School Mergers Could Close Six Schools
A Target 76 study by United Community Services and Linn County Health Center analyzes merging Cedar Rapids, Marion, Linn-Mar and Prairie districts. Possible gains include better health services, library facilities, planning, and staff training, with fewer administrative positions but uncertain savings.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Linn-Mar
Prairie
United Community Services
Linn County Health Center
American Legion Hall
Paul Building
UCS
Richard Sorensen
Sorensen
Linn County
Alburnett
Center Point
North Linn
Central City
John Cordes
Joint County
Cordes
Floyd Emmons
Donald Canney
Target
Metro
Linn County Regional Plan Commission
Dita Beard Suffers Heart Attacks Turns Down Hospital Care
Denver AP reports lobbyist Dita Beard, 53, endured two mild angina seizures on Thursday. She refused hospitalization and remains under 24 hour nursing care in her apartment, following a doctor’s advice after a further 45 minute episode.
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Denver
Dita Beard
L. M. Radetsky
Beard
St Luke's Honors Twenty Four Employees for Ten Years
St Luke's hospital recognized 24 employees for reaching ten years of service. The facility now employs 147 staff with a decade or more, totaling 2,151 years of service. The board hosted the new ten-year honorees plus 123 other long-serving staff, with Emmett Butler of Newton speaking on the change challenge. Another 53 five-year veterans will be honored next, guesting in the dining room at 6 p.m. Thursday, with entertainment by Jefferson High's West Side Delegation.
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Emmett Butler
Newton
West Side
Jefferson High School
Millen and Others Tell 1972 Plans
State Rep Floyd Millen announced he will seek speaker of the 1973-74 Iowa House if Republicans gain a majority in the November election. Millen, a sand and gravel businessman, previously served as speaker pro tempore and floor leader. Several other lawmakers announced bids for legislative posts in the new district map, including Bass Van Gilst seeking reelection in the 46th district and Des Moines candidates Charles Ruttenbeck and Robert Streit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Iowa
House of Representatives
Millen
Warren
Marion
Mahaska
Keokuk
Poweshiek
Lucas
Monroe
Senate
Charles Laverty
Indianola
John Rhodes
Rchariton
Des Moines
Charles G. Rutenbeck
Windsor Heights
Urbandale
Grimes and
Johnston
Robert Streit
Calmar
Winnieshiek
Fayette
Bremer
Howard
Chickasaw
George Shawver
Fredericksburg
Kenneth Fink
Death ruled as own action in Linn County case
Bernice Gaal a 49 year old resident of 1700 Fifteenth avenue SE died Wednesday night from an overdose of pills officials said Linn County medical examiner ruled the death a death by own action DRIVE SAFELY
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Bernice Gaal
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Linn County
Charge Against Sheldon Dropped In Embezzlement Case
A municipal court dropped a charge of embezzlement by bailee against Michael Sheldon of 1608 C avenue NE on motion of the state directed by the complaining witness. He was accused of taking a typewriter on July 16 belonging to the Iowa Typewriter Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Sheldon
C Avenue NE
Iowa Typewriter Co
Grand Jury To Hear Larceny Charge Against Edgar Gibson
Edgar Gibson of 1517 Fifth Avenue SE was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary muni- cipal court hearing on a larceny in the nighttime charge. He allegedly took about $100 from Becky Weidman’s apartment on January 31. A lesser larceny charge was dismissed for lack of suffi- cient evidence. He faces a separate February 4 charge involving a record player, radio and television from Weidman’s apartment.
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Edgar Gibson
Fifth Avenue SE
Becky ‘Weidman
Weidman
Civitans Elect Allen Peterson Linn County Club President
Allen F Peterson of 339 Windsor Drive NE was elected president of the Linn County Civitan club. Harold Klug was named president elect, with Dave Ford as vice president, Frank E Koach as secretary, Roger Lemke as treasurer, and directors John A Kuba Robert J Biwer and G Neil Carlson named to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen F. Peterson
Windsor Drive
Linn County Civitan Club
Harold Klug
Dave Ford
Frank E. Koach
Roger Lemke
John A. Kuba
Robert J. Biwer
G. Neil Carlson
Colton Named by Convention Bureau in Cedar Rapids Area
Eldon Colton of 366 Brentwood Drive NE was elected chairman of the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce convention bureau. He succeeds John Counts, who moved away from the city.
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Eldon Colton
Brentwood Drive
Cedar Rapids- Marion Area
Druggist Held On Four Drug Sale Charges
A Hiawatha pharmacist Julien Steger, 49, of 1008 Raney Street, Linn County, faces two counts of issuing controlled substances without a prescription and two counts of furnishing false information on a prescription. He is jailed in Linn County in $2,500 bond on each charge after narcotics officers investigated a Cedar Rapids pharmacy owner’s complaint of illegal drug dispensing without prescriptions.
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Hiawatha
Linn County
Julien Steger
Raney Street
Cedar Rapids
Two Dead in Illinois Crash Involving Cedar Rapids Driver
A Cedar Rapids truck driver escaped uninjured when a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 near Princeton Illinois killed Floyd R Russell 47 of Carroll and Benjamin Rooney 15 of Evanston. Susan Harmon 16 of Evanston was injured. The collision occurred about 12 08 a m Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Princeton
Ill
Floyd E. Norte
Fourth Avenue SE
Illinois
Carroll
Floyd R. Russell
Norte
Russell
Benjamin Rooney
Evanston
Susan M. Harmon
U S Marines Arrive in South Vietnam Under Aid Plan
A decade ago the first U S Marine Corps advisers arrived in South Vietnam as part of the U S Agency for International Development program. Their deployment marked the start of American advisory support amid the rising conflict in the region.
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U.S. Marine Corps
South Vietnam
U.S. A.I.D
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By Dale Kueter
Springville
Mt. ,Vernon
Lisbon
C.R
Emmons
United Community Services Board of Directors
Charles T. Dillard
Carl R. Aschoff
Charles Denny
John L. Donnelly
Henry Madden
Lawrence E. McGrath
Ronald E. Moore
Anita Terpstra
Allen T. Yarowsky
Terry Dunham
Martin Gurvey
St. Luke’s
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bass van Gilst
Ooskaloosa
Calvert Dist, CO
Louisville, KY
Free Country
Calvert
Sheldon
Grand Jury
Civitans
Allen Peterson
Colton
Convention Bureau
Sun
Jerry Wilkerson
Dave Wilkerson
First Assembly of God Church
42Nd St
Kennedy High
Discount Furniture Mart
Nm Road
S.E
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