Black Hawk county tops drunk driver convictions in Iowa
Black Hawk county leads in drunk driving convictions with offenders facing treatment at alcoholism centers, possible imprisonment and fines after. License revocation is mandatory upon conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Iowa’s implied consent law bars driving rights for those who refuse tests, with 840 refusals recorded last year and 3,406 licenses revoked excluding implied consent, 591 of them to out of state motorists.
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Black Hawk County
Iowa
State Safety Department
Low Washington County drunken driving figures stand out
In the latest year only 11 drivers in Washington County were convicted of drunken driving, one of the area’s lowest counts though higher than the 4 from the previous year. Nearby counties show Jefferson 18 (down from 42), Keokuk 17 (up from 15), Louisa 13 (up from 6), Mahaska 20 (down from 26), Henry 24 (up from 23), and Johnson 66 (up from 39).
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Washington County
Jefferson County
Keokuk County
Louisa County
Mahaska County
Henry County
Johnson County
Iowa OMVI convictions rise: Black Hawk leads in 1969
In 1969 Black Hawk County recorded 108 OMVI convictions, the highest in Iowa, with Pottawattamie 128 and Polk 116 trailing. Linn 90, Woodbury 89, Scott 78, and others follow as statewide totals show licenses revoked reaching 3,406, with penalties escalating from fines to possible penitentiary terms for repeat offenses.
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Pottawattamie County
Polk County
Linn County
Woodbury County
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Wapello
Johnson
Cerro Gordo
Iowa
OMVI
Riverside Looks Ahead to Centennial Plans and Events
Riverside residents prepare for the town centennial with meetings at Bob and Pats and the Chamber of Commerce. Matt Flanagan of Boston plans to attend. volunteers organize the Scrap Book of Memories and local ads. Various clubs meet, and local students face weather-related school changes. Fort Meade mail for Rodney Waldschmidt is noted.
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Marge Luckey
Matt Flanagan
Boston
Mass
Riversides
Matt
Riverside
Helen Flanagan
St. Marys High School
Highland Community School
Iowa
Louis Kasper
Brothers of the Brush
Denice Yeggy
Alvin Yeggys
Jennie Latta
Don Lattas
Mr. Jones
Highland
Pella
Kathy Veggy
Central
Chamber of Commerce
Bob and Pats
Jim Luckey
Fluor Colde Absences Spike in Washington Schools
Ten years ago officials reported 324 pupil absences across Washington schools blamed on flu and colds. Schools noted absentee rates well above typical levels with multiple districts reporting heightened illness impacts.
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Washington
W C Fields Film and YMCA Bean Feed Planned
A W C Fields movie will be shown at the YMCA with a bean feed set for noon Saturday January 29 for grade school boys. The event costs 75 cents per youth and includes beans hot dogs chips a drink a dessert and activities. Sign up at the main desk and pay before 10 30 Saturday morning. YMCA membership is required.
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YMCA
Services Friday for Mrs. John Wykert
Mrs. John Henry Wykert 91 died January 26 1972 at Morning Sun Nursing Home in Columbus Junction Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 pm at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home with burial in Wapello Cemetery Pearl Brown was her maiden name Her parents were David and Lara Brown She married John H Wykert January 1 1902 He died October 25 1963 A son Russell of rural Columbus Junction survives.
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Columbus Junction
John Henry Wykert
Morning Sun Nursing Home
Stacy - Lewis Funeral Home
Wapello
Mid-Prairie High School hosts eighth annual concert
On Tuesday February 1 the Mid-Prairie High School Concert Band will present its Eighth Annual Guest Artist Concert. Guest artist is Drake University trumpet soloist Robert Weast, associate professor since 1956. He joins Clifton Williams Dramatic Essays and Sammy Mestico Portrait of a Trumpet, with a varied program from modern to classical. Concert at 8 p.m. in the Mid-Prairie auditorium.
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Mid-Prairie High School
Robert Weast
Drake University
Weast
University of Wisconsin
University of Arizona
Paris Conservatory
Ecole Normal de Musique
United States
United States Army Band
Clifton Williams
Sammy Mestico
Mid-Prairie Auditorium
Funeral Rites Set for Mrs Blaine Bliven
Funeral services for Mrs. Blaine Bliven are scheduled for 10 am Friday at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Burial will follow at Columbus City Cemetery. Mrs Bliven died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital in Mt. Pleasant.
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Blaine Bliven
Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home
Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Biiven
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
W C Fields Film The Bank Dick Shown At YMCA
Jeff Buhr announces Friday 8 30 p m YMCA showing The Bank Dick the third in a monthly W C Fields series open to youths junior high and older. Admission 25 cents with Y membership 50 cents without. Friday night program urged for attendance. Live stock market notes follow with cattle at Joliet.
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Jeff Buhr
W.C. Fields
YMCA
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