Mechanicsville tocontinue tree trimming and paving plans
Mechanicsville has about 25 percent of James Cubbage’s city tree trimming contract fulfilled focusing on larger diseased maples though rains slow progress. John Franklin’s Cedar Rapids firm advances a street paving project affecting 21 blocks, with bids due January or February 1978 and potential removal of No Name and Oak streets from the plan.
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Mechanicsville
James Cubbage
Cubbage
John Franklin
Green Engineering Co
Cedar Rapids
Washington, Cedar
Walnut
Second
Oak Streets
Lowell Cook
Franklin
Green Company
Railsback
Cedar-Johnson Farm Service Co
Hugh Lamont, Jr
State League of Municipalities
Madison Street
Coralville Rejects 12-Inch Water Main Plan
Coralville council voted down a proposed 12-inch Holiday road water main extension after residents argued it unnecessary and costly to assess for a larger line. The panel directed staff to rewrite the plan to tax for a 6-inch main.
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Coralville
Holiday Road
Robert Clark
Don Gregory
Michael Kattchee
Urbana Schools Set to Open Thursday for New Year
Urbana Community schools will begin the new school year Thursday. Book rental fees stay the same at $6 for kindergarten and $13 for grades 1-12. Hot lunch tickets cost $2 for a five day pass grades 1-3, $2.25 for grades 4-12 five day pass, and $4.50 for a ten day pass grades 4-12. Free and reduced price lunches are available to eligible families.
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Urbana
Vining Boy Dies After Fall From Moving Car
A two year old Vining boy, Ryan Carl Van Dee, died after opening a car door and falling under the wheels of a car driven by his uncle Howard Brown in Cedar Rapids area. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Tama county deputy medical examiner Dr. Dennis Mallory. The child, born May 26 1975 in Marshalltown, lived in Toledo and Vining with his parents and siblings. Funeral services are planned for St Mary’s Catholic Church in Vining with a rosary the evening before at Mason-Hand’s funeral home in Tama.
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Vining
James Smith
Ryan Carl van Dee
John van Dee
Tama County
Dennis Mallory
Toledo
Smith
Young van Dee
Howard Brown
Cedar Rapids
van Dee
Ryan van Dee
Marshalltown
Williamsburg
John
Roger
Russell
Randall
Shirley Jacobs
Betty Harrison
Karol Plum
Ackley
Jillene
Margaret van Dee
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mason-Hand’s Funeral
Tama
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Rural
Earlville Grad Rohwedder earns M A in counseling
Earlville resident Roger D Rohwedder son of Mr and Mrs Harlan Rohwedder has received a master of arts degree in counseling from Northeast Missouri State University Kirksville.
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Earlville
Roger D. Rohwedder
Harlan Rohwedder
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Iowa Set to Prohibit Welfare Fund Abortions
Iowa plans an emergency rule barring the use of state welfare funds for abortions for low income women except to save a life or in cases of rape or incest. The policy aligns with a federal halt on Medicaid funding for abortion and could use county or university funds as alternatives. IFRS funds previously covered 10 percent of Medicaid abortions. a full federal stop is slated for Sept 30 if not renewed.
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Des Moines
API
Iowa
University of Iowa
Department of Social Services
U.S. Supreme Court
Burns
Big Four Fair Set at Postville
Postville hosts the Big Four fair September 16 to 18 with top livestock exhibits from four area county fairs. 4-H presentations and dress review winners will be showcased along with Shorter’s Gala Midway rides and concessions. An antique power exhibit and helicopter rides are also planned.
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Postville
Fair Board
Shorter
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Jeanne Johnson
Gazette
Tall Shop
UPI Telephoto
Ruby Maxwell
Vining Boy
Earlville Grad
Lindale Plaza
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