Allamakee County Courthouse Turned Museum
The 1861 Allamakee county courthouse in Waukon, built for 13655 dollars, became a flour ishing museum after preservation funds were set aside in 1964. Opened July 10 1964, it operated weekends by appointment in summer and closed in winter. custodian Len Hansmeier logged 1852 hours removing pigeons and restoring the building.
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Aukon
Allamakee County
Wa-Tan-Ye Club of
Waukon
Len Hansmeier
Cite Teacher Dropout In Higher Wage Plea
Iowa education leaders urge salary increases and collective bargaining to curb teacher dropout rates and raise pay to five figures after ten years. NEA official Erwin Coons cites a 30 percent preservice loss, seeks 15 percent salary hikes for 1967-68 and federal revenue sharing for education.
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Iowa State Education Assn
Coons
For Young Collectors exhibition of prints in Iowa Union
Nearly 100 original woodcuts etchings and lithographs by Picasso Chagall Miro Goya are on display in Iowa Memorial Union foyer until December 15. Sponsored by Student Union Board Art Exhibits committee, all works are for sale priced from 6 to 75 dollars.
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Iowa City
Picasso
Chagall
Miro
Goya
Iowa Memorial Union
The
Student Union Board
Ferdinand Roten
Baltimore
Graphic Arts
Luther College Art Show Features 73 Works
The 1966 Luther college exhibition runs in the Luther art gallery through Dec 17 with 73 prints watercolors and drawings from Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and northern Illinois. The annual sale remains open to the public with Eugene Johnson as juror for purchases and consultation from the Luther committee. Johnson is a Bethel college art professor and campus planning director.
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Luther College
Luther Art Gallery
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Northern Illinois
Eugene Johnson
Luther Committee of Lectures
Johnson
Bethel College
St. Paul
Girl Scout Leaders Meet in Sigourney Meeting
Mrs. Wilford Follman new Keokuk county neighborhood chairman calls meeting of all Girl Scout troop leaders in the county. The gathering will be held at the Scout rooms in Memorial hall Sigourney at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Sigourney
Wilford Follman
New Keokuk County
Memorial Hall
News on 9 with Peter Jennings and Dave Carter
Local TV news program airing weekdays at 5 30 PM on KCRG TYV Channel 9. Anchors Peter Jennings and Dave Carter present national and regional reporting with updates and weather.
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Peter Jennings
Dave Carter
Kcrg-Tyv
Norwegian Journalist in Decorah on a Fact-Finding Visit
Maurié zen, a Norwegian freelance journalist and playwright from Oslo and originally from Stavanger, spent last week in Decorah gathering material. He toured Luther College and the Norwegian American Museum while planning articles for publication in Norway and Sweden.
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Norway
Decorah Decorah
August Mauriézen
Decorah
Sweden
Stavanger
Oslo
Luther College
Old Gold Singers to Appear at What Cheer
The Old Gold Singers, a University of Iowa singing group of forty five members, will perform at the What Cheer Opera House on December 14 at a listed time. Mauritzen notes his Norwegian press work and readership while sharing a postcard from American theme.
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Old Gold Singers
University of Iowa Singing Group
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Mabel Medary
Robert C. Gehol
LaCrosse
Wis
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press Assn
AMES
NEA
ISEA
Teachers’ Association
Massachusetts
Michigan
New York
Keokuk
Girl Scouts
West Side Sewing Machine Shop
Necchi Viking
Elna
Wee
Betta Ia
3Rd Ave. S.W
Peoples Bank
Cedar Rapids
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