Hospital
Rubert Bodkins
Wanda Sue
Ronald Roberts
Harry Roberts
East Pleasant Plain
Friends Church
Pleasant Plain
Dan Guy
Harold Guy
Reston
Moline
Rex Hagans
Lake Oswego
Ore
Kathleen
Mike
Lauri
Barry
Shannon
Walter
Darrel R. Bell
Lone Tree
Hazel Johnson
Terri
University of Iowa
Tom
Dale Gegner
Hawkeye Downs
Southern Iowa Racing Association
Oskaloosa
Christmas program at Rubio Friends church delights crowd
A Rubio Friends church Christmas program drew about 60 attendance from Rubio community. The event featured youth and adult Sunday school plays To Give or to Get and The Shoemakers Dream, a Jr. Prayer Band story, soloist Mrs. Clifton White and a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Vic Parcell. A birthday cake for Jesus and social hour followed with gifts to Rev and Mrs White and candy for each family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Long Richland
Rubio Friends
Rubio
Jerry Hoover
Shoemakers
Jr. Prayer
Clifton White
Vic Parcell
Jesus
Santa Claus
Don Bishop
Davis Fidahl
Lloyd McCracken
Sperry
Bill Miller
Local notices mixed with holiday visits and chess team honor
Mrs. W C Wooley underwent hip surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after fracturing her hip in a bed fall. Don Canott returns from Florida to spend Christmas with family while Danny Hubbs and the Waco chess team place fourth at the Iowa High School Chess Tournament in Des Moines with 92 players.
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Crawfordsville
W.C. Wooley
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Wooley
Chester Piper
Leroy Conrad
Legion Hall
Conrad
Bud Haunestein
Max Cannon
Shari
Kristen
Ankeny
Charles Cannon
Howard Witting
Washington
Kristin
Fred Stone
Randy
Kathy
Brian
Stone
Neil McDowell
Marlin Wyse
Wayland
Edwin Roth
Tim
Ted
John Swartzendruber
Amy
Jeff
Don Canott
Hialeah
Fla
Sam Canott
Martha
Don
Dade Christian High School
Miami
Canott
Ron
Max Graber
Burdean
Dudley
Arthur Davison
Wendell
Marguerite Pefferman
Kathy Stone
Scott Wilcox
United Presbyterian Church
Susan Fulton
Vicki Slater
Dale Sands
David Jewell
Stan Fletcher
Ron Griffith
Cindy Jewell
Jill Davis
Steve Davis
Mary Lou Jewell
Larry Lowe
Terry Coon
Bruce Kaufman
Chris Humphreys
Carl Darby
Keith van Engen
Virginia Sands
Larry Hesseltine
Regina Richardson
Scott Davis
Jane Hesseltine
Cheryl van Engen
Sue Arthur
Neil Kaufman
Russell Darby
Tom Bernau
Robert Richardson
John Brookhart
Susan
Robert Humphreys
Marvin Hole
Sharon
Bryan
Leslie
Joni
Buxton
N.C
Marvin
Navy
Norfolk
Howard Moore
Jerry Keller
Danny Hubbs
Waco High School
John Hubbs
Des Moines Ymca
Des Moines Roosevelt
Davenport West
Grundy Center
Waco
Urbandale
Waterloo West
Waterloo East
Highland Community
Danny
Steve Reschly
Carl Anderson
Dave Neff
Fred Haberer
Jon Frankle
Des Moines
1971 Big Year for Postal Service
The U S Postal Service reports one of its biggest years with rising mail volumes. Des Moines district manager J L Armstrong notes a 2.1 percent gain in originating mail and 14 percent jump in parcel post versus 1970. Washington area mail up 13.5 percent year to date. Christmas mail distribution improved and expected to stay current. Des Moines district up 3.4 percent in originating pieces and 2.1 percent in total pieces. Seasonal mailings revised to show a three percent increase rather than a two percent drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Postal Service
J.L. Armstrong
Des Moines
Chicago
Harry Levy
Washington Area
Iowa
New dispute over POW mail flares as letters arrive
Washington reports 1,001 Christmas letters from American POWs in Vietnam trigger a clash between the government and the liaison group. Pentagon officials fault delays in North Vietnam while the group cites severe flooding and bombing. A letter purports to be from Marine Cpl. Alfonso Riata.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington
UPI
Vietnam
Paris
Pentagon
Department of Defense
North Vietnam
State Department
Cora Weiss
New York
United States
Hanoi
Cpl
Alfonso R. Riata
Bell Gardens
Fla
Riata
Inflation Deflates As 1971 Ends With Slower Rise
Inflation cooled under Nixon controls as 1971 closes with a lower annual CPI rise. November CPI up 0.2 percent, 3.5 percent higher than November 1970, suggesting year end near or below 3.5 percent. Officials credited wage price rent freeze and public support for the program.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
James D. Hodgson
Iowans Eligible for 13 More Weeks of Unemployment
About 6 500 Iowans will qualify for an additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits under new federal guidelines effective Jan 2. Gov. Ray said the state may incur $14 000 monthly in lost interest and may advance the federal share from Iowa trust funds until Congress provides reimbursements. Up to $680 000 more could be paid, extending the program beyond its initial three months. The extension covers current recipients and those whose 26 week benefits have expired but remain eligible.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Ray
Labor Department
Congress
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Woolrob
Don Wollrob
Bob Wollrob
Edward F. Havel
Eileen
Havel
Miss Havel
Christ
Albert Novy
Dallas Queck
Debbie
Pam
Dave Lovewell
Bettendorf
Delbert Grecian
Gary
Larry Greician
Karen Dron
Paul Greician
Darrell Grecian
Solon
Agnes Schmidt
Richard Musser
Martin
Mary Kay
Bill Schmidt
David
Bernard Schmidt
Carl Schmidt
Dave Rotenburger
Leroy Schmidt
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Henry Keifer
Fullerton
Illinois
Earl Walton
Leona Kucera
Rubio Church
Sidney Cohen
Senate
Levy
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