Battin to headline state Jaycee convention in Cedar Rapids
James F. Battin a Montana Republican congressman will be keynote speaker at the state Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Cedar Rapids this weekend. He will address about 700 Jaycees and wives at the Saturday noon luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel. He sits on the judiciary and foreign affairs committees and heads a Republican platform task force. Battin is a funeral home partner, construction company president, and former municipal court judge.
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Consolidation Bill Cleared by House Amid Debate
The Iowa House approved a consolidation bill urged by Gov. Harold Hughes to bring the state printing and car dispatch under central control. Congressman Battin, a distant relative of John R Battin and former attorney, sits as chair of key panels as support grows. The plan would raise state employee mileage allowances from 7 to 10 cents and affect state operations statewide.
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Jaycees to elect state president at three day convention
About 1000 Jaycees and wives arrive for a three day convention. The event will close with the election of a new state president on Saturday night. Candidates announced include James Barri of Fort Madison, B C Bryngelson of Marshalltown, and John McKinney of Ames.
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Fort Madison
B. C. Bryngelson
Marshalltown
John McKinney
Ames
Mary Kay Gallagher Hired for Stanley First Grade
Special to The Gazette Mary Kay Gallagher of Oelwein joins Stanley to teach first grade she will graduate from Upper Iowa University this spring.
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Stanley
Mary Kay Gallagher
Oelwein
Upper Iowa
Sandbags fuel Mississippi flood fight in Rock Island district
The U S Army Corps has distributed nearly three million sand bags from Guttenberg to Hannibal to combat sand boils along the Mississippi. Engineers say boils form in soft spots and must be surrounded with sandbags rather than heaped on the boil. Coffman explains boils rise from ground, water turns muddy signals danger, and after floods bags are left behind or discarded as they decay.
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Hannibal
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Illinois
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Pleasant Valley
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Quincy
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Downtown Iowa City plans form a CBD association
Iowa City announces plans to form a downtown business and professional association open to all CBD area business people. An organizational meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 p m at the 4 H fair ground with F E Vogel as temporary chairman and R H Lind as temporary secretary. The group aims to study CBD impact, cooperate with authorities, inform citizens, pursue expansion, and protect individual rights in zoning and urban development.
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Absorbing Weekday Drama on Flame in the Wind at 1 pm
The report notes a weekday drama titled Flame in the Wind airing at 1:00 PM CST on KCRG TV 9. It highlights a daytime program slot and the station’s schedule for viewers seeking the drama.
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