ANOTHER DRIZZLE DAY. HIGH OF 54.

NEW UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES ARE OUT. JACKSON COUNTY'S JOBLESS RATE
DROPPED IN OCTOBER TO 4.8, FROM 4.9 IN SEPTEMBER. A YEAR AGO, IT WAS
AT 5.8.

COUPLE OF MINOR ACCIDENTS. EMELIE HARMON OF MAQUOKETA, DRIVING THE RTA BUS, STRUCK THE MIRROR OF A PARKED CAR BELONGING TO MARK PAPE OF MAQUOKETA.
AND A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY ARLENE JORGENSON, 81, OF MAQUOKETA, IN THE FAREWAY PARKING LOT, WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY FERN WARNER, 79, OF MAQUOEKTA.

MARGARET EVERS, AGE 85, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT CRESTRIDGE. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, DELI, IN LAMOTTE AND A SON LYNN OF QUEEN CREEK, ARIZONA.

SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR LEROY BICKFORD, 79, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

IOWA STATE NEEDS A FOOTBALL WIN TOMORROW, OR NEXT SATURDAY FOR SURE, TO GET A BOWL BID. AND IOWA AND WISCONSIN BATTLE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT KINNICK STADIUM IN IOWA CITY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY