Beckman High School to Stay Open Five More Years
Dyersville Beckman high school will remain open for at least five years after a unanimous parochial board decision and a $717,645 fundraising drive. Enrollment next year is projected at 516 with 534 this year, mostly from the Beckman system, and no tuition change is expected.
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Beckman High School
Beckman Parochial School Board
Beckman
Barville
Petersburg
New Vienna
Worthington
Holy Cross
Leo of
Cascade
Wilhelm
Linus Showalter
Dyersville Beckman High School
Guttenberg council term plan may be illegal
Guttenberg officials learned the staggered council terms approved by voters may violate Iowa law. The plan split terms into two four-year seats and three three-year seats. The city attorney warned the longer terms should have been assigned to most members. He will investigate and the ordinance may need rewriting delaying effect until after the next election.
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Guttenberg
Iowa
Culver Charges Energy Jobs Facts Covered Up
Rep. John Culver blasts Deputy Secretary William Simon and accuses the White House of hiding energy and unemployment facts. He recalls past assurances on oil price stability, cites corn rotting and failing Iowa industries, and says administration has not produced a tough energy policy. He warns of possible further cover ups and demands accountability.
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Washington
John C. Culver
Cedar Rapids
Democrat
Simon
House
White House
John A. Love
Love
Iowa
Congress
Travel Pay for Teachers Item Tabled at CL
LOWDEN The Clarence Lowden community school board tabled a motion on mileage reimbursement for teachers traveling between Clarence and Lowden eight miles apart. The board approved a new school bus purchase with bids to follow and set a $75 expense account for treasurer Mrs. Larry Mostaert, replacing Lloyd Hasselbusch. A plan to form a Christian Athletes organization received tentative approval.
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Lowden
Clarence-Lowden Community
Larry Mostaert
Mostaert
Lloyd Hasselbusch
Don Coppess
Dennis Burns
Joy Combs
Debbie Harris
Clarence
Lowdon
Tipton Sheltered Workshop Plan Okayed by Board
Cedar County supervisors approved a contract with the Cedar County Work Activity Center to fund one quarter of a sheltered workshop in Tipton, pending state social services approval for federal funding. The $16,000 budget covers rent and two supervisors' salaries, and the board also set the 1974 secondary road budget at $1,519,000, prioritizing bridge repairs. The Bennett landfill will close to non garbage items, which must be taken to Mechanicsville.
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Tipton
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Cedar County
State Department of Social Services
Bennett
Mechanicsville
Manchester cuts garbage collection to once weekly
Manchester city council votes to reduce trash pickups to once per week as a fuel conservation measure amid the energy crisis in Eastern Iowa. The change shifts schedule from twice weekly collections, affecting residents and waste services statewide.
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Manchester
Iowa
U.S. Officials Offer Peace Conference Prizes for Koreans
Twenty years ago the United States announced that unrepatriated Korean War prisoners would be freed January 22 unless a peace conference chose another path. The same period noted that five Czechs who escaped under lumber on a freight train would be brought to the United States at government expense.
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U.S
Cancer Society notes smoking deaths exceeding non smokers by far
A decade ago the American Cancer Society reported death rates among smokers were much higher than those among non smokers. The finding highlighted the serious health risks of smoking and underscored public health calls for cessation and prevention efforts.
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American Cancer Society
West Union Vote Rejects Sunday Liquor Sales
West Union city council met Monday night to discuss Sunday liquor sales and runway work. The panel again voted against allowing liquor by the drink on Sundays as bids open December 21 for the airport runway grading, estimated at about $132,000.
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West Union
Window Shopped Homes For Burglaries Wife Says
CHICAGO UP I report says Josie Regan the com mon law wife of Iowa convict Francis Hohimer told investigators she knew of no involvement in the Valerie Percy killing but admitted setting up burglaries for Hohimer s gang She flew to Chicago underwent a lie detector test and said she cared for the gang out of love for Hohimer while denying direct slayings and involvement in the Kenilworth burglary linked to the Percy case
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UPI
Iowa
Francis Hohimer
Valerie Percy
Hohimer
Chicago Sun-Times
Josephine
Josie) Regan
Sun-Times
Regan
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Indianapolis
Denver
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Leon Rugendorf
Rugendorf
Percy
Josie
Kenilworth
New York
Adler
Suspect in Colesburg School Theft Nabbed
Delaware county authorities arrestedGuttenberg man Paul Schroeder 20 on two breaking and entering counts and one possession of stolen property and one possession of a controlled substance charge. Detectives recovered stolen utensils and a 25 pound marijuana package at a farmhouse east of Colesburg. A second man remains at large.
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Delwein
Delaware County
Guttenberg
Paul Schroeder
Colesburg
Iranian envoy meets Texas governor on energy crisis talks
Energy Conference in Austin reports Iran's Ambassador Aredshir Zahedi held meetings with Governor Dolph Briscoe to discuss the energy crisis and related issues, according to a governor's spokesman.
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Austin
Texas
UPI
Aredshir Zahedi
Dolph Briscoe
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