Cess Poll Voting by Toilet Flushes in Emmetsburg Iowa
Emmetsburg to host a novelty cess poll where residents vote presidential favorites by flushing toilets at KEMB radio. Four years ago Carter led Kennedy 60 to 40 in both the poll and local caucuses, with Life Magazine crews visiting to study the town’s voting pattern. Officials have yet to finalize dates and choices.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
Gallup
KEMB
John Schad
Jimmy Carter
Ed Kennedy
Carter
Schad
Life Magazine
Allamakee School Uses Old Stone School for Storage
The Eastern Allamakee Community School District will store surplus furniture drama props and supplies at the Old Stone School for 50 dollars per month. The 119 year old building was previously given to a preservation group for one dollar this year to help fund repairs. The adjacent brick elementary school built in 1924 will be razed when a bidder is found.
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Lansing
Allamakee
Linn County budget reform faces new hire and pay changes
Linn officials planned 35 000 in annual savings from consolidating five posts to three but a new junior accountant will cut savings by about 15 745. Auditor Merle Kopel defends the hire, while Supervisor Joe Rinas questions it amid a separate 14.6 percent raise proposal for Moshier, the administrative assistant.
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Linn
Linn County
Merle Kopel
County Supervisors
Joe Rinas
Kopel
Rinas
Equal Employment Opportunity Officer
Claudine Hixson
Hixson
Iowa
Department of Social Services
EEO
Steve Moshier
DSS
Bob Andrews
Shirley Law
Did You Know About the Echidna Egg Laying Mammal
The echidna, a spiny anteater in Australia, is the other egg laying mammal besides the platypus. A female carries a single leathery egg in a belly pouch, the egg hatches in about 10 days, and the young resembles a raisin before feeding on milk from pouch glands.
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Australia
Nordman Jewelry Opens Evenings Through Christmas
Marion brief notes Nordman Jewelry in town will open evenings Monday through Friday from now until Christmas. The item also recalls that in 1972 the Apollo XVII spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program to land men on the moon.
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Nordman Jewelry
Pacific
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Rich Dugas
Association For Retarded Citizens
Teamsters Union Hall
J Street
Cedar Rapids
Santa Claus
el Kahir Jolly
Shrine
Richard Hartgrave
Bryan King
Palo Alto County
E. Allamakee School
Old Stone School
Law
Gordon Thompson
Shirley
Claudine
Moshier
Linn County Auditor
Marion
Crystal
Telefloras
Anamosa
Bain
Aang
Cedar Rapids Peck
Blairs Ferry Road
Selckie Il Floral Co
Ben Treet
Mt Vereen
Manchester
Franklin
Me Avenue
Icoupon
Jcpenney
Westdale Mall
Halston III & Cosmetics
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