Park Reservations and Local Notices in Marion area
Park reservations are accepted at the city hall parks office for pavilion use in Thomas and American Legion parks. YMCA schedule lists morning to evening activities at Marion YMCA and Wednesday meals. Local court actions include traffic and registration fines. Obituaries note services for Philip Von Spreecken and Robert Watkins. Events include kindergarten roundup and Tastee Freez promotion.
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Parks Department
City Hall
Thomas
American Legion
Parks Office
Tipton Council Funds 24 Hour Sheriff Radio Network
The Tipton city council approved 2877 dollars to sustain the 24 hour radio network for the county sheriff's department after a federal grant vanished. Mayors from Cedar County towns were told to cover half the yearly cost. The panel also allotted 400 dollars to the Chamber for the July 4 celebration and ordered removal of three Austrian pines planted in 1973 by Don Goetz. The council denied keeping the trees and kept current speed limits unchanged following a Iowa Highway Commission request.
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Tipton
Sheriffs Department
Cedar County
Chamber of Commerce
Don Goetz
Iowa Highway Commission
Group Plans Talks on Discharge from Coralville Dam
The Lower Iowa River Assn. meeting at Columbus Junction bank will discuss the Coralville reservoir discharge. Farmers seek possible legal action to curb flooding of farm land as the corps reports outflow rising to 10 000 cubic feet per second after a period of lower releases.
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Columbus Junction
Iowa River
Coralville
Corps of Engineers
City Park
Iowa City
Cocaine Use Reported Up In Iowa Despite High Price
Des Moines narcotics official Loren Zimmerman reports rising cocaine use in Iowa despite a high price tag of 700 to 1200 dollars per ounce. He notes psychological dependence, tissue damage from long-term use, and nasal injuries termed rat nose from snorting cocaine. Zimmerman calls the issue a growing concern for law officers.
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Iowa
Des Moines
UPI
Loren Zimmerman
Zimmerman
South America
United States
Autopsy Ordered In Man's Death
David Wakeland aged 34 of Wapello was found partially submerged in the Iowa River near the Iowa 92 bridge after a fisherman sighting. Louisa County authorities ordered the autopsy, listing the death as caused by apparent drowning. The autopsy will be conducted at University Hospitals in Iowa City with results due midweek.
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Columbus Junction
David Wakeland
Wapello
Lowa River
Here
Lowa Highway 92
Louisa County
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Seek Magistrates In Winneshiek New Terms Planned
Decorah applications are sought for Winneshiek county judicial magistrates with terms ending June 30, 1975. Two two year seats will be filled. deadline April 11, 1975. Court sits in Decorah four afternoons weekly with magistrate pay set at 5160.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
County Judicial Magistrate
Robert Hitesman
Calmar
Clifford Schrubbe
Joseph Keefe
Isadore Meyer
Floyd Pearson
John Zoulek
Spillville
Walter Langland
Spring Grove
Kenneth Galloway
Midland Co- Op Reports 300000 Sales Increase in 1974
Midland Co operative Inc of Decorah reported a 300000 rise in station sales for 1974 at the annual meeting in the First Lutheran church. Manager Roger Bengston noted station sales of 794357 and bulk sales of 161000 with a 14.62 percent patronage dividend on stations and an 8.22 percent bulk refund to about 600 patrons in Decorah and Ridgeway. Officers listed: Earl Lyon president Dan Drew vice president and Richard Anderson secretary treasurer. Stefler Rank runs the bulk department. On this date in 1945, 1400 ships began the Okinawa invasion.
