Holiday Closing Times Released
City offices close Tuesday noon Christmas eve and reopen 8 am Thursday. Water department follows same hours. Marion library closes Christmas eve 5 pm and opens Thursday 2 pm. Retail stores close Tuesday 5 pm and stay open tonight 9 pm. Post office windows closed Christmas day with no deliveries. front box collection only. special deliveries arranged.
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Water Department
Marion Public Library
YMCA
Marion Branch
Marion
Crews Clear Main Streets After Weekend Snow and Rain
City crews worked after a weekend storm to clear main streets with rain turning snow to ice. Police logged three minor accidents from Saturday to Monday. some side streets remained slippery.
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Tat Langmo
Roughened Rinks To Get Smoothing Coat
Marion ice skating rinks will receive a coat of water tonight to smooth rough surfaces caused by the weekend storm. All rinks and facilities are open from 10 a.m. to dark, with the athletic field open until 9 p.m. each day.
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Marion
Parks Department
Longfellow School
Taube Park
Five Year Road Program To Be Out on Dec 30
The Iowa highway commission will meet in Council Bluffs at 4 p.m. on Monday December 30 to approve the five year construction program for 1970 1974 and the calendar year program for 1969. The session accompanies a legislative briefing with southwest Iowa legislators. The program has faced delays from federal cutbacks and scheduling conflicts due to holidays.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
South Fourth Street
Council Bluffs
Highway Commission
Towa
Iowa
American Assn
Fire-damaged unfinished house in Marion area
Fire late Sunday damaged a house under construction near Grand avenue and South Fifteenth street owned by the Copper Construction Co. A small heater confined to the kitchen floor and windows caused smoke damage. damage amount not yet determined.
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Lions
Marion Lions
Grand Avenue
South Fifteenth Street
The
Copper Construction Co
Mason City Teen Shot Dead Playing With Rifle
Mason City high school junior Steven Albert Flores, 17, was killed when a 22 caliber rifle discharged at a friend’s home Sunday night. Police said Flores and friend Thomas Caberera Jr. were handling the weapon when it discharged, striking Flores in the chest.
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Mason City
Steven Albert Flores
Albert Flores
Flores
Thomas Caberera, Jr
Caberera
Mason City High School
Three Buildings Burn in Sully Business District Fire
UPI reports an early morning fire in Sully Jasper county destroyed three business district buildings including Ken's barber shop the Sully cafe and the Wisgerhoff insurance agency Volunteers from Sully and Kellogg withstood winds and cold as they kept flames from spreading No injuries were reported and Ken Ratcliff his wife and daughter escaped from the apartment above the barber shop safely The blaze began about 4 30 a m
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SULLY
UPI
Jasper County
Kellogg
Ken
Wisgerhoff Insurance Agency
Ken Ratcliff
Notice of Appointment and Probate in Iowa Estates
Legal notices announce appointment of administrators for Harold C. Platner and Rose Koch estates in Linn and Cedar Rapids counties. Details include proofs of will, probate dates, executor names, filing instructions for creditors, and deadlines for claims from December 1968 publications.
Probate notices appoint executor in Mahoney estate Iowa
Notice announces probate of the will of May V. Mahoney aka Mary V. Mahoney deceased in Linn County Iowa. Lorraine C. Mahoney named executor with six month claim filing window after second publication. Public notice dated December 30 1968.
Notice of Incorporation of Par Investments Inc
Notice of incorporation for Par Investments Inc under Iowa Business Corporation Act. Established December 13. Authorized shares 100 000 at one dollar par. Registered office 1255 Linn Mar Ct Marion Iowa. registered agent W Kellogg. Initial directors listed with addresses. Authorized officer Lynch Dallas Smith Harman Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406.
