Detour Muds Monticello Traffic Over 38 for New Bridge
Monticello officials and residents met with highway engineers Leonard Balcom and Paul Schwarzing to discuss closing the highway 191 bridge and routing traffic on highway 38 through the business district for about a year during bridge construction. The plan would divert 1,000 to 2,200 vehicles including trucks, with parking reductions at the bank corner and North Cedar street. The new bridge would be 480 feet long and 30 feet wide, five feet higher, and the old span may stay open if a different site is chosen, though at extra cost.
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Monticello
Leonard Balcom
District Highway Commission
Paul Schwarzing
Bank Corner
North Cedar Street
Balcom
Two Inspectors Sought for Iowa Jails by State Board
Des Moines AP The state board of control seeks two jail inspectors to ensure county jails meet standards. Applications for civil service posts due February 15. Duties begin in April or May with openings for a chief inspector and a deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Joseph Coughlin
Coughlin
Board of Control
Innocent Plea Entered in Cedar Rapids Rape Charge
Frank Starr of Cedar Rapids pled innocent to a rape charge. He appeared before Judge John C. Oberhausen in district court and a hearing date will be set later.
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Manchester
Frank Starr
Cedar Rapids
John C. Oberhausen
Supreme Court Appeal Filed In Lone Tree Nichols District Dispute
A notice of appeal to the state supreme court has been filed in Johnson County District Court over the Lone Tree Nichols district boundary reorganization. The suit stems from a decision upholding a Nichols board motion to dismiss a state board of public instruction reversal on July 14. The matter has zigzagged through appeals for two years, after an eight to seven January 1966 vote by joint boards approved merging two thirds of Nichols into Lone Tree, later cut to one fifth, then sent to the state supreme court for a rehearing.
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Iowa City
State Supreme Court
Johnson County
Lone Tree Community
Nichols Independent
Clair Hamilton
Lone Tree
Johnson County Boards of Education
Marshall Field
Nichols’ Board
State Board of Public Instruction
Joint Boards of Education
Johnson, Louisa
Muscatine
Nichols
State Board
Supreme Court
Farmer Gets 20 Years In Death Of Wife
Nashua farmer Fred Albers, 61, was sentenced to 20 years for second degree murder in the shooting death of his wife Dora, 62, with appeal planned and bond set at 25,000. Albers claimed the kitchen shooting Feb 4 was accidental. judge E B Shaw presiding. Janice Rule guest stars on Judd for the Defense at 9 PM Friday on Channel 3 in color.
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New Hampton
Nashua
Fred Albers
Dora
Albers
E. P. Donohue
Chickasaw
E. B. Shaw
Janice Rule
Clinton
Judd For
Channel 3
Des Moines Judge to Cite Colleges in Student Shoplifting
Municipal Court Judge Luther Glanton will refer student shoplifting cases to each student’s college and ask deans to report on them. He says shoplifting by students is widespread and stems from impulse rather than need, with 15 to 20 cases monthly. Previously most cases were deferred or dropped if no further offenses occurred within a year.
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Des Moines
Luther Glanton
Glanton
Arthur Caseheer
Drake University
Studen
Iowa City Finalist in 1968 Encyclopedia Britannica Library Awards
CHICAGO The Iowa City Community schools are named a national finalist in the 1968 Britannica School Library awards competition. Ten finalists share a $5,000 prize pool with three top prizes of 2500, 1500 and 1000 dollars. Awards are given during National Library Week April 21 27 in winning communities.
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Chicago
Iowa City
Charles E Swanson
Britannica
The
American Assn. of
National Education Assn
American Library Assn
San Ramon Unified
Danville
Calif
South Bend
Ind
Swampscott
Mass
Long Beach
Jackson County
Sylva
Fargo
N.C
Beaverton
Ore
Newport News
Tacoma
Wash
National Library Week
Cartridge explodes wounding four at Burlington plant
Four men were injured, one seriously, in an explosion at Mason Hanger Silas Mason Co. near Burlington Iowa. The blast tore a 76 millimeter armor piercing cartridge on impact of its primer with a solid object, causing facial and arm cuts.
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Burlington
Iowa
Here
Mason Hanger- Silas Mason Co
Grinnell Building Sold to College for Office Space
Grinnell Mutual announces sale of its downtown Grinnell main office building to Grinnell College. The college will use spaces for alumni, development, information service and treasurer functions while reserving area for library materials. Construction history notes the structure began in 1930 with two stories, expanded in 1956, and vacated by Grinnell Mutual in 1962 before tenancy by General Telephone Co. of Iowa.
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Grinnell
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co
Grinnell College
Grinnell Mutual
L. G. Kenney
Glenn Leggett
Leggett
Burling
Reinsurance Co
General Telephone Co. of
Iowa
First District Public Works Projects Appearing in Budget
Congressman Fred Schwengel announced that seven First district projects are included in the budget submitted to Congress. Items listed cover Coralville reservoir maintenance, flood control survey for Iowa and Cedar rivers, Mississippi river 12 foot channel study, year round navigation study, and Upper Mississippi basin comprehensive study with a total of 354000 dollars.
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Washington, D.C
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Congress
Schwengel
Coralville Reservoir
Iowa and
Cedar Rivers
Mississippi River
Bargaining Top Goal for Iowa Teachers in 1969 Plan
Des Moines AP The Iowa State Education Association named professional negotiations for local teacher groups as a top goal for the 1969 legislature. Delegates also urged summer pay while teachers pursue advanced study and other programs to raise education quality.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tuwa
Bathtub thief strands MC HALE'S NAVY on TV Friday
A quirky TV alert reports a bathtub thief plot affecting MC HALE'S NAVY with a prime time slot listed as Friday at 6:00 PM on Channel. The notice hints at a humorous or dramatic program title and schedule.
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MC Hale
NAVY
Manchester Paving Hearing Postponed
A hearing on a proposed street paving program in Manchester has been postponed from February 26 to March 11. Property owners will receive registered mail notices. City Manager Clarence Motz said the delay is due to engineering work for a proposed sewage disposal plant expansion and related improvements. The paving plan covers River, Stiles, Butler, and Prospect streets at an estimated 104000 dollars with 40 percent city cost and 60 percent charged to property owners.
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Manchester
Clarence Motz
River
Stiles
Butler
Prospect
Van Allen Attends Explorer Anniversary in Pasadena
James Van Allen of the University of Iowa physics and astronomy department attends the 10th anniversary observance of Explorer I at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California. The event includes a technical symposium reviewing a decade of space science findings. The first U.S. satellite Explorer I launched January 31 1958 from Cape Canaveral.
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Iowa City
James van Allen
University of Iown
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
U.S
van Allen
Washington, D.C
Cape Canaveral
Cape Kennedy
Jaycees Award Banquet to Feature GOP Governor Candidate
Oelwein Jaycees host their annual awards banquet Saturday at 6 30 p m at the K C Country home with speaker Donald E Johnson of West Branch former national commander of the American Legion who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Jaycees
K.C
Donald E. Johnson
West Branch
The
American Legion
Johnson
Central City Ambulance installs 100-watt radio
Central City Ambulance service upgrades to a 100-watt radio from 50 watts expanding coverage to Linn County and beyond toward Iowa City. The system will allow drivers to notify sheriffs and police, with new officers for the year: Harold Norton president, Dean Ehret vice-president, George Norris secretary. Volunteers sought.
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Gazette Central City
Central City
Linn County
Iowa City
Harold Norton
Dean Ehret
George Norris
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Balecom
van Snyder
Highway Commission
Martelle
Jones County
State Highway Commission
Oliphant Engineering of
Toddville
Johnson Hassle
D.M
Linn County Farm Bureau
Ins
Life Health
Norman J. Stevenson
Marion
Billy W. Douglas
College
ISEA
Boards of Education
Iowa Assn
Normandy
ITU
GPEN
Ridgeway Drive
Gene Todd
Knepper
Frank Sill
Bob Grill
Jack Haldeman
Alicia Jackson
Bob Seedom
Tommy Tucker
Gicker Realty Company
Realtors
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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