Bjornsen Investment to Build 32-Lane Bowling Alley
A building permit for a 32-lane bowling alley at 450 North land avenue has been approved for Bjornsen Investment Corp with an estimated cost of 240,000 dollars and a 29 425 square foot facility. Bjornsen is the contractor. New house permits issued include Wendell Newberry 200 Ninth avenue 20 992 dollars and T and F Builders 1215 Parkview drive 16 416 dollars. Other permits granted cover additions, remodels, decks, and garages for multiple residents and firms.
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Northland Avenue
Bjornsen Investment Corp
Bjornsen Firm
Wendell Newberry
Ninth Avenue
T and F
Parkview Drive
W.F. Finckney
Forty-ninth Street
Thomas Bowler
Tenth Street
Robert Harper
West Fourteenth Avenue
Kermit Possier
Twenty-ninth Street Court
David Beaner
Hillview Drive
Mary Ebbers
Thirteenth Street
Lee Johnson
McGowan Boulevard
Duane Novotny
Twentyfourth Avenue
Newton Woman Named University of Iowa Mother of the Year
Liz Jones of Newton Iowa is chosen as University of Iowa Mother of the Year 1976. She will attend the parents weekend luncheon at noon Saturday in the Iowa Memorial Union and join other events. She helps found Newton Community Theater and Jasper County Historical Society and directs civic programs.
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Iowa City
Liz Jones
Newton
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Gerald Jones
Jasper County Historical Society
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
PTA
Cube
Terrace Hill
Services Monday For Festina Priest
The Rev. Peter Graff aged 61 pastor of Our Lady of Seven Dolars Catholic Church died after a short illness in a Decorah hospital. He served in Festina for about nine years. Services are set for Monday at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Seven Dolars. Friends may call at French's in Calmar after 2 p.m. Saturday and at the church after 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Testina
Peter Graff
Our Lady of Seven Dolars Catholic Church
Decorah
Father Graff
Our Lady of Seven Dolars
French's
Calmar
Prayer and Praise Service at St Pauls Lutheran Church
St Pauls Lutheran Church hosts a Sunday 7 30 p m Prayer and Praise Service with the adult choir presenting a Service of Prayer and Praise. The choir sings Kyrie I Will Call upon the Lord My Shepherd Will Supply My Need Praise the Lord The Heavens Are Telling and With a Voice of Singing. Louise Wolf organist performs Thee We Adore O Blessed Savior and Praise to the Lord the Almighty. Congregation hymn singing is planned. Choir directed by Mrs Franchon Crane.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Adult Choir
Louise Wolf
Savior
Franchon Crane
Marion Chamber Plans Annual Trip to Track in Chicago
The Marion Chamber of Commerce sponsors its annual Trip to the Track on April 28 at Sportsman's Park in Chicago. Buses depart 7 30 a.m. from Marion Heights shopping center lot and return about midnight. Merle Fishel chairs the trip open to nonmembers. For details contact the chamber office at 760 Eleventh Street or call 377 6316.
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Marion Division Chamber of Commerce
Sportsman’s Park
Chicago
Marion Heights
Marion
Merle Fishel
Thp
Chamber of Commerce
Fishel
Chamber
Eleventh Street
Iowa legislative bills digest highlights various measures
Bills moving through the Iowa legislature cover high rate hikes for failure to file taxes, authorizing governor appointments to aging and civil rights commissions, shifting effective dates for special assessments, allowing judicial notice of city ordinances, legalizing Grinnell Newburg school district property sales, funding for speech pathologists and audiologists, capitol complex improvements, centralized printing and vehicle dispatch, repealing an unlimited disability fund, drugstores substituting generics, and several ethics, transportation, and state government reforms. Other items include retail price rules for cigarettes, parole board procedures, inmate domestic service, truck rule penalties, motor vehicle and driver license revisions, and allocations for the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy.
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Grinnell-Newburg
Capitol
Lawmaker Torbert MacDonald Retires From Congress
Rep Torbert MacDonald a 11 term veteran from Massachusetts said he would not seek re election citing poor health. The announcement came on a Wednesday and ends a long congressional career.
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Washington
UPI
Torbert MacDonald
Dmass
Congress
Manchester Jaycees Elect New Officers and Directors
Manchester Jaycees elected officers including Bob Johnson as president and Phil Turnis as vice president. John Peterson and Ron Hecklar also named in leadership with Doug Kunert as treasurer. Directors listed include Wayne Burkle, Lee Hawker, Wally Krey, and others. New officers assume duties in May.
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Manchester
Manchester Jaycees
Bob Johnson
Phil Turnis
John Peterson
Ron Hecklar
Doug Kunert
Wayne Burkle
Lee Hawker
Wally Krey
Dennis McAllister
Rob Stanley
George Trokosh
Jim Anderson
Duke Behnke
Milt Sheppard
Dan Koontz
Town reports 5.15 fatal accidents per 100 million miles in 1975
The rural secondary roads show 5.15 fatalities per 100 million miles for 1975, correcting a prior Gazette figure of 4.94. The 4.94 rate referred to 1974 data.
DeProsse Feuds Over $1 Parking Fine
Iowa City councilwoman Carol de Prosse disputes a $1 parking fine claiming the meter swallowed her dime and did not record time. Her appeal to the parking division was denied amid ongoing conflict and costs cited by a city employee.
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Iowa City
Carol deProsse
DeProsse
Meet Me in St Louis at Thornburg
Tri-County seniors present a three act comedy set at the 1904 World’s Fair in St Louis Friday at 8 p m on the Thornburg stage directed by Mrs Karl Tinsley The cast includes Greg Walston Lynn Armstrong Rusty Thomas Becky Reber Sharlene Landers Carolyn Hoover Janet Husband Doug McWilliams Beth Green Diane Haupert Roger Little Tony Erwin Michelle Gegnar Terry Grimm Randy Conrad and Mike Seaton.
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Thornburg
St. Louis
Tri-County
St Louis
Karl Tinsley
Greg Walston
Lynn Armstrong
Rusty Thomas
Becky Reber
Sharlene Landers
Carolyn Hoover
Janet Husband
Doug McWilliams
Beth Green
Diane Haupert
Roger Little
Tony Erwin
Michelle Gegnar
Terry Grimm
Randy Conrad
Mike Seaton
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