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PAR Investments, Inc
Iowa Business Corporation
Linn Mar Ct
Marion
Linn County
Iowa
W. Kellogg
Pheeranion
Falso D. L. Turley
Terrace Hill Dr
Cedar Rapids
L. Peddicard
29Th Street
Town
W. H. Kellogg
Marlon
Miee Ie Peters
Henderson Drive
Arion
F.H. Bradford
Northwood Dr
Appointment of Executor for Emily Kratoska Estate
Probate records in Linn County Iowa appoint Peoples Bank & Trust Company as executor of Emily Kratoska a/k/a Emma Kratoska deceased. Creditors must file claims within six months after second publication or be barred. claims paid for allowance per law. Dated December 1, 1968. Lawrence & Crissman attorneys.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Linn Coun
Emily
Kratoska
Emma Kratoska
Emily Kratoska
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence & Crissman Attorneys
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
The matter of the estate of Mercedes Fauchier executor Robert J. Rater was appointed after the 12th testament dated October 7 1966. Any action to set aside the will must be brought within six months from the second publication of this notice. claims against the estate to be filed with the executor in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Bishiet Ct
State of Iowan
Linnoy
May
Aone
Mary V. Mahoney
May V. Mahoney
Mahoney
Raf
Lorraine C. Mahoney
Seco
C. Mahon Secutey
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
District Court
State of
Linn Cou
Mercedes Fay Fauchier
Mercedes Bauehier
Mercedes Fauchier
Robert J. Rater
Secon
Fauchier
Rapids
Shea, Mitchell & Jackson
State of Iowa
Linn County
Susan M. Duffy
Susan M. Duffey
Susan M._Duffy
Raymond McGee
Aymond McGee
Jaws
Probate notices of wills and executors in Iowa
Probate notices reveal the filing of wills for John J. Fox and Bernard J. Heiring, with the appointment of executors Mildred Ashby and an executor for Fox. Creditors are warned to present claims within six months of publication or be barred. Dated December 1968 in district court records.
Probate of Peter H. Karch Estate Appoints Executor
Probate No 34663 records in the matter of the estate of Peter H. Karch deceased. On January 29 1968 the will was admitted to probate and Walter E Quaas was appointed executor in Alburnett Iowa. Creditors must file claims within six months from the notice or be barred. dated December 10 1948 with second publication in 1968.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Linn
Peter H. Karch
Walter E. Quaas
Sad
Alburnett
Test Handicap System on Bids For Road Work
Iowa highway commission tests a handicap bidding system to boost competition between concrete and asphalt contractors. For a 58 mile Route 71 project, bids use original cost versus original plus 15 year resurfacing cost to decide winner. Concrete favored by studies, though results uncertain.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Missouri Border
Atlantic
Highway Commission
Commission
Robert Given
Given
The
Missionary Released from Cuban Prison After Six Years
The Rev. J. David Fite 36 says his release from Cuban prison was unconditional and he will not resume Baptist missionary work there. He and his wife with two children hope to return to the U.S. soon, while fate of his father in law Dr. Herbert Caudill remains unclear. The elder Fite reported the news to his congregation and cited nightly prayers at 9 p.m. as a factor in the release.
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Waynesboro
J. David Fite
Havana
U.S
Herbert Caudill
Fite
Cuba
Fire
Fort Worth
Caudill
Clinchport
Southern Baptist Work
Clifton Fite
David Fite
Atlanta
Call for reappraisal of U.S. information policy abroad
A House subcommittee urges a bipartisan commission to reassess U.S. government news and information policy after foreign surveys show a 50 year low in America's image. It cites perceptions of violence crime and the Vietnam era and the assassinations of RFK and MLK. It recommends more personal contact abroad and better training for information personnel.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs
America
Subcommittee
U.S. Vietnam
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King
U.S
U S Offers To Remove Bases In Japan Amid Talks
In Tokyo the United States proposed giving up 16 bases and moving or sharing about 40 more with Japanese forces. The plan, welcomed by Japan, aims to curb opposition to the U.S. military presence and covers roughly half of U S bases in Japan. The agreement emerged from a three hour Security Treaty joint committee session led by Kiichi Aichi and U S Ambassador Alexis Johnson.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hokkaido
Yokohama
Yokosuka
U.S
Kiichi Aichi
Japanese Defense Agency
U. S
Alexis Johnson
Johnson
Milwaukee Freight Derails at Delmar Cleanup Underway
Milwaukee railroad crews worked Sunday to clear tracks torn up by a derailment Saturday night on the west edge of Delmar. Twenty five cars piled into a mass eight cars long, causing considerable track damage. No injuries were reported and traffic was rerouted around the area in east central Iowa.
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Delmar
UPI
Milwaukee ‘Railroad
Iowa
Iowa Parents Of Crewman To Fly West
Mr and Mrs Gerald Nolte of Washington Iowa prepare to fly to San Diego California to visit their son Clifford Nolte a 22 year old Navy Electronics Technician 2 c one of the 82 Pueblo survivors The Noltes said they were glad the crew is free and will travel from Cedar Rapids Monday afternoon to visit their son who was released with other survivors
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Washington
Gerald Nolte
Iowa
San Diego
Calif
Clifford
Pueblo
Noltes
Cedar Rapids
Navy
Clifford Nolte
Washington County
Milk Truck Flips Near Elkader No Injuries Reported
Dale Seitz, 33, of Clermont escaped injury when his loaded milk truck overturned on a road near Elkader. The milk load was lost, according to Clayton Deputy Earl Sterling.
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Elkader
Dale Seitz
Clermont
Clayton
Earl Sterling
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