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Decorah — Midland Cooperative, Inc
Decorah
First Lutheran Church
Roger Bengston
Ridgeway
Bengston
Midland
Earl Lyon
Dan Drew
Richard Anderson
Stefler
Winneshiek Board Votes Public Access Closings
Winneshiek county board of supervisors approves several road closings and rights of way with no current use. A public hearing set for April 28 will determine final action. Vacated land will revert to adjacent private owners. also approves bond for deputy auditor Neva Anderson, successor to Patricia Loren.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors
Orleans Township
Ridgeway
George Hanzlik
Glenwood Township
Burr Oak
Nordness
Hanzlik
Neva Anderson
Patricia Loren
Anderson
Luther College
Warning System For Iowa City Proposed To Council
Iowa City considers a tornado warning system costing about 62000 dollars with potential 50 percent federal funding. Ten major radio controlled sirens could replace unreliable land line alerts, replacing car loudspeakers and media notices. The city also weighs a landlord tenant ordinance under home rule but rejects rent controls.
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Civil Defense Preparedness Agency
Walters
Cedar Rapids
Epstein
Iowa City
Des Moines House Sets 230 PM Rule for Land Use Bill
House Speaker Dale Cochran announces the Des Moines chamber will take up the land use policy bill as a special order at 2:30 p.m. Monday. The decision directs the chamber to prioritize the measure in the upcoming session. Speaker Cochran, a Democrat from Eagle Grove, indicated cross-party support may be limited.
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Des Moines
Dale Cochran
Deagle Grove
House
Probe Death in Selma Man Found in Corn Field
UPI reports BCI agents summoned to assist in the death of 19 year old Ricky Lisles whose body was found in a Van Buren county corn field. Authorities believe drugs were involved and an autopsy could not determine the cause of death. Further tests are planned at the Des Moines laboratories.
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Selma
UPI
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
van Buren County
Ricky Lisles
Orville Lee
BCI
Des Moines
Grinnell to curb towel losses with personal towels
Grinnell high school will stop locker-room towel service after more than 500 towels disappeared this year. Affected students, about 600, must bring their own towels from Thursday. Showers remain required after PE classes and practices. Athletic Director Ray Boyd says service returns only when missing towels are returned.
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Grinnell
UPI
Grinnell High School
Ray Boyd
Man Sentenced On Drug Count In Fayette County
Douglas Fliehler, 20, was sentenced to five years in the Fort Madison state penitentiary for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. He was arrested Oct 15 at a farmhouse near Arlington after allegedly selling to an undercover agent. Marvin Sauerbrie of Arlington pled guilty to the same charge and awaits sentencing.
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West Union
Douglas Fliehler
Fayette County
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Fliehler
Arlington
Marvin Sauerbrie
Falcone to Perform at Luther College Decorah
Falcone, falconed clarinetist and Peabody Conservatory faculty member, will perform at Luther College Walders Auditorium with Michael Carson Thursday at 8 p.m. The concert is sponsored by the Luther lectures and fine arts committee and the Iowa arts council and is one of four Iowa appearances next week at Simpson College, the Waterloo Arts Center, and Maharishi International University.
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Decorah
Thomas Falcone
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Baltimore
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Luther College
Walders Auditorium
Falcone
Michael Carson
Luther Lectures and Fine Arts Committee
Iowa Arts Council
Luther
Carson
Iowa
Simpson College
Waterloo Arts Center
Maharishi International University
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YMCA
The
Marion Ymca
Stickney
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Eleventh Street
Marion Council
Linn-Mar and
Marion Independent Boards of Education
Marion
Marion Magistrate’s Court
Keith R. Linman
Forty-second Street
Douglas C. Harford
First Avenue
Michael A. Loan
Glass Road
Kyle D. Vance
Ronald R. Ehlert
Thirty-first Street
Ray
Wilkins School
S. 11Th St
42Nd St
Col
Robert McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Carpetiand
U.S.A
Gazette
Marmaduke
Anderson & Leeming
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Midland Co-Op
Okinawa
Winneshiek Board
Iowa City Council
David Epstein
Wayne Walters
Johnson County Civil Defense
American Federal
All American Federal
First Street
Lower Muscatine
Unicolor
Unidem
Mornick
Model I
Times Theatre
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