Marion leaders push for city growth and beautification plan
Marion officials unveil an eight item program headed by Dale street north task force to widen highways, attract industry, improve lighting and signage, acquire land for a city by pass with bicycle paths, support zoo efforts, and develop Squaw Creek tourism. A short membership drive runs to Sept. 1 with four contacts per director chaired by Robert Verhille.
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Hag
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County Home Road
Alburnetl Roads
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Alburnell Road
Codleville
Indian Creek
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Muvion
Hawkeye Zoological Society
Linn County Conservation Commission
Squaw Creek
Robert Verhille
Marion Police Investigate Four City Breakins
Marion police investigated four overnight breakins in the downtown area. Shaling’s I V, Falke, Uncle Leonard, Hosa’s Candle Niche, and Town Square Book Store suffered glass-door entry with two locations breached. Town Square reportedly lost about $20 in cash. Ebeling’s back area saw a moved TV but not removed.
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Shaling’s ‘I'V
Eleventh Street
Falke
Uncle Leonard
Eleverith Street
Hosa’s
Candle Niche
Vent Street
Square Book Store
Moventh
Town Square
Wheling’s
Ebeling
Ebeling’s
Marion YMCA Fall Activities Begin and Schedules
Marion YMCA announces a 10 day sign up period for fall activities starting Thursday and continuing through September. Non aquatic activities include adult gym, swimming, and youth programs with weekly sessions. Kiwanis meeting, Roads to Grow On film, and chamber events are listed along with a delayed garbage collection due to Labor Day.
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Marion ‘Branch Ymca
Maliunal Ymca Aquatic Division
Marida'y
Kiwanis
Marion Jiwanis Club
Town Good Roads! Association
Department Swamped With Bids for Bottles
DES MOINES officials in the state liquor department said they are swamped with requests for commemorative bottles for the 5th American Legion convention. Head of the department Kolkand Gallagher said about 126 daily bids are being received as Iowa plans a Sept. 14 ceremony for 600 houses. He noted nearly 4,000 people may try to buy the bottles and he will distribute fairly using state computer checks. Only 18,000 bottles will be manufactured for national sale.
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UPT
American Legion
Kolkand Gallagher
Gallagher
Iowa
Linn-Mar enrollment rises for 1973-74 year
Linn-Mar school district reports enrollment at 3,141 students for fall 1973, up about three percent from 1972-73. Breakdown by building includes Bowman Woods 862, Indian Greek 401, Wilkins 382, Main 955, junior high 491, and high school 740. high school up 49 from last year.
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LeRoy Kraskop
Stuperintendent
Linn-Mar
Bowman Woods
Indiam Greek
Wilkins
Main
Warehouse cement work bid accepted in Cedar Rapids
Marian water department trustees accepted the bid Tuesday from Hand F Cement and Asphalt Concrete Co Inc of Cedar Rapids for cement work at the new warehouse. The bid was 19 265 65 dollars. Work includes grading as well as paving. Completion expected no later than Oct 1 with grading and paving to begin after the first of the month.
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Marian Water Department
Hand
Hand F Cement and Asphalile Concrete Co, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Sym
County State Cooperate on Rifle Range Project
Linn County and the state will share a five thousand dollar rifle range project cost with the state paying about seventy eight percent and the county twenty five percent. Nine county employees are certified as hunter safety instructors and classes may be held at the range. The board also discussed land purchases for floodplain and timber areas and noted a riverfront property sale of one thousand four hundred dollars. A cabin included will be moved. Police reported two arrest incidents including marijuana found in a car at Cherry Hill park and a 17 year old taken into custody.
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Linngoumy
Squaw Creek
Matsell Bridge
George Hamilton
Linn County
Dayle Adams
State Conservation Commission
Hamilton
Counly
Proerty
Sunsuarie
Brand
Cherry Hill Park
Wic Pan
Docklermian Ag
Seven Candidates For Cedar Staples School Board
Seven candidates seek three year seats on the Cedar Staples Community School Board meeting public at 7 30 p m in Kennedy high school auditorium Incumbents Steve Souvern route ore Morton and Walla Berger vie for seats Ernest Pence not running Heide ward Beatty Lauree Gerber Joseph Sampson Robert A Weinhardt Burnis E Gene Young present and answer questions A corrected start time noted. In Tokyo a young Japanese threw a flaming bottle of gasoline into the U S embassy annex compound Wednesday with no casualties or damage reported.
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Robert A. Weinhardt
Linden Drive
Burnis E
Gene) Young
Shady Oaks
Lepurt
Old Capitol Photos On Exhibit At Iowa City
An exhibit titled Old Capitol, Past, Present and Future displays photographs of the University of Iowa landmark in the north lobby of the Main Library. Images span from 1853 to present, tracing the building from territorial capitol to state capitol and national historic site. Most photos come from the Old Capitol Restoration Committee guiding the building’s restoration.
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Iowa
Old Capitol
University of Iowa
T. Main Mbrary
U. of 1
Aatienal
St Josephs enrollment reaches 308 across eight grades
Enrollment at St Josephs Catholic school for the 1973-74 year totals 308 students across eight grades. Grade counts include first 29 second 42 third unknown fourth 52 fifth unknown sixth 88 seventh 41. School hours show Monday and Thursday until 9 00. Local ads for clothing siding roofing and a Warner Bros listing appear as stray notes.
Nevada's Bible to Quit Senate
Las Vegas AP reports Senator Alan Bible of Nevada announced on Tuesday he will not seek re election. He said the move is to give Nevadans time to choose a successor and that he delayed announcing to protect his seniority value.
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Las Vegas
Alan Bible
D-Ney
Bible
Bond Sales for Eastern Iowa Counties Listed
The Leas bury Savings bond division reports July sales for eastern Iowa counties. Counties listed include Allamakee Ben ton Buchanan Cedar Clayton Delaware Dubuque Johnson Linn Linn? Wait Payette Tama Winneshiek and others with figures and quota percentages for Series 1 and II savings bonds.
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Iowa
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Payette
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Brezhnev Talks With U S Chamber Chief in Moscow
In Moscow Brezhnev met Donald Kendall chairman of the U S Soviet Chamber of Commerce as Tass reported. They discussed expanding commercial and economic cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union during Kendall's weeklong visit.
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Anid Brezhney Rel
Vith
Donald Kendall
Soviet Chamber of Commerce
Gale
Tass
Kendall
Pepsico, Inc
Soviet Union
City School Board Addresses Traffic Near Schools
City school board tackled congestion near Morton Trek and Melrose Avenue during in evening session. Jolin Dane cited bus and marshal access issues at Ninth Street exit by Coralville Kirkwood elementary. Board plans to ask Iowa City and Coralville councils for traffic fixes while noting possible heat wave closures and a likely enrollment decline of 189 students, jeopardizing state funding.
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Sonmmunity Sehool Board
Jolin Dane
Morton Trek
Melrose Avenue
Ninth Street
Coralville
Kirkwood
Iowa City
Coralville City
Merlin Ludwig
Ludwig
Three Boys Face Arson and Car Theft Charges
Three Twelfth Street youths, all age 12, were arrested early Wednesday and charged with arson, malicious damage, and five counts of car theft. They are accused of setting a garage fire at 3001 Bowling Street SW, slashing a car, and stealing vehicles from multiple addresses on the southwest side. The car was recovered after they drove into a yard on Thirty-sixth Avenue SW.
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Polite
Bowling Street
Southland Street
Charles Hertiah
Leo Mavion
Kenneth Taggart Jush
Shirley Peterson
Jash
Marvin Cisler
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