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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1973
Page
7
Marion Independent board okays a $7,200 starting salary for new teachers with a revised calendar starting August 27 1978 and ending May 31 1974. The move includes tax sheltered annuities changes school physicals up to 20 and $5 monthly income protection insurance for staff.
Final engineering contract with Kirkham Michael and Associates approved for the municipal airport site study funded by an $8,800 federal grant matched by $4,400 from Marion. Lee Schoon named consulting engineer for 1973 paving and storm sewer projects. Bids opened for a one ton dump truck were referred for review. Contracts awarded for the 1973 storm sewer and paving projects. Ordinance vacating First Street approved. Street sweeper sold for $500. Quarterly landfill fees set at $13,521. Hospitalization update for Mrs. Neil Sills reported in fair condition after a two car crash.
Marion items report injuries in an accident on Nue and Twenty-seventh streets. Firemen extinguished two grass fires near Fiftieth Street and Larick Drive. Community notices list licenses, awards, YMCA schedule, and local home ads. Rites set for Florence A. McClure and various home repairs and valuations are noted.
The building department approved two new house permits in seven days. Copper Construction Co at 1840 Daleview Drive for 13 818 dollars and Borschel and Son at 2000 Fifth Street for 16 665 dollars. Additional permits include Marion TV and Records reroof at 1175 Seventh Avenue for 200 dollars.
Anamosa Iowa inmate Charles Ray Hampton twenty is at large after escaping from a motel room in Emmetsburg during a warehouse trip with a supervisor. Hampton serves twenty five years for robbery with aggravation from Story County and has been at the reformatory since March 1971. He is six feet one inch, 160 pounds, dark brown hair, medium build.
Mason City plant told to close No 7 kiln after air tests show severe pollution levels four times EPA health limit. Bryce Harthoorn says state lab confirmed kiln No 7 as major pollutant source and negotiations failed leading to an emergency order.
Twenty years ago Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany arrived in the United States to meet President Dwight D. Eisenhower and express gratitude to the American people.
Legislature action includes Senate passage of bills to require railroads to build catwalks and handrails on bridges, to permit liens for delinquent sewer charges, to tax marine insurance profits, and to tougher penalties for drug offenses. Other measures move through committees on judiciary and education, with funding for Terrace Hill restoration and school foundation tax changes, plus unemployment and social service reforms.
The Vinton board of education accepted the resignations of Jay N ugent high school band director and Cheryl Nugent second grade teacher. Nugent will become Webster City band director. Reports on NCA evaluations of Washington high and Tilford junior high were presented by the principals. The board discussed 1973 74 priorities and the budget. Superintendent Jacobson said finances should run at about the same level next year.
News from London reports a delay in the conference between General de Gaulle and General Giraud, ending any prospect of a quick agreement between opposing French factions. The postponement is described as indefinite, dimming hopes for a united Franco leadership.
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