Bowman Woods elementary named. district faces project delays
Linn-Mar board notes Bowman Woods elementary officially named. delays push back high school shop addition to Oct 24 and classroom pools to Jan 7 with central unit by Dec 24. Insurance bids heard. policy details discussed with Paul Revere Life and Insurance Co of North America. Board approves Bouslog bid pending policy read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman Woods
Linn-Mar
Robert Ettinger
James Sullivan
Paul Revere Life Insurance Co
John Bousley
The
Insurance Co
North America
Bouslog
James A. Steinacher
Rita Marx
Terry John Stratton
Patton
Margaret Anderson
Wilkins
Rosalyn Figge
Patricia Nemmers
Orientation Program Thursday at Vernon
A Marion Independent school district orientation for seventh graders and new eighth and ninth graders is set for Thursday at 1 30 p m in the Vernon junior high boys gym. Policy, tours by junior high students and building details will follow.
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Marion Independent School District
Vernon Junior High School
South Eleventh Near Completion
The city reports widening of South Eleventh Street nearly finished with shoulders and catch basins. Rain slowed the 1968 paving progress last week. activity to resume next week by Jackson Construction Co. of Nevada. In north Marion, paving continues at Thomas E McGowan additions and Linnwood Knolls area with Alpine road Lindale Parkview Elm Street and West Fourteenth Avenue paved under city inspection.
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South Eleventh Street
Jackson. Construction Co
Nevada
North Marion
Thomas E. McGowan
Linnwood Knolls
Marion
Alpine Road
Lindale
Parkview Drives
Elm Street
West Fourteenth Avenue
Plymat urges halt to bombing amid Vietnam peace talks
Des Moines Republican Senate candidate William N. Plymat cites Averell Harriman and North and South Vietnam officials in Paris talks. He argues the United States should stop bombing all North Vietnam to advance negotiations and cautions against missing a possible peace opening.
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Des Moines
William N. Plymat
U.S
Averill Harriman
Vietnam
Plymat
Harriman
North Vietnam
South Viet‘nam
Paris
Plymar
Harri'Man
Xuan Oanh
Vietnam Committee For Solidarity With
Independence hires ten new teachers and aides
Independence board approved contracts for ten new teachers including Patricia Crawford James Crawford Jacquelyne McTaggart Sondra Seward Wayne Seward Evelyn Botkin Vicki Oxley Terry Bright Charlotte Gissel and Sister Mary Amnita Bauer. Teacher Associates named for junior high and elementary schools plus new staff appointments and facility updates. School starts August 23.
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Independence
Independence Board of Education
Patricia Crawford
Mt. Vernon
James Crawford
Jacquelyne McTaggart
Sondra Seward
Laurel
Wayne Seward
Evelyn Botkin
Rowley
Vicki Oxley
Terry Bright
Cedar Rapids
Charlotte Gissel
Mary Amnita Bauer
Lisa Aiello
Mary Leonard
Lois Thorp
Shirley Bentzinger
Alberta Gates
Evelyn Peterson
All of
Vynna Cashner
Virginia Benson
Clarence Cline
Jefferson High School
August Bruce
Jefferson
Oxford Jct School Board Awards Fuel Oil Bid
Oxford Junction Iowa The New London AP school board awarded a fuel oil contract for the coming year to a bidder at 10962 cents per gallon delivered west of Oxford Junction. The board also hired teachers and a nurse and set a five dollar per semester fee for use of band instruments.
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Oxford Junction
NEW London
Richard A. Dye
Ottumwa
Death of Chester G. Cole Former Iowa Legislator
Chester G. Cole of Des Moines, 77, former Iowa House member from 1925 to 1929 and Iowa Senate member from 1931 to 1935, died after an extended illness. He represented Delaware in the house and Delaware and Buchanan in the senate, and later worked 25 years as an examiner for the state insurance department. Services set for Wednesday in Des Moines.
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D.M
Chester Cole
Des Moines
Chester G. Cole
Cole
Iowa House
Iowa Senate
Delaware County
Delaware
Buchanan
Senate
Greeley
State Insurance Department
Washington Soldier Killed in Vietnam
The Defense Department reports Pfc. Robert G. Harvey, 20, of Washington Iowa, killed by shrapnel on a Marine combat patrol in Vietnam. Harvey enlisted July 1967 after high school, had been wounded before, and returned to duty.
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Washington
Defense Department
Iowa
U.S. Marine Corps
Robert G. Harvey
Richard T. Harvey
Harvey
Bling Protest Sparks Quirky Exchange in Laff-a-day
A humorous protest scene erupts in a LAFF-A-DAY panel where a character scolds another for language while joking about washing mouths with coffee. The moment blends satire and whimsy as readers witness witty banter and visual punchlines.
Fly Blood Plasma To Iowa Girl 13
Teri Barnett 13, patient at Floyd County Memorial Hospital, received blood plasma from St Paul Minnesota, flown by an unidentified Civil Air Patrol pilot after a 4 p.m. departure. The emergency flight was requested by the Minnesota highway patrol. Teri, daughter of Harold and Mrs Hurd of Clarksville, suffers a serious blood condition and recently relapsed.
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Charles City
Teri Barnett
Floyd County Memorial Hospital
St. Paul
Minn
Civil Air Patrol
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Teri
Harold Hurd
Clarksville
John Lanning
Feeder Line Cut Knocks Out Hospital Power
A construction mishap shortly after 10 a.m. Monday cut electric service to University hospitals in Iowa City. The hospital shifted to emergency power until service was restored about midnight. City contractor cutting Riverside drive street lighting hit the medical group feeder line with an air hammer, damaging the only affected feeder.
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Iowa City
University Hospitals
University of Iowa Physical Plant
Riverside Drive
Medical Group
Call Off Search for Iowa Youth Plane
Civil Air Patrol search for 17 year old Vernon Swartz of Charles City is called off after patrols in Arkansas and Texas fail to locate him. Vernon was last seen July 28 after a flight from Iowa to Texas ended in Fayette Arkansas. His parents Harold and Mrs Swartz report no trace found.
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Charles City
Civil Air Patrol
Iowa
Texas
Harold Swartz
Rock
Arkansas
Vernon
Fayette, Ark
Two Appear in Court Of Mayor in Toledo
Darrel Earl Warner Hale Jr appeared in Mayor George Stein's court on a drunk driving charge and was bound to the Tama county district court. He is jailed on a $500 bond after arrest Friday by Highway Patrolman James Smith on highway 212 east of Tama. Gary Edward West of Cedar Rapids appeared in mayor Stein's court charged with speeding and prohibited passing on a yellow line. He posted $100 bond and his cases were continued to Friday.
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Toledo
Darrel Earl Warner
Hale, Jr
George Stein
Tama County
Warner
James Smith
Tama
Jerry de Joode
Gary Edward West
Cedar Rapids
Stein
School Construction Planned in Guttenberg
Guttenberg officials announced a major school construction plan likely exceeding $1 million. The board agreed to raze the current high school and erect a new junior senior high on the site, with an addition planned for the elementary school. Further details will follow.
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YMCA
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Illinichies
Patschke Fruit Farm
Marion Independent School
Floyd Patterson
Third Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Edward Conrad
Long Beach, Calif
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Seventh Street
Goodrow
John W. Fillmore
Kensinger Realtors
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St. Petersburg
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Ed Plotz
Sixth Avenue
Jim Plotz
Terrace Hill Drive
Bill’s
Albert’s Dry Cleaners
L. John Hoyt
Merchants’ Delivery
6Th Avenue
Saigon
Continental Oil Co
Gail Obrecht
State Department
West Elementary
Lane Insurance Co
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Oxford Jct
Fred Peterson
Wyoming
Julie Lehrman
Edward Mohl
Lost Nation
Chicago Tribune-Ny, News Synd., Inc
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Iowa Paints
U.S. Homes
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Sterling Acrylic
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