Iowa City Council delays sewer project votes
City council hearing on 3200 feet of sanitary sewer in east Iowa City ended with insufficient members to order bids. Two projects faced objections from Roscoe Niffenegger of Miller subdivision while a Rochester avenue extension drew no objections. A 75 percent vote was required but only 60 percent were present.
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Iowa City
Sunnyside
Miller
Mark Twain School
Roscoe Niffenegger
Jay Honohan
Court Fight Looms Over Hotel Phones
Centerville Iowa. Charles Casady owner of Continental hotel disputes Iowa State Telephone Corp claim that a switchboard and 76 telephones belong to the firm. He refused removal, posted a $2000 bond after a court order, and billed $460 for space rental for two public booths. He used the switchboard as intercom to summon guests for lobby phones.
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Centerville
UPI
Continental Hotel
Iowa State Telephone Corp
Telephones, Inc
Chicago
Charles Casady
Boss Hotels
Casady
Telephone Company
North English Votes on Council Term Change
The town council sets August 26 for a vote on four year council terms replacing current two year terms. Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The mayor’s term remains unchanged. If approved, three seats would be four years and two two years at the next election, then all four year terms.
Young man joins Glenmary missionary order despite cancer
Eugene J. Heisler, 18, an honor student and star athlete, has entered the Glenmary Missionary Order as Brother Peregrine, though doctors say he has incurable cancer and only weeks to live. Heisler, from Bankston, graduated with honors from St. Joseph high in Farley and hoped to aid Negroes in the South.
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Heisler
Glenmary Missionary Order
Glendale
Ohio
South
St. Joseph High School
Farley
John Heisler
Bankston
Lisbon Firm Named In Back Wages Suit
Schoff Construction Co. of Lisbon named in a back wages suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act filed in U.S. district court in Cedar Rapids. Secretary of Labor Wirtz seeks $115.75 plus costs for hours over 40 in a London post office job. No minimum wage violation alleged. current rate $1.15 rising to $1.25 on Sept 3, 1963.
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Lisbon
Wayne Schoff
Schoff Construction Co
U.S. District
Cedar Rapids
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor Department
U.S
London
Fred L. Ludemann, Jr
U.S. Labor Department
Des Moines
Methodist Musicians honor Rev. Earl E. Harper
The National Fellowship Methodist Musicians in Baldwin Kansas cited Rev. Dr. Earl E. Harper of Iowa City Iowa for distinguished service. Harper chairs the executive editorial committee of the Methodist hymnal committee as the six day conference proceeds.
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Baldwin
Kan
UPI
National Fellowship Methodist Musicians
Earl E. Harper
Iowa City
Harper
Methodist Hymnal Committee
Reunion Set For Van Auken Family Picnic In Park
The annual Van Auken reunion will be held in North English Park on Sunday. A basket dinner is scheduled to begin at noon.
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North English
Man Reunited With Family After 23 Years
Julien Kempinaire, a World War II French underground officer who survived Buchenwald, is reunited with his mother Rachel Reminaire and sister Mrs Everett Stephens in West Des Moines after 23 years apart. He learned of family ties through pension lists and letters, then flew in with his wife to visit before returning to France for leg treatment.
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West Des Moines
UPI
Julien Kempinaire
Buchenwald
Rachel Reminaire
Everett Stephens
Stephens
Kempinaire
United States
Keminaire
Des Moines
France
Paris
Teenage road-e-o winner named from Atlanta
Julian Jett an 18 year old athlete from Atlanta Georgia was judged the most skilled teen age safe driver in the nation at the Junior Chamber of Commerce road-e-o finishing with 889 points. Ross Bottorff of Ottumwa Iowa placed second with 874 points and Ralph Priebe of Pueblo Colorado third with 862. Jett won a 2000 dollar college scholarship while Bottorff received 1500 dollars and Priebe 1000 dollars.
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Julian Jett
Atlanta
Jett
Bottorff
Priebe
Two Workmen Killed In Cave-in at Ames
Ames AP report details a cave-in at a new graduate dormitory site on campus. LeRoy Scott 59 of Cambridge died on arrival and Paul Sydness 25 of Ames died after surgery. Both men were buried for 45 minutes before rescue.
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Ames (Ap
Iowa State
LeRoy Scott
Cambridge
Paul Sydness
Ames
Will Drill Two More Oil Wells in Southern Iowa
Orville Van Eck of the Iowa Geological Survey announced plans for at least two additional exploratory oil drillings in southern Iowa. Drilling will extend southwest from the Keota discovery, with one hole on Kenneth N Willis property in southeastern Decatur County and another on Byron Jackson property in central Davis County. Bowers and Wold Drilling Inc of Ottumwa will perform the work. The Keota well is described as marginally productive.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Geological Survey
University of Iowa
Orville van Eck
Keota
Kenneth N. Willis
Decatur County
Byron Jackson
Davis County
van Eck
Bowers and Wo
Crawford Seeks Manchester Mayoral Bid in November Election
Manchester politics report shows First Ward Councilman Ted Crawford filing for mayoral race while incumbent Truman Ingels retires at end of term. Morrey Cooke also noted for not seeking re election with filing deadline set for October 8.
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Manchester
Ted Crawford
Truman Ingels
Irving D. Long
Morrey Cooke
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Deal Direct
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Lowan
Washington
Marion
Second Street
2Nd St
Angel Food
Rere Fy
May
Cosmetics
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TOY
May's Sanitary
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