Ten Amish Freed in Appeal Over School Case
Independence and Jesup authorities concluded a day of rapid legal moves with a compromise. Ten Amish fathers were released on 50 dollar bonds each pending district court appeal. They face charges for failing to send children to an accredited school. A jury trial had been arranged for April 29 but was waived as part of the settlement.
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Marion Poyner
Jesup
Justice Court
Atty. W. W. Sindlinger
Cedar Falls
Independence
Sindlinger
Atty
O’connell
O'Connell
Oelwein-Hazleton
Earl Bardach
Oelwein
Legion Hall
Don Mazziotti
John Doughty
Ed McCarthy
Young Citizens
Sacred Heart High School
New Access Bill Clears Iowa Senate 30-19
The Iowa Senate passed a second highway access control bill 30-19, sending it to the House. It would bar the highway commission from obtaining access rights by adverse possession or administrative rulings and require purchase, gift, or condemnation to gain access on highways.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
General Assembly
Senate
Hughes
Highway Commission
Iowa Senate
House
The
Sen
D. C. Nolan
Lowa
Nolan
Commission
Richard C. Turner
Council Bluffs
Turner
Auto Transport Leaves Road In Iowa Wreck
Dubuque region report says Howard Bowers, 44, an Independence auto transport driver, suffered facial cuts and possible fractures when his truck loaded with six new Chevrolets left highway 20 west of Dubuque after hitting a soft shoulder. He is hospitalized in Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Howard Bowers
Independence Auto Transport
Highway 20
Bowers
Dubuque Hospital
Hughes Signs Four Housing and Tax Legislation Bills
Gov. Harold Hughes signed two housing code bills extending minimum construction standards to annexation areas beyond cities and allowing county boards to adopt outside-city building codes. A third bill eases IPERS investment rules by selling securities before maturity. The fourth bill lets estates of old age assistance recipients be closed four years after welfare liens suspension.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Boards of Supervisors
IPERS
Hughes
Board of Social Welfare
More people use Gazette want ads than ever before
The Gazette notes a rising use of its want ads with increasing reader engagement and ad placement across the region. Local businesses and residents rely on classified sections for employment, housing, and goods transfers amid growing demand.
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Gazette
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William O’connell
George Heath
Dan Borntreger
Borntreger
Oelwein and Hazleton
Buchanan County
Judge Heath
Martin Wiley
Cedar Rapids
Wiley
Clifford Vance
Rmount Pleasant
L. M. Clauson
Auto Transport
East
Rowan Hart
Oelwein Young Citizens
Gov
Belle Plaine
Hawaii
Louis J. Bartachek
Napua
Bartachek
Svinsdt Fid
VIL
GTI M
de Bartachek
Alan’s Furniture Gift House
Federal Court
Town & Country
Third Avenue
World Theatre
Fabric House
Hallmark Cards
Alan's Furniture
Third Avenue SE
Lido
City Quan
Armstrong Foundations
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