Marion AFS seeks host family for 1974 75 year
Marion high school AFS chapter is seeking a host family for the 1974 75 school year. A selected student from many countries will spend the year as a senior at Marion high school arriving late July or early August 1974. The previous year’s student was Karen Jorgensen of South Africa living with the Carstens at 2595 Twelfth Avenue. Host families will be interviewed in January and information is available from chapter president Mrs Pat Kane or Mrs C H Moyer.
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Marion High School
AFS
New York
Karen Jorgensen
South Africa
Edwin L. Carstens
Twelfth Avenue
Carstens
Pat Kane
C.H. Moyer
Marion Renews Zoning Plan With New District Maps
The planning and zoning commission has ordered Herman Thompson Associates to prepare a new zoning ordinance and district maps to implement the adopted comprehensive plan Marleen's Beauty Nook. YMCA Marion branch shows Friday activity schedule including fitness classes, open gyms, lessons, and family events.
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The
Planning and Zoning Commission
Herman Thompson Associates
YMCA
Marion Branch
Seven Days Building Permits and Local Ads Summary
Building permits issued include Darrell Wiley for kitchen repair at 395 South Fourteenth Street for 750 dollars and Richard Blok for fireplace at 1494 Northview Drive for 500 dollars. Henry Kelly plans partitioning at 1460 Douglas Court for 300 dollars, and Randy Mahurin adds to Polo Building at 755 Ninth Avenue for 400 dollars. Also ad notices for Christmas shop color photos, open house at Marion Historical Society museum, and various local ads for jewelry, pageants, tree decorating, hospital news, and a Christmas club.
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Darrell Wiley
South Fourteenth Street
Richard Blok
Northview Drive
Henry Kelly
Douglas Court
Randy Mahurin
Polo Building
Ninth Avenue
Board rescinds low bid on courthouse roof project
Benton county supervisors cancel Universal Builders Inc bid of 46,675 after discovering architect Ted Paulson has an interest in the firm. They award to second low bidder D C Taylor Co for 47,444 and approve Greenwood Chevrolet for a county assessor car at 3,050 plus trade. Also select Spreitzer Inc for end leader at 24,024 and set December 19 to amend the budget for revenue sharing funds.
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Vinton
Benton County Board of Supervisors
Universal Builders, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Ted Paulson
Universal Company
Paulson
Universal
D. C. Taylor Co
Greenwood Chevrolet
Spreitzer Inc
Clift Sees No Rise in Cedar Rapids Police Searches
Acting Cedar Rapids Police Chief Gareth Clift says the Supreme Court ruling allowing full searches after arrests will not spur more searches of residents here. He notes searches occur only with probable cause and after traffic-stop incidents officers would search if contraband or illegal drugs are found. Regular arrest searches will not be expanded according to his statement.
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Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Gareth Clift
The
Gazette
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
District of Columbia
Clift
Senate approves foreign aid bill amid funding cuts
Ten years ago the Senate passed and sent to the White House a foreign aid authorization totaling 3.599 billion dollars, cutting more than 930 million from the administration's requests. The action marks a substantial reduction in requested funding while advancing the measure to the executive branch for approval.
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Senate
White House
Vinton board OKs purchase of school buses
The Vinton board of education accepted the low bid for two 60 passenger school buses. Lee Motors Vinton bid $11 560 for the two chassis and Safe Liner Bus Sales Des Moines bid $10 525 for the two bodies. The board also approved $1 800 for a three year errors and omissions insurance plan from Northwestern National. It will cover mistakes by the board and administration. The district discussed fuel shortages and energy savings during winter. Superintendent Robert Jacobson said temps will drop to 50 degrees during the holiday and the district uses natural gas. The board received a favorable recommendation to add a marketing course and retail training to the curriculum and discussed adding a special education aide pending joint county board action. It reviewed the organization structure and OSHA guidelines for future study.
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Board of Education and Administration
Robert Jacobson
Leora Schuelka
Business Education Department
Jacobson
Joint County
Vinton
Joint County Board
Hopkinton Trucker C H Reggentin Dies at 82
Carl Herman Reggentin 82 lifelong Hopkinton resident died after a short illness at a Cedar Rapids hospital. Born November 13 1891 he married Lena Crim February 20 1917 in Monticello. Surviving brothers William Rudolph Harry and sister Rose Harris. Services Saturday 10 a.m. Goettsch funeral home Hopkinton. Burial Sacred Heart cemetery Monticello. Friends may call Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids after 1 p.m. Thursday and Goettsch Hopkinton Friday afternoon.
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Hopkinton
Carl Herman Reggentin
Cedar Rapids
Lena Crim
Monticello
Reggentin
Harry Reggentin
William Reggentin
Marshalltown
Rudolph Reggentin
Rose Harris
North English
Goettsch Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Cedar Memorial
Goettsch Funeral
Center Point School Board weighs hot lunch milk price rise
Center Point officials discussed rising food costs for the hot lunch program at a Wednesday meeting. A written request from Tri-County Dairy to raise half pint milk prices from 6.5 to 7.49 cents with a monthly adjustment was deferred pending checks with area dairies. The board also considered higher lunch prices and postponed action until January with a full cost report due for the first semester. Nancy Clifton resigned as girls' physical education instructor effective January 11. The board invited a professional school consulting firm for January 9, approved an AB Dick Copy Center purchase of about 4,000 dollars, and advanced other agenda items.
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Tri-County
AB Dick Copy
Student Research Firm Apparently Closes Its Doors
IOWA CITY A research firm under investigation for supplying University of Iowa students with papers has closed its doors. National Research Systems, Inc. faced scrutiny from UI officials over papers claimed as original work. The firm later faced state consumer code questions and posted a door sign saying it would no longer take orders. Burke, NRS president, said he would close the office rather than provide a list of employees. He had already admitted destroying the customer list.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
National Research Systems, Inc
NRS
Iowa
Bruce B. Burke
Johnson County
Burke
NRL
Local funds approve gym curtains and football playoff participation
The board approved spending $550 on back and side curtains for the gymnasium stage and authorized local participation in football playoff games.
Four Teenagers Killed in Hawarden Crash
Hawarden AP Four teenagers from the Hawarden area were killed and a fifth seriously injured in a one car crash late Wednesday about a mile south of Hawarden on route 12. The five occupants were thrown from the car as it left the road and struck a ditch and banked driveway embankment. Victims were Roger Schiefen 17 Wayne Nelson 16 Mark Hillrich 14 and Armin Essex 16. Robert Schiefen, a younger brother of one victim, was in serious condition in a Hawarden hospital. The patrol said it did not know who was driving the car registered to Roger Schiefen.
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Hawarden (Ap
Hawarden
Long Highway Patrol
Roger Schiefen
Wayne Nelson
Mark Hillrich
Armin Essex
Robert Schiefen
DPI Retirement of William J. Edgar Des Moines
William J. Edgar, 65, longtime director of the curriculum division at the Iowa Department of Public Instruction, has retired after joining the DPI in 1962 as a regional consultant. He previously served 11 years as superintendent at Stanley.
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Des Moines
William J. Edgar
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Edgar
DPI
Stanley
New Car For Christmas In Today’s Want Ads
A holiday want ad highlights a new car opportunity for Christmas. It notes listings for a vehicle purchase in today’s classified section, inviting readers to browse car options and contact sellers for details and prices.
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Kenosha
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Peter M. Morgan
Shiloh
Ray's
Ray
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Twenty-fourth Avenue
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Magnavox Odyssey
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Fenton Glass
Correlle
TOYS
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