Stormy Iowa Weather Brings Tornado Warnings and Flooding
Heavy thunderstorms swept across Iowa as a low pressure system moved southeastward. Des Moines area hit hard with downpours and localized flooding. Waukee logged 2.3 inches of rain and Clive 2 inches. A tornado was reported near Knoxville in Marion County with no damage confirmed.
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Des Moines
Waukee
Clive
Marion County
Knoxville
National Weather Service
Livestock market reports from Joliet and Des Moines
JOLIET IL upi cattle sales scarce. hogs steady to 52.50 with 200-260 lb ranges. Des Moines UPi trade slow to moderate. cattle and hog prices uneven but mostly steady to lower. receipts estimated at 55,000 head with recent weeks around 58,000.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Des Moines
Marie Shaffer 69 dies in Iowa City
Marie L. Shaffer 69 of Washington died at University Hospital Iowa City at 4 30 p m Tuesday June 8 1976 after a week with poor health Funeral services Friday 2 p m Schmidt Memorial Home Keokuk Rev Don Comstock burial Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Friends may call Thursday 7 to 9 p m She was born November 24 1906 in Keokuk the daughter of Harvey and Addie Fellows She married Paul R Shaffer December 12 1924 in Keokuk They moved to Burlington 1966 He died 1974 and she moved to Washington Survivors include two daughters Mary Dodson Washington Barbara Miller Bloomfield one son Donald Shaffer Tacoma WA three brothers Arthur Fellows San Rafael Ralph Fellows Davenport Clarence Fellows Keokuk and one sister Clara Payne Merced Calif 11 grand and six great grandchildren Preceded in death by husband two brothers and two sisters
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Iowa City
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Oakland Cemetery
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Burlington
Church of the Nazarene
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Barbara Miller
Bloomfield
Donald Shaffer
Tacoma
Wash
Arthur Fellows
San Raphael
Calif
Ralph Fellows
Davenport
Clarence Fellows
Clara Payne
Merced
13 year old wins National Spelling Bee narcolepsy
Tim Kneale, a 13 year old Nedrow New York eighth grader, captured the 49th National Spelling Bee title on the 21st round by correctly spelling narcolepsy. He defeated 86 regional champions to win the $1,000 prize, sponsored by Scripps-Howard Newspapers, and bested Rachel Wachtel of Wooster Ohio after she failed on yarborough in the prior round.
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UPI
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Nedrow
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Scripps-Howard
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Wooster
Ohio
Rachel
Yarborough
Tragic School Trip Crash Claims Six Lives in New Jersey
Six killed when a car swerved into a seven car caravan of central Pennsylvania high school graduates en route to the Wildwood shore. Annville-Cleona students Ted Longenecker Harry Schools Elizabeth Eisenhower Gail Buckmayer among the dead. driver J W Goodwin and wife Rita also died.
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Pennsville
N.J
UPI
Annville
Harry R. Schools Jr
Elizabeth Eisenhower
Gail L. Buckmayer
Lebanon RD
Pennsylvania
Wildwood
Charles Ross
Pennsville Township
Goodwin
Salem County
Ross
Longenecker
Salem Memorial Hospital
Pasture Fly Control Start Date Says Extension Expert
Eldon J. Hans reports pasture fly control for beef cattle should begin soon with horn flies and face flies targeted by back rubbers dust bags low level feed additives and sprays. If using low level additives minerals with rones or phenothiazine should be fed May to September. Back rubbers dust bags go on late May to early June while sprays begin in early June. Regular herd observation is advised to gauge effectiveness.
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Eldon J. Hans
Hans
Ainsworth Center Library Hours and Events
The Ainsworth Elementary School library will open Fridays from June 11 through July for two hours 2 to 4 p.m. A Story Hour led by Sacha Club starts at 3 p.m. on those days so children can check out books before 4 p.m. The Ainsworth Community Church Women plan a Mother-Daughter tea on June 17 at 2 p.m. in the north church building. A Cancer Crusade raised 149 dollars in Oregon Township. chair Mrs. Louis Koehler and solicitors Donors thanked.
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Ainsworth
Sacha Club
Oregon Township
American Cancer Crusade
Louis Koehler
Everette Meeks
Dale Byerly
Eileen Jeffries
Duane White
Koehler
Wheat prospects dip 3 percent on freezes in May
Washington reports the Agriculture Department cut the winter wheat crop estimate to 1.416 billion bushels as of June 1, down 43 million from May and 14 percent below last year’s record. Despite the drop, officials say it remains the second largest ever, with spring wheat and carryover reserves expected to bring total supply for 1976-77 to or above 1975-76 levels.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
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