South Tama approves budget for 2.35 million dollars
South Tama school board adopted a 2,346,270 dollar budget with no objections at a public hearing. The tax levy rises to about 61.50 per thousand, up from 57.5, with 1,485,188 needed by taxation and a 538,903 unencumbered balance. The district weighs cooperative plans with the Sac and Fox day school and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Tama
South Tama
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Sac and Fox Day School
Johnson-O’malley Fund
Supt
Leland
Frank R. Brady
Minneapolis
Brady
Invention by Shellsburg Men To Be Produced
Shellsburg inventors unveil a trailer wheel assembly aimed at improving stability and ease of use. The unit promises lighter weight, fewer parts, and potential cost savings for trailer owners.
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Shellsburg
Death by Own Action Reported in Iowa City
The body of Judy Beliveau, 20, was found at her home on Franklin Street. Medical Examiner Dr. George Callahan ruled a gunshot wound to the chest as the cause. She is survived by her husband Dale and her parents in Iowa City. services are set for Saturday at St. Patrick's Church with a rosary Friday evening at Jones Memorial chapel.
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Iowa City
Judy Beliveau
Franklin Street
George Callahan
Beliveau
Dale
Burns
St. Patrick’s Church
Jones Memorial Chapel
Boy Reported Drowned Found Safe at Camp
Iowa City Johnson county sheriff officers coast guard and conservation staff responded to a 9 30 p m drowning report at Sugar Bottom camping area Coralville reservoir. A 17 year old youth who swam then returned to shore was found safe. The group included patients from University psychopathic hospital camping under supervision. An investigation will determine why they camped at the public area instead of university property downshore.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Coast Guard
Sugar Bottom
Coralville Reservoir
Mayard Schneider
University Psychopathic Hospital
Schneider
Downshore
Worlan Heads Iowa Development Group
Des Moines Iowa E Worlan director of the Iowa Development Commission was elected president of the Association of State Planning and Development agencies at its 22nd annual conference on Mackinac Island Michigan. Worlan 46 was first vice president last year and succeeds T W Schulenberg commissioner of Massachusetts department of commerce and development.
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Des Moines
UPI
Carroll E. Worlan
Iowa Development Commission
Association of State Planning and Development Agencies
Worlan
Mackinac Island
Mich
T. W. Schulenberg
Massachusetts Department of Commerce and Development
Hills census shows 48 percent population rise
Hills grows by nearly 48 percent in preliminary census counts. The town's population reaches 458, up from 310 in the 1960s, according to the census supervisor.
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Hills
The Little Brown Hen Disappears and Returns with Chicks
A small brown hen vanishes then reappears with eight baby chicks in a neighborhood. Neighbors ponder where she roosts at night after laying 12 eggs in a flowering shrub patch near Mrs. Neighbors. Mother Ken parades her brood while neighbors wonder who wants a hen with eight chicks nearby.
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Mother Ken
Youth Turns Self In in Swisher Court
A 17 year old Cedar Rapids youth Billy Harold Conrad of 912 Sixth Street SE was fined 375 dollars plus costs in Swisher mayor's court for seven traffic charges after attempting to elude officers. A total of 175 dollars of the fine was suspended for reckless driving speeding 90 in a 50 zone driving while license suspended failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and three stop sign violations. A littering charge was dismissed and possession of beer as a minor was moved to juvenile court. A passenger Eugene Hugh Smith 18 of 258 Twelfth Street SW was fined 210 dollars for possession of beer and littering after the car wreck south of Ely.
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Swisher
Cedar. Rapids
Billy
Harold Conrad
Sixth Street
Eugene Hugh Smith
Twelfth Street
Cedar Rapids
Ely
Conrad
Johnson County
Smith
Loot in Bettendorf Robbery Tops $15,000
Two armed robbers held up Walker Jewelry in a Bettendorf shopping center. They tied up owner Jack Walker his daughter Vicki and clerk Jack Runyan of Davenport. Loot valued at 15 000 to 25 000 dollars. The getaway car was parked behind the store and appeared stolen in Moline Illinois.
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Bettendorf
Walker
Jack Walker
Vicki
Jack Runyan
Davenport
Moline
Ill
Iowa highway commission to lease space in Ames
The Iowa highway commission approved leasing 6,300 square feet in Ames to house 35 employees from the district one office and the highway needs study department. The space costs 1500 dollars per month and will include a sign warehouse to help cover current personnel shortages through the biennium.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
District One
Highway
Joseph Coupal Jr
Mason City Man Shoots Wife Then Kills Self
Police report a Mason City man shot his wife in the backyard Wednesday night before killing himself with a .22 rifle. Orville Dale Adams, 49, died. his wife Dorthea Ann Adams, 51, was listed in fair condition at Park hospital. The couple had not lived together for weeks.
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Mason City
UPS
Orville Dale Adams
Adams
Dorthea Ann
Park Hospital
Toddville Legion member elected sergeant at arms
Roy Squires of Toddville was elected sergeant at arms at the state American Legion convention held in Davenport this week. The Associated Press had earlier misidentified him as from Eldridge.
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Toddville
Roy Squires
American Legion
Davenport
Associated Press
Eldridge
Must Maintain Power Balance Says Stanley
Iowa City remarks by State Sen. David M. Stanley urge preserving military strength in Europe to keep a balance of power. He warns unilateral U.S. and ally cuts risk peace and NATO cohesion, and calls for reciprocal Soviet force reductions if Western forces are reduced.
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Stanley
Iowa City
U.S
Europe
David M. Stanley
G.O.P
Berlin
Middle East
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Collision injures infant and uncle near Decorah
A three month old baby Lori Ann Lensch and her uncle John Lensch 15 were hospitalized after a pickup collided with a car at the Highway 9 52 junction on the Decorah edge. Howard Stear 49 of Peoria Ill drove through a stop sign.
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Decorah
David Lensch
Ridgeway
Winneshiek County
Howard Stear
Peoria
Ill
Lori Ann Lensch
Smith Memorial Hospital
Smith
John Lensch
Lensch
Stear
Driver from Augusta Killed in I-80 Crash West of Des Moines
Scott A. Matthews age 21 of Augusta Kansas died Tuesday when his car lost control on Interstate 80 about 20 miles west of Des Moines and overturned in a ditch, according to the highway patrol.
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Des Moines
Scott A. Matthews
Augusta
Kan
Here
Highway Patrol
Services Saturday For Mary McIntosh
Mary E. McIntosh 90 widow of Thomas L. McIntosh died Thursday in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born March 17 1877 in Wyoming she lived in Mt. Vernon most of her life. Survived by two daughters Mildred Butler and Myrtle Johnston one grandson and one great granddaughter. Services Saturday at 2 pm at Morgan funeral home with visitation after 5 pm Friday. Contributions may go to Mt. Vernon Presbyterian music fund or Camp Good Health.
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MT. Vernon
Mary E. McIntosh
Thomas L. McIintosh
Cedar Rapids
Wyoming
Mildred Butler
Myrtle Johnston
Morgan Funeral Home
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
Camp Good Health
Waukon Farmer Injured As Hay Mower Bolt Breaks
Leonard Oster, a Waukon farmer, suffered a leg injury Wednesday while helping with hay at the Lyle Jackson farm. His clothing was caught in a power takeoff but a broken bolt prevented more serious harm.
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Waukon
Leonard Oster
Lyle Jackson
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