Nursing Association Seeks Limited TB Role and Nursing Home Review
The Linn county board of health hears a request from the Public Health Nursing Assn. to limit its tuberculosis control duties and to stop nursing home inspections. The group also proposes providing nursing services only on request and under contract. A public hearing on waste hauling regulations is set for May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Health
Public Health Nursing Assn
Health Board
Cedar Rapids
Torture Tales Dim Aid Chances
U S aid to North Vietnam faces renewed attack as returning prisoners report torture by captors. Rep Joel T. Broyhill says no aid should fund a country run by savages. Senate leader Mansfield notes stories may not change his view that aid would aid peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Joel T. Broyhill
R-Va
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hanoi
Montana Democrat
Congress
Iowa City Woman Injured in Two Car Crash
Linda Springer 21 of Iowa City treated and released from Mercy hospital after a two car collision at the K avenue Elmhurst drive NE intersection Monday afternoon. Police say Springer and Burton Roberts 1612 K avenue NE collided around 3 30 p m Roberts charged with failure to yield at a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Springer
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
K Avenue
Elmhurst Drive
Miss Springer
Burton Roberts
Roberts
VA won't recover $10,000 in POW insurance for families
Washington AP The Veterans Administration will not attempt to recover 10 000 in insurance payments to wives or parents of five POWs once listed as dead. VA insurance chief Thomas Kiernan said agencies and insurers dropped the matter because most recipients likely spent the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Thomas Kiernan
Insurance Service
Viet Bonus Bill Clears First Hurdle in Iowa Senate
Des Moines AP reports a bill to grant Iowa Vietnam veterans a state bonus passed the Senate Ways and Means Committee 8 to 4 and moves to floor debate. The measure includes an appropriation, would pay up to 500 dollars per veteran, with 10 dollars per month stateside and 12.5 dollars monthly for foreign duty, averaging about 375 dollars. total cost projected at 28 million plus 7 million interest over 10 years, and a September 10 special election to authorize bonds funded by statewide property tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
James Griffin
Council Bliffs
Young Man Held For Army Authorities
Michael D. Johnson, 19, without an address, was arrested on Monday and charged with being away from the U.S. army. He was held for military authorities and later returned to Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael D. Johnson
U.S. Army
Des Moines
Snowmobile Ordinance Approved by Colesburg Council
Colesburg city council passed a snowmobile ordinance at Monday’s meeting. Davis Hardware will construct a new structure soon. The council also discussed a detour through the village during highway 52 repairs. Next meeting is May 7 at Farmers Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colesburg
Davis Hardware
Farmers Savings Bank
Kennedy boundary changes target Washington school
Parents, teachers, and Cedar Rapids Community School Board reviewed proposed boundary shifts to ease Kennedy high school overcrowding by transferring some areas to Washington. Area 33B and 36 would move to Washington. Area 34 could switch later. About 200 students affected. concerns focus on area proximity, keeping friends, and special education placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Old Marion Road
C Street
Thirty-sixth Street
Elmcrest Country Club
Areas
Area 34
George Ross
Area 36
Donald Hutton
Center Street
Hutton
Harding
Linn County
Special Education
Alburnett
Center Point
Gene Jahncke
Ross
the Gazette
Bertram
Robins
Hiawatha
Covington
Palo
Marion
Jahncke
Educa
Program helps slow learners join regular classes says parent
A parent from Loraine Street NE praises a new school program aiding slow learners to integrate with regular classes. She notes progress while expressing concern about potential changes if they transfer to a Washington school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jahncke Bald
James Novak
Loraine Street
Washington
Iowa City Teachers Reach Pact On Extra Duties And Pay
Iowa City teachers and district management approved a plan setting advisory teacher committees at each school to recommend extra duties with final principal authority. The agreement bases salary at $7 480 for 189 school days, with a Thursday vote after a Wednesday briefing at City High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
City High
Cedar Rapids youths arrested on beer possession charges
Three Cedar Rapids youths were arrested early Tuesday on illegal possession of beer. A 16-year-old and two 17-year-olds were taken into custody at 2 a.m. after police investigated a disturbance. The 17-year-olds also faced resisting arrest charges and were forwarded to a probation officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Youth Bureau
Windows Shattered At Dan Schwitters Residence
Five plates glass windows valued at 500 dollars were broken at Dan Schwitters residence on 4440 E avenue NE. Police report rocks were hurled through windows between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Schwitters
E Avenue NE
Man Leaps From Window After Sentencing in Chariton
Merlin Arthur Sharp, 23, leaped from a second story courthouse window in Chariton after being sentenced to 10 years for breaking and entering. He survived with fractures in both feet, was treated at Lucas County Memorial Hospital and later moved to Iowa City. The judge said Sharp pled guilty and the incident occurred as he and his lawyer discussed the sentence in a library adjoining the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jowa City
UPI
Chariton
University Hospitals
Merlin Arthur Sharp
Lucas County
Eset
Iowa City
Sharp
Anamosa
Thomas Bown
Corydon
Bown
Heath Against Death Penalty in Britain
Prime Minister Edward Heath says his government will not back moves in Parliament to reinstate hanging for murder. About 100 Conservative lawmakers have signed a motion to restart capital punishment, needing government support to pass a bill. Heath voted to abolish capital punishment in 1965 with treason exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward Heath
Heath
Conservative
Britain
Rites at Manchester For George Monaghan
George A. Monaghan 79 of rural Manchester died Monday. Services set for Thursday at 10 a.m. at St Marys church Manchester. Rosary at Shelly funeral home Tuesday 8 p.m. Wake service Wednesday 8 p.m. at funeral home. Survived by four brothers and two sisters. Wife Gertrude Burke Monaghan died in 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
George A. Monaghan
St. Mary’s Church
Shelly Funeral Home
William
Walter
Raymond
Ryan
Patrick
Duggan
Louis
Mae) Kehrli
George
Julia) Duggan
Gertrude Burke
Also Mentioned on This Page
T and K Co
Ely
Health Department
Thirty Second Street
Oakland Road
Keith Drive
Thirty-second Street
Prairie Drive
Houston Street
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Anwar Sadat
Michelangelo
UCLA
Virginia Tech
Lee Trevino
C.R
AID
Insurance Services
Dés Moines
Insurance- Services
Allied _Mutual_Insurance Company
Allied Lite Insurance Company
Amco Inenrance Company
Whipple Winterberg & Shepard
Frank B. Hall & Co., Ince
OWA
George Monaghan
America
T. M
N.Y
First Ave
S.E
N.E
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!