Tama-Toledo Told To Stop Bickering and Lure Tourists
Iowa official Jack Harman urged Tama and Toledo leaders to unite to attract out of state visitors this summer. He praised highway 30 attractions in Nebraska and urged better roads, a central settlement draw, and tactful development of the Tama Indian settlement to boost tourism without exploiting residents. Two tours were planned to show locals the settlement and its needs.
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Tama-Toledo
Gazette
TAMA
Jack Harman
Iowa Development Commission
Toledo
Harman
Tama and
Toledo Chambers of Commerce
Tama- Toledo Taveers
Hiawatha
Lowal
Illinois
Mid-Tome
George Youngbear
Youngbear
Har- Tama
John Hess
Jesse M. Lamm
State Juvenile Home
Harold Butz
Presbyterian Church
Winning Bidders On Reservoir Tracts Listed
Forty one bidders submitted bids to the Rock Island district for reservoir tracts. The list names winning bidders and the tracts involved. Details specify bidders and locations as recorded in the district notice.
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Rock Island
Grinnell Receives 275000 Grant For Skates Program
Grinnell College and Ray Martinson announce a $275,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to support a three year program aimed at increasing minority student recruitment and improving undergraduate opportunity. The funding accompanies a local land lease bids list in Johnson County and details of farm lease offers from area residents.
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Fred Cochran
Salon
Vern H. Upmier
Ely
H. Paul Walshire
Lenz
Mt. Vernon
Pene Te
Russell L. Colony
Oxford
Gerald J
Lawrence W. Quinlan
Iscxrop
Lambert T
Ivan J. Struzinski
Grinnell
Grinnell Col
Ray Martinson
Alfred J. Johnson
Starlite
Ceder Rapids
Rockefeller Foundation
ELC
Waukon board approves land for new high school
The Allamakee Community school board approved purchasing 29 acres from Alfred Hansmeier for the new high school site and acquired a land strip from Lois Branesmeier. Bids and related financing plans include a bake sale and bond issuance to fund the town hall auditorium project. Proceeds and bid dates are announced with limited readable details remaining.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Hansmeier
Lois Branesmeier
Arrase Road
Ing Party
Ravn ' Pte Atte Eens
Alesme Pe
Portwood
Oxford
Alaska
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Hive
Hadiac
Shaxei
Highland District to Build New Riverside School Site
Riverside records show the Highland Community School will be built on a 22.5 acre tract owned by Edward Yates, south of the junction of highway 22 and 218. Drilling of a test well by Latta and Song proceeds as TDOT speeds up. President Howard R. Bowen announces $240,000 in grants to aid qualified Negro and other disadvantaged students, plus $35,000 for recruitment and remedial programs, aiming to support 30 to 40 undergraduates over four years.
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Apsestianeepee
Caseasauannen
Ogi
Edward Yates
Latta and
Song of Riverside
Howard R. Bowen
Williamsburg Plans Events To Aid Alaska
Special to The Gazette reports Williamsburg staging two major fundraising projects as neighborly acts to assist Alaska. Details outline event types, dates, and anticipated totals, with emphasis on community support and civic participation. Local organizations coordinate efforts aiming to reach charitable goals and bolster relief for Macba activities in Alaska.
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Williamsburg
Macba
Land lease bids shown for property near North Liberty and Oxford
Apparent high bidders named for consecutive land leases. An ew Smith of North Liberty bids $1,425 for a one-year lease covering 275.75 acres while Jimmy Bedeka of route 3 Oxford bids $928 per year for a three-year lease on 126 acres.
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Meres
Anew Smith
Route One
North Liberty
Jimmy Bedeka
Route 3
Oxford
Sent to Prison on Drunk Driving Charge
Iowa City resident Glen H Graper 39 pleaded guilty to a fourth offense drunk driving and was sentenced to two years in Fort Madison state penitentiary. Judge Clair Hamilton revoked his driving license and recommended no future license issuance. Co-defendant Robert Dwayne Duffy 23 of Tawa City pled guilty, fined 300 dollars and costs, with a 60 day license suspension.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Glen H. Graper
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Graper
Clair Hamilton
Deepartment
Robert Dwayne Duffy
Tawa City
Coralville Sells Two Groups of Street Bonds
Coralville city council accepted bids for two bond groups. G S Herrick of Des Moines won $70 000 in street improvement bonds at 3.4308 percent net. Coralville Bank and Trust Co. won $20 000 in street construction bonds at 2.4125 percent net. Both bond types are funded differently. A traffic ordinance was sent back for revision, and a bid for 2.3 acres of land by Oak Hill cemetery was authorized for highway commission consideration.
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Coralville
G. S. Herrick
Des Moines
Coralville Bank and Trust Co
Tom Ross
The
Highway Commission
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lland
Dairy Barn Burns Near Decorah After Fire Reignites
A dairy barn on the Lee and John Schissel farm northwest of Decorah burned Wednesday after an electric fence short started the blaze at noon. Firefighters extinguished the first flare, but wind renewed the fire later that afternoon, destroying the barn seven calves and ten acres.
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Guetta
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