Worthington to form blue ribbon panel on insurance reform
Iowa's new insurance commissioner Lorne R. Worthington announced plans to create a statewide blue ribbon committee representing all insurance sectors. The panel will study solvency, policyholder protection, rate forms, department funding, licensing rules, unregulated areas, and state versus federal regulation to strengthen the 1969 legislative program. He also noted administrative changes including mapping agent locations and seeking an AG opinion on licensing 19 year olds.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Lorne R. Worthington
Worthington
Independent Insurance Agents of
Iowa
Lamoni Democrat
Insurance Department
Manning Grandsons Highlight Local Births and Community News
Local column reports new births Timothy Lee Turner and Mark Keith Jones born April 24 at Jefferson Co Hospital to families including Ricky Lee Turner and Keith Jones. Grandparents named. other items note home purchase by Virgil Davis, a Lions Club guest speaker, a child patient at Jefferson Co Hospital, and visits by Friends Bible College representatives to Earlham. Additional notes mention Capt. Harold T. Sentman’s deployment, and local relatives Mellissa Ann Sentman born April 25 at Decorah Memorial Hospital with grandparents Ralph Shirkey and Agnes Yoder.
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Otto Pfeifer
Richland
Robert Manning
Timothy Lee
Jefferson Co. Hospital
Ricky Lee Turner
New London
Guy Turner
Leo Adams
Mark Keith
Keith Jones
Stockport
Jones
Virgil Davis
Packwood
Bob Cooney
Wilton Lewis
Highway
Lions Club
Tommy Pohlmeir
Mike Pohlmeir
Jefferson Co Hospital
Charles Corss
Friends Bible College
Richmond
Ind
Wilmer Cross
Iowa
Friends School of Religion
Earlham
Richland Church
LeGrand
Des Moines
Muscatine
Minneapolis
Minn
Salem
Fairfield
Brighton
Rubio
Woolson
Hopewell
Mellissa
Omer Crawfords host pinochle party in Keota
Mrs. Omer Crawford hosted the Tyrone Pinochle club at her Keota home Sunday evening with all members present except three. Prizes went to Waldo Miller Harold Sheets Rosalie Sheets Stella Bond Jerome Sheets and Marge Sheets. The club will resume in the fall after the July 9 Sunset Park picnic in Washington.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Omer Crawford
Tyrone
Joel Sheets
Bernard Greiners
Ed Reeds
Waldo Miller
Harold Sheets
Rosalie Sheets
Stella Bond
Jerome Sheets
Marge Sheets
Sunset Park
Washington
Crawford
Willard Norris
Warren Norris
Jim Elliott
Lorene Ralston
Iowa City
Vern Miller
Katona
Ferne Leiien
Mercy Hospital
Frank Vogel
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Johnny Flanders
Veterans Hospital
Carl Vogel
Keystone
Herbert Vogel
Blairstown
Charles Vogels
Plan improvements on Junction bridge
Grace Butler reports that the Columbus Community Club tourism committee will meet May 17 to plan further improvements for Lover's Leap swinging bridge and its surroundings. A new entrance is planned and seven organizations agreed the structure should resist defacement and honor the bridge’s beauty and history.
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Grace Butler
Columbus Junction
Columbus Community Club
Lover’s Leap Swinging Bridge
Bridge
Columbus
Earl Josten
Jack Cecil
Hubert Sunderman
Jaycees
Third
Fourth Streets
Byron J. Lambert
State University of Iowa
Dear Abby Life Advice Columns Reflections
A digest of readers letters to Dear Abby addresses how to thank a pastor, ironing habits, a teenage babysitter, and a cautionary note to a couple about a potential custody issue. The column preserves Abby’s guidance tone while highlighting practical ethics and household quirks.
Bethel Gold en Sunday School Class trips to Kalona
The Gold en Sunday School Class of Bethel traveled by bus to Kalona last week to buy articles for Christmas bundles. Attendees included Mrs. Ed Springer and several others while Mrs. J. C. Wenger and Sharon Ogden drove separately. The piece blends community notices with quilting chatter and local family updates.
Keota Delegates at TTT Convention in Cedar Rapids
Keota delegates Mrs Lyle Palmer and Mrs Donald Fagen attended the 19th annual Iowa State Convention of the TTT Society at the Roosevelt Hotel in Cedar Rapids April 28 and 29. About 500 members gathered for the event honoring Margaret Stoutner, National TIT President, for many years of service. A Friday banquet was followed by an Open House in the Conservatory Room. The TTT Society runs a summer camp for girls in Eden Valley Minnesota and supports camping for other girls, plus local and national philanthropic work.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Lyle Palmer
Donald Fagen
Iowa
TTT Society
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Stoutner
Keota
Tornado sighting reported near Keota on Sunday evening
Storm observers report a tornado seen near Keota on Sunday evening though no ground touch was recorded. The item lists local residents and socials in the Keota area, including travel, visits, and household news, with several named individuals and small events.
Mrs Smith Guests at Conklin Home in Keota
May 1 Keota reports guests visiting the Conklin household over the weekend include Mrs Wilma Smith of Moline Illinois Mrs Richard Wiseman of Oskaloosa Mrs Clifford Conklin and Blanch Conklin and Gloria of Sigourney Rodney Dunn Frank Osweiler Lorene Flander and son of Sigourney visited with the Osweiler family Jess Page joined Harold Wehr in West Chester Mr Wehr home from Veterans Marie Greiner stayed with Leonard Heisdorffer at Sigourney Alice Patterson Ruth Lillie and Sandy Times attended Ottumwa Girls Scout banquet Randolph Allen Palmer Grace Parke visited John Garner at Davenport Gene Sanders Donna Sanders Stan Donnells and Pat Patterson and family hosted weekend visitors Sandra Patterson and Donald McArtor from Washington and Cedar Rapids respectively.
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Boyd Sanders
Rose Oswalt
Tony Woltering
Clarence Aller
Alphonse Peiffer
Francis Greiner
Margaret Ruby
Cloyce Dill
Cheryl
Preston Harveys
Washington
Preston
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Gary Dill
West Liberty
Marc
Elmer Peiffer
Darlene
Ray Eakins
Dale Eakins
Blakesburg
Cedar Rapids
Alice Palmer
Keota
Bob Schmeiser
Burlington
Keith Kent
Verne Dill
Ed Millers
Ainsworth
LaRue Conklin
Floyd Murphy
Des Moines
Tom Murphy
Nancy
Doug
Harold Pepper
Florence Crawford
Gladys Savage
Brighton
Kenny Pepper
Pepper
Alice Patterson
Ruth Lillie
Sandy Times
Ottumwa
Allen Palmer
Grace Parke
John Garner
Davenport
Gene Sanders
Donna Sanders
Stan Donnells
Sandra Patterson
Donald McArtor
Pat Patterson
Washington Evening Journal Staff and Publication Details
Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising Howard Hazen production superintendent. Publication afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th. Entered as second class matter under act of 1879. United Press leased wire and press associations noted.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
Report of Condition for The National Bank of Washington Iowa
Charter no 13849 shows the bank's assets totalling 6.20 million and total deposits of 5.58 million as of April 25 1967. Officials Richard L Weeks P L Etter Richard A Stewart and C P Weldin attest the accuracy of the report submitted to the comptroller.
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Richard L. Weeks
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Leroy Ropp
Chicago
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Milford
Neb
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the National Bank of Washington
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