Marion considers policy on resigning contract staff
Marion Independent School District weighs a written policy for personnel who resign after signing contracts. No action taken yet. discussion planned. Music director Jean Anderson wins approval for an April 27 30 tour to Audubon Omaha Fremont and Kansas City with Midlands Jazz Festival and park visit. Tour funded by past gate receipts and sales. John Scarborough Miller Scholarship committee named Ken Techau and Bill Huntoon. Contracts approved for food service workers secretaries and clerical staff. Resignations accepted from Connie Smith and Jeannine Jones. Public hearing on district employee group insurance postponed to April 26.
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John Scarborough Miller
Marion
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Connie Smith
Jeannine Jones
Marion hosts cancer crusade kickoff meeting
Two Marion men Mayor William Grundy and Dr Paul E Orcuit will speak Tuesday at a residential cancer crusade kickoff at 7 30 p m in Marion First United Methodist Church. Co chairmen Mrs Richard B Lange and Mrs Dale Rappe preside. Educational kits will be given to volunteers who will distribute leaflets to Marion homes. Banks First National and Farmers State will close at 6 p m Friday April 13 for Good Friday.
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Marion
William Grundy
Paul E. Orcuit
First National
Farmers State
Adv
Opening of Linn park roads Friday
Linn County parks plan to reopen most roads Friday though conditions are poor from recent high water. Camp grounds likely not open until early May, an unusually late start. Low-lying roads in Palisades Mat sell Bridge South Cedar and Chain Lakes stay closed. Details from the conservation office Cedar Rapids 398-3505 or Central City 438-1145.
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Chain Lakes
Conservation Office
Cedar Rapids
Marion YMCA Friday activity schedule at the Marion branch
The Marion YMCA Friday calendar lists non aquatic classes from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. including fitness for women and men, preschool and youth gymnastics, coed fitness and volleyball, plus family and adult open gym. aquatic sessions run 9 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. with multiple swim lessons and family swim.
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YMCA
Marion Branch
Vinton approves bonds for packing plant and airport grant
The Vinton City Council approved 3 million in industrial revenue bonds for Dubuque Packing to expand the Vinton plant by adding a new processing facility southeast of town. The council also signed a grant agreement for 266000 toward airport expansion grading and fencing north of Vinton with 70 percent state aid. A April 25 public hearing was set for a sewer replacement project on the southeast side. Russia launched a man into space in 1961 becoming the first to orbit Earth and return.
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Vinton
Dubuque Packing
Gas leak blamed in Sports Center fire
State fire marshal report cites a faulty pipe joint as the likely cause of the February blaze that destroyed the Midwest Sports Center at 675 Blairs Ferry Road. Fire Chief James Ford notes conclusive proof is unlikely due to heavy ice and total destruction.
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Midwest Sports Center
Marion
James Ford
Ford
Blairs Ferry Road
Chuck Farris
Gary Ray
Cedar Rapids
Park Avenue Realty Co
French tests to continue as MPs say economy relies on them
In Canberra AP report Paul Cousseran says France will press on with underground nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll despite environmentalist protests. He notes the French military presence and the testing program account for about 60 percent of French Polynesia's gross national product during his two week official Australian visit.
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Canberra
Australia
Mururoa Atoll
French Polynesia
Paul Cousseran
Cousseran
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