Mason City Publisher Leads Iowa Press Association
Gerald Moriarity publisher of the Mason City Globe-Gazette was elected president of the Iowa Press Association at the annual convention. He succeeds Carter Pitts of LeMars Daily Sentinel. New officers include Al J. Schafer, M.E. Messersmith, and Maurice Noonan. Northwest Iowa Review won Newspaper of the Year and other editors received awards.
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DES Moines
Gerald Moriarity
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Iowa Press Association
Moriarity
Carter Pitts
LeMars Daily Sentinel
al J. Schafer
Eldora Index and
Herald Ledger
M.E. Messersmith
Riceville
Copenhaver resigns from school board to allow appointment
Copenhaver of Independence resigns from the Independence Community School District board citing limited time. A special meeting Friday set a 9:30 a.m. session next Thursday to consider a north rural area appointment to serve until September. if no appointment is made by April 10, a special election could be scheduled between May 10 and May 18.
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Independence
Paul Copenhaver
Independence Community School Board
Copenhaver
Diana
Clair Swan
Berlin abandons effort to move Iowa City planning staff
City Manager Neal Berlin has dropped a plan to move the planning staff from the Davis Hotel building to unused space on the top floor of the Iowa City-Johnson County Senior Center. Council deadlocked 3-3 twice, with no revival planned unless a majority requests action.
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Iowa City
Neal Berlin
Iowa City-Johnson County
Berlin
Davis Hotel
Washington and
Gilbert Streets
Washington and Linn Streets
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Amana school official resigns amid budget woes
Amana Community School District principal and associate superintendent Bill Means resigned effective last Friday citing district problems from declining enrollment and budget pressures. The board discussed cuts including Means' position and possible district consolidation while inviting his candidacy for interim superintendent, a path Means rejected citing instability.
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Dave Rasdai
Iowa
Amana
Bill Means
Amana Community
the Gazette
Means
Lawsuit charges Iowa City lawyer negligent trustee
A Johnson County suit filed in district court accuses Iowa City attorney Jay C. Oehler of negligence as trustee of the Gertrude M. Murphy trust and Wagner Murphy Foundation. Damages near 200000 are sought from the Oehler firm and related corporations over alleged mismanagement including an airplane purchase with trust funds.
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Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
Jay C. Oehler
Gertrude M. Murphy Trust
Wagner Murphy Foundation
Johnson County
Oehler
University of Iowa Law
Oehler Law Firm
The
Trust and Foundation
Iowa Solicitor General's Office
Francis J. O'Connor
Dubuque
Rolland E. Gr
Gertrude M. Murphy
Murphy
Wagner Murphy
U of I Law School
Gordon Russell, Sr
Grefe
O'Connor
Cameron
Monterra II Co
James R. Shank
Monterra II
Monterra Investments Inc
Lanser, Inc
Donald Hoy
Hoy
Murphy Foundation and Trust
Charles A. Barker
Lanser
Consistory Banquet Closes 185th Reunion in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Consistory ends its 185th reunion with a banquet at 6 tonight. Forty five master Masons from northeast Iowa earned degrees in ceremonies Monday and Tuesday. Class officers named include Kenneth L. Smith of Waterloo president Merle D. Davis Waterloo vice president Bill F. Stewart Cedar Rapids secretary and Richard H. Landis Cedar Rapids orator.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kenneth L. Smith
Waterloo
Merle D. Davis
Bill F. Stewart
Richard H. Landis
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Chad van Dorsten
Roy van Dorsten
Mason City
Heads Press Group
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Ida County Courier
Ida Grove
Des Moines County News
West Burlington
Burlington Hawkeye
By Donna Jones
Buchanan
Woolrich
Joman
Lindale Mall
Reynold Moessner
Charles Selzer
Amanas
Johnson
Main Street
Mt. Vernon
Elsie Ross
Merle Norman
Gene Lively
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