Bill before Congress Expands federal employee pay
Moving quietly through Congress is a bill to perpetuate automatic pay raises for federal workers, a system first tried in 1967. It would create an eight member commission to set salaries by private sector comparisons while giving workers' and executive branch officials' representatives voting power.
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Louis Cassels
Washington
UPI
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rep
H. R. Gross
Iowa
House Post Office
Civil Service Committee
Gross
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Udall
Executive Branch
Budget Bureau
Defense Department
Post Office Department
House
Funeral Tuesday for Elam Christner in Kalona
Funeral services for Elam J. Christner 77 who died at his Kalona home after a brief illness will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include wife Nettie and children, plus foster daughters and grandchildren. he was born January 16 1892 in Indiana and married June 24 1926. He and family farmed locally before retirement. Also listed is obituary of Gustave Bonnichsen 84 formerly of Columbus Junction who died in Twin Falls Idaho with services Tuesday September 9 at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home and burial in Indian Creek Cemetery. He never married and is survived by a brother and a sister.
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Kalona
Elam J. Christner
Lower Deer Creek
Fannie Yoder Kristner
Nettie Wartzendruber
Cecil
John
Alona
Leo
Colorado Prings
Colo
Henry Muller
Lloyd Swartzendruber
Airview
Mich
Wilam Diltz
Collegeville
Loner
Gideon
Ellman
Columbus Junction
Aesar
Gustave Bonnichsen
Twin Falls
Idaho
Stacy-Lewis
Indian Creek
Bonnichsen
Brighton
Gucalph
Henne Owens
Areas Open for Waterfowl Hunting in Mark Twain Refuge
WAPELLO Big Timber Turkey Island and Otter Island on the Mississippi River north of Lock and Dam No 17 will open to public hunting this fall. The areas within the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge, from Wapello to St Louis, permit waterfowl and upland game per Iowa rules. A new concrete boat ramp and crushed rock parking surface were added at Big Timber.
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Wapello
Big Timber
Turkey Island
Otter Island
Wayne Weier
Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge
Weier
Iowa
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Missouri
Insurance agent honored by national life company awards
Robert J. Koehler of Sellers Insurance Agency was named top salesman in Iowa and Nebraska for the spring campaign. Ten agencies with highest production from both states attended a gathering at the Sheraton Elms in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, September 3 5. Mr and Mrs Henry Lanning and daughter in law visited with the Watsons of Chariton on a Colorado Wyoming vacation. Nebraska deer and antelope numbers rose from about 50 and 100 at turn of century to thousands now.
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Robert J. Koehler
Sellers Insurance Agency
Aetna Life and Casualty
Iowa
Nebraska
Sheraton Elms
Excelsior Spring
Henry Lanning
Bruce Watson
Pamela
Chariton
Watsons
Colorado
Wyoming
Elbrick Free After Kidnapping by Brazilian Captors
UPI reports U S Ambassador C Burke Elbrick, held about 78 hours by terrorists in Brazil, appeared fatigued but well treated at a news conference. A cut on his forehead and a daylong return journey from Mexico City marked the tense ordeal. Brazil’s junta vowed calm and thanked leaders for action as Elbrick recuperated at the embassy.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
U.S
C. Burke Elbrick
Elbrick
Brazil
Mexico City
Nixon
Washington
William P. Rogers
Ho Chi Minh death dominates Hanoi as rivals vie for influence
Long lines stretched at Ba Dinh Hall as North Vietnamese queued to view Ho Chi Minh's body with his sandals in a box at his feet and wearing his plain Hanoi attire. Delegations from 20 nations including the Soviet Union and Britain attended, while flowers and portraits ran short for displays and wreaths across Hanoi.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
Ba Dinh Hall
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Hungary
East Germany
Mongolia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
France
Britain
United States
Japan
Italy
India
Sweden
Canada
Vietnam
Women of the Moose Birthday Potluck Supper
All members and co workers of the Women of the Moose are reminded of the chapter birthday potluck supper Tuesday September 9 at 6 30 p m at Moose Home. Coffee and dessert will be furnished by last year s executive officers.
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Women of the Moose
Moose Home
Stewarts of Iowa City Welcome Daughter Stephanie Lee
Mr and Mrs Richard Stewart of Iowa City announce the birth of a daughter named Stephanie Lee born September 4. The mother is Sheila Shelangoski, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Shelangoski of Washing...
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Richard Stewart
Iowa City
Stephanie Lee
Sheila Shelangoski
Robert Shelangoski
Washington
Wesleyan Offers New Mathematics Methods Course
Columbus High School hosts an extension course from Iowa Wesleyan College titled New Mathematics Methods and Curriculum. The first organizational meeting is set for Wednesday September 17 at 7 p.m. All subsequent sessions occur Monday evenings 7 to 9 30 p.m. in Room 101 of the high school building.
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Columbus High School
Iowa Wesleyan College
Four fined in justice court for beer possession
Four men from Washington and Wellman paid fines for illegal beer possession: Christopher Wilson $75 Patrick B Durian $25 Jeffrey Wade $25 and Mitchell Dean Acord $50. Other fines included Ronald Eugene Yoder $25 for following distance violation Marion Lee Barnes $25 for unlawful assembly Jackie Lee Hazelett $25 for reckless driving and $10 for speeding. The United States ranked fourth in world per capita meat consumption in 1968.
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Justice of the Peace Court
Christopher Wilson
Washington
Patrick B. Durian
Wellman
Jeffrey Wade
Route One
Mitchell Dean Acord
Justice Court
Ronald Eugene Yoder
West Chester
Marion Lee Barnes
Wellman, $25, Unlawful Assembly
Jackie Lee Hazelett
Ainsworth
Ralph Stout rites set for Tuesday in Washington
Ralph William Stout 52 of 214 N 4th Ave died Saturday at work. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Richard Peterson. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home. Stout born Feb 20 1917 in Yates Center Kansas. Survived by wife Helen Jean Huff Stout a son Richard K Stout daughter Mary Ellen Robison four grandchildren a sister Evelyn Stout Ithaca New York a brother Marion Stout Ottawa Kansas one brother Earl preceded him. Memorial to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation established.
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Ralph William Stout
4Th Ave
First Baptist Church
Richard Peterson
Buria
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. Stout
Yates Center
Kan
Leonard
Emma Seigler Stout
Helen Jean Huff
Macon
Stout
Washington
Stout Auto Repair Service
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Baptist Church
Richard K. Stout
Charles B
Mary Ellen) Robison
Evelyn Stout
Ithaca
N. Y
Marion Stout
Ottawa
Earl
Marriage Licenses Issued to Six Couples in Sept
Licenses issued September 5 to John Walter Kleese 20 of AR 1 Washington and Cathy Christine Coon 18 of 909 S Iowa. Also Kenneth Olen Pringle 22 and Ida Mae Day 20 both of Brighton. A license issued to Bob Allen Grout 23 Riverside and Lila Jane Moore 17 Kalona.
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John Walter Kleese
AR 1
Washington
Cathy Christine Coon
Iowa
Kenneth Olen Pringle
Ida Mae Day
Brighton
Bob Allen Grout
Riverside
Lila Jane Moore
Kalona
Karen Westermark Heads to Cedar Falls for UNI Freshman Year
Karen Westermark daughter of Mr and Mrs Nels Westermark travels to Cedar Falls to begin as a freshman at the University of Northern Iowa. She will reside in Hagemann Hall Room 361.
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Karen Westermark
Nels Westermark
Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
Hagemann Hall
De Men to See Film of Washington Game
The De Men will view film of the Washington Wilton Junction football opener at the meeting on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The booster group meets at the school house on the county fair grounds. Members should turn in membership tickets and bring unsold tickets as receipts are in short supply.
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Washington - Wilton Junction
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Wyman
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West Side Square
Dick Paul
North Side Square
Ho Chi Minh
Moose
Wesleyan
Osincup’s
Jack & Jill
Royal Scott
Mrs. Grimes
Pork & Beans
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Nestle’s
Suzette
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Fuhr
Jacks Jill
Food Center
California
Wolf's Flower Shop
Washington, Iowa
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