Nine Road Deaths Three On Cycles Weekend Tragedy
Weekend traffic toll rose with nine deaths across Iowa and Missouri. Motorcycle victims included Richard Lee Novotny, 20, of Walker, struck head on by Beverly Ann Webb, 24, of Lake City on highway 30 near Carroll. Novotny Iowa State College student, died instantly. Webb hospitalized for possible head injuries.
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Harold Novotnys
Walker
Novotny
Beverly Ann Webb
Lake City
Carroll
Sioux City
Dale Livingston
Fort Dodge
Highway 20
Northeast Iowa ETV funding debate over operational funds
Iowa Rep. John Mendenhall questions whether 833 thousand dollars for a bird roost facility plus 200 thousand needed for annual operations will be approved for Northeast Iowa educational television. John Montgomery says facilities should be ready by fall, with $387,500 state and 446,412 federal grants. operational funds of 200,000 are under review.
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Des Moines
John Mendenhall
New Albin
Iowa
Mendenhall
John Montgomery
Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network
Johnson Auditor Opposes Move of County Offices
Johnson County Auditor Delores Rogers protested a plan to relocate county offices from the courthouse to Pepperidge building on Highway 218. She argued splitting offices would not solve space needs and voiced concerns during the Board of Supervisors informal session before an executive session on land purchase.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Delores Rogers
Board of Supervisors
Rogers
Highway 218
Copters Hover Over Three Iowa Counties
Two interceptor planes were dispatched from LaCrosse Wisconsin after law officers and residents observed two helicopters flying at low altitude over Clayton, Allamakee and Fayette counties. The choppers moved with searchlights on between 8:30 and 9 p.m. No livestock thefts were reported in the three county area overnight.
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Fayette
Saxophone Recital at Luther College Wednesday Evening
Four Luther College music students perform a saxophone quartet recital Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Walders Concourse on the Decorah campus. The program features contemporary European and American selections with no admission charge for the public.
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Luther College Music
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Jean Absil
Marcel Poot
Grave
Jean Rivier
Gordon Delamont
Burglars Take Safe From Jack and Jill Store
Belle Plaine Benton county authorities search for two suspects after they dragged a safe from the Jack and Jill food store at 2 30 am. The safe containing about 150 in change was pulled by a car and bounced behind as they fled north. Six cartons of cigarettes were reported missing. the rear door had been forced and the dial knocked off. A duty officer found the still unopened safe about a half mile north. The FBI joined the search.
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Belle Plaine
Benton County
Lloyd Stuart
Stuart
FBI
Accidental Shot Fatal to Man 21 Prestemon
Mark Prestemon twenty one year old University of Iowa student died Sunday morning from a self inflicted gun discharge while hunting at his parents farm five miles east of Waukon Allamakee County Sheriff Neil Becker said the rifle went off as he climbed a fence no one witnessed the shot and the body was found by a family member services are pending at Martin Brothers funeral home in Waukon
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Iowa State College
Brush Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison
Murfreesboro
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Marie Freeman
Jody
Waukon
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James Prestemon
Allamakee
Neil Becker
Prestemon
Becker
University of Iowa
Martin Brothers Funeral Home
Cedar County Jail Escapee Nabbed in Mechanicsville
Lewvern Cook, 35, who escaped from Cedar County jail last Wednesday, was recaptured Sunday in the Mechanicsville apartment where he and his wife had been living. Sheriff Richard Hancock and a deputy arrested him afterMechanicsville Police officer Dennis Claman reported noises from the apartment. The fugitive had a Florida fugitive warrant and was apprehended without resistance.
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Cedar County
Lewvern Cook
Cook
Mechanicsville
Florida
Richard Hancock
Dennis Claman
Claman
U S Symphony Spring Concert Set at University of Iowa
The University of Iowa Symphony Band under Professor Frank Persol presents a Spring Concert Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Hancher Auditorium featuring Lyle Merriman as clarinet soloist in Fantaisie Italienne. Pieces include works by Couperin Milhaud Dvorak Snoeck and Hindemith with Dytrt transcriptions of the Scherzo from Symphony No. 7 and the March from Metamorphosis. No tickets required.
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Frank Piersol
University of Iowa Symphony
Hancher
Lyle Merriman
Delmas
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Scaramoudi
Snoeck
Dvorak-Dytrt
Milhaud
Hindemith-Wilson
Dvorak
Lee Dytrt
University of Iowa
Dytrt
Anton Bruckner
University
Joseph Dytrt
Hamilton Street
Cedar Rapids
Iowa House votes to raise gasoline tax to fund roads
Twenty years ago the Iowa House approved boosting the gasoline tax from four to five cents per gallon and mandated that the extra revenue be allocated solely to improving graveled primary roads.
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Iowa
Shortest Iowa Senate Journal Notes in Blizzardshort Session
Legislative Notes by Frank Nye reports April 10 entries from Des Moines noting the Senate met in regular session with Senator Hultman presiding. Weather caused the April 9 meeting to be canceled and the body adjourned to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 1973.
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House
Senate
Iowa
Senate Journal
Hultman
Lamborn
House Journal delayed by weather adjourns to Wednesday
The House did not convene on Monday April 9 1973 due to weather. It met at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday April 10 with Holden of Scott in the chair and prayer by James I. Middle swart of Indianola. A quorum was not present and Stromer of Hancock moved to adjourn until 10:00 a.m. Wednesday April 11 1973.
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Holden of
Scott
James I. Middleswart
Indianola
Iowa
Stromer
Hancock
Great River Road Bill Clears House in 1973 Highway Act
Congressman John Culver's Great River Road bill passed the House as part of the Highway Act of 1973. The plan would fund 30 million dollars annually for three years to acquire scenic easements and upgrade existing surfaces along the Mississippi route across Iowa's Second District, with 80-20 federal state matching.
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Washington, D.C
John Culver
House of Representatives
Mississippi
Iowa
Culver
Alburnett Kindergarten Roundup Rescheduled April 24
The Alburnett Community School District sets a two session kindergarten roundup on Tuesday April 24 with a 9 30 a m session in Toddville all purpose room and a 1 p m session in Alburnett Elementary Library Vision and hearing screening will be done and proof of age is required before registration can be completed.
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Alburnett
Alburnett Community
Toddville
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates and Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 lists pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions. Night edition and Sunday six issues cost 2 dollars per month or 19 dollars per year. afternoon editions seven issues 2.15 dollars per month or 20 dollars per year. other states and territories 30 dollars per year. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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