Dry conditions fuel large Iowa fires in 1976
DES MOINES IDPA reports grass brush timber and marshland totaling over 30000 acres burned in 1976 in Iowa. Protection forester Roy Hatcher warns 1977 could be worse with multiple 1000 acre fires in April as drought drags on. He notes the season has been bad since fall 1975 and remains active as grass greens in mid April.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Roy Hatcher
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Hatcher
Guthrie County
Red Rock Dam
Challenger Buys Farm Bureau Fund In Asset Acquisition
Challenger Investment Fund Inc acquires Farm Bureau Mutual Fund assets effective April 28 expanding Challenger to operate in all 50 states. Farm Bureau Fund had about 2,700 shareholders and $9 million in assets. Challenger totals exceed $12.5 million with over 2,000 shareholders. End.
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Challenger Investment Fund, Inc
Farm Bureau Mutual Fund
Dean Kleckner
Kleckner
Farm Bureau Fund
Challenger
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
Kansas
American Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Gift marks American College 50th anniversary milestone
A anonymous donor gave a remainder interest in real estate valued at 1.8 million dollars to The American College in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania as part of its Golden Anniversary Fund. Dr John T Fey welcomed the gift praising the college as a nationwide pioneer in professional education. The college offers CLU studies and a Master of Science in Financial Services with programs across life insurance and related fields.
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The
American College
John T. Fey
Bryn Mawr
Fey
Huebner School of Clu Studies
CLU
Graduate School of Financial Sciences
Financial Services
School
Who's Who in Watergate saga
A compact roster of Watergate figures listing Richard Nixon as president and unindicted co conspirator, John Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Colson, Dean, Liddy, Hunt and McCord, Cox and Jaworski, Sirica, Mardian, Parkinson, Butterfield, Richardson, Ruckelshaus, Zeigler and others with roles from prosecutors to insiders and their outcomes.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
United States
John Mitchell
Supreme Court
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman Nixon
White House
Gordon Liddy
Howard Hunt
James McCord
Liddy
Archibald Cox
Leon Jaworski
Cox
Boston
Jaworski
Houston
Nixon
John Sirica
Robert Mardian
Kenneth Parkinson
Alexander Butterfield
Senate Watergate Committee
Transcript
Eliott Richardson
William Ruckelshaus
Ron Zeigler
Downbeat Praises Iowa City Music Album
Downbeat awards Iowa Ear Music a five star rating in the April 21 issue. The Cornpride label release highlights University of Iowa music faculty and students with praise for Jon English Will Parsons Bill Hibbard Candace Nating Peter Lewis and Michael Lytle as the work showcases Iowa Citys open searching attitude and omni directional musical quests. Public release is set for July 1.
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Iowa Ear Music
U of I School of Music
Downbeat
Cornpride
Iowa City
Review Notes
University of Iowa
Bill Hibbard
Richard Hervig
Peter Lewis
Tom Davis
Jon English
Will Parsons
Candace Nating
Michael Lytle
Nebraska family visits at Keota
Keota news lists St Louis area visitors and local gatherings. Lincoln residents Cerveny Joli and Steve arrived to help Mrs. Stanley Williams celebrate her 40th wedding anniversary with hosts Mr and Mrs Dwight Williams. Numerous relatives from Fairfield Davenport Burlington and Cedar Rapids visited Keota for family events and meals.
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Paul Sievert Keota
Cerveny
Joli
Steve
Lincoln
Mark V
Stanley Williams
Dwight Williams
Cer
Nebraska
Clarence McNurlen
M Hospital
Eddie Gretter
Frances Dwyer
Fairfield
Robert Peiffer
Chiowa City
Osweiler
Marvin Greiner
Donna Greiner
Diane Ferrin
Moorland
Jean Brennan
Dodge
Reginald Hughe Batavia
Amanda Marie
Angie
Norbert Hamme Fairfield
Rosa Greiner
Keota
Joe Hammes
Davenport
Carl V
Bud Harras
Cyril Greiner
Re Brinning
Mal F. Greiner
Gary Greiner
Tyso
Williamsburg
Donna Jean Greiner
di Ferrin
Jean Brennen
Lucy Brett
Gerome Greiner
Cedar Rapids
Greiner
Donna
Diane
Jean
Ft. Dodge
Bud Horras
Terry Horras
Pleasant Plain
Pam Celebr
Richlz
Hammes
Elmer Peiffer
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Dick Stout
Hallmark
Farrell’s, Inc
North Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
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Mark Province
Watonga
Okla
Linda Lenhart
South Tama High School
Suzi Warner
North Linn
Coggon
Chris Gaffey
Washington High School
Becky Remling
Waterloo Central
Bruce Roth
Mt. Pleasant
Gary Smalley
Maquoketa
World Book Encyclopedia
American Cancer Society
Schoonover Drug
Donna Davisson
Rodney Davisson
Rotary Club
Y.W.C.A
Schoonover’s
Pangburn
Ional
the Handy Drug Store
Mother ’S Garden
Alice E. Allen
Fenton
Kauvender
Lechner
Sporting Goods
West Side Square
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