Mass killing at Ozarks family reunion shocks Arkansas
At a Basore family gathering near Mount Olive Arkansas a woman opened fire killing six including George Basore Sr Wilma Basore and George Basore Jr and injuring another before dying by suicide The attacker used a 9 mm pistol and the suspect fled as relatives hid in a storm cellar Police identified Kris Anderson 20 who witnessed the killings and recounted the chaos after the gunfire.
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Fayetteville
UPI
University of Arkansas
Ozark Mountain
Kris Anderson
George Basore
Basores
Ozark Mountains
Arkansas
Mount Olive
Miss Anderson
Chris Basore
Bill Long
Washington County
George Basore Sr
Wilma
George Basore Jr
Obie Harmon
Oklahoma City
Elinore Basore
Keota Grads From Kirkwood honored in Cedar Rapids
Karla Osweiler and Robert Peiffer among Kirkwood College graduates with averages above 3.25. The Keota event also notes marriages and family visits across Hedrick Sigourney Washington and Spirit Lake with multiple local ties.
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Keota
Cyril Osweiler
Lori
J. E. Gretter
Bernard Peiffer
Kirkwood College
Cedar Rapids
Karla Osweiler
Robert Peiffer
Karla
Square D
Robert
Hagen It
Iowa City
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Leonard Bayliss
Emorial Hall
Sigourney
LeRoy Sieren
Hedrick
Bob Chalupa
Michelle
Washington
Dean Apperly
Galen Weaver
Chalupa
Harry Karnes
Kinross
Elliott Barber
Kalamazoo
Mich
Billangold
Paul Sievert
Clayton Funston
Wayne Owens
Tracy
Jessie White
Wayne
Don Davis
Keokuk County Hospital
Marie Greiner
Leo Keiter
Milo Miller
Beaver
Harper
Fairfield
Marie
George Retter
Jerome Retter
Davenport
Emmett Zaiger
Cherise
Extra
George Bond
Pearl Richardson
Helen Wolfe
Jane Klein
Kirkwood seeks tax renewal for five more years
Kirkwood Community College asks voters in Merged Area Ten to renew a 4 mill levy for five years at the September 13 elections. The levy funds about 600000 annually for the Cedar Rapids area college, with plans for vocational equipment maintenance and new classroom space.
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Kirkwood Community College
Area Ten
Washington Community
Kirkwood
Community College
Cedar Rapids
Selby Ballantyne
Ballantyne
Area Vocational Technical Schools and Community College
Little Jesus Leaves Will From Mexican Hospital Bed
In Tijuana and San Diego a dying eleven year old boy named Little Jesus Fortanes left a simple will under his pillow. He left twenty five dollars to his younger sister and a wooden box of toys to his older sister. Donations from across the country funded his care as he sought transfer from University Hospital San Diego to Project Concern Hospital in Tijuana near his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tijuana
Mexico
UPI
Jesus
Jesus Fortanes
University Hospital
San Diego
Project Concern Hospital
Miller urges federal aid to American farmers against big corporate farms
U S Senator Jack Miller in Chicago urged new federal legislation to empower farm producers and associations. He proposed a marketing order like framework to strengthen cooperatives, warning large corporate farming could take over. He noted inflation impact on farmers and called for dairy import controls and stronger export growth incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
API
U.S
Jack Miller
Miller
Associated Milk Producers Annual Convention
Nixon
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Iowa Republican
Darbyshire Staggs Nuptials Held in Washington First United Methodist
Darbyshire daughter Larilee Anne and Larry Allen Staggs were married Friday September 3 at the First United Methodist Church in Washington. The ceremony featured a seven o clock double ring rite with a Chantilly lace gown, blue and green décor, and a reception in the church dining room. The couple, both Washington High School graduates, will reside in Washington where the bride works at the Washington Evening Journal and the groom at Orschelns Farm and Home Supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larilee Anne Darbyshire
Lyle A. Darbyshire
Washington
Larry Allen Staggs
Edward Rappenecker
Burlington
First
United Methodist
Ronald Dold
M.O Smith
Gwen Rich
Claire Keating
Chantilly
Peggy Collett
Dori Staggs
Wendell Arduser
Ron Bennett
Kaylene Darbyshire
Lowell Henkel
Randy Ferguson
Terry Darbyshire
Richard Rappenecker
Beryl
Merle Rugg
John Erlenbush
Denny Wolfe
Walter Sheets
Frank Russell
Janet Dempsey
Karla Darbyshire
Denise Hahn
Bonnie Walker
Washington High School
The
Washington Evening Journal
Orscheln
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Ozarks
Ark
Chris
Quimby Johnson
Kirkwood Grads
Mrs
Joyce Bayliss
Marjorie Weatherly
Spirit Lake
Canada
Jim Mills
Mary Geil
Anaconda
Mont
Spear Fish
S.D
Guttenberg
Carol
Joyce
Raymond Herr
Ralph Herr
Forrest Green
Marion
Todds Indian House
John Herr
Natalie
Gary Hauschild
Kate
Elsa
Alice Palmer
Sigourney Bethel Church
Albert Luers
Carl Luers
Kevin
Harold Grove
Wade Killian
Katheryn Klett
Richard Lee Scott
Amanda Spiess
Roy Shelton
Allerton
A Shelton
Mrs. Shelton
Spud
Kenneth White
Newton
Will
Sitler’s Auto Parts
North
Iowa Ave
Fern Pastry Shop
Fern Pastry
Pastry Shop
West Side Square
St. Louis
FTD
Wolf's Flower Shop
L. G. Robertson
Dick Paul
North Side Square
F.J. Wenke
Vern Peter Peterson
John French
Charles Hanna
Allen Darbyshire
Petowl Greene
Ervin Loomises
Lois Pringle
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Phil Busley
Washington High School Phony Pte
Soper
Highland Community
Weller
Gene Scott
Slim & Trim
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