Demons Aim to Cling to Title Hopes at Fort Madison
Fort Madison hosts Washington Demons in a key conference clash. Washington seeks a win to stay near Mt Pleasant in the title race after an earlier 90 76 victory over the Bloodhounds. Bill Slee led the Bloodhounds with 32 points in that first meeting won by the Demons 84 73.
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Washington
Demons
Fort Madison
Mt. Pleasant Panthers
John Sproule
Bloodhounds
Hounds
Bill Slee
Sproule
Tom Lowe
Tim Trotman
Frank Sanders
Jim Logan
al Brock
Cassel
Bever
Decker
Schier
Wally Horn
Roberts
Greg Goodell
Demon Sophi
Palmer enters Lucky tournament at Harding Park
Arnold Palmer headlines a 144-player field at the Lucky International golf title in San Francisco. He warmed up with a 65 in a pro am and comes in as the favorite for the $50,000 event, seeking to add to his early-year earnings of $19,925 as top rivals Massengale Casper Lema Sanders Marr Archer compete. Notable absentees include Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.
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San Francisco
UPI
Arnold Palmer
Latrobe
Harding Park
Palmer
Massengale
Billy Casper Jr
Tony Lema
Doug Sanders
Dave Marr
Long George Archer
Gilroy
Calif
Lane Leaders Shine In Women’s Bowling League Standings
McCleery Cumming and Ainsworth State Bank lead the league with six points each, while Washington Livestock and Minick Furniture sit at four. Individual and team results list top scores by McCleery, Minick, Roe, and Patterson with high game marks and series totals noted.
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McCleery-Cumming
Ainsworth State Bank
Washington Livestock
Minick Furniture
Tindal Farm Supply
Jack & Wi
Jack & Jill
Ainsworth
Carson
Minick
Roe
McCleery
Tindal
L. Miller
D. Patterson
Vera McCreedy
Iowa star Leo Miller signs with Kansas City Chiefs
Iowa football standout Leo Miller signs with the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL. Miller, a three year letterman, joins six Hawkeyes who have gone pro this year, with Al Randolph in line to sign after track season and drafted by both the 49ers and Broncos. Several Iowa players already inked pro deals with Dallas, St. Louis, and New York Giants.
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Iowa City
ICPA
University of Iowa
Leo Miller
Kansas City Chiefs
Karl Kletschke
Kansas City
Miller
Hawkeye
al Randolph
Wings
Randolph
Ing
San Francisco 49Ers
Denver
Iowa
John Niland
Dallas
Dave Long
Gary Snook
St. Louis
Cliff Wilder
Bill Briggs
New York Giants
Bowling Results Highlight Local Junior League Scores
Saturday results show A W and Western Auto leading with 2 1 scores apiece while Sitler posts the top individual game of 3. Team series reach 1483 for A W and 1470 for Teds with Ross and Teds posting strong 564 and 549 games. Bonnie Henry leads with 473 in series and Sue Lowe gains 165 in game.
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Western Auto
Stewart
Gambles
Ross
Teds
Sitler
Dinette
Bonnie Henry
Sue Lowe
Valley conference disbands after 1968-69 season
Des Moines IDPA reports the Mississippi Valley Conference will dissolve after the 1968 69 season. Northern division schools Cedar Rapids Dubuque Iowa City form the nucleus of a new conference while Linton and Quad City schools form another. The Cedar Rapids John F Kennedy and proposed West High Iowa City join the current Valley. Wahlert Dubuque may reapply to the new northern group. Targeted eight team expansion for 1969 70.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Iowa City
Mississippi Valley Conference
Linton
Quad City
DeWitt
John F. Kennedy High School
West High
Wahlert of
Wahlert
Waterloo Public
Cedar Falls
Aegis
Tama stockholders file court suit in Tama County
Five Tama Packing Co. stockholders sue to place the firm in receivership and halt new acquisitions. The plaintiffs claim Tama overvalued a Schultz Co. purchase with 200,000 shares, stating losses of 7,000 dollars weekly and 230,000 dollars spent on Schultz operations.
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Toledo, Iowa
UPI
Tama County
Tama Packing Co
Ronald Kenyon
Tom Zimmerman
Des Moines
Charles Kramer
Howard Swanson
Toledo
H. W. Oveson
Wilton Junction
John Tobin
Eugene Brown
Tama Packing
Schultz Co
St Louis
Schultz
Brown
Tama
Omaha
Waco Students Enter Solo Festival In Washington
Waco junior high and grade school instrumentalists join more than twenty schools for a full day solo and ensemble event in Washington this Saturday January 29. From Waco five through eight grade entries include 30 solo picks with two ensembles amid twenty five solo events and two ensembles. Junior high players include Susan Peterson Stephana Roth flute Kathy Mast tenor sax Vicki Dare trombone Cindy Reschly Christine McAllister clarinet Donna Swartzendruber bell lyre Rick Morgan Kent Widmer cornet Spencer Anderson basshorn Elizabeth Bergstrom alto clarinet David Davison alto sax Eric Hultquist bassoon. Ensemble entries feature Coronet trio Rick Morgan Patsy Wintermeyer Shirley Roth and Clarinet duet Mary Redigar Carla Wenger. Sixth and fifth graders compete separately with Scott Kauffman snare drum Steve Reschly Victor Iwanowsky cornet Jeff Swartzendruber Iris Kaufman trombone Gary Roth Kathy Meyer clarinet Lorrie Mast Jackie Fulton alto sax Janet Dare French horn Rachelle Barquist baritone Maria Schlatter clarinet.
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Waco
Susan Peterson
Stephana Roth
Kathy Mast
Vicki Dare
Cindy Reschly
Christine McAllister
Donna Swartzendruber
Rick Morgan
Kent Widmer
Spencer Anderson
Elizabeth Bergstrom
David Davison
Eric Hultquist
Coronet Trio
Patsy Wintermeyer
Shirley Roth
Mary Redigar
Carla Wenger
Scott Kauffman
Steve Reschly
Victor Iwanowsky
Jeff Swartzendruber
Iris Kaufman
Gary Roth
Kathy Meyer
Lorrie Mast
Jackie Fulton
Janet Dare
Rachelle Barquist
Maria Schlatter
Mary Jones
Jane Stauffer
Linda Beachy
Karen Beese
Barbara Freyenberger
Faye Hirschy
Kaye Hirschy
Rich Morgan
Kathie Beese
Gail Boal
Marjorie Brimhall
Joellen Crawford
Mary Freyenberger
Larry Hirschy
Beverly Hult
Sherry Kaufman
Barbara Lauer
Debbie McCall
Grant Nebel
Mary Rediger
Christal Roth
Lavonne Roth
Cheryl Sommer
Hughes declines to discuss Potter dispute details
Gov. Harold E. Hughes avoided commenting on reports that Iowa Tax Commission chair Lynn Potter assisted his wife with a private tax service at Cresco. He said he would speak after consulting Potter, but warned that conflict of interest should not exist in government. Potter, a part time state employee earning $10,000 yearly, previously ran his Cresco tax accounting business.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa Tax Commission
Lynn Potter
Cresco
Hughes
Potter
Seek Exchange Student Campaign Reaches First Goal in Waco High
Waco High announces the first fund goal for bringing a foreign exchange student to the school has been reached with 777 dollars raised by January 25. The drive, run by the National Honor Society and Student Council, continues toward a 900 dollar goal to cover extra expenses beyond the AFS allowance. Also noted are two new Bluebird school buses replacing older models, new driver education plans, salary schedule tweaks, and junior high honor roll lists for first semester, naming multiple students with high grades.
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Waco High School
National Honor Society
Waco
Olds
Crawfordsville
Ford
Waco Board
Jim Bump
Colorado girl to defend skate title in Berkeley figures
Peggy Fleming, 17, from Colorado Springs, opens in Berkeley Iceland contest to defend her third straight national senior figure skating title in school figures. Rival Albertina Noyes of Arlington, Mass., and others vie in novice divisions as compulsory figures carry 60 percent of the score and free skating 40 percent.
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Colorado
Berkeley
Calif
UPI
Peggy Fleming
Colorado Springs
Colo
Iceland
Albertina Noyes
Arlington, Mass
Atoy Wilson
Los Angeles
Carol Newberry
Wilson
Miss Newberry
Dawn Glab
Sharon Davisson
Paramount
Fewer Iowa farms reported by survey in 1965
Des Moines reports from the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service show a decline of 5,000 farms in Iowa in 1965, with farm acreage down 100,000 acres. January estimates list 161,000 farms and 34.4 million acres, averaging 214 acres per farm for 1966, up six from 1965. Farmland value rose to 278 dollars per acre, lifting total farm real estate to 9.374 billion dollars.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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Washington High
Frank
Journal
Mike York
Bing Crosby
Don Massengale
Jacksboro
Tex
Jack Niclaus
Gary Player
By Bud Lechner
Lane Leaders League
Dave Warner Orchestra
Sas
John Knotek
Washington County
Jackson Boys
Revlon
Mc Daniel Drug Store
Webieason
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Panavision
Nance Avalon
Ooes
Walley Cour
Romero
Rem Clark
Owt
Gordon Osm
Gardiner “Watt Lembeck - Toon
Loren Sora
Ashley
Buttram
Akeaton
Arden
Future Home Builders
Main Line
Jack E. Gegner
Gegner Real Estate
Stockport
Melody Lancettes
A&w
Ted Welding
Stewart Western Auto Advance
Ross Sitler _Gambles
Dinette Cafe
John Logan Logan
Brown Finance
Brown Finance Co
South
Iowa Ave
Men’‘s
Oxford
Wes
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