Rose retires after 32 years on Marion water board
Paul E. Rose ends 22 years as Marion water board of trustees chairman and longtime city employee. He recalls the department’s early conditions, bond issues, and major upgrades from a small system with one well to current capacity and tanks, noting staff growth and future pumps.
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Paul E. Rose
Water Board of Trustees
Rose
Penick and Ford
Marie
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Fritz Sorg
Norman Waffle
A.B. Lake
Carl Kessler
A.P. Munson
Eighth Avenue
Twenty-third Ave
Board of Trustees
East End
Long service bid ends as Paul Rose retires from local boards
After 32 years in public service Paul Rose leaves the Marion Independent School Board the park board and the water board. He cites a water contamination episode and a boil order as a major disappointment caused by interdepartmental miscommunication.
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Department of Environmental Quality
Marion clubs plan Christmas gatherings across town
A series of Marion area meetings schedules a Christmas coffee at Mrs. Gr e gory 959 Tenth Street apartment seven with Norman Waffle presenting Christmas in Early America. Other groups including Marion Business Girls at IOOF hall and the Marion Musical Literary Club set holiday programs and gift exchanges.
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Tennyson Study Club
Carl Gregory
Tenth Street
Norman Waffle
America
Marion Business Girls
IOOF
Marion Woman's Club
Charles Morgan
Seventeenth Avenue
Telephone Rate Increase Authorized by Iowa Commerce Commission
DES MOINES AP The Iowa commerce commission approved a temporary rate hike totaling 2.3 million dollars for General Telephone Co of the Midwest headquartered in Grinnell. About 1.944 million goes into effect January 1 with final approval pending after a later investigation. The company serves Grinnell and 118 other exchanges. Marion chapter No. 183 OES meets Monday at 7:30 PM in the Masonic temple to elect officers.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
General Telephone Co
Midwest
Grinnell
Commission
General Telephone
Marion
OES
Masonic Temple
Women Voters Question Iowa Land Use Handling
League of Women Voters of Iowa president Jean Lloyd Jones says she has urged state Rep. Andrew Varley to push a strong land use bill. She warns Iowa may lose out to political maneuvering and special interests if the measure stalls. Varley chairs the interim study committee on land use.
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Des Moines
UPI
League of Women Voters of Iowa
Andrew Varley
Rstuart
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Varley
Elderly Hit Hard by Rising Costs Across Iowa
The piece notes that more than 477000 Iowans are over 60 and rely on Social Security and pensions, with Medicare and food stamp adjustments tied to prices. Fuel oil costs jump 62 percent, heating a small home from 264 to 429, while food prices climb 14 to 40 percent, straining fixed incomes and rural elderly transportation.
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Des Moines
Ron Beane
Iowa Commission On the Aging
George Croft
Social Security Administration
Congress
Croft
Ried
Beane
National Administration of Aging
NAA
David Adams
Drake University
Adams
Roger Swagler
Drake
Arson and Robbery Charges Dismissed Against Ingebritson
Tama County District Court dismissed arson and robbery charges against 26 year old Jack Lee Ingebritson of Marshalltown. State records show he now serves two 25 year concurrent sentences in Fort Madison penitentiary on separate convictions from Tama and Marshall counties.
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Toledo
Jack Lee
Ingebritson
Marshalltown
John L. Hyland
Tama County
Jared O. Bauch
Marshall County
Fort Madison
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Boston